Abstract: An inkjet printing apparatus is provided with a tank that stores ink, a print head that performs print operation by ejecting ink supplied from the tank, a circulation unit that establishes a circulating state to circulate ink in a circulation path if print operation is performed and establishes a stopped state to stop circulation of ink if print operation is terminated, and a deaeration unit that performs deaeration operation to deaerate ink inside the circulation path. The apparatus includes an estimation unit that estimates a dissolved gas amount in ink inside the circulation path based on dissolved gas amounts increased in the circulating state and in the stopped state, respectively, and a control unit that causes the deaeration unit to execute deaeration operation after completion of print operation if the dissolved gas amount estimated by the estimation unit exceeds a predetermined threshold.

Abstract: Ink is circulated through a circulation flow path between a print head and an ink tank. Detection operation for detecting an ink ejection state in an ejection opening in the print head is performed. The ink circulation and the detection operation are simultaneously performed by performing the detection operation in response to a start of the ink circulation.

Abstract: Disclosed is a balloon for a balloon catheter that can prevent kinking or buckling of the balloon and elongation of the balloon in the longitudinal direction. A balloon (2) for a balloon catheter has a balloon body (20); the balloon body (20) has an inflating part (20e), a distal sleeve part (25), and a proximal sleeve part (21); the distal sleeve part (25) has a fixed part (25f) fixed to the shaft (3); the balloon (2) has a reinforcing part (60) disposed on an inner surface of the distal sleeve part (25) at a part of a circumferential direction of the distal sleeve part (25); the reinforcing part (60) is located proximal to a distal end of the fixed part (25f); and the balloon (2) does not have the reinforcing part (60) on an inner surface of the proximal sleeve part (21).

Abstract: Disclosed is a balloon for a balloon catheter that can be easily folded to facilitate insertion into and through a body cavity and prevent elongation of the balloon in the longitudinal axis direction. A balloon satisfies at least one of: (I) a distal tapered part (24) has a first part (610) having an inner protrusion part (61) and a second part (620) not having the inner protrusion part (61), and the distal tapered part (24) has an outer protrusion part (62) in the entire extent of the second part (620); and (II) a proximal tapered part (22) has a first part (610) having an inner protrusion part (61) and a second part (620) not having the inner protrusion part (61), and the proximal tapered part (22) has an outer protrusion part (62) in the entire extent of the second part (620).

Abstract: In a spacer of an intermediate chamber in an electrolysis vessel, a cathode-side hole that is arranged in a cathode-side grid and an anode-side hole that is arranged in an anode-side grid and is positioned side-by-side with the cathode-side hole with each other in a first direction are misaligned with each other in a second direction that is orthogonal to the first direction. The cathode-side grid and the anode-side grid guide an electrolytic solution flowing into the intermediate chamber from one side of the second direction toward the other side of the second direction while allowing the electrolytic solution to flow along a serpentine course in the first direction by alternately guiding the electrolytic solution to the cathode-side hole and the anode-side hole which are misaligned with each other in the second direction.

Abstract: The method for producing a balloon catheter comprises a tubular object preparing step to prepare a tubular object having a space extending in the distal-proximal direction, a balloon preparing step to prepare a balloon, a balloon placement step to place the balloon in the tubular object and inflate the balloon, and a balloon deflating step to deflate the balloon and form a wing-shaped portion, wherein a projecting portion is placed on within a mean circle C1 centered at a center P1 of the tubular object, and a radius of the mean circle C1 is an average value of a shortest distance D1 from the center P1 of the tubular object to an inside surface P2 of the tubular object and a longest distance D2 from the center P1 of the tubular object to the inside surface P3 of the tubular object on a cross-section in the balloon placement step.

