A hard capsule which is made mainly of a polymer or copolymer obtained by polymerizing or copolymerizing at least one polymerizable vinyl monomer in the presence of polyvinyl alcohol andor a derivative thereof. The extracting unit extracts a clinical path format for a medical condition of a target patient in accordance with medical-condition identification information enabling identification of the medical condition and region identification information enabling identification of a region to which the patient belongs. Thus, a reduction in a consumed power can be achieved. A single gate or a cooperating pair of gates is attached to one or both of the wings.