A stent and method of exhibiting radiopaque properties in a stent are disclosed, which includes a stent main body that is made of a metal, and a radiopaque marker that is made of a complete solid solution alloy having a corrosion potential of +200 mv of a corrosion potential of the metal of the stent main body.. . ... Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha
For providing a blood separation device with which high-pitched noise is not generated even when a centrifugal separator is rotated before blood is introduced. A blood component separation device (100) includes a centrifugal bowl (19) including a stator (70) provided with an inlet (19a) and an outlet (19b) of blood or blood component and a rotor (75) provided rotatably with respect to the stator (70), a rotating and sliding portion between the stator (70) and the rotor (75) is sealed by pressing with predetermined pressing force, and the predetermined pressing force is 500 grams or less.. ... Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha
A blood component separation device includes a centrifuge bowl for separating a blood component from blood, a plasma bag for storing a plasma component, a platelet intermediate bag for storing high-concentration platelet liquid having high-concentration of platelets, and a temporary storage bag (also used as a buffy coat bag) for storing low-concentration platelet liquid having low-concentration of platelets. The blood component separation device performs control, from the second cycle onward, to mix the low-concentration platelet liquid stored in the temporary storage bag in the immediately preceding cycle with whole blood to supply the mixed liquid to the centrifuge bowl. ... Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha
A digestive tract device is configured to reduce the burden on a living body associated with the adjustment of the length of a tubular portion retained inside the living body and simplify a retention operation after introducing the digestive tract device into the living body. The digestive tract device includes a tubular portion provided with a main body having a through hole extending in the longitudinal direction and a tip opening continuous with the through hole and a folded-back portion formed by folding back the main body in the longitudinal direction, a holding unit which holds the folded-back portion in a folded-back state with the tip opening open, and a retention unit which is provided on the base end side of the tubular portion and retains the tubular portion inside a living body.. ... Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha
A catheter including a sheath configured to be inserted into a lumen; a drive shaft inserted into the sheath; an image information acquiring unit fixed to a distal end of the drive shaft and acquires image information; a hub which moves the drive shaft in an axial direction of the sheath; an outer tube on a proximal end side of the sheath and includes a first connector at a proximal end thereof; a second connector which includes on a proximal end side of the outer tube a male connector able to be connected to and disconnected from the first connector; and an inner tube on a distal end side of the hub, that moves with respect to the outer tube along with the movement of the hub, and includes at a distal end thereof a latch section that is not able to pass through the second connector.. . ... Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha