Abstract: There is provided a cell detachment apparatus that separates a cell attached to a culture surface of a culture substrate from the culture surface by applying vibrations to the culture surface that includes a vibration unit including a vibrator that generates the vibrations, and a first holding unit that holds the culture substrate in a horizontal direction so that a position of the culture substrate with respect to the vibrator is allowed to be changed.

Abstract: A bone conduction hearing-aid unit embedded under a scalp. The bone conduction hearing-aid unit includes a vibration generator configured to generate vibration, and an anchor. A magnetic field frequency is applied to the vibration generator from the outside of the scalp to generate vibration. The vibration is transmitted to a skull via the anchor.

Abstract: A bone conduction hearing-aid unit that is entirely embedded under a scalp. The bone conduction hearing-aid unit includes a vibration generating device configured to generate vibration, and an anchor fixed to a skull and configured to transmit the vibration to the skull. The vibration generating device is detachably fixed to the anchor.

Abstract: A bone conduction hearing-aid system includes an intracorporeal unit that is embedded under a scalp and that includes an intracorporeal vibration generator configured to generate vibration by receiving a magnetic field frequency, and an extracorporeal unit that is disposed extracorporeally, that is configured to generate the magnetic field frequency and to apply the magnetic field frequency to the intracorporeal unit, and that is configured to generate vibration by an extracorporeal vibration generator. The vibration generated by the intracorporeal unit and the vibration generated by the extracorporeal unit vibrate a skull.

Abstract: The disclosure provides compositions and methods for cell therapy of hPAP in humans using gene corrected and in vitro differentiated patient autologous macrophage cells. The disclosure also provides compositions in the form of a cell product and related compositions and methods for making the cell product and for direct pulmonary transplantation of same.

Abstract: An endoscope includes: a distal end rigid member including a distal end-side end portion and a proximal end-side end portion in the longitudinal axis direction of an insertion portion and a hole provided in the longitudinal axis direction; an objective optical unit inserted into and attached to an inside of the hole in the longitudinal axis direction; a camera unit; and a projecting portion projecting from at least a part of a periphery of the hole, from the proximal end-side end portion to a proximal end side in the longitudinal axis direction, by a length that is equal to or greater than a length up to a gravity center position of the camera unit in the longitudinal axis direction exceeding a connecting portion connecting the objective optical unit and the camera unit, so as to cover a part of an outer peripheral portion of the camera unit.

Abstract: An endoscope includes, in a distal end frame constituting a distal end portion, an objective optical unit including a voice coil motor that moves a moving lens frame forward and backward in a direction of an optical axis by using a plurality of magnets arranged on a periphery of the moving lens frame, and a plurality of internal components made of magnetic material and arranged around the objective optical unit. At least one of the internal components is arranged at a position where at least a part thereof intersects one of straight lines each connecting an extreme point of one of valleys of a specific isomagnetic line of magnetic fields formed by the magnets and one of two inflection points of the specific isomagnetic line, the two inflection points being located, with the one of the valleys positioned between the two inflection points.

Abstract: An endoscope includes: a distal end rigid member including a distal end-side end portion and a proximal end-side end portion in the longitudinal axis direction of an insertion portion and a hole provided in the longitudinal axis direction; an objective optical unit inserted into and attached to an inside of the hole in the longitudinal axis direction; a camera unit; and a projecting portion projecting from at least a part of a periphery of the hole, from the proximal end-side end portion to a proximal end side in the longitudinal axis direction, by a length that is equal to or greater than a length up to a gravity center position of the camera unit in the longitudinal axis direction exceeding a connecting portion connecting the objective optical unit and the camera unit, so as to cover a part of an outer peripheral portion of the camera unit.

Abstract: According to an embodiment, a gait analysis device includes a measuring unit configured to measure a subject's motion; a determining unit configured to determine a walking start point in time at which the subject starts walking based on the subject's motion; a feature quantity calculator configured to, when the walking start point in time is determined, calculate a feature quantity of the subject's motion measured during a predetermined time period starting from the walking start point in time as a time period in which the subject's motion is not stabilized; and an estimating unit configured to estimate a subject's walking condition based on the feature quantity.

Abstract: The disclosure provides compositions and methods for cell therapy of hPAP in humans using gene corrected and in vitro differentiated patient autologous macrophage cells. The disclosure also provides compositions in the form of a cell product and related compositions and methods for making the cell product and for direct pulmonary transplantation of same.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes an acquisition module, a feature calculator and a blood pressure value calculator. The acquisition module is configured to acquire a basic first attribute of a user, a second attribute related to a physique of the user, a third attribute related to a circulatory organ of the user, and a biological signal related to a living body of the user. The feature calculator is configured to calculate a feature in the biological signal. The blood pressure value calculator is configured to calculate a blood pressure value of the user, based on the first attribute, the second attribute, the third attribute, and the feature.

