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20080238262 | ULTRASONIC PROBE - An ultrasonic probe includes piezoelectric elements each including grooves parallel to each other and arrayed in a direction substantially parallel to the grooves, and a mixed member which is to fill the grooves and obtained by mixing in a nonconductive resin member a nonconductive granular substance with a coefficient of thermal expansion of not more than substantially 10 | 10-02-2008 |
20090069486 | ACOUSTIC LENS COMPOSITION, ULTRASONIC PROBE, AND ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS - Provided is an acoustic lens composition which comprises 40 wt % or more of silicone rubber and 15 to 60 wt % of a zinc oxide powder, suppresses ultrasonic attenuation, and has superior molding properties. | 03-12-2009 |
20090093722 | ULTRASONIC PROBE AND ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS - An ultrasonic probe has a plurality of modules joined at least along the elevation direction. The module has a plurality of first piezoelectric transducers having a first width with respect to the elevation direction. The module has at least one second piezoelectric transducer having a second width narrower than the first width with respect to the elevation direction. The second piezoelectric transducer is arranged at the module ends with respect to the elevation direction. The module is arranged in such a manner that the second piezoelectric transducer faces the second piezoelectric transducer of the adjacent module. | 04-09-2009 |
20090134746 | ULTRASONIC PROBE, ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSIS APPARATUS, AND ULTRASONIC PROBE MANUFACTURING METHOD - A plurality of piezoelectric elements are arrayed two-dimensionally. A plurality of electrodes are respectively formed on the plurality of piezoelectric elements. A plurality of non-conductive members have columnar shape and are arranged on the plurality of electrodes. A plurality of internal metal layers are respectively provided for the plurality of non-conductive members. The internal metal layers reach from arrangement surfaces of the non-conductive members to other surfaces of the non-conductive members. The arrangement surfaces are opposite to the other surfaces. | 05-28-2009 |
20110060209 | INTRACORPOREAL MONITORING APPARATUS HAVING FLECTION - In one embodiment, an intracorporeal monitoring apparatus having a flection includes: a tip unit that receives an ultrasonic signal or light from inside a subject and converts the ultrasonic signal or light into an electric signal; a guiding unit that transmits the electric signal obtained by the tip unit; and a flection that is provided between the guiding unit and the tip unit, transmits the electric signal obtained by the tip unit to the guiding unit, and can be bent, the flection has a conductor that is curved and extensible, one or a plurality of layers of conductive tubes coating the conductor, and a layer of an insulating tube coating the conductive tubes. | 03-10-2011 |
20120004554 | ULTRASOUND PROBE AND ULTRASOUND IMAGING APPARATUS - The ultrasound probe according to the present embodiment comprises ultrasound oscillators configured to transmit and receive ultrasound waves, an intermediate layer configured to have greater acoustic impedance than the ultrasound oscillators, a backing material configured to support the ultrasound oscillators, and a buffer layer. The ultrasound oscillators, the intermediate layer and the backing material are disposed in that order of the ultrasound oscillator, the intermediate layer and the backing material. The buffer layer, which has smaller acoustic impedance than the intermediate layer and the backing material, is disposed between the intermediate layer and the backing material. | 01-05-2012 |
20130188446 | ULTRASOUND PROBE AND ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSIS APPARATUS - An ultrasound probe is provided that includes piezoelectric bodies, each of which is provided with electrodes on the front surface on the side from which ultrasound is emitted and a rear surface opposing the front surface. At least a part of the ultrasound probes is disposed in a curved manner. A flexible printed circuit board comprises a first part that is provided in parallel with the curved surface of the piezoelectric bodies in a circular direction on the rear surface side of the piezoelectric bodies, and a second part that extends from the first part near the end part of the arranged piezoelectric bodies and further extends to the electronic circuit, the electric circuit, or the interface. Furthermore, the flexible printed circuit board is provided with a wiring pattern that conducts between at least one electrode of the piezoelectric body and the electronic circuit, the electric circuit, or the interface. | 07-25-2013 |
20130190625 | ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS, PHASE SHIFT TRANSMISSION/RECEPTION CONTROL METHOD, AND ULTRASONIC PROBE - According to one embodiment, an ultrasonic probe has a laminated structure of an acoustic matching layer, transducer layer with arrayed transducers, and backing layer. A transmission/reception unit transmits and receives ultrasonic waves to and from an object via the transducers. A control unit controls the transmission/reception unit to synchronize ultrasonic-wave generation by a specific transducer of the transducers with ultrasonic-wave reception by a different transducer. A phase shift detection unit detects a phase shift between an output signal from the transmission/reception unit and a reference signal, the output signal corresponding to synchronization between the ultrasonic-wave generation and the ultrasonic-wave reception. | 07-25-2013 |
20130229893 | ULTRASOUND PROBE - An ultrasound probe is provided that may improves specific desensitization of the frequency observed in the frequency characteristics and/or directional characteristics. The ultrasound probe related to this embodiment comprises an ultrasound transducer | 09-05-2013 |
20130303917 | ULTRASOUND PROBE AND ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSIS APPARATUS - An ultrasound probe and an ultrasound diagnosis apparatus are provided that are capable of reducing the frequency with which false images are generated in an ultrasound diagnostic image. An ultrasound probe of an embodiment comprises a transducer element unit in which multiple groups of transducer elements are arranged, and a selection means. Each of the multiple groups of transducer elements has a first to n | 11-14-2013 |
20140276064 | ULTRASOUND PROBE AND ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSIS APPARATUS - The object of the present invention is to provide a ultrasound probe and an ultrasound diagnosis apparatus which are able to reduce the time and labor for the operation and to prevent image quality from deteriorating. the ultrasound probe of the embodiments comprises an acoustic window, a transducer part, and a moving mechanism. The acoustic window comprises more than one holding surface with a recessed surface shape that engages with a subject. The transducer part comprises a plurality of transducers arranged in one or a plurality of rows for transceiving ultrasound waves with respect to the subject that comes into contact with the holding surface via the acoustic window. The moving mechanism moves the transducer part in a direction vertical to the arrangement direction of each row of the transducers. | 09-18-2014 |
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20080248392 | Non-Aqueous Electrolyte Secondary Battery - A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery including a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a separator interposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, and an electrolyte, wherein the positive electrode comprises a positive electrode active material comprising a particle of a composite oxide represented by a general formula: Li | 10-09-2008 |
20090035659 | Non-Aqueous Electrolyte Secondary Battery - A lithium-containing composite oxide represented by the formula 1: Li | 02-05-2009 |
20090087740 | NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY - The invention intends to provide a high-capacity type non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery that includes a nickel-containing lithium composite oxide as a positive electrode active material and exhibits good charge/discharge cycle characteristics even under a high temperature environment. | 04-02-2009 |
20090142663 | NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME - A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery, comprising a positive electrode containing a transition metal-containing composite oxide as a positive electrode active material, a negative electrode containing a negative electrode active material allowing reversible insertion and extraction of lithium, a separator, and a nonaqueous electrolyte solution, wherein the nonaqueous electrolyte solution contains at least one additive (A) selected from the group consisting of ethylene sulfite, propylene sulfite, and propane sultone and at least one additive (B) selected from the group consisting of maleic anhydride, vinylene carbonate, vinylethylene carbonate, and LiBF | 06-04-2009 |
20090297954 | NONAQUEOUS SOLVENT AND NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTIC SOLUTION FOR ELECTRICITY STORAGE DEVICE AND NONAQUEOUS ELECTRICITY STORAGE DEVICE, LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY AND ELECTRIC DOUBLE LAYER CAPACITOR USING THE SAME - A nonaqueous solvent for an electricity storage device according to the present invention comprises fluorine-containing cyclic saturated hydrocarbon having a structure which is represented by general formula (1) below and in which one or two substituents R are introduced into a cyclohexane ring (in general formula (1), R is represented by C | 12-03-2009 |
20100273045 | NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery according to the present invention includes a positive electrode and a negative electrode which are capable of reversibly occluding and releasing lithium; a resin layer provided between the positive electrode and the negative electrode; a battery case accommodating the positive electrode, the negative electrode and the resin layer; a nonaqueous electrolyte solution filling the battery case; and an insulating layer interposed, at least partially, between the positive electrode and the resin layer, the insulating layer containing aluminum fluoride. | 10-28-2010 |
20110171540 | NON-AQUEOUS SOLVENT AND NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTIC SOLUTION FOR ENERGY STORAGE DEVICE, AND ENERGY STORAGE DEVICE, LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY AND ELECTRIC DOUBLE-LAYER CAPACITOR EACH COMPRISING THE NON-AQUEOUS SOLVENT OR THE NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTIC SOLUTION - A nonaqueous solvent for an electrical storage device according to the present invention includes fluorine-containing cyclic saturated hydrocarbon having a structure represented by the following general formula (1) in which one or two substituents R are introduced into a cyclohexane ring; a compound having a relative dielectric constant of 25 or higher; and a chain carbonate (in general formula (1), R is represented by C | 07-14-2011 |
20110281165 | NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY - A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes a positive electrode that contains a lithium composite oxide as an active material. The cut-off voltage of charge is set to 4.25 to 4.5 V. In a region where the positive electrode and the negative electrode face each other, the Wp/Wn ratio R is in the range from 1.3 to 19 where Wp is the weight of the active material contained in the positive electrode per unit area and Wn is the weight of the active material contained in the negative electrode per unit area. This battery is excellent in safety, cycle characteristics, and storage characteristics even when the cut-off voltage of charge in a normal operating condition is set to 4.25 V or more. | 11-17-2011 |