Abstract: In a spacer of an intermediate chamber in an electrolysis vessel, a cathode-side hole that is arranged in a cathode-side grid and an anode-side hole that is arranged in an anode-side grid and is positioned side-by-side with the cathode-side hole with each other in a first direction are misaligned with each other in a second direction that is orthogonal to the first direction. The cathode-side grid and the anode-side grid guide an electrolytic solution flowing into the intermediate chamber from one side of the second direction toward the other side of the second direction while allowing the electrolytic solution to flow along a serpentine course in the first direction by alternately guiding the electrolytic solution to the cathode-side hole and the anode-side hole which are misaligned with each other in the second direction.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a balloon catheter including preparing a tubular parison (20) made of a resin and a mold (30) that has an inner cavity into which the parison (20) is to be inserted and that has a first groove (41) formed on an inner wall surface forming the inner cavity; inserting the parison (20) into the inner cavity of the mold (30); allowing the resin to enter the first groove (41) by introducing a fluid into a lumen (23) of the parison (20) to expand the parison (20); and removing the parison (20) from the mold (30) before the resin reaches a bottom (41a) of the first groove (41).

Abstract: Provided is a balloon catheter wherein a balloon is less likely to swell in the protective tube during an air leak test of the balloon in a state where the balloon having projecting portions is housed in a lumen of the protective tube. A balloon catheter contains: a shaft extending in a distal-proximal direction; a balloon having wing-shaped portions; projecting portions disposed on an outer surface of the balloon; and a protective tube in which the balloon is disposed, wherein, in a cross section perpendicular to the distal-proximal direction at a midpoint of a length in the distal-proximal direction of the protective tube, a distance from a centroid of the protective tube through an apex of each projecting portion to an inner surface of the protective tube is longer than a distance from the centroid through none of the projecting portions to the inner surface of the protective tube.

Abstract: A method for producing a balloon catheter including preparing a balloon producing device (1), the device including a mold (10) into which a parison (50) is inserted, and a fixing member (30) for fixing the parison (50) outside the mold (10), the mold (10) provided with a rotation preventing portion (20) abutting the parison (50) so as to prevent rotation of the parison (50), disposing a part of the parison (50) in the mold (10), fixing a portion outside the mold (10) of the parison (50) with the fixing member (30), expanding the parison (50), removing the parison (50) from the mold (10), and cutting the parison (50).

Abstract: Provided is a balloon catheter wherein a balloon is less likely to swell in the protective tube during an air leak test of the balloon in a state where the balloon having projecting portions is housed in a lumen of the protective tube. A balloon catheter comprising: a shaft extending in a distal-proximal direction; a balloon disposed on a distal side of the shaft and having, in a contracted state, a plurality of wing-shaped portions; projecting portions each disposed on a portion, of an outer surface of the balloon, that is none of the wing-shaped portions; and a protective tube having a lumen in which the balloon is disposed, wherein none of the wing-shaped portions is present between an apex of each projecting portion and a point, on an inner surface of the protective tube, that is at a shortest distance from the apex of the projecting portion.

Abstract: To make it possible to automatically generate an objective variable so that even those who are unskilled in data processing can freely conduct an analysis. It is recognized whether a type of an attribute value of each attribute of analysis target data is a numeric type indicating that it is a numeric value or a category type indicating that it is a category. At least one attribute that is a numeric type is set as an attribute of an aggregation target, at least one attribute that is a category type is set as an attribute of an aggregation unit, and for each category value of the attribute of the aggregation unit, a numeric value of the attribute of the aggregation target is aggregated based on a previously prepared aggregation function to generate a new objective variable candidate.

Abstract: A bag-shaped filter has a durability higher than that of a bag-shaped filter of the related art without an increase in costs such that the replacement frequency can be lowered. Further, the bag-shaped can capture smaller solids compared to a bag-shaped filter of the related art such that high filtration performance and durability can be achieved simultaneously. A bag-shaped filter is used to filter waste liquid including solid components, wherein the filter is a bag-shaped circular knitted fabric, a part or the whole of which is obtained using a fiber material at least a part of which is an elastic yarn, and a portion formed by at least doubly knitting a knitted fabric is provided in a bag-shaped bottom portion.

