Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a method for preserving pancreatic islet, a container for preserving pancreatic islet and a kit for transplanting pancreatic islet in order to effectively preserve the pancreatic islet. The present invention presents; a method for preserving a liquid including pancreatic islet in a container for preserving pancreatic islet, wherein at least a part of the container wall face consists of a film having an oxygen permeation coefficient of 2500 cm3/m2·day·atm or greater; a method for preserving a liquid including pancreatic islet in a container for preserving pancreatic islet, wherein at least a part of the container wall face consists of a film having a carbon dioxide permeation coefficient of 1000 to 20000 cm3/m2·day·atm; and a container for preserving pancreatic islet for use in the above-described method, and a kit for transplanting pancreatic islet comprising the container for preserving pancreatic islet.

Abstract: A printer has an image receiving section, a recording mode selecting section, an image drawing section and an error alerting section. The recording mode selecting section selects either one of a first recording mode and a second recording mode. In the first recording mode only an image based on the image data received by the image receiving section is recorded, and in the second recording mode additional data added to the image data is recorded together with the image data. The error alerting section issues an error alert and the image drawing section withholds image drawing, when the image data received by the image receiving section represent the image data without the additional data, even though the second recording mode is selected by the recording mode selecting section and.

Abstract: A vessel for cell culture includes a molded polymer sheet made of a polymer constituted by carbon atoms and hydrogen atoms attached to the carbon atoms, in which a part of the hydrogen atoms are substituted by fluorine atoms. The vessel has more excellent cell growth ability than conventional vessels for cell culture, and hence enables more efficient cell culture.

Abstract: A medical freezer bag having a sufficient strength, which is not damaged at ?196° C., the temperature of liquid nitrogen, and is excellent in low temperature resistance and molding processability, and whole blood, body fluids, and cell suspensions can be aseptically or nontoxically preserved at extremely low temperatures, is provided. The freezer bag is made from a three-layer film where both sides of an ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene film are welded respectively with a thermoplastic resin film having a lower melting point than that of the ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene and having compatibility with the ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene.

Abstract: A photographic film cassette has a bar code disc rotating with the spool. The bar code disc has a bar code formed by black and white bars. The bar code represents the film sensitivity and the number of photographed frames. Each bar includes a wide bar and a narrow bar representing binary information. A bar code sensor detects each bar and generates a photoelectrical signal. The width of each photoelectrical signal is measured to determine a pass time required for the bar to pass the bar code sensor. The bar width is judged from this pass time. In order to avoid an erroneous judgement to be caused by a change in the rotation speed of the bar code disc, the pass time of an old bar last read of the same type as or a different type from the type of a new bar presently read is used. In a preferred embodiment, in accordance with the pass time and width of the bar one bar before the new bar, a reference pass time corresponding to the pass time of the narrow bar is obtained.

Abstract: An ultrasonic probe apparatus suitable for use in stress echocardiography testing is disclosed. This ultrasonic probe apparatus comprises, an ultrasonic probe provided with a phased array transducer for transmitting and receiving ultrasonic waves; a supporting member for supporting the ultrasonic probe rotationally and pivotally; and a plurality of deformable holding legs provided on the supporting member and formed of a copper plate coated with plastic so as to be able to be easily deformed by hand and further maintain its deformed state for a long time. Therefore, the ultrasonic probe apparatus can hold the ultrasonic probe stably onto a body surface of a person to be examined for a long time by appropriately deforming or bending any of the holding legs and then attaching the legs on the body surface in such a manner that the probe is in contact with the body surface, even if the body surface has various shape and unevenness.

Abstract: An electronic scanning ultrasonic diagnostic system comprising a probe having ultrasonic beam emitting surface, in which plural ultrasonic wave transducers are convexly arranged at equal distances, emitting desired sector scanning ultrasonic beams, a transmitting and receiving wave control circuit dividing transducers into optional and plural groups and repeatedly performing of transmitting and receiving action with ultrasonic directivities respectively different to each group, and supplying ultrasonic beam scanning signals to an image display section with an assumption that the respective extension lines of each sector scanning ultrasonic beams coincide with the center of the arc shape of the probe.