Author: claimsbot

1. A finger cuff apparatus for selective occlusion of finger blood vessels for measuring blood pressure by inflation and deflation of an air inflatable finger cuff, the apparatus being adjustable to vary the diameter of the cuff to accommodate different diameter fingers; the apparatus comprising:
an inflatable finger cuff having an air tube affixed to a source of controlled air pressure and wrapped into a cylindrical configuration within the interior of a pair of rings, one fixed and the other a rotatable ring;
a pull-tab adhered to the finger cuff along its entire length in the wrap direction and having a tab end extending beyond the finger cuff wrap through a slit in the fixed ring and into a retaining member in said rotatable ring interior;
wherein rotation of the rotatable hollow cylindrical ring relative to the fixed ring pulls or pushes said pull-tab to alter the shape of the finger cuff.
2. The apparatus recited in claim 1 further comprising an indexing flange and a pointer on said rotatable ring for indicating a number corresponding to the rotatable ring position.
3. The apparatus recited in claim I further comprising a locking flange for retaining said rotatable ring in a selected position.
4. The apparatus recited in claim I further comprising a computer mouse having an accessible interior compartment for storing said finger cuff.
5. The apparatus recited in claim I further comprising a computer mouse having at least one air flow port for receiving said air tube of said finger cuff.
6. An adjustable finger cuff assembly for use with a blood pressure measurement device wherein a user’s finger is inserted into a finger cuff for selective occlusion of blood flow in the user’s finger; the finger cuff assembly comprising:
an air inflatable finger cuff configured as a hollow cylinder the diameter of which is controlled by a pull tab adhered to said cuff and having a tab end;
a pair of co-axial cylindrical rings, one ring fixed and one ring rotatable, said tab end of said pull tab being threaded between said fixed and rotatable rings with said finger cuff residing within said fixed ring so that rotation of said rotatable ring pulls or pushes said tab end to adjust said finger cuff cylinder diameter according to the size of a user’s finger.
7. The assembly recited in claim 6 further comprising an indexing flange and a pointer on said rotatable ring for indicating a number corresponding to the adjusted rotatable ring position relative to said fixed ring.
8. The assembly recited in claim 6 further comprising a locking device for retaining the rotatable ring in an adjusted position.
9. The assembly recited in claim 6 further comprising a computer mouse having an accessible interior compartment for storing said finger cuff.
10. The assembly recited in claim 6 further comprising a computer mouse having at least one air flow port for connection to said inflatable finger cuff.

The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.

1. A method for preparing a granulate composition of Alpinia galanga or Alpinia conchigera, said method comprising the steps of:
a. providing a dry preparation of Alpinia galanga or Alpinia conchigera which is milled;
b. suspending said dry preparation in an essentially pure organic solvent,
c. wet granulation of said dry preparation with a binder dissolved in an essentially pure organic solvent, said binder solution being essentially devoid of water;
d. removing the organic solvent;
e. providing a final milling;