20120130135 | NONAQUEOUS SOLVENT FOR ELECTRICAL STORAGE DEVICE - Provided is a nonaqueous solvent for an electrical storage device, including a fluorine-containing, cyclic, saturated hydrocarbon represented by the following general formula (1) and having a structure obtained by introducing one or two substituents R into a cyclopentane ring: | 05-24-2012 |
20120214067 | NEGATIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - A negative electrode active material for a lithium ion secondary battery contains a lithium titanium complex oxide having a composition expressed as Li | 08-23-2012 |
20120214069 | NEGATIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - A negative electrode active substance material for a lithium ion secondary battery contains a lithium titanium complex oxide having a composition expressed as Li | 08-23-2012 |
20120270105 | NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY - A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery disclosed in the present application includes: a positive electrode capable of absorbing and releasing lithium, containing a positive electrode active material composed of a lithium-containing transition metal oxide having a layered crystalline structure; and a negative electrode capable of absorbing and releasing lithium, containing a negative electrode active material composed of a lithium-containing transition metal oxide obtained by substituting some of Ti element of a lithium-containing titanium oxide having a spinel crystalline structure with one or more element different from Ti, wherein a retention of the negative electrode is set to be greater than a retention of the positive electrode, and an irreversible capacity rate of the negative electrode is set to be greater than an irreversible capacity rate of the positive electrode, whereby a discharge ends by negative electrode limitation. | 10-25-2012 |
20120321964 | NONAQUEOUS SOLVENT AND NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTIC SOLUTION FOR ELECTRICAL STORAGE DEVICE AND NONAQUEOUS ELECTRICAL STORAGE DEVICE, LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY AND ELECTRIC DOUBLE LAYER CAPACITOR USING THE SAME - A nonaqueous solvent for an electrical storage device disclosed in the present application includes fluorine-containing cyclic saturated hydrocarbon having a structure represented by the following general formula (1) in which one or two substituents R are introduced into a cyclopentane ring; and a compound having a relative dielectric constant of 25 or higher (in general formula (1), R is represented by C | 12-20-2012 |
20130209884 | NEGATIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - A negative electrode active material for lithium ion secondary batteries of the present invention includes a lithium-titanium composite oxide that has a composition represented by Li | 08-15-2013 |
20140170506 | NONAQUEOUS SOLVENT FOR ELECTRICITY STORAGE DEVICE, NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTIC SOLUTION AND ELECTRICITY STORAGE DEVICE AND LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY USING THE SAME - A nonaqueous solvent for an electricity storage device includes a fluorine-containing cyclic carbonate represented by the following general formula (1) (in general formula (1), R | 06-19-2014 |
20140335357 | NEGATIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL, ELECTRICAL STORAGE DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING NEGATIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL - A negative-electrode active material disclosed herein contains a lithium titanate having a spinel structure, and satisfies the relationship B×P<50, where B is a specific surface (unit: m | 11-13-2014 |
20150099177 | NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY - A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery disclosed in the present application includes: a positive electrode capable of absorbing and releasing lithium, containing a positive electrode active material composed of a lithium-containing transition metal oxide having a layered crystalline structure; and a negative electrode capable of absorbing and releasing lithium, containing a negative electrode active material composed of a lithium-containing transition metal oxide obtained by substituting some of Ti element of a lithium-containing titanium oxide having a spinel crystalline structure with one or more element different from Ti, wherein a retention of the negative electrode is set to be greater than a retention of the positive electrode, and an irreversible capacity rate of the negative electrode is set to be greater than an irreversible capacity rate of the positive electrode, whereby a discharge ends by negative electrode limitation. | 04-09-2015 |
20150118576 | NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY - A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery which is one example of an embodiment of the present disclosure is a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery including a non-aqueous electrolyte which contains a non-aqueous solvent. The non-aqueous solvent contains a fluoroethylene carbonate, a difluorobutylene carbonate, and at least one of a fluorinated chain carbonate and a fluorinated chain carboxylic acid ester, total volumetric contents of which is more than 50 percent with respect to the total volume of the non-aqueous solvent. | 04-30-2015 |
20150270578 | NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SOLUTION FOR SECONDARY BATTERY, AND LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY - A nonaqueous electrolyte solution for a secondary battery includes: a nonaqueous solvent including a cyclic carbonate having at least one fluoro group on a side chain thereof, a chain carbonate, and trimethylacetonitrile; and a lithium salt dissolved in the nonaqueous solvent. | 09-24-2015 |
