It is an object of the present invention to provide an elongated object measurement apparatus capable of measuring the length or quantity of elongated objects such as drugs arranged in a row, regardless of their size or type. Funds are received from a buyer for purchase of a single-load stored-value instrument. Each anchor member includes either a cranial extension or a caudal extension at a distal end thereof. An embodiment of this methodology uses the charging and discharging of a capacitor through a resistive value to sense the presence of water. In a further embodiment an electrical heating element is incorporated within the distal electrode of the catheter for ablation procedures. In addition, the relay cable 2 is drawn from the surface of the element part 1 facing the rotation axis 3.