said steps b-d) being performed at a temperature lower than 50\xb0 C., such as lower than 40\xb0 C., such as lower than 35\xb0 C., such as 30\xb0 C.
2. The method of claim 1, in which the organic solvent is ethanol.
3. The method of claim 1, in which one or both of steps b) and c) is performed at a temperature of 30\xb0 C. or less.
4. The method of claim 1, in which step d) is performed under vacuum.
5. The method of claim 1, in which steps b) and c) are combined, such that the dry preparation of Alpinia galanga or Alpinia conchigera is directly mixed with a binder solution instead of first being suspended in an essentially pure organic solvent.
6. The method of claim 1, in which step a) comprises a down-sizing step.
7. The method of claim 1, in which the dry preparation of step a) has been prepared from the rhizomes of Alpinia galanga or Alpinia conchigera.
8. The method according to claim 7, in which all the steps are performed at a temperature of 30\xb0 C. or less.
9. A granulate composition of rhizomes from Alpinia galanga or Alpinia conchigera, said dry preparation comprising:
i) all the constituent parts of Alpinia galanga or Alpinia conchigera in essentially anhydrous, or desiccated form;
ii) at least 1% 1’S-1\u2032-acetoxychavicol acetate.
10. The granulate composition according to claim 9, comprising at least 1.5% 1’S-1\u2032-acetoxychavicol acetate, such as at least 2% 1’S-1\u2032-acetoxychavicol acetate, such as at least 2.5%, such as at least 3%, such as at least 3.5%, such as at least 4%, such as at least 4.5%, such as at least 5%, such as at least 5.5%, such as at least 6%, such as at least 6.5%, such as at least 7%, such as at least 7.5%, such as at least 8%.
11. The granulate composition according to claim 9, obtainable by the method according to claim 1.
12. The granulate composition according to claim 10, formulated as an ingestible preparation, such as a tablet, a pill, a capsule, a powder or a suspension in an edible oil such as flaxseed oil, olive oil, sunflower oil, corn oil, peanut oil, rapeseed oil, grape seed oil, annatto oil, avocado oil, food grade linseed oil, macadamia nut oil, rice bran oil, walnut oil or Perilla seed oil.
13. The granulate composition according to claim 10, formulated as a dietary supplement, a food additive or as a medical food.
14. The granulate composition according to claim 10, optionally together with an extract of Punica granatum, for use as a medicament or as a medical device.
15. The granulate composition according to claim 10, optionally together with an extract of Punica granatum, for use in the treatment of male infertility caused by low sperm count andor by low sperm motility.
16. A kit for use in the treatment of male infertility caused by low sperm count andor by low sperm motility, comprising two components contained in separate containers;
a. the first component comprises the granulate composition according to claim 10, and
b. the second component comprises an extract of Punica granatum, and
c. optionally a set of instructions.
17. The kit according to claim 16 in which the first component contains at least 5 mg 1’S-1\u2032-acetoxychavicol acetateday, such as between 5 and 50 mg 1’S-1\u2032-acetoxychavicol acetateday and preferably at least 10 mg 1’S-1\u2032-acetoxychavicol acetateday, and the second component contains at least 75 mg punicalaginsday, such as between 75 mg punicalaginsday and 600 mg punicalaginsday, such as between 100 mg punicalaginsday and 500 mg punicalaginsday, preferably at least 300 mg punicalaginsday.

1. A high electron mobility resonant body transistor device, comprising:
a substrate;
a first piezoelectric layer disposed onto the surface of the substrate;
a piezoelectric transduction layer disposed onto the surface of the first piezoelectric layer and forming a two dimensional electron gas sheet at the interface between the first piezoelectric layer and the piezoelectric transduction layer, where the first piezoelectric layer and the piezoelectric transduction layer define a resonating membrane;
a source electrode, a top gate electrode, and a drain electrode disposed on the piezoelectric transduction layer and collectively forming a transistor;
a piezoelectric transducer comprised of a back gate electrode and, in response to an applied AC input signal, is configured to induce strain on the resonating membrane to actuate a thickness resonance mode, wherein the back gate electrode is disposed at a location where the induced strain has a maximum value.
2. The resonant body transistor device of claim 1 wherein substrate having a cavity therein and the resonating membrane encloses the cavity.
3. The resonant body transistor device of claim 1 wherein the back gate electrode forms a Schottky contact with the piezoelectric transduction layer and is biased to a depletion region.
4. The resonant body transistor device of claim 1 wherein the drain electrode is disposed at an opposing side of the resonating membrane in relation to the back gate electrode and forms an ohmic contact with the piezoelectric transduction layer.
5. The resonant body transistor device of claim 1 wherein source electrode is disposed between the back gate electrode and the drain electrode on the resonating stack, and forms an ohmic contact with the piezoelectric transduction layer.
6. The resonant body transistor device of claim 1 wherein top gate electrode is disposed between the source electrode and the drain electrode on the resonating membrane and proximate to a second location wherein the induced strain has a maximum value.
7. The resonant body transistor device of claim 1 wherein top gate electrode forms a Schottky contact with the piezoelectric transduction layer.
8. The resonant body transistor device of claim 1 wherein drain-source current is modulated in response to the applied AC input signal, showing resonance peaks at harmonics of the AC input signal frequency.
9. The resonant body transistor device of claim 1 wherein the applied AC input signal overlaps with thickness-mode resonance harmonic frequencies of the resonating membrane.
10. The resonant body transistor device of claim 1 wherein the first piezoelectric layer is comprised of GaN and the piezoelectric transduction layer is comprised of AlGaN.
11. The resonant body transistor device of claim 1 wherein the piezoelectric transducer is implemented by a set of interdigitated transducers disposed on the resonating membrane.
12. The resonant body transistor device of claim 1 wherein the transistor is multi-finger implemented by a number of gate, drain, andor source fingers.
13. A high electron mobility resonant body transistor device, comprising:
a substrate;
a first piezoelectric layer disposed onto the surface of the substrate;
a piezoelectric transduction layer disposed onto the surface of the first piezoelectric layer and forming a two dimensional electron gas sheet at the interface between the first piezoelectric layer and the piezoelectric transduction layer, where the first piezoelectric layer and the piezoelectric transduction layer define a resonating membrane;
a source electrode, a top gate electrode, a drain electrode disposed on the piezoelectric transduction layer, wherein top gate electrode forms a Schottky contact with the piezoelectric transduction layer; and
a piezoelectric transducer comprised of a back gate electrode and, in response to an applied AC input signal, is configured to induce strain on the resonating membrane to actuate a thickness resonance mode, wherein the back gate electrode forms a Schottky contact with the piezoelectric transduction layer and is biased to a depletion region.
14. The resonant body transistor device of claim 13 wherein substrate having a cavity therein and the resonating membrane encloses the cavity.
15. The resonant body transistor device of claim 13 wherein the back gate electrode is disposed proximate to a location where the induced strain has a maximum value
16. The resonant body transistor device of claim 13 wherein the drain and source electrodes form ohmic contacts with the piezoelectric transduction layer.
17. The resonant body transistor device of claim 13 wherein the top gate electrode and the drain electrode are disposed on the resonating membrane such that a second location wherein the induced strain has a maximum value is in between the top gate electrode and the drain electrode.
18. The resonant body transistor device of claim 13 wherein drain-source current is modulated in response to the applied AC input signal, showing resonance peaks at harmonics of the AC input signal frequency.
19. The resonant body transistor device of claim 18 wherein the applied AC input signal overlaps with thickness-mode resonance harmonic frequencies of the resonating membrane.
20. The resonant body transistor device of claim 13 wherein the first piezoelectric layer is comprised of GaN and the piezoelectric transduction layer is comprised of AlGaN.

