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20080226233 | Optical coupling component for use in an optical communication connector and an optical connector using such optical coupling component - An optical coupling component for use in an optical communication connector is provided which comprises a pair of columnar sending side and receiving side optical functional sections and a joint section integrally molded with the optical functional sections and made from the same material as the material of the optically functional sections and having joint regions adjoining the side walls of the optical functional sections, the joint regions of the joint section having a circumferential length along the side walls of the optically functional sections which is equal to or less than a half circumference of the optically functional sections. | 09-18-2008 |
20090232459 | Optical Transmission Hinge Apparatus - An optical transmission hinge apparatus includes a first hinge portion for pivotally interconnecting a first casing and a second casing about a first axis, a first optical device provided in the first casing, a second optical device provided in the second casing and an optical guide path member for interconnecting the first optical device and the second optical device to enable optical transmission therebetween. The optical guide path member includes a bent portion, a first portion formed on one side of the bent portion and a second portion formed on the other side of the bent portion. The first portion is provided in the first casing to be coaxial with the first hinge portion, with a terminal end of the first portion being in opposition to the first optical device. The second portion is provided in the second casing, with a terminal end of the second portion being in opposition to the second optical device. | 09-17-2009 |
20090245734 | Optical Connector - An optical connector includes a receptacle body | 10-01-2009 |
20100129037 | Optical Module - In an optical module including a module main body | 05-27-2010 |
20100158451 | Optical Connector - A shield cover is provided with urging components that urge a light guide in the direction in which the light guide is inserted into a receptacle body to prevent the light guide from making contact with a light emitting element and a light receiving element when a receptacle body mates with a shield cover. Even if the light guide does not completely mate with the receptacle body, the urging components make contact with the light guide before the light guide makes contact with the light emitting element and the light receiving element so that an urging force by the urging components make the light guide completely mate with the receptacle body. | 06-24-2010 |
20100209062 | Cable Fixing Structure, Optical Module, and Process of Manufacture of Cable - A cable fixing structure for fixing a cable covered with a covering layer made of resin to a receptacle having a chase portion for holding the cable is disclosed in which the cable has, in a segment of the cable, a catch portion formed integrally with the covering layer so as to expand toward the outside of the cable and the receptacle has a recess portion, communicating with the chase portion, in which the catch portion fits. | 08-19-2010 |
20110105203 | Optical Communication Structure - An optical communication structure for performing optical communication using optical signals between a first housing ( | 05-05-2011 |
20130208408 | DEVICE MODULE - The invention provides a device module including a sheet, a device being a sensor, an electronic component, or a circuit board; a reinforcing part provided on the sheet; a connecting part connected to the device; and a plastic part provided on the sheet. The device, the reinforcing part, and the connecting part are embedded in the plastic part. The plastic part includes a first opening that exposes at least a portion of the reinforcing part and a portion of the connecting part on an opposite side thereof from the sheet to the outside of the plastic part. | 08-15-2013 |
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20100215582 | LIPOSOME AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING LIPOSOME - It is intended to provide a liposome preparation which is a liposome, has a lipid bilayer membrane composed of an inner membrane constituted by a lipid including one or more types of functional lipids (a lipid capable of chemically interacting with another compound such as a charged lipid, a polarizable lipid, a lipid-soluble lipid or a water-soluble lipid) and an outer membrane constituted by a lipid with or without including one or more types of functional lipids, and is characterized in that at least a condition that the amount of any one type of functional lipid contained in the inner membrane is larger than in the outer membrane is satisfied. The liposome preparation is suitable as a liposome for encapsulating a contrast agent (a neutral substance having a hydroxy group), siRNA (an anionic substance) having an anticancer activity or the like. Its encapsulation ratio of drug agents, dispersion stability, control release and the like have been improved. | 08-26-2010 |
20120100207 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING LIPOSOMES BY TWO-STEP EMULSIFICATION METHOD UTILIZING OUTER AQUEOUS PHASE CONTAINING SPECIFIC DISPERSING AGENT, PROCESS FOR PRODUCING LIPOSOME DISPERSION OR DRY POWDER THEREOF USING THE PROCESS FOR PRODUCING LIPOSOMES, AND LIPOSOME DISPERSION OR DRY POWDER THEREOF PRODUCED THEREBY - [Problem] To provide a process for producing liposomes, a liposome dispersion or a dry powder of the dispersion by a two-step emulsification method using an additive (dispersing agent) by which a liposome dispersion and a dry powder thereof which can inhibit leakage of an encapsulated drug or the like from liposomes even in the long-term storage and can be stably used over a long period of time are obtained. [Solution to problem] A process for producing liposomes by a two-step emulsification method characterized by using, in the secondary emulsification step, an outer aqueous phase containing a dispersing agent which forms no molecular self-aggregate or a dispersing agent which exclusively forms molecular self-aggregates having a volume mean particle diameter of not more than 10 nm (said dispersing agent being referred to as a “specific dispersing agent” hereinafter), and a process for producing a liposome dispersion or a dry powder thereof utilizing the process for producing liposomes. The specific dispersing agent preferably contains at least one of gelatin, albumin, dextran and a polyalkylene oxide-based compound. | 04-26-2012 |
