Abstract: A heat sink includes a base plate; a cover overlapping the base plate; fins, each having a plate-like shape projecting from the base plate in a direction perpendicular to the base plate, located between the base plate and the cover; one or a plurality of first fin groups composed of a plurality of the fins arranged with a gap therebetween in a first direction; and one or a plurality of second fin groups composed of a plurality of the fins arranged with a gap therebetween in the first direction, and adjacent to the first fin group with a gap therebetween in a second direction. Positions in the first direction of the fins belonging to the second fin group are displaced with respect to positions in the first direction of the fins belonging to the first fin group. Each of the fines has an S-shape.

Abstract: A heat sink includes a base plate; a cover overlapping the base plate; fins, each having a plate-like shape projecting from the base plate in a direction perpendicular to the base plate, located between the base plate and the cover; one or a plurality of first fin groups composed of a plurality of the fins arranged with a gap therebetween in a first direction; and one or a plurality of second fin groups composed of a plurality of the fins arranged with a gap therebetween in the first direction, and adjacent to the first fin group with a gap therebetween in a second direction. Positions in the first direction of the fins belonging to the second fin group are displaced with respect to positions in the first direction of the fins belonging to the first fin group. Each of the fines has an S-shape.

Abstract: [Object] To make it possible to more stably perform communication. [Solution] There is provided a communication control device including: a communication status grasping unit configured to grasp a communication status of wireless communication of image information between an image shooting device and a surgical site image information acquiring unit on the basis of an operating room image showing a situation of an operating room, the image shooting device capturing an image of a surgical site of a patient, the surgical site image information acquiring unit acquiring information on a surgical site image captured by the image shooting device for display control of the surgical site image; and a communication method deciding unit configured to decide a communication method between the image shooting device and the surgical site image information acquiring unit on the basis of the grasped communication status.

Abstract: A photosensitive epoxy resin composition for formation of an optical waveguide is provided, which contains an epoxy resin component, and a photo-cationic polymerization initiator, wherein the epoxy resin component includes a solid semi-aliphatic bifunctional epoxy resin. The optical waveguide formation photosensitive epoxy resin composition is usable as an optical waveguide forming material having higher R-to-R (roll-to-roll) adaptability (lower tackiness and uncured-state flexibility), a lower refractive index, excellent patternability, and excellent laser processability mirror forming processability).

Abstract: A photosensitive epoxy resin composition for formation of an optical waveguide is provided, which contains an epoxy resin component and a photo-cationic polymerization initiator, wherein the epoxy resin component includes: (a) a solid bisphenol-A epoxy resin having a softening point of not higher than 105° C.; (b) a solid polyfunctional aliphatic epoxy resin having a softening point of not higher than 105° C.; and (c) a liquid long-chain bifunctional semi-aliphatic epoxy resin, wherein the epoxy resin (a) is present in a proportion of 60 to 70 wt. % based on the weight of the epoxy resin component, wherein the epoxy resin (b) is present in a proportion of 20 to 35 wt. % based on the weight of the epoxy resin component, wherein the epoxy resin (c) is present in a proportion of 5 to 10 wt. % based on the weight of the epoxy resin component.

Abstract: A medical image processing apparatus for allocating at least two medical imaging processes to a plurality of assignable processing resources is provided. The plurality of assignable processing resources is allocated by the medical image processing apparatus based on resource information of the plurality of assignable processing resources. The medical image processing apparatus includes circuitry configured to acquire medical image processing content, from medical equipment, to be processed according to the at least two medical imaging processes prior to display on a display device connected to a surgical operating room network. The circuitry is configured to acquire the resource information of the plurality of assignable processing resources, and allocate each of the at least two medical imaging processes to a different one of the plurality of assignable processing resources based on the resource information of the plurality processing resources and the medical image processing content.

Abstract: Provided is an image processing device including: an image processing unit that generates image data for output from a captured image of an inside of a body cavity of a patient photographed by an endoscope. The image processing unit generates the image data in a manner that, when a lens barrel of the endoscope is moved in an optical axis direction of an objective lens during photographing, a display range in the captured image that is a range expressed in a display image displayed on a display device does not change, during the movement and after the movement, from a display range before the movement.

Abstract: A photosensitive epoxy resin composition for formation of an optical waveguide is provided, which contains an epoxy resin component and a photo-cationic polymerization initiator, wherein the epoxy resin component includes: (a) a solid bisphenol-A epoxy resin having a softening point of not higher than 105° C.; (b) a solid polyfunctional aliphatic epoxy resin having a softening point of not higher than 105° C.; and (c) a liquid long-chain bifunctional semi-aliphatic epoxy resin, wherein the epoxy resin (a) is present in a proportion of 60 to 70 wt. % based on the weight of the epoxy resin component, wherein the epoxy resin (b) is present in a proportion of 20 to 35 wt. % based on the weight of the epoxy resin component, wherein the epoxy resin (c) is present in a proportion of 5 to 10 wt. % based on the weight of the epoxy resin component.

Abstract: [Problem] A surgical apparatus of the related art controls only the cropping position of a captured image, and thus only executes a limited range of image control in laparoscopic surgery. [Solution] A medical information processing apparatus including: an image control section that controls processing of a captured image from a camera; and an arm control section that controls a motion of an arm that supports the camera. One of the image control section and the arm control section executes control on a basis of control information from another control section.

