Abstract: A pipe-joining attachment of a work machine includes an arm connecting unit connected to an arm of the work machine; a grip unit configured to grip a pipe; and a to-be-joined pipe contact unit located with respect to the grip unit in an axial direction of an insertion port of the pipe which is gripped by the grip unit and configured to come into contact with an outer peripheral surface of a to-be-joined pipe to be joined to the pipe on a receiving port side.

Abstract: [Object] It is an object to provide a determination device capable of determining the health risk of a laborer due to the labor load from the measured biological information only by measuring the biological information including the heart rate of the laborer. [Solution to the problems] In order to solve the above problems, the determination device 1 according to the present invention includes a biological information acquisition unit 3 that acquires biological information including a heart rate of a laborer Wi, a model formula storage unit 4 that stores a model formula for discriminating a health risk due to a labor load based on the biological information, and a determination unit 5 that determines the health risk of the laborer Wi based on the biological information of the laborer Wi and the model formula stored in the model formula storage unit 4.

Abstract: An optical signal transmission module is provided, in which a lens surface for condensing light emitted from an LD configured to convert an electrical signal to an optical signal and emit light of the optical signal is integrally formed on an end portion of an optical fiber, a mounting substrate for the LD to be mounted is configured with a specially-shaped substrate, and a fixing portion (a fixing hole portion) for the optical fiber to be fixed is integrally formed on the mounting substrate, at a position where the light emitted from the LD (the light of the optical signal) can be incident on the lens surface.

Abstract: An endoscope includes: an insertion unit; an imaging unit to image a subject under examination and output an electrical image signal; a light modulation device to output an optical image signal based on the electrical image signal output from the imaging unit; a first light cable inserted in the insertion unit to transmit light emitted by a communication light source to the light modulation device; and a second light cable inserted in the insertion unit to transmit the optical image signal output from the light modulation device outside the insertion unit. The communication light source is different from an illumination light source emitting an illumination light for illuminating the subject under examination. The light modulation device modulates the light transmitted by the first light cable to generate the optical image signal.

Abstract: [Object] It is an object to provide a determination device capable of determining the health risk of a laborer due to the labor load from the measured biological information only by measuring the biological information including the heart rate of the laborer. [Solution to the problems] In order to solve the above problems, the determination device 1 according to the present invention includes a biological information acquisition unit 3 that acquires biological information including a heart rate of a laborer Wi, a model formula storage unit 4 that stores a model formula for discriminating a health risk due to a labor load based on the biological information, and a determination unit 5 that determines the health risk of the laborer Wi based on the biological information of the laborer Wi and the model formula stored in the model formula storage unit 4.

Abstract: A lens array includes a plurality of lens parts arranged on a curved surface in a two-dimensional array. Each of the plurality of lens parts includes: a base part provided with a tapered side surface having an outer diameter that becomes smaller in a height direction away from the curved surface; and an apex part located on the base part and having a lens surface. There is an angular difference ?? between height directions of two adjacent lens parts of the plurality of lens parts. The angular difference ?? is smaller than an amount double a taper angle ? of the side surface of each of the two adjacent lens parts.

Abstract: An optical signal transmission module is provided, in which a lens surface for condensing light emitted from an LD configured to convert an electrical signal to an optical signal and emit light of the optical signal is integrally formed on an end portion of an optical fiber, a mounting substrate for the LD to be mounted is configured with a specially-shaped substrate, and a fixing portion (a fixing hole portion) for the optical fiber to be fixed is integrally formed on the mounting substrate, at a position where the light emitted from the LD (the light of the optical signal) can be incident on the lens surface.

Abstract: In an optical signal transmission system for transmitting signal light through a transmitting fiber, an optical connector, and a receiving fiber to an optical receptacle, the relationships ?1ex<?2en and ?pd<?2en are satisfied, where ?1ex is the core diameter of the transmitting fiber at the exit face of the transmitting fiber, ?2en is the core diameter of the receiving fiber at the entrance face of the receiving fiber, and ?pd is the diameter of a receiving surface of a light receiving element in the optical receptacle, and the relationship NA1ex>Na2en is satisfied, where, in the optical connector, NA1ex is the numerical aperture (NA) of the signal light emitted from the transmitting fiber, and NA2en is the NA of the signal light incident on the receiving fiber.

Abstract: A method of producing a lens unit includes forming a layer by switching between a transmissive material that allows transmission of light and a light-shielding material that shields light, and stacking formed layers to form a lens from the transmissive material and forma barrel that holds the lens from the light-shielding material.

Abstract: An endoscope includes: an insertion unit; an imaging unit to image a subject under examination and output an electrical image signal; a light modulation device to output an optical image signal based on the electrical image signal output from the imaging unit; a first light cable inserted in the insertion unit to transmit light emitted by a communication light source to the light modulation device; and a second light cable inserted in the insertion unit to transmit the optical image signal output from the light modulation device outside the insertion unit. The communication light source is different from an illumination light source emitting an illumination light for illuminating the subject under examination. The light modulation device modulates the light transmitted by the first light cable to generate the optical image signal.

