Abstract: A laryngeal mask is provided with an outer tube and a connector, having a base end in which is formed a first connecting portion capable of being connected to an artificial respirator and a leading end in which is formed a ventilation opening, the outer tube and the connector having a communication passage formed therein that communicates between the first connecting portion and the ventilation opening, a ring-shaped cuff capable of tightly adhering to a tracheal opening of a patient trachea as a result of inflating in a state where the ring-shaped cuff is inserted to a predetermined insertion position, and hyoid bone-contacting portions and protruding laterally from the outer tube so as to contact from above a site in a pharyngeal portion of the patient corresponding to a hyoid bone of the patient in a state where the ring-shaped cuff is inserted to the insertion position.

Abstract: A brain cooling apparatus is provided that can circulate a fluid between a containing unit of a brain cooling device and the brain cooling apparatus while maintaining an appropriate pressure of the fluid in the containing unit, and a brain cooling device suitable thereto also is provided. A control device circulates a physiological saline solution between a storage tank and a cuff by driving a first pump in a direction in which the physiological saline solution flows toward the cuff, and driving a second pump in a direction in which the physiological saline solution flows toward the storage tank. In this state, the control device adjusts the rotation speed of at least the second pump, so that the pressure of the physiological saline solution in the cuff becomes a preset target pressure.

Abstract: A laryngoscope is provided with which an operator can directly observe the trachea inlet portion of a patient easily by safely and surely lifting the epiglottis of the patient with a proximal end portion of a laryngoscope blade which is inserted in the mouth of the patient. The blade is connected to a distal end portion of a grippable handle, a first electrode is mounted on a distal end portion of the blade, and a second electrode is configured to adhere to a skin surface of the patient in the vicinity of the epiglottis, and a low frequency current is supplied to flow between the first electrode and the second electrode.

Abstract: A laryngeal mask is provided with an outer tube and a connector, having a base end in which is formed a first connecting portion capable of being connected to an artificial respirator and a leading end in which is formed a ventilation opening, the outer tube and the connector having a communication passage formed therein that communicates between the first connecting portion and the ventilation opening, a ring-shaped cuff capable of tightly adhering to a tracheal opening of a patient trachea as a result of inflating in a state where the ring-shaped cuff is inserted to a predetermined insertion position, and hyoid bone-contacting portions and protruding laterally from the outer tube so as to contact from above a site in a pharyngeal portion of the patient corresponding to a hyoid bone of the patient in a state where the ring-shaped cuff is inserted to the insertion position.

Abstract: A brain cooling apparatus includes a tube body 2 which can maintain an airway in the respiratory tract of a living body; a pharyngeal cuff 5 which is provided in the peripheral part of this tube body 2 and can store a cooled fluid; and an injection and discharge portion 6 which can inject and discharge a fluid into and from this pharyngeal cuff 5, in which the pharyngeal cuff 5 is flexible enough to inflate and deflate when a fluid is injected and discharged, and when a fluid is injected in a state where an airway in the respiratory tract of a living body is maintained by the tube body 2, the inflated pharyngeal cuff adheres closely to the pharyngeal part T of the living body.

Abstract: A brain cooling apparatus is provided that can circulate a fluid between a containing unit of a brain cooling device and the brain cooling apparatus while maintaining an appropriate pressure of the fluid in the containing unit, and a brain cooling device suitable thereto also is provided. A control device circulates a physiological saline solution between a storage tank and a cuff by driving a first pump in a direction in which the physiological saline solution flows toward the cuff, and driving a second pump in a direction in which the physiological saline solution flows toward the storage tank. In this state, the control device adjusts the rotation speed of at least the second pump, so that the pressure of the physiological saline solution in the cuff becomes a preset target pressure.

Abstract: A brain cooling device is provided to cool the brain sufficiently to the subcortical tissue in a short time. The device includes a cuff (3) capable of storing therein a cooled fluid and placeable in the esophagus (H1) of the patient (H) when inserted orally or transnasally. A tube (2) extends from the cuff (3) for infusing the fluid into the cuff (3) placed in the esophagus (H1) from outside the body of the patient H and discharging the fluid from the cuff (3). The cuff (3) has flexibility so as to inflate or deflate in response to infusion or discharge of the fluid and is configured in such a manner that when the fluid is infused therein while placed in the esophagus (H1), the cuff (3) that has been inflated comes into close contact with the inner wall (H4) of the esophagus (H1).