Abstract: A second resin-impregnated fiber sheet (12) contains fibers extending in a first direction. A third resin-impregnated fiber sheet (13) contains fibers extending in a second direction that is different from the first direction. A first main surface (1a) is provided with a plurality of first linear protruding portions (1a1) extending in the first direction. A second main surface (1b) is provided with a plurality of second linear protruding portions (1b1) extending in the second direction.

Abstract: To make it possible to automatically generate an objective variable so that even those who are unskilled in data processing can freely conduct an analysis. It is recognized whether a type of an attribute value of each attribute of analysis target data is a numeric type indicating that it is a numeric value or a category type indicating that it is a category. At least one attribute that is a numeric type is set as an attribute of an aggregation target, at least one attribute that is a category type is set as an attribute of an aggregation unit, and for each category value of the attribute of the aggregation unit, a numeric value of the attribute of the aggregation target is aggregated based on a previously prepared aggregation function to generate a new objective variable candidate.

Abstract: The present invention provides a bag-shaped filter in which the durability is higher than that of a bag-shaped filter of the related art without an increase in costs such that the replacement frequency can be lowered. Further, the present invention provides a bag-shaped filter in which smaller solids can be captured compared to a bag-shaped filter of the related art such that high filtration performance and durability can be achieved simultaneously. A bag-shaped filter used to filter waste liquid including solid components, wherein the filter is a bag-shaped circular knitted fabric a part or the whole of which is obtained using a fiber material at least a part of which is an elastic yarn, and a portion formed by at least doubly knitting a knitted fabric is provided in a bag-shaped bottom portion.

Abstract: A binding processing device includes a first pressing member including: a first convex portion; a first concave portion; and a first connection portion which is provided between the first convex portion and the first concave portion; and a second pressing member including: a second convex portion; a second concave portion; and a second connection portion which is provided between the second convex portion and the second concave portion. In a state in which the first convex portion of the first pressing member and the second concave portion of the second pressing member come in contact with each other at the first connection portion and the second connection portion, the first connection portion contacts with the second connection portion and a gap is formed between the first convex portion and the second concave portion along a pressing direction of the first and second pressing members.

Abstract: There is provided a binding member. An upper toothed part having projections and recesses for forming irregularities in a bundle of recording materials. A lower toothed part having projections and recesses for forming irregularities in the bundle of recording materials and forming a pair with the upper toothed part. In at least one of the upper toothed part and the lower toothed part, in a cross section shape of the toothed part, the recesses of the toothed part have depressed areas depressed from virtual lines which are extensions of inclined surfaces of the toothed part.

Abstract: There is provided a binding member. The binding member includes: an upper toothed part having projections and recesses for forming irregularities in a bundle of recording materials; and a lower toothed part having projections and recesses for forming irregularities in the bundle of recording materials and forming a pair with the upper toothed part. In at least one of the upper toothed part and the lower toothed part, in side surfaces of the recesses of one toothed part, when the upper toothed part and the lower toothed part are engaged, surfaces wide in a direction parallel to the pressing direction of the toothed parts are formed so as to be provided gaps between the upper toothed part and the lower toothed part.

Abstract: In a cross section shape of the toothed part, in gaps formed between a recesses and a projections when a upper toothed part and a lower toothed part are engaged without a bundle of recording materials, when the distances between the recesses and the projections in a pressing direction of the toothed part at positions where the distances from a center lines of the projections in a direction perpendicular to the pressing direction of the toothed part to the surfaces of the projections in the direction perpendicular to the pressing direction of the toothed part are a distance L1 are H1, and the distances between the recesses and the projections at positions where the distances from the center lines to surfaces of the projections in the direction perpendicular to the pressing direction of the toothed part are H2, a combination of L1 and L2 satisfies H1 is smaller than H2.