Abstract: A blood pressure measurement device includes a curler curving with following a circumferential direction of a portion of a living body where the blood pressure measurement device is attached, a bag-like structure, including two sheet members, and a welded portion, formed by welding edges of the two sheet members, the welded portion, including a plurality of insertion holes, the bag-like structure, being inflated with a fluid and being disposed on an inner circumferential surface of the curler, and a junction means abutting a surface on the living body side of the welded portion and inserted into the plurality of insertion holes to join the welded portion, to the curler.

Abstract: A blood pressure measurement device includes a cuff structure formed of a resin material and configured to be inflated with a fluid, and a curler curved in such a manner as to follow along a circumferential direction of a portion of a living body where the blood pressure measurement device is attached, the curler being formed with a first end and a second end spaced apart from each other, the cuff structure being welded to the curler, and a portion of the curler where the cuff structure is welded being formed of a material similar to the resin material forming the cuff structure.

Abstract: A blood pressure measurement device includes: a case including an outer case, a base housed in the outer case, and a back cover that covers an opening of the outer case; a movable portion arranged in a gap between the outer case, the base and the back cover, and including a bag-shaped cuff that inflates when a fluid is supplied to an internal space; and a seal member that is formed of a gel body having a lower elastic modulus than that of the cuff, and that is provided in the gap to seal the gap.

Abstract: The blood pressure measuring device includes a device main body configured to form a flow path of a fluid and supply the fluid, and a cuff to be wound around a living body, the cuff provided with a bag-shaped connection portion with an opening and a connection plate with a hole communicating with the opening; the connection portion formed of a sheet member; the connection plate having a bending elastic modulus higher than that of the connection portion, bonded to the connection portion and adhered to the device main body; and the cuff configured to be inflated when the fluid is supplied to an internal space of the cuff.

Abstract: A belt includes; a first belt portion including a cover layer formed of a resin material and a first insert layer disposed within the cover layer and formed of a high-tensile material having a tensile strength higher than that of the resin material, the first belt portion having a bent shape along a circumferential direction of a living body; and a second belt portion configured to be connected to the first belt portion.

Abstract: A blood pressure measurement device includes an outer case; a base; a pump provided on a surface of the base such that the pump is shifted from a center of the outer case and located on one side as viewed in a circumferential direction of a living body; a first pressure sensor and a second pressure sensor that are provided such that the first pressure sensor and the second pressure sensor are arranged side by side in the circumferential direction and located on one side as viewed in a direction orthogonal to the circumferential direction; and a first on-off valve and a second on-off valve that are provided such that the first on-off valve and the second on-off valve are arranged side by side in the circumferential direction with reference to the first pressure sensor and the second pressure sensor.

Abstract: A blood pressure measurement device includes: a base; a flow path cover that is fixed to the base and defines a flow path portion with reference to the base; a recess including an outer surface which is on a base side of the flow path portion and part of which is projected toward the base, and an outer surface which is on a side opposite to the base side and part of which is depressed toward the base; a nozzle that is that is formed on a bottom surface of the recess and communicates with the flow path portion; and a bag-shaped cuff that is connected to the nozzle and that is inflated when a fluid is supplied to an internal space.

Abstract: A blood pressure measurement device includes an outer case; a base; a pump provided on the base such that the pump is shifted from a center of the outer case and located on one side as viewed in a circumferential direction of a living body; a drive unit provided on the base and located on one side of the pump as viewed in a direction orthogonal to the circumferential direction; an on-off valve provided on another side of the pump as viewed in the direction orthogonal to the circumferential direction; a pressure sensor provided on said another side of the pump as viewed in the direction orthogonal to the circumferential direction; and packing provided between the on-off valve and the pressure sensor and the base.

Abstract: The blood pressure measurement device includes a bag-like cuff wound around the living body and inflated with a fluid supplied to its internal space, a supply device configured to supply the fluid into the cuff, and guides arranged on the living body side of the cuff and configured to create wrinkles in the cuff on the living body side in a direction intersecting the winding direction of the cuff, when the cuff is inflated to pressurize the living body.

Abstract: A blood pressure measurement device includes a bag-like pressing cuff wound around a measurement target site of a living body; a back plate arranged on the living body side of the pressing cuff; a bag-like sensing cuff arranged on the living body side of the back plate; a supply device configured to supply a fluid into the cuffs; first guides arranged on the living body side of the pressing cuff and configured to form wrinkles in a direction intersecting the winding direction; and second guides arranged on the living body side of the sensing cuff and configured to form wrinkles in the direction intersecting the winding direction.

Abstract: A spiral spring (5) has an inner circumferential end (5a) fixed to a rotor (3) and an outer circumferential end (5b) fixed to a plate (8) of a housing (2), and biases the rotor (3) in one direction with respect to the housing (2). A projection (13) protrudes from the plate (8), and stops radially outward expansion of an outermost winding (5c) of the spiral spring (5). A clip (6) has a first portion (6a) coming in contact with the outermost winding (5c) of the spiral spring (5), and is attached to the projection (13) by elastic force of the clip (6).

