摘要:
The present invention provides a method of efficiently expanding non-adhesive adult stem cells in vitro. More specifically, the present invention provides a method of expanding non-adhesive adult stem cells, comprising culturing non-adhesive adult stem cells in the co-presence of adhesive feeder cells and non-adhesive non-stem cells in serum-free medium, wherein the ratio of non-adhesive adult stem cell count to total cell count in the medium is kept low; non-adhesive adult stem cells obtained by the expansion method and differentiated cells thereof, and a composition comprising them; and a serum-free medium comprising a specified factor, and a kit for its preparation and the like.
摘要:
The present invention aims to provide a puncture difficulty evaluating device (10) which can readily evaluate the difficulty of puncture in a measuring point. To this end, a puncture difficulty device (10,103) receives (12) the ultrasound backscattered at the measurement point, determines (16) an integral of the power of the ultrasound over a predetermined angle range, and generates (17) a parameter indicating the difficulty of puncture in the measurement point based on the determined integral.
摘要:
The present invention relates to a dementia test system and the like for testing the degree of dementia of a subject, and provides a dementia test system which is effective for preventing and finding, at an early stage, an initial sign (initial dementia) of senile dementia. A dementia test apparatus comprising an answer obtaining section (131) for obtaining an answer of a subject to both a dementia degree test chart which requires the subject to exercise a plurality of judgements at the same time and obtain an answer in such a form that correction of judgement is objectively determined, and a dementia factor degree test chart comprising a combination of multiple questions concerning sensibility and a multiplicity of answers alternatively selected from questions prepared for each of the former questions, and a dementia degree test section (132) for testing a dementia degree indicative of the current degree of dementia of the subject based on an answer obtained by the answer obtaining section, and for estimating a future dementia degree of the subject.
摘要:
The present invention relates to a dementia test system and the like for testing the degree of dementia of a subject, and provides a dementia test system which is effective for preventing and finding, at an early stage, an initial sign (initial dementia) of senile dementia. A dementia test apparatus comprising an answer obtaining section (131) for obtaining an answer of a subject to both a dementia degree test chart which requires the subject to exercise a plurality of judgements at the same time and obtain an answer in such a form that correction of judgement is objectively determined, and a dementia factor degree test chart comprising a combination of multiple questions concerning sensibility and a multiplicity of answers alternatively selected from questions prepared for each of the former questions, and a dementia degree test section (132) for testing a dementia degree indicative of the current degree of dementia of the subject based on an answer obtained by the answer obtaining section, and for estimating a future dementia degree of the subject.
摘要:
A device for heating a biotissue employing strong light, characterized in that, in thermotherapy comprising leading a biotissue to necrosis by heating the biotissue by strong light from a light source, in order to lead a predetermined biotissue to necrosis at a temperature region before reaching tissue transpiration during raising the temperature of said biotissue, temperature measurement is performed by a temperature meter measuring the spatial temperature distribution of the biotissue at a real time, and that the light output of the light source, the on-time of intermittent irradiation and the off-time of intermittent irradiation are controlled on the basis of the information at a real time to accomplish remedial conditions.
摘要:
Provided is a web carrier which can prevent creasing of a web by detecting a sign of creasing of a web during carriage of the web. The web carrier (1) for carrying a sheetlike web (10) by means of a plurality of rollers (2) detects the linear pattern of a waveform generated on the web (10) from an image picked up by means of a camera (imaging means) (3) using an image analysis means (73) in a controller (7), recognizes a state becoming the sign of creasing with the aid of the image and simultaneously analyzes the entering direction of the linear pattern into a guide roller (2c), drives the shaft (20c) of the guide roller (angle adjusting roller) (2c) in the direction of canceling the waveform (so that the web is not creased), and controls an alignment adjusting means (5) such that the web is not creased.
摘要:
Provided is a stent having a novel structure, the stent simultaneously having both the stability of shape against the action of external force, such as compression force, tensile force, or torsional force, and high flexibility in the direction of twisting of the stent. Connection groups (20) are provided at three or more positions set at circumferentially equally-spaced intervals, the connection groups (20) each comprising connection sections (14) which are disposed circumferentially close to each other between axially adjacent tubular divided bodies (12c). The connection groups on both sides axially of each of the tubular divided bodies (12c) are provided at positions circumferentially offset from each other while at least one turning portion (18) is present between the connection groups.
摘要:
There is a method for producing an optical waveguide composing an optical path conversion component having an extremely low signal loss, allowing a high surface packaging density and high speed operation, and allowing high productivity. A method for producing an optical waveguide that propagates light from a surface of a support to an oblique direction not vertical to the surface, the method for producing an optical waveguide comprising the steps of: (1) providing an anti-reflective coating on the support; (2) placing a photosensitive resin composition on the anti-reflective coating, and exposing the photosensitive resin composition to a light ray entering from a direction non-vertical to the surface of the support through a photomask for curing the composition; and (3) removing the unexposed photosensitive resin composition by development; and an optical waveguide obtained by the method.
摘要:
Simplification of a preparation step of a cell population used for the treatment of ischemic diseases, and provision of a cell population that shows more effect by the treatment. A method of producing a cell population wherein a vascular endothelial progenitor cell and/or an anti-inflammatory macrophage are/is enriched, including cultivating a mononuclear cell derived from bone marrow, cord blood or peripheral blood in a serum-free medium containing stem cell factor, interleukin-6, FMS-like tyrosine kinase 3 ligand, thrombopoietin and vascular endothelial cell growth factor, and proliferating vascular endothelial progenitor cell from the cell; and a cell population obtained by the method, etc.