Abstract: This treatment portion of a medical energy device treats a biological tissue by transferring energy to the biological tissue, in a state where the treatment portion is in contact with the biological tissue. The treatment portion of the medical energy device includes a main body portion and a covering film. The main body portion transfers energy to the biological tissue. The covering film contains silicone as a main component, and covers the surface of the main body portion. The silicone includes at least a D unit and a T unit. In the silicone, the molar ratio of silicon atoms forming the D unit with respect to all the silicon atoms is 40-99%. In the silicone, the molar ratio of methyl functional groups bonded to the silicon atoms with respect to all functional groups bonded to the silicon atoms is at least 60%.

Abstract: Provided is a pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet that can temporarily fix an adherend in a peelable manner, the pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet being free from requiring high-output laser light irradiation at the time of the peeling of the adherend. The pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet of the present invention includes a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer containing a UV absorber, wherein the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer has a first surface and a second surface opposed to the first surface, and wherein a maximum value S1 of a detection intensity of the UV absorber by time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry (TOF-SIMS) in a range of from the first surface to a depth of 1 ?m in a thickness direction and a detection intensity C of the UV absorber by the TOF-SIMS at a center point in the thickness direction of the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer satisfy a relationship: S1/C?1.1.

Abstract: Provided is a pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet that can temporarily fix an adherend in a peelable manner, the pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet being free from requiring high-output laser light irradiation at the time of the peeling of the adherend and being capable of eliminating the need for a step of washing the adherend after the peeling. The pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet of the present invention includes a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer containing a UV absorber and/or a photopolymerization initiator, wherein the pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet has a transmittance of 60% or less for light having a wavelength of 355 nm, and wherein the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer is a layer having an indentation elastic modulus at 23° C. of 25 MPa after irradiation with UV light having an integrated light quantity of 300 mJ/cm2.

Abstract: Provided is a pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet that can temporarily fix an adherend in a peelable manner, the pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet being free from requiring the application of high-output laser light at the time of the peeling of the adherend and being capable of eliminating the need for a step of washing the adherend after the peeling. The pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet of the present invention includes a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer containing a UV absorber and an active energy ray-curable pressure-sensitive adhesive, wherein the pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet has a transmittance of 50% or less for light having a wavelength of 355 nm. In one embodiment, the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer has a thickness of 20 ?m or less. In one embodiment, the pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet has a visible light transmittance of 50% or more.

Abstract: A method for releasing an adherend of the present invention includes a first step and a second step. In the first step, a bonded product (100) including a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer (10), and an adherend (20) bonded thereto is prepared. The pressure-sensitive adhesive layer (10) includes a pressure-sensitive adhesive component and a heat-expandable agent. In the second step, an energy ray (R) is irradiated from the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer (10)-side of the bonded product (100) toward the adherend (20). A transmittance of the energy ray (R) in the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer (10) is 60% or more. The pressure-sensitive adhesive composition of the present invention is a composition used for forming the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer (10) in the method.

Abstract: A method for releasing an adherend of the present invention includes a first step and a second step. In the first step, a bonded product (100) including a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer (10), and an adherend (20) bonded thereto is prepared. The pressure-sensitive adhesive layer (10) includes a pressure-sensitive adhesive component and a gas generating agent. In the second step, a laser light (L) is irradiated to the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer (10)-side of the bonded product (100) to heat a part of the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer (10). A pressure-sensitive adhesive composition of the present invention is a composition used for forming the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer (10) in the method.

Abstract: A pressure-sensitive adhesive composition contains an adhesive component and gas-generative particles dispersed in the adhesive component. When the gas-generative particles are subjected to particle size distribution measurement, in the particle size distribution of the gas-generative particles, a cumulative particle size (D90) where a cumulative value from the smallest particle size is 90% based on volume is 10.0 ?m or less.

Abstract: A pressure-sensitive adhesive composition includes a pressure-sensitive adhesive component and a gas generating particle dispersed in the pressure-sensitive adhesive component. A tensile elastic modulus at 25° C. of the pressure-sensitive adhesive composition is 5 MPa or less. A gas generation amount at which the gas generating particle is generated in the pressure-sensitive adhesive composition is 5 mL/g or more in terms of decane at 0° C. and 1013 hPa in a solid content of the pressure-sensitive adhesive composition.

