Hokkaido University

Mochida Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.

Robert Reid, Inc.

Noa Co., Ltd.

Hideki Sudo

Satoshi Kanai

Yuichiro Abe

Satoshi Shimizu

Hiroshi Nagaeda

Norimasa Iwasaki

Mitsuko Isaji

Tsuyoshi Segawa

Terufumi Kokabu

Katsuhisa Yamada

Katsuro Ura

Takeru Tsujimoto

The present invention provides a composition for filling the nucleus pulposus of an intervertebral disc, the composition containing a low endotoxin monovalent metal salt of alginic acid. The composition is applied to a nucleus pulposus site of a subject, is used so as to be cured partially after application, and has fluidity when applied to the nucleus pulposus site. Accordingly, a composition for filling nucleus pulposus is provided, the composition being capable of promoting the regeneration of the nucleus pulposus of an intervertebral disc.

Composition for treating intervertebral disc

Provided is a composition for suppressing pain which contains a monovalent metal salt of alginic acid, the composition being applied to a nucleus pulposus cavity part to suppress pain at a surgical site and/or a surrounding site thereof which occurs after surgery. Accordingly, a composition is provided, which suppresses pain and/or inflammation at a surgical site and/or a surrounding site thereof which occurs after surgery performed on an intervertebral disc as typified by intervertebral discectomy.

Method for suppressing intervertebral disc pain

A rod group includes a plurality of first rods that has an arcuate first curve, the first rods having mutually different lengths; and a plurality of second rods that has an S-shaped second curve, the second rods having mutually different lengths. The first rods and the second rods have shapes for treatment of scoliosis by (i) guiding the postoperative apex of the thoracic kyphosis to be located at the thoracic vertebrae T6 to T8, and (ii) guiding a postoperative apex of the thoracic kyphosis to be located at a position different from a preoperative apex of the thoracic kyphosis and the second rod each have a shape extending along an anatomically normal spinal column arrangement.

Rod group, arcuate rod, S-shaped rod, spine stabilization system, and rod manufacturing method

A scoliosis diagnosis assistance device includes: a first shape information acquisition module configured to acquire back shape information representing the three-dimensional shape of a back of a subject; a second shape information acquisition module configured to acquire minor-symmetry information representing a three-dimensional shape having a minor-symmetry relationship with the three-dimensional shape of the back of the subject with respect to a sagittal plane of the three-dimensional shape; a deviation distribution acquisition module configured to acquire a distribution of deviation between the three-dimensional shape represented by the back shape information and the three-dimensional shape represented by the mirror-symmetry information; and an output controller configured to cause a display to display the distribution of deviation, for example.

Scoliosis diagnosis assistance device, scoliosis diagnosis assistance method, and program

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