Abstract: Disclosed are compositions and methods for treating a condition characterized by a dysregulation in macrophage lipid homeostasis. The disclosed methods may include the administration of an agent selected from a PPAR? agonist, a LXR agonist, or a combination thereof. In certain aspects, the disclosed methods may be used to prevent, treat, or ameliorate conditions such as pulmonary alveolar proteinosis (PAP) and/or symptoms associated therewith.

Abstract: Disclosed are compositions and methods for treating a condition characterized by a dysregulation in macrophage lipid homeostasis. The disclosed methods may include the administration of an agent selected from a PPAR? agonist, a LXR agonist, or a combination thereof. In certain aspects, the disclosed methods may be used to prevent, treat, or ameliorate conditions such as pulmonary alveolar proteinosis (PAP) and/or symptoms associated therewith.

Abstract: A biosignal measuring device has a first information acquisition module, a second information acquisition module, a first calculation module, a second calculation module, a third calculation module, a heartbeat interval estimation module, a determination module, and an output module. The first information acquisition module acquires the pulse wave signal. The second information acquisition module acquires an electrocardiogram signal. The first calculation module calculates a pulse wave velocity based. The second calculation module determines a heartbeat interval. The third calculation module calculates a relationship between pulse wave velocity and the heartbeat interval. The heartbeat interval estimation module estimates an estimated heartbeat interval based on pulse wave velocity and calculated relationship. The determination module determines whether the position of the first and second information acquisition modules has changed based on the heartbeat interval and the estimated heartbeat interval.

Abstract: According to an embodiment, a communication apparatus includes a substrate, a first communication unit, a first signal line, a first terminal, a second signal line, a variable capacitance portion, and an inductor portion. The substrate is provided with a reference potential electrode. The first communication unit transmits and receives. One end of the first signal line is connected to the first communication unit. The first terminal is connected to the other end of the first signal line. The second signal line is connected to the first signal line through the first terminal. One end of the variable capacitance portion is connected to the other end of the second signal line. One end of the inductor portion is connected to the other end of the variable capacitance portion. The communication apparatus executes communication through a living body.

Abstract: A life watching and support apparatus is connected to a living behavior acquirement apparatus configured to acquire behavior information of a user, to a physiological information acquirement apparatus configured to acquire physiological information of the user, and to a display apparatus on a watcher side watching the user. The life watching and support apparatus includes a behavior estimation section configured to estimate a living behavior situation of the user based on the behavior information of the user, a health condition determination section configured to determine a health condition of the user based on the estimated living behavior situation and the physiological information, and an output control section configured to display a watching screen including the determined health condition in the display apparatus on the watcher side depending on the health condition.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes an acquisition module, a feature calculator and a blood pressure value calculator. The acquisition module is configured to acquire a basic first attribute of a user, a second attribute related to a physique of the user, a third attribute related to a circulatory organ of the user, and a biological signal related to a living body of the user. The feature calculator is configured to calculate a feature in the biological signal. The blood pressure value calculator is configured to calculate a blood pressure value of the user, based on the first attribute, the second attribute, the third attribute, and the feature.

Abstract: A device according to an embodiment includes: a simulated skin portion being located near a photoelectric pulse wave sensor to simulate a blood flow of the skin; a reflectance changing unit located on an opposite side of the simulated skin portion to the photoelectric pulse wave sensor, the reflectance changing unit changing, in time series, reflectance of light emitted from the light-emitting unit of the photoelectric pulse wave sensor and passing through the simulated skin portion; a reflectance change control unit that transmits a reflectance control signal to the reflectance changing unit to control changes in reflectance of the reflectance changing unit; and a synchronization signal output unit that outputs a signal in sync with the reflectance control signal to an external device.

Abstract: According to an embodiment, a communication apparatus includes a substrate, a first communication unit, a first signal line, a first terminal, a second signal line, a variable capacitance portion, and an inductor portion. The substrate is provided with a reference potential electrode. The first communication unit transmits and receives. One end of the first signal line is connected to the first communication unit. The first terminal is connected to the other end of the first signal line. The second signal line is connected to the first signal line through the first terminal. One end of the variable capacitance portion is connected to the other end of the second signal line. One end of the inductor portion is connected to the other end of the variable capacitance portion. The communication apparatus executes communication through a living body.