Abstract: A fuel cell system comprises a fuel cell, a cooling system, a rotating speed acquisition part acquiring a rotating speed of the refrigerant pump, a power consumption acquisition part acquiring a power consumption of the refrigerant pump, and a controller configured to receive a rotating speed acquired by the rotating speed acquisition part and control the refrigerant pump. The controller has stored therein a predetermined correspondence between rotating speeds of the refrigerant pump and power consumption threshold values.

Abstract: High blood pressure measurement accuracy is made possible even with a cuff reduced in width. Provided is a bag-shaped structure for use in a cuff for a blood pressure monitor that is wrapped around a living body and is inflated by supplying a fluid to an internal space to apply a pressure to the living body, including an inner wall portion that is provided on a living body's side and has a Shore A hardness within a range of 15 to 75, an outer wall portion that faces the inner wall portion, and a pair of side wall portions that are provided in a manner to be continuous with the inner wall portion and the outer wall portion, have a thickness equal to a thickness of the inner wall portion, and have a Shore A hardness that falls within a range of 20 to 95 and is larger than a Shore A hardness of the inner wall portion.

Abstract: To provide a bag-shaped structure that can suppress expansion of the side wall portion and improve the vascular compression property. A bag-shaped structure used in a cuff for a blood pressure monitor configured to be wrapped around a living body, inflate when a fluid is supplied to an internal space, and compress the living body includes: an inner wall portion provided on a living body side; an outer wall portion facing the inner wall portion; and a pair of side wall portions continuous with the inner wall portion and the outer wall portion and including a bent portion bent toward the internal space; and a reinforcing member provided on each of the pair of side wall portions, having a higher hardness than the side wall portion, and having shape followability in a direction of wrapping around the living body.

Abstract: A spiral spring (5) has an inner circumferential end (5a) fixed to a rotor (3) and an outer circumferential end (5b) fixed to a plate (8) of a housing (2), and biases the rotor (3) in one direction with respect to the housing (2). A projection (13) protrudes from the plate (8), and stops radially outward expansion of an outermost winding (5c) of the spiral spring (5). A clip (6) has a first portion (6a) coming in contact with the outermost winding (5c) of the spiral spring (5), and is attached to the projection (13) by elastic force of the clip (6).

Abstract: An electrical contact switch device includes: a fixed contact; a movable contact configured to come into contact with and move away from the fixed contact; a casing configured to house the movable contact and the fixed contact inside, and the casing includes at least one micro opening whose opening area is 80 ?m2 or less on an outer surface facing an outside.

Abstract: A sphygmomanometer includes a cuff and a main body. The main body is equipped with a substrate, a pump and a pressure sensor that are attached to one surface of the substrate, and a plate-shaped member opposed to an other surface of the substrate on an opposite side of the one surface of the substrate. The substrate includes a first through-hole and a second through-hole. The other surface of the substrate and an opposing surface of the plate-shaped member opposed to the other surface constitute the planar direction passage extending in a planar direction along the other surface of the substrate. The planar direction passage communicates with a fluid bag of the cuff. The sphygmomanometer further includes a pressurization controller and a blood pressure calculator. The pressurization controller controls pressing the measured site through the planar direction passage. The blood pressure calculator calculates a blood pressure.

Abstract: An electrical contact switch device includes: a fixed contact; a movable contact configured to come into contact with and move away from the fixed contact; a casing configured to house the movable contact and the fixed contact inside, and the casing includes at least one micro opening whose opening area is 80 ?m2 or less on an outer surface facing an outside.

Abstract: Herewith disclosed is a sample analyzer comprising: a measurement section configured to perform a measurement on a sample and generate a measurement value according to the concentration of an analyte in the sample; a memory storing a calibration curve; an analysis section; an output section; and an instruction receiver. When the instruction receiver receives an instruction to perform a diluting measurement on a calibration sample, the measurement section dilutes the calibration sample by a predetermined ratio and performs a measurement on the diluted calibration sample, and the analysis section determines the concentration of the analyte in the diluted calibration sample by applying a measurement value obtained from the diluted calibration sample to the calibration curve. Information generated based on the determined concentration and the known concentration is output.

Abstract: A fuel cell system comprises a fuel cell, a cooling system, a rotating speed acquisition part acquiring a rotating speed of the refrigerant pump, a power consumption acquisition part acquiring a power consumption of the refrigerant pump, and a controller configured to receive a rotating speed acquired by the rotating speed acquisition part and control the refrigerant pump. The controller has stored therein a predetermined correspondence between rotating speeds of the refrigerant pump and power consumption threshold values.