Arkray, Inc.

Covestro Deutschland Ag

Shashin Kagaku Co., Ltd.

Tetsuya Sakata

Daisuke Matsumoto

Koji Katsuki

Yasunori Shiraki

Yasuhide Kusaka

Tokuo Kasai

Yoshiharu Uehata

Hitoshi Hata

Taizo Kobayashi

Ryosuke Eto

Hidefumi Komuro

Yasuaki Baba

Shigeru Kohara

Philippe Jeantin

Jean-Paul Rodrigues

A device for the batch reactive mixing and degassing of thermosetting polymers, such as polyurethane or similar, comprising at least one hermetically sealable container () in which the batch of thermosetting polymers is to be placed, a rotary plate () on which a satellite rotary plate is rotatably mounted, the container () being placed on said satellite rotary plate in order to cause said container () to rotate and to revolve, first means for driving the rotary plate () and second means for driving the satellite rotary plate, and means () for placing the container () under vacuum; said device is noteworthy in that it comprises means for controlling the first means for driving the rotary plate () providing a speed of revolution of the container () and a second means for driving the satellite rotary plate providing a speed of rotation of said container (), said control means being capable of continuously varying the speed of revolution and the speed of rotation of the container () independently of one another. A process for the batch reactive mixing and degassing of thermosetting polymers.

Process for the batch reactive mixing and degassing of thermosetting polymers and device implementing said process

The present invention provides a code reading device capable of associating various kinds of information with obtained data with ease simply by connecting the code reading device to a data holding device. A code reading device () includes a code reader () for reading code information, a memory (), and a data processing control portion (). The data processing control portion () stores code information read by the code reader in a code information storage area () of the memory (), reads data from a data holding device when the data holding device is connected to the code reading device and stores the data in a data storage area () of the memory (), and sends to a personal computer the data in the data storage area () in a state of being associated with the code information in the code information storage area () when the personal computer is connected to the code reading device.

Code reading device and data collection system using the same

A blood sugar level control system for measuring a blood sugar level and administering insulin into a body. The blood sugar level control system includes a blood sugar measuring device having a first wireless data transmitting part to transmit data relating to the blood sugar level; an insulin dispensing device having a wireless data communication unit including a second wireless data transmitting part to transmit data to a second blood sugar measuring device, and a wireless data receiving part to receive data from the first wireless data transmitting part and the second blood sugar measuring device; and an attachment mechanism to couple the insulin dispensing device and the blood sugar measuring device so that the blood sugar measuring device is movable, without separating from the insulin dispensing device at least three specific positions.

Blood sugar level control system

The present invention relates to an analyzing instrument (X) provided with a capillary () for moving a sample liquid. The analyzing instrument (X) includes a dehumidification region for maintaining a constant moisture content in the capillary (). Preferably, the dehumidification region has a hygroscopicity of no less than 2%. Preferably, at least part of an inner surface of the capillary () extends in the moving direction of the sample liquid and is a water-insoluble high-wettability region having a wettability of no less than 57 mN/m. The dehumidification region and the high-wettability region may be made of Vinylon, for example. Preferably, the analyzing instrument (X) includes a liquid pooling portion () communicating with the capillary () and having a portion wider than the capillary ().

Analyzing instrument

The present invention relates to an attachment (X) for body fluid sampling device, comprising: a lancing member () including a lancing needle (); an analyzing implement () for obtaining information on a target component in body fluid; and an attachment main body () holding the lancing member () and the analyzing implement (). The attachment main body (X) includes a movable member () movable with the analyzing implement () longitudinally of the lancing needle (). The attachment main body () includes for example, a holder () for holding the lancing member (). The holder () has an inner space () for movement of the lancing needle (). The lancing needle () is held preferably as sealed in the inner space ().

Attachment for body fluid sampling device and method of making the same

The present invention relates to a blood sugar level control system equipped with an insulin dispensing deviceand a blood sugar measuring device. An attachment mechanismis provided which serves to couple the insulin dispensing deviceand said blood sugar measuring devicein a relatively movable manner. Preferably, the attachment mechanismis constructed so that the blood sugar measuring deviceis movable or slidable with respect to the insulin dispensing device. A blood sugar level control system can be provided which includes a blood sugar measuring device and an insulin dispensing device without using an adapter. Accordingly, it is possible to avoid a cost rise due to an increase in the number of parts as required. In addition, it is possible to prevent the blood sugar level control system from being unable to be used due to the loss of an adapter in the form of a different part.

A lancing unit (U) includes a lancing member (), an auxiliary part () which is separate from the lancing member (), and a supporter () detachably supporting these. Preferably, the lancing unit (U) further includes a cap () which covers a needle () of the lancing member () and which is detachable from the lancing member (), and the lancing member () is supported by the supporter () via the cap ().

Lancing unit and lancing apparatus

The present invention provides a lancing apparatus (A) which includes a lancet () which is movable to advance in a first direction from a deeper portion in a housing () toward a front end of a cylindrical member () and an analysis component () disposed in the cylindrical member (). The analysis component () is movable in a second direction opposite to the first direction upon receiving a force in the second direction. When skin (S) bulges, the analysis component () moves in the second direction following the bulging of the skin, whereby blood (b) bleeding from the skin (S) is properly introduced to the analysis component ().

Lancing apparatus

The present invention relates to an analyzing instrument (A) which includes a capillary (), a fluid feed port () for introducing a sample liquid to the capillary (), and a fluid feed promoter () for promoting the introduction of the sample liquid into the feed port (). The capillary () of the analyzer (A) may be formed on a substrate () for example. The fluid feed promoter () may include at lease one of a water-absorbing layer having a higher water-absorbing capacity than the substrate () and an adhesive layer having a greater adhesion to the skin than the substrate ().

Analyzing instrument, lancet-integrated attachment for concentration measuring device provided with analyzing instrument, and body fluid sampling tool

A lancing member () is integrally provided with a cap () for covering a needle (). Upon or after being attached to a holder () of a lancing device (A), the lancing member () is rotated relative to a cap () by a rotator (C). As a result, the boundary () between the cap () and the lancing member () is broken easily to expose the needle ().

Method of setting lancing member to lancing device, lancing device and cam mechanism

This invention relates to a lancing apparatus (A) used for inserting an insertion element () into a human skin (Sk) for sampling a body fluid. The lancing apparatus (A) includes a housing () with a cylindrical portion () brought into contact with the skin (Sk), a negative pressure generator () that generates a negative pressure inside the cylindrical portion () to cause the skin (Sk) to swell upward, and a detector () that detects that the skin (Sk) has been raised to a predetermined height inside the cylindrical portion ().

Needle-insertion device

The present invention relates to a test instrument (X) including a capillary () for moving a sample liquid (B), a liquid pooling portion () communicating with the capillary () for retaining the sample liquid (B) to be introduced into the capillary (), and a liquid introduction selector () for selecting whether or not the sample liquid (B) retained in the liquid pooling portion () is introduced into the capillary (). The present invention also relates to an attachment provided with the test instrument (X), and a concentration measuring apparatus to which the attachment is mounted for use.

Test instrument, attachment, and concentration measuring apparatus

The measurement instrument includes an attribute information output section to output attribute information about the attributes of the measurement instrument as an electric physical value. The attribute information is based on at least one of the conditions including a resistance of the attribute information output section, a location of the attribute information output section, and the size of a region on which the attribute information output section is formed. The attribute information may be used to select the calibration curve suitable for the measurement instrument. The attribute information may be one that relates to a specific measurement standard applied to the measurement instrument.

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Kyoto, Japan

Tetsuya Sakata