20150380769 | NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY - A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery as an example of an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a nonaqueous electrolyte containing a nonaqueous solvent including fluoromethyl propionate. The lithium fluoride (LiF) adheres to a surface of the positive electrode and sulfur (S) compound adheres to a surface of the negative electrode and a proportion of fluorinated solvent is 55% by weight or more to a total weight of the nonaqueous solvent. | 12-31-2015 |
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20080286290 | Anti-Cd14 Antibody Fusion Protein - A protein comprising (I) an anti-CD14 antibody or its active fragment, or a derivative thereof and (II) an inhibitor for a protease, or its active fragment, or a derivative thereof is provided. | 11-20-2008 |
20090134467 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND A METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A technique that makes it possible to suppress a crystal defect produced in an active area and thereby reduce the fraction defective of semiconductor devices is provided. A first embodiment relates to the planar configuration of SRAM. One of the features of the first embodiment is as illustrated in FIG. | 05-28-2009 |
20110225343 | COMPUTER SYSTEM, DATA STORAGE METHOD, AND PROGRAM - In a computer system that can configure a virtual machine being able to transit to a hibernation state data of a main memory of the virtual machine stored in an auxiliary storage device is reduced. At a point in time when the virtual machine has transitioned to a hibernation state, from consideration as to whether the data of the main memory of the virtual machine stored in the auxiliary storage device is unnecessary, data stored in the auxiliary storage device is rewritten in order to reduce the data. | 09-15-2011 |
20120277412 | ANTI-CD14 ANTIBODY FUSION PROTEIN - A protein comprising (I) an anti-CD14 antibody or its active fragment, or a derivative thereof and (II) an inhibitor for a protease, or its active fragment, or a derivative thereof is provided. | 11-01-2012 |
20140050727 | ANTI-CD14 ANTIBODY FUSION PROTEIN - A protein comprising (I) an anti-CD14 antibody or its active fragment, or a derivative thereof and (II) an inhibitor for a protease, or its active fragment, or a derivative thereof is provided. | 02-20-2014 |
20140079963 | Battery System Control Method - The entire voltage of batteries is transmitted to a higher-ranking controller as information. The higher-ranking controller gives a discharge instruction or the like to a lower-ranking controller having a voltage higher than those of the other controllers. Thus, voltage variation of the respective batteries is balanced. | 03-20-2014 |
20150357685 | BATTERY SYSTEM - A battery system that is capable of transmitting the voltage value of each cell by means of wireless communication while suppressing costs and suppressing the number of components includes: a plurality of cells, each having a positive electrode terminal and a negative electrode terminal; voltage detection circuits that detect the voltages of the plurality cells; voltage detection lines that connect each of the positive electrode and negative electrode terminals of the cells to each voltage detection circuit; and an upper controller that performs wireless communication with the voltage detection circuits so as to receive, from each of the voltage detection circuits, the corresponding voltage of each cells. The voltage detection lines function as an antenna used to provide wireless communication between the voltage detection circuit and the upper controller. | 12-10-2015 |
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20150105662 | DEVICE FIXING ADAPTOR AND ULTRASOUND PROBE SYSTEM - A device fixing adaptor according to an embodiment fixes a device disposed at a grip part of an ultrasound probe to the ultrasound probe, by having such a shape that causes the device and a cable connected to the device to be pressed against the grip part from a top face thereof and inhibits the device from shifting a position thereof around the grip part. | 04-16-2015 |
20150157293 | ULTRASOUND PROBE - The ultrasound probe insertable into a body cavity of a subject has a clamped member including a plurality of pairs of clamped surfaces capable of being clamped by a forcep. The clamped member is formed so as to protrude from a surface which is the opposite side of the surface from where ultrasound waves are emitted, among the surfaces of the probe head. | 06-11-2015 |
20150250447 | PUNCTURE ADAPTER AND ULTRASOUND PROBE - A puncture adapter includes a guide of a puncture needle, a gripper to hold an ultrasound probe, and a pinch. The gripper grips the ultrasound probe. The puncture adapter is attached to the ultrasound probe by the engagement between the gripper and the ultrasound probe. The pinch is used to release the grip of the gripper. The pinch is located adjacent to the gripper in a direction that intersects a direction in which the gripper grips the ultrasound probe. | 09-10-2015 |
20150250449 | PUNCTURE ADAPTER AND ULTRASOUND PROBE - A puncture adapter includes a main body, a pair of operation parts, a pair of engaging parts, and a pair of connectors. The main body includes a first part having a first width and a second part having a second width that is narrower than the first width. The operation parts come close to each other in response to the removal operation. Each of the engaging parts is integrally formed with either one of the operation parts, and is engageable with an ultrasound probe. Each of the connectors connects one end in the width direction of the second part and a position between one of the operation parts and one of the engaging parts. When the operation parts come close to each other in response to the removal operation, the engaging parts separate from each other to release the engagement. | 09-10-2015 |