摘要:
Disclosed is an electromagnetic wave information detection apparatus, including a photoelectric converter including first and second electrode layers; a charge generation layer that generates positive and negative charges by irradiation of an electromagnetic wave; and a charge transport layer; an electric potential imparting unit that imparts electric potentials to the first and second electrode layers; a detection unit; and a control unit controlling the electric potential imparting unit and the detection unit such that the electric potentials of the first and second electrode layers are equalized during a predetermined period of time between a process of imparting detection electric potentials to the first and second electrode layers to detect information carried by an electromagnetic wave of a previous irradiation and a process of imparting the detection electric potentials to the first and second electrode layers to detect information carried by an electromagnetic wave of a subsequent irradiation.
摘要:
Bone fixation devices, assemblies, and methods are provided. An expandable bone fixation implant can be implanted into a patient and attached to an underlying bone via a percutaneous or alternative fixation procedure in order to provide fixation and stabilization of the underlying bone.
摘要:
To provide a power supply system equipped with a storage battery assembly 104 including a plurality of storage battery control units 42, the power supply system being configured such that a group of the storage battery control units 42, which are selected from the storage battery control units 42, and which have output voltages within a predetermined voltage range, are first connected to the parallel connection line L1, and such that the voltage range is set so as to maximize the number of the storage battery control units 42 having output voltages within the voltage range.
摘要:
Patient-mounted retractors with varying configurations and/or features are provided, along with additional components for use therewith in provided patient-mounted retractor assemblies. Blade type and tube type patient-mounted retractors that may be re-positioned during the course of a procedure are provided in varying configurations and/or geometries suitable for varying procedures and/or patient anatomies. Applications of re-positionable patient-mounted retractor assemblies are particularly suitable for use in minimally invasive procedures, eliminating the need for table-mounted retraction assemblies and/or cannulas that restrict the operating environment.
摘要:
The present invention relates to a method for performing an image matching process for panoramic images. The method includes the steps of: (a) creating a connection (s) among images of a specific object respectively included in at least two panoramic images, if some objects included in the at least two panoramic images are recognized as the specific object by referring to information on shooting places of multiple panoramic images and information on directions of respective objects on the multiple panoramic images; and (b) matching an image of a certain object inputted as a query with at least one of images included in a specific connection and providing a search result for the query by referring to a result of the image matching process and the specific connection.
摘要:
An endoscope of a transnasal type includes an elongated tube (12) for entry in a patient's body. A steering mechanism (20, 98, 105, 111, 114, 120, 125, 130, 135, 140, 145, 150) is provided in the elongated tube and on a proximal side from a distal end thereof, and bendable for changing a direction of the distal end. A forceps channel (16, 126) is formed through the elongated tube, for passing a treatment device to advance through the distal end. A constituent component (30, 62, 63, 85, 93, 94, 99-101, 112, 115a, 115b, 116, 146) is inserted in the elongated tube, disposed outside the forceps channel, and having an uneven thickness uneven within the steering mechanism in a direction transverse to an axial direction of the elongated tube, for extending in a tube lumen within the elongated tube. Specifically, the constituent component includes an air/water supply channel, or is an optical fiber bundle.
摘要:
Tuberculosis in an animal is treated by administration of a therapeutically effective amount of an immunomodulator of Formula A:
In Formula (A), n is 1 or 2, R is hydrogen, acyl, alkyl or a peptide fragment, and X is an aromatic or heterocyclic amino acid or a derivative. The animal may be a mammal such as a human.