Abstract: A laminate patchable to a living body and that includes a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer for patching to the living body and a substrate layer disposed on a one-side surface in a thickness direction of the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer and supporting the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer. The pressure-sensitive adhesive layer contains a first carboxylic acid ester and the substrate layer contains a second carboxylic acid ester.

Abstract: An adhesive preparation containing bisoprolol includes a backing and a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer formed on one side of the backing. The pressure-sensitive adhesive layer contains a polymer prepared through copolymerization of monomer components including a hydroxyl group-containing monomer and an alkyl (meth)acrylate monomer (component (A)), a polymer prepared through copolymerization of monomer components including a methyl methacrylate monomer and a butyl methacrylate monomer (component (B)), and bisoprolol (component (C)).

Abstract: A laminate patchable a living body includes a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer for patching to the living body and a substrate layer disposed on a one-side surface in a thickness direction of the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer and supporting the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer. The pressure-sensitive adhesive layer contains a first carboxylic acid ester and the substrate layer contains a second carboxylic acid ester.

Abstract: An adhesive preparation containing bisoprolol includes a backing and a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer formed on one side of the backing. The pressure-sensitive adhesive layer contains a polymer prepared through copolymerization of monomer components including a hydroxyl group-containing monomer and an alkyl (meth)acrylate monomer (component (A)), a polymer prepared through copolymerization of monomer components including a methyl methacrylate monomer and a butyl methacrylate monomer (component (B)), and bisoprolol (component (C)).

Abstract: A patch preparation includes a support and a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer formed on one surface of the support. The pressure-sensitive adhesive layer includes: (A) a polymer prepared by copolymerizing monomer components including a hydroxyl group-containing monomer and an alkyl (meth)acrylate monomer; (B) a polymer prepared by copolymerizing monomer components including a methyl methacrylate monomer and a butyl methacrylate monomer; and (C) a basic drug, provided that bisoprolol and a salt thereof are excluded.

Abstract: The patch according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a support; and a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer on at least one surface of the support, wherein: the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer contains an acrylic copolymer obtained by copolymerizing monomer components containing (a) at least one kind of a monomer of a (meth)acrylic acid alkyl ester and (b) at least one kind of a monomer of an N-hydroxyalkyl(meth)acrylamide; a content of the (meth)acrylic acid alkyl ester monomer (a) with respect to a total amount of the monomer components is 50 wt % to 90 wt % and a content of the N-hydroxyalkyl(meth)acrylamide monomer (b) with respect to the total amount is 1 wt % to 20 wt %; and the monomer components are substantially free of a monomer having a carboxyl group.

Abstract: There is provided a medical pressure-sensitive adhesive composition including an acrylic copolymer obtained by copolymerizing monomer components containing (a) at least one kind of a monomer of a (meth)acrylic acid alkyl ester and (b) at least one kind of a monomer of an N-hydroxyalkyl(meth)acrylamide, wherein: a content of the (meth)acrylic acid alkyl ester monomer (a) with respect to a total amount of the monomer components is 50 weight % to 99.9 weight % and a content of the N-hydroxyalkyl(meth)acrylamide monomer (b) with respect to the total amount is 0.1 weight % to 20 weight %; and the monomer components are substantially free of a monomer having a carboxyl group. The medical pressure-sensitive adhesive composition of the present invention is particularly suitable for applications such as medical patches and patch preparations.

Abstract: The patch according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a support; and a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer on at least one surface of the support, wherein: the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer contains an acrylic copolymer obtained by copolymerizing monomer components containing (a) at least one kind of a monomer of a (meth)acrylic acid alkyl ester and (b) at least one kind of a monomer of an N-hydroxyalkyl(meth)acrylamide; a content of the (meth)acrylic acid alkyl ester monomer (a) with respect to a total amount of the monomer components is 50 wt % to 90 wt % and a content of the N-hydroxyalkyl(meth)acrylamide monomer (b) with respect to the total amount is 1 wt % to 20 wt %; and the monomer components are substantially free of a monomer having a carboxyl group.