Olympus Corporation

Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha

Nisshinbo Industries, Inc.

Mitsubishi Lighting Fixture Co., Ltd.

National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center

Yamakyu Chain Co., Ltd.

Konica Minolta, Inc.

Takeshi Arai

Satoshi Nagai

Kenichiro Nishi

Koji Shibata

Jun Bunya

Isamu Ogawa

Kentaro Eguchi

Kazutaka Shimizu

Osamu Suzuki

Yoshitaka Honda

Kazue Tanaka

Satoshi Amano

Hideyuki Kasahara

Masatoshi Iida

Shinji Yasunaga

Katsumi Tashiro

Masaaki Kondo

Kiyotaka Naito

Masashi Inagaki

Hirohiko Yokomizo

Namiko Nakajima

Toru Toda

Hiroyuki Imabayashi

Hiroaki Kase

The system includes a memory that stores first and second trained models, and a processor. The processor acquires a captured image in which at least one energy device and at least one biological tissue are imaged. The processor detects a bounding box from the captured image by processing based on the first trained model and estimates the image recognition information from the captured image in the bounding box by processing based on the second trained model. The processor outputs an energy output adjustment instruction based on the estimated image recognition information to the generator. The generator controls the energy supply amount to the energy device based on the energy output adjustment instruction.

System for estimating image recognition information from at least images of energy device and biological tissue, computer-readable non-transitory information storage medium, and energy output adjustment method

A medical manipulator system according to the present invention is provided with: a manipulator; a manipulator channel; a route that extends along the manipulator channel; a shape sensor that detects shape information of the manipulator channel; a shape-sensor driving portion that causes the shape sensor to be driven; a manipulator driving portion that causes the manipulator to be driven; a positional-information calculating portion that calculates positional information of the shape sensor on the basis of a driven amount of the shape-sensor driving portion; a shape estimating portion that estimates a bent shape of the manipulator on the basis of the shape information of the manipulator channel and the positional information; a control-parameter calculating portion that calculates a control parameter of the manipulator from the bent-shape information; and a manipulator controller that controls the manipulator on the basis of the control parameter.

Shape acquiring method and controlling method for medical manipulator

A master-slave manipulator according to the present invention includes a remote operation device, serving as a master, that provides operation information corresponding to multiple degrees of freedom, a slave manipulator having a plurality of joints corresponding to multiple degrees of freedom and including a redundant joints among the joints, and a controller that controls the operation of the joints in accordance with the operation information, in which, when it is determined that a distal end of the slave manipulator operates, the controller determines, among the redundant joints, drive ratios &#x3b1; of a joint disposed on a base end side and a joint disposed on a distal end side within a range of 0&#x3c;&#x3b1;&#x3c;1, respectively, and drives the joints.

Master-slave manipulator and control method therefor

An electrostimulation system includes a connector connected to an electrostimulation device, a conducting wire pair electrically connected to the connector, an electrical stimulation lead having a sheathing body configured to insulate the conducting wire pair and installed to be inserted into the vein, an electrical stimulus block portion installed at a leading end side of the electrical stimulation lead and having an electrode portion electrically connected to the conducting wire pair and a fixing block configured to bias the electrode portion to the inner wall of the vein, and a rotary member having an engaging groove detachably engaged with the electrical stimulus block portion and configured to rotate the electrical stimulus block portion disposed in the vein about a central axis of the vein disposed in the vein via the engaging groove.

Electrostimulation system, and electrostimulation electrode assembly and biological implantable electrode therefore

There is provided a conveyor chain for use in a three-dimensional conveyor line, in which a plurality of chain links each with a top plate provided on a link body thereof are connected endlessly to each other by shaft pins for three-dimensional conveyance of products, a projecting head portion of a rearward one of two adjacent chain links is disposed between a pair of leg portions of a frontward adjacent link, a shaft pin is penetrated through the projecting head portion so that the rearward chain link can freely be pivoted vertically and horizontally about the shaft pin, the top plate includes a front plate portion and rear plate portion, each portion formed defining its boundary as a semicircular line whose center is laid nearly at the center of the projecting head portion, the rear plate portion is integral with the rear upper portion of the link body while the front plate portion is disposed on the front upper portion of the link body, a bearing block is received in a bearing space, the bearing block is engaged on the shaft pin so that the rear plate portion can be pivoted horizontally in relation to the front plate portion. Since there takes place no gap between the front edge of the rear plate portion and rear edge of the front plate portion, the conveyor chain thus constructed can convey products more stably without thrust-up, stalling or overturn of them.

Chain for three-dimensional transfer line

A current flowing through a discharge lamp 4 is detected by a current detecting circuit 5, and the detected current is outputted as a lamp current signal A to a feedback control circuit 7 where a difference between the lamp current signal A and the dimming control signal B is obtained and amplified, and then a simplified signal D is outputted to an adder 12 which adds the amplified signal D to the dimming control signal B to constitute a control signal E. The control signal is fed back to a high frequency power supply 2. When a comparing circuit 15 detects that the light level of the dimming control signal B with respect to the full light becomes higher than or equal to 40% to 60%, the feedback circuit is disconnected by operating a switch 13 provided between an error amplifying circuit 9 and an adder 12 to stop the feedback control.

Discharge lamp igniting apparatus including feedback control

A current flowing through a discharge lamp 4 is detected by a current detecting circuit 5, and the detected current is outputted as a lamp current signal A to a feedback control circuit 7 where a difference between the lamp current signal A and the dimming control signal B is obtained and amplified, and then a amplified signal D is outputted to an adder 12 which adds the amplified signal D to the dimming control signal B to constitute a control signal E. The control signal is fed back to a high frequency power supply 2. When a comparing circuit 15 detects that the light level of the dimming control signal B with respect to the full light becomes higher than or equal to 40% to 60%, the feedback circuit is disconnected by operating a switch 13 provided between an error amplifying circuit 9 and an adder 12 to stop the feedback control. When a light level of a discharge lamp 104 is smaller than or equal to a predetermined value, first and second reference voltage 108a and 108b are switched by a two-stage switching circuit 109. A comparator 107 compares a detection voltage 106 of the discharge lamp 104 with the first reference voltage 108a, or the detection voltage 106 with the second reference voltage 108b. When the voltage of the discharge lamp 104 becomes high, a control circuit 110 supplies to a high frequency power supply 102, a control signal 112 for interrupting, or reducing an output of the high frequency power supply 102.

Discharge lamp igniting apparatus for performing a feedback control of a

After a DC voltage outputted from a rectifying circuit 2 is smoothed by a smoothing capacitor 3, transistors 4 and 5 are turned ON/OFF so as to convert the smoothed DC voltage into high frequency power. This high frequency power is supplied via a second resonant circuit 22 to a load circuit 23 and a first resonant circuit 17, and a high frequency voltage is superimposed on the output of the rectifying circuit 2 from the first resonant circuit 17.

Inverter apparatus

An aromatic diamine compound represented by formula (1): ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.2, which may be the same or different, are each a hydrogen atom or a lower alkyl group; and an aromatic diamine compound useful as an intermediate for the synthesis of the above compound (1), represented by formula (2): ##STR2## The compound (1) alleviates the problems of the prior art, and is unlikely to cause crystallization by heat and has a melting point and a glass transition temperature both higher than those of conventional compounds.

Aromatic diamine compounds

The present invention provides a hydrophilic polycarbodiimide polymer which has not been provided hitherto, a pulp-like material consisting of said polycarbodiimide polymer, and a process for producing said polycarbodiimide polymer or said pulp-like material.

Hydrophilic polycarbodiimide polymer, pulp-like material consisting of

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