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20120225117 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION OF W/O/W EMULSION, PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION OF LIPOSOME EMPLOYING THE PROCESS, AND POROUS MEMBRANE FOR USE IN THE PROCESSES - The present invention provides a liposome production process which enables production of a liposome that has a nano-size particle diameter and a high water-soluble drug encapsulation rate. The process for producing a W1/O/W2 emulsion of the present invention includes the steps of (1) emulsifying an organic solvent (O) that is a volatile organic solvent, an aqueous solvent (W1) and a mixed lipid component (F1) to give a W1/O emulsion; and (2) dispersing the W1/O emulsion produced in step (1) in an aqueous solvent (W2) by use of a porous membrane, to give a W1/O/W2 emulsion, wherein the porous membrane has been surface-treated with a hydrophilic drug so as to allow its surface to have a water contact angle of 0 to 42° in the air. | 09-06-2012 |
20140161876 | LIPOSOME-CONTAINING PREPARATION UTILIZING DISSOLUTION AID, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME - The present invention may include a production process for a preparation containing univesicular liposomes that encapsulate a highly water-soluble drug (d) having a water solubility of higher than 10 mg/mL and have a volume-average particle diameter of 50 to 200 nm utilizing a two-step emulsification method, to enhance an encapsulation ratio of the highly water-soluble drug in the liposomes produced, as compared with the conventional one. In a primary emulsification step of the two-step emulsification method, a W1/O emulsion may be prepared by the use of an aqueous phase liquid (W1) in which the highly water-soluble drug (d) and a solubilizing aid (s) having log D of not more than −1 at pH 7.4 are dissolved in an aqueous solvent (w1). | 06-12-2014 |
20150125393 | LIPOSOME AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING LIPOSOME - It is intended to provide a liposome preparation which is a liposome, has a lipid bilayer membrane composed of an inner membrane constituted by a lipid including one or more types of functional lipids (a lipid capable of chemically interacting with another compound such as a charged lipid, a polarizable lipid, a lipid-soluble lipid or a water-soluble lipid) and an outer membrane constituted by a lipid with or without including one or more types of functional lipids, and is characterized in that at least a condition that the amount of any one type of functional lipid contained in the inner membrane is larger than in the outer membrane is satisfied. The liposome preparation is suitable as a liposome for encapsulating a contrast agent (a neutral substance having a hydroxy group), siRNA (an anionic substance) having an anticancer activity or the like. Its encapsulation ratio of drug agents, dispersion stability, control release and the like have been improved. | 05-07-2015 |
20150276749 | METHOD FOR DETECTING LUNG SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA - The present invention provides a method by which lung squamous cell carcinoma can be detected in a simple and prompt manner with high detection performance; and the like. The method according to the present invention detects lung squamous cell carcinoma by an assessment including the steps of: (1) performing measurement of the desmoglein 3 content in a blood sample collected from a subject; and (2) comparing the desmoglein 3 content determined by the measurement with the desmoglein 3 content in a blood sample collected from a healthy individual so as to estimate the presence of lung squamous cell carcinoma in the subject when the desmoglein 3 content is higher in the blood sample collected from the subject. | 10-01-2015 |
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20130016946 | OPTICAL CONNECTOR AND OPTICAL FIBER COUPLING STRUCTUREAANM ISODA; TakeshiAACI Yao-shiAACO JPAAGP ISODA; Takeshi Yao-shi JP - The invention provides an optical connector for coupling first and second optical fibers. Each of the optical fibers includes external and internal optical paths. The optical connector includes a holder and a light guide. The holder securely receives a distal end of the first optical fiber from a direction and a distal end of the second optical fiber from the opposite direction. The light guide has translucency and is interposed at least one of (i) between end faces of the internal optical paths of the first and the second optical fibers and (ii) between end faces of the external optical paths of the first and the second optical fibers, such that the end faces of the internal optical paths of the first and the second fibers are displaced in a light axis direction from the end faces of the external optical paths of the first and the second optical fibers. | 01-17-2013 |
20140043771 | DEVICE MODULE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - The invention provides a device module that can be manufactured with a die. The device module includes a plastic part, a device, a holder, and an external connection. The device is embedded in the plastic part. The holder is embedded in the plastic part and includes an exposed portion exposed from the plastic part in a thickness direction of the plastic part in such a manner as to close a housing recess of the die. The external connection is connected to the device and partially fixed to the holder. The external connection includes a lead-out portion insertable in the housing recess of the die. The lead-out portion is embedded in the plastic part and being led out of the plastic part in the thickness direction. Alternatively, the lead-out portion is led through and out of the holder in the thickness direction. | 02-13-2014 |
20140043772 | DEVICE MODULE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - The invention provides a device module including a base, a plastic part, and an external connection. The plastic part is provided on the base. The device is provided on the base and embedded in the plastic part. The device is a sensor, an electronic device, or a circuit board. The external connection includes an embedded portion and a lead-out portion. The embedded portion is connected to the device, extends along the base, and is embedded in the plastic part. The lead-out portion is contiguous with the embedded portion and led out of the plastic part. | 02-13-2014 |
20140131188 | TOUCH SENSOR AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - The invention provides a touch sensor including first and second layers and a first welding layer. The first and second layers are laminated together. The first welding layer is provided between the first and second layers and welding the first and second layers together at least partially. The invention also provides a method of manufacturing a touch sensor. The method includes laminating a first and second layers together, at least one layer of the first and second layers being a plastic layer, and welding the one layer at least partially to the other layer of the first and second layers by melting and then solidifying a portion of the one layer. | 05-15-2014 |