Abstract: To provide a method for manufacturing a power device cooler, which not only can accomplish cost reduction and preferable joining between the cooler and a heating element equipped with a power device but also can improve the productivity. After first and second cases and fins that constitute a cooler are brazed by means of a non-corrosive flux and a brazing filler material, the first and second cases and the fins being made of aluminum, flux residues that are attached at least to a heat receiving surface of the first and second cases that is to be joined to a heating element equipped with a power device, are removed by a wet blasting method in which a mixture of an abrasive formed of polygonal alumina particles having a median particle diameter of 4 to 250 ?m and a liquid is projected onto the heat receiving surface by compressed air.

Abstract: A surgical endoscope system including a surgical endoscope configured to generate medical image data and an image processing apparatus. The image processing apparatus includes switching control circuitry receiving the medical image data generated by the surgical endoscope and configured to perform distribution and aggregation, a plurality of graphic processing circuits configured to perform image processing on the medical image data received via distribution from the switching control circuitry, central processing circuitry connected to the switching circuitry and to the plurality of graphic processing circuits via the switching control circuitry, and memory circuitry managed by the central processing circuitry.

Abstract: A heat sink includes: a base plate; a cover overlapping the base plate; a fin having a plate-like shape projecting from the base plate, the fin being located between the base plate and the cover; a first fin group composed of a plurality of the fins arranged with a gap therebetween in a first direction parallel to the base plate; and a second fin group composed of a plurality of the fins arranged with a gap therebetween in the first direction, and adjacent to the first fin group with a gap therebetween in a second direction parallel to an inflow direction of refrigerant. A longitudinal direction of the fin is along the second direction. A position in the first direction of the fin of the second fin group is displaced with respect to a position in the first direction of the fin of the first fin group.

Abstract: There is provided a surgical system including a monitoring sensor configured to sense a characteristic of a surgical site within a body, in a sensing region of the surgical site which includes at least a part of a region outside a display field of an endoscope, and circuitry configured to detect an occurrence of a medical abnormality in the region outside the display field of the endoscope based on a result of the sensing by the monitoring sensor, and generate notification information regarding the detected medical abnormality.

Abstract: There is provided a medical image processing device and an image processing method. The medical image processing device includes an acquisition unit that acquires application information indicating an application related to a display, and an image processing unit that performs image processing based on the application information to acquire an output image.

Abstract: The present technology relates to an image processing apparatus and method and an endoscopic system that permit reduction of uneven illumination distribution. An image processing apparatus includes a signal processing section that corrects uneven illumination of an image shot with a subject within a body of a patient to be operated on illuminated by a light source. The light source is arranged within the patient's body. The signal processing section corrects uneven illumination on the basis of a normally illuminated image and a low illuminated image. The normally illuminated image is shot with the subject within the body illuminated at a given illumination intensity. The low illuminated image is shot with the subject illuminated at a lower illumination intensity than the given illumination intensity.

Abstract: [Overview] [Problems to be Solved] To perform optimization of each of a plurality of surgical devices in consideration of the plurality of surgical devices. [Solution] A medical device management system is provided that includes a plurality of devices connected to a surgical network, and an information processor configured to change settings of one or more devices out of the plurality of devices via the surgical network. The information processor acquires two or more pieces of information related to the plurality of devices and changes at least one of the settings of the plurality of devices on the basis of the two or more pieces of information.

Abstract: [Object] To make it possible to more stably perform communication. [Solution] There is provided a communication control device including: a communication status grasping unit configured to grasp a communication status of wireless communication of image information between an image shooting device and a surgical site image information acquiring unit on the basis of an operating room image showing a situation of an operating room, the image shooting device capturing an image of a surgical site of a patient, the surgical site image information acquiring unit acquiring information on a surgical site image captured by the image shooting device for display control of the surgical site image; and a communication method deciding unit configured to decide a communication method between the image shooting device and the surgical site image information acquiring unit on the basis of the grasped communication status.

Abstract: Disclosed is a photosensitive resin composition for an optical waveguide containing a resin component and a photoacid generator. In the photosensitive resin composition, the resin component is constituted of an epoxy resin component containing both an aromatic epoxy resin and an aliphatic epoxy resin, and the content of the aromatic epoxy resin is 55 wt. % or more and less than 80 wt. % of the entirety of the epoxy resin component and the content of the aliphatic epoxy resin is more than 20 wt. % and 45 wt. % or less of the entirety of the epoxy resin component. Accordingly, for example, when a core layer of an optical waveguide is formed using the disclosed photosensitive resin composition for an optical waveguide, a core layer of an optical waveguide having satisfactorily low tackiness and high transparency while maintaining satisfactory roll-to-roll compatibility and a high resolution patterning property can be formed.

Abstract: The present technology relates to an image processing device, an image processing method, a surgery system, and a surgical thread capable of further improving visibility of the thread. The image processing device is provided with an image obtaining unit which obtains a first image imaged under an illumination condition in which the surgical thread fluoresces and a second image imaged under an illumination condition including at least visible light as images of an operative site using the surgical thread which fluoresces, and a synthesis unit which generates a synthetic image obtained by synthesizing an area of the surgical thread of the first image and the second image. The present technology is applicable to, for example, a surgery system and the like.

Abstract: Provided is a manufacturing method for a cooler, including brazing: a cooling plate (10) made of an aluminum alloy containing 0.35 mass % to 0.9 mass % of Mg and 0.2 mass % to 0.