Abstract: A stent graft indwelling device (1) comprising a dilator (10) and a sheath (30) in which the dilator (10) and a stent graft (60) are to be loaded, the stent graft indwelling device (1) having a wire (40) or a fixed chip (20) as means for adjusting the insertion angle and/or indwelling site of the stent graft (60) when the stent graft (60) is released from the sheath (30) in a diseased part by this indwelling device, so that the insertion angle and indwelling site can be finely adjusted in a blood vessel in a semi-expansion state where the stent graft is not completely expanded

Abstract: A stent (1) formed in the shape of a generally tubular body which has a spring function with which the tubular body is diameter-contractible toward the central axis (C) of the tubular body and which is expandable to the initial diameter after contraction, the stent being loaded into a sheath and being to be delivered to a diseased part to be treated, wherein the stent (1) maintains a configuration curved along the longitudinal direction of the stent when not inserted in the sheath, and (B) when the stent (1) is inserted into the sheath, the stent (1) is contracted toward the central axis (C) of the stent (1) and is elongated in the form of a generally straight line along the longitudinal direction of the stent (1), whereby the stent (1) is loaded into the sheath in the form of a substantially straight line, and the stent can remarkably improve safety and conformity during delivery in the artery, and the like.

Abstract: An assembly method for an automotive engine and a transmission to provide a power unit. The assembly method is carried out as follows: The engine and the transmission are supported respectively on respective lifter tables which are controllably movable to change the location of the engine and the transmission in accordance with a location correction command fed thereto. The engine and transmission are provided at their joining faces with joining standards, respectively. Then, a pair of CCD cameras are inserted into between the joining faces of the engine and transmission to pick up the images of the respective joining standards. The thus picked-up images of the joining standards are processed by a processor to detect the positions of the joining standards and provide the location correction command to at least one of the lifter tables, so that at least one of the locations of the engine and the transmission is changed to cause the joining standards to coincide with each other.