Abstract: A laryngoscope is provided with which an operator can directly observe the trachea inlet portion of a patient easily by safely and surely lifting the epiglottis of the patient with a proximal end portion of a laryngoscope blade which is inserted in the mouth of the patient. The blade is connected to a distal end portion of a grippable handle, a first electrode is mounted on a distal end portion of the blade, and a second electrode is configured to adhere to a skin surface of the patient in the vicinity of the epiglottis, and a low frequency current is supplied to flow between the first electrode and the second electrode.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for manufacturing a tracheal intubation training model with which training for securing airway by inserting an airway control device into the pharyngoesophagus can be effectively carried out.

Abstract: The present invention provides a bilirubin reducing means which can minimize a risk such as the onset of an infection or the occurrence of blood coagulation and can reduce physical, temporal and economical burdens imposed on a patient suffering from liver dysfunction.

Abstract: A brain cooling device is provided to cool the brain sufficiently to the subcortical tissue in a short time. The device includes a cuff (3) capable of storing therein a cooled fluid and placeable in the esophagus (H1) of the patient (H) when inserted orally or transnasally. A tube (2) extends from the cuff (3) for infusing the fluid into the cuff (3) placed in the esophagus (H1) from outside the body of the patient H and discharging the fluid from the cuff (3). The cuff (3) has flexibility so as to inflate or deflate in response to infusion or discharge of the fluid and is configured in such a manner that when the fluid is infused therein while placed in the esophagus (H1), the cuff (3) that has been inflated comes into close contact with the inner wall (H4) of the esophagus (H1).

Abstract: A cerebral-ischemia supervisory monitor includes: a pair of optical fibers which each have a tip part that can be placed substantially perpendicularly to an exterior surface of a cerebrum; an irradiation portion which is connected to a basic end part of one of the optical fibers, and via this optical fiber, can irradiate the exterior surface of a cerebrum with ultraviolet rays; a light-receiving portion which is connected to the basic end part of the other one of the optical fibers, and via this optical fiber, can receive fluorescence that is emitted when the ultraviolet rays excite cerebral cells; and a display portion which can display an intensity of the fluorescence.

Abstract: The present invention provides a bilirubin reducing means which can minimize a risk such as the onset of an infection or the occurrence of blood coagulation and can reduce physical, temporal and economical burdens imposed on a patient suffering from liver dysfunction.

Abstract: A brain cooling apparatus includes a tube body 2 which can maintain an airway in the respiratory tract of living body; a pharyngeal cuff 5 which is provided in the peripheral part of this tube body 2 and can store a cooled fluid; and an injection and discharge portion 6 which can inject and discharge a fluid into and from this pharyngeal cuff 5, in which the pharyngeal cuff 5 is flexible enough to inflate and deflate when a fluid is injected and discharged, and when a fluid is injected in a state where an airway in the respiratory tract of living body is maintained by the tube body 2, the inflated pharyngeal cuff adheres closely to the pharyngeal part T of the living body.

Abstract: A cerebral-ischemia supervisory monitor includes: a pair of optical fibers which each have a tip part that can be placed substantially perpendicularly to an exterior surface of a cerebrum; an irradiation portion which is connected to a basic end part of one of the optical fibers, and via this optical fiber, can irradiate the exterior surface of a cerebrum with ultraviolet rays; a light-receiving portion which is connected to the basic end part of the other one of the optical fibers, and via this optical fiber, can receive fluorescence that is emitted when the ultraviolet rays excite cerebral cells; and a display portion which can display an intensity of the fluorescence.

Abstract: A portable terminal carried by an operator of a target apparatus includes a communicating device for conducting wireless communication and a first information acquiring device for acquiring first information related to the target apparatus from the target apparatus via the communicating device. The portable terminal also includes a second information sending device for sending second information to at least one external information terminal via the communicating device based on the first information. Further, the portable terminal includes a third information acquiring device for acquiring third information from at least one external information terminal responding to the second information via the communicating device and an information outputting device for outputting an information output based on the third information.