The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.

1. A battery pack comprising:
a battery module including a projection;
a support which holds the respective projections of a plurality of said battery modules disposed so that the projections are arranged in a straight line; and
a fixing member for fixing the support to the projections.
2. A battery pack according to claim 1, which further comprises a housing which contains the battery modules and a housing fixing member which secures the support to the housing.
3. A battery pack according to claim 1, which further comprises a current lead electrically connected to a cell terminal of the battery module and extending between the projection and the support, and a connecting member which is embedded in that surface of the support which faces the current lead and contacts the current lead, thereby electrically connecting the battery modules to one another.
4. A battery pack according to claim 2, which further comprises an elastic member disposed between the housing and the battery module.
5. A battery pack comprising:
a battery module;
a housing which contains a plurality of said battery modules disposed in a straight line between a first fixing plate extending substantially at right angles from a bottom plate and a tapered second fixing plate extending substantially at right angles from the bottom plate and reduced in thickness with distance from the bottom plate;
a wedge member interposed between the battery module and the second fixing plate of the housing; and
a fixing member for fixing the wedge member to the housing.
6. A battery pack according to claim 5, which further comprises an elastic member disposed between the housing and the battery module.
7. A battery pack comprising:
a battery module;
a fixing plate;
a movable pressure plate opposed to the fixing plate; and
an urging member which urges the pressure plate toward the fixing plate so as to hold the battery modules arranged in a straight line between the fixing plate and the pressure plate, thereby fixing the battery modules.
8. A battery pack comprising:
a battery module provided with a case including an open portion and a cell contained in the case; and
a lid member fitted to the case of each of a plurality of battery modules arranged in a straight line, thereby closing the open portion and fixing the battery modules.
9. A battery pack according to claim 8, which further comprises an elastic member disposed between the lid member and the battery module.
10. A battery pack comprising:
a battery module provided with a cell, which is composed of an electrode group and a non-aqueous electrolyte contained in an armor case and includes a cell terminal electrically connected to the electrode group and protruding outward from the armor case, and a case including a cell containing portion which contains the cell and a terminal hole through which the cell terminal of the cell projects;
a connecting member which is electrically connected to the cell terminal projecting through the terminal hole of the case of each of a plurality of battery modules arranged in a straight line and electrically connects the adjacent battery modules; and
a fixing member for fixing the connecting member to the case of each of the battery modules.