Abstract: A trocar including a distal-end tube portion that is disposed inside the body and has a first inner hole through which a medical device can be inserted; a proximal-end tube portion that is disposed outside the body and is connected to the distal-end tube portion, the proximal-end tube portion having a second inner hole that communicates with the first inner hole and has an axis which can be disposed in a direction not parallel to an axis of the first inner hole; and a movement facilitating portion that is disposed on at least one of the inner surface of the first inner hole and the inner surface of the second inner hole to facilitate the movement of the medical device inside the inner hole.

Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for preventing or reducing the incidence of postoperative pulmonary complications in surgical patients after an esophagectomy. The inventors discovered that the occurrence of postoperative pulmonary complications after an esophagectomy may be reduced through the perioperative administration of ghrelin to surgical patients.

Abstract: in an optical signal transmission system for transmitting signal light through a transmitting fiber, an optical connector, and a receiving fiber to an optical receptacle, the relationships ?1ex<?2en and ?pd<?2en are satisfied, where ?1ex is the core diameter of the transmitting fiber at the exit face of the transmitting fiber, ?2en is the core diameter of the receiving fiber at the entrance face of the receiving fiber, and ?pd is the diameter of a receiving surface of a light receiving element in the optical receptacle, and the relationship NA1ex>NA2en is satisfied, where, in the optical connector, NA1ex is the numerical aperture (NA) of the signal light emitted from the transmitting fiber, and NA2en is the NA of the signal light incident on the receiving fiber.

Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for preventing or reducing the incidence of postoperative pulmonary complications in surgical patients after an esophagectomy. The inventors discovered that the occurrence of postoperative pulmonary complications after an esophagectomy may be reduced through the perioperative administration of ghrelin to surgical patients.

Abstract: A trocar including a distal-end tube portion that is disposed inside the body and has a first inner hole through which a medical device can be inserted; a proximal-end tube portion that is disposed outside the body and is connected to the distal-end tube portion, the proximal-end tube portion having a second inner hole that communicates with the first inner hole and has an axis which can be disposed in a direction not parallel to an axis of the first inner hole; and a movement facilitating portion that is disposed on at least one of the inner surface of the first inner hole and the inner surface of the second inner hole to facilitate the movement of the medical device inside the inner hole.

Abstract: An image system for surgery includes: a three-dimensional imaging unit acquiring two images having parallax by capturing an image of a portion; a display unit displaying two images acquired by the three-dimensional imaging unit individually for both left and right eyes, or displaying a same image for both left and right eyes; a detection unit detecting that a treatment device that performs treatment on the portion or the three-dimensional imaging unit is in an operating state in which to initiate treatment on the portion; and a display control unit switching from displaying one of images on the display unit to displaying two images on the display unit when the detection unit detects the three-dimensional imaging unit or the treatment device is in the operating state in which to initiate treatment on the portion.

Abstract: A stacking device includes a contact section with which top ends of the recording media in a conveying direction, conveyed into the storage space, make contact so stop the recording media at a storage position, a media move section which comprises a plurality of partition members, forms a plurality of spaces capable of storing the recording media between the partition members, stores the recording media stopped at the storage position into arbitrary one of the plurality of spaces, and moves the partition members thereby to move at least a part of the top ends of the recording media to a pushup position different from the storage position, and a lift section which pushes up, to the carry-out section, the recording media moved to the pushup position by the media move section.

Abstract: A medium cutting device for cutting a conveyed continuous medium in a predetermined length includes a cutting unit having a cut roller that is freely rotatable and is provided with a cut blade for cutting the continuous medium on an outer surface, and an anvil roller arranged to face the cut roller, and brush rollers that are arranged to face each other on a further downstream side than the cutting unit in a conveyance direction, and prevent a sheet-shaped recording medium cut by the cutting unit from being entangled with one of the rollers of the cutting unit. A linear speed of the outermost perimeter of each of the brush rollers is made faster than a conveyance speed of the continuous medium conveyed by the cutting unit.

Abstract: A poor recording detection device includes an illumination unit which applies illumination light to a recording medium after recording on the recording medium and a camera unit which picks up an image recorded on the recording medium to which the illumination light is applied and outputs detected information. A poor recording determination unit outputs reference detection information obtained by detecting a reference recording image by the camera unit after recording the reference recording data on the recording medium as input recording data, generates correction information by comparing the reference detection information with the reference recording data and generates corrected input recording data obtained by correcting the input recording data on the basis of the correction information, and detects a poor recording by comparing the input recording image information and the corrected input recording data after recording the input recording data on the recording medium.

Abstract: An image recording apparatus includes: a recording medium conveying mechanism; a recording head for recording an image on a recording medium based on the input data; a faulty record detection unit for detecting a faulty record when a recording process is performed; and a control unit for controlling these components. With the configuration, the recording head and the faulty record detection unit are arranged opposite at least one conveying unit, the recording head and the faulty record detection unit are fixed to the same coupling member, and the coupling member is fixed to a fixing member of the recording medium conveying mechanism.