Sugan Co., Ltd.

Tomio Sugahara

An injector head for medical use is provided with a tilt sense circuit between a switch circuit and a body control unit for sensing a tilt of the injector head, converting a signal output from the switch circuit to a prescribed signal and outputting it to the body control unit. Accordingly, an injector head is provided which can be operated without care at the time of injection of contrast medium into a patient.

Injector head for medical use

A probe for measuring epidural pressure and the elasticity of brain parenchyma includes first and second chambers both formed of a thin film with a bag-shape so that they can contract/expand in response to introduction of first and second pressure transmission mediums, respectively, wherein the first and second chambers are independent of each other and provided in a stack. Thus a probe capable of accurately measuring epidural pressure and the elasticity of brain parenchyma can be provided.

Probe for measuring epidural pressure and elasticity of brain parenchyma

Disclosed is a display device which receives and displays ECG and other signals from a patient in an MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) control room, which display device comprises a video converter which outputs video signals corresponding to the displayed information, a magnetically shielded cable which transmits the output of the video converter to a location near the patient and a display unit which receives the video signals from the magnetically shielded cable and display ECG and other data in a location near the patient as accommodated in a magnetically shielded housing. With this display device, ECG and other signals can be monitored accurately within the MRI booth without adverse effects on the MRI unit.

Display device for bioelectrical and biophysical phenomena

Detection signals (about several microvolts) of bio-electrical and bio-physical phenomena from a patient are amplified to a prescribed level through a magnetically shielded preamplifier, and displayed as waveforms on the screen of a display device installed at a place free from magnetic effects. The waveforms are, however, not amplified so much by the preamplifier in order to prevent formation of distortion in the detection signals. The waveforms displayed on the screen are taken by a video camera, and video signals are picked up from the camera. The video signals are, unlike the feeble detection signals directly obtained from the human body, stable image information, and when they are transmitted again to the place of magnetic resonance CT apparatus (that is, the place exposed to magnetic effects), they are hardly influenced by the magnetism. The video signals are displayed again as waveforms on a magnetically shielded video display device. Thus, the physician can monitor the results of examination obtained by the detecting apparatus of bio-electrical and bio-physical phenomena of patient, at a position near the patient.

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Osaka, Japan

Tomio Sugahara