89 results about "Cell parts" patented technology

An apparatus and method for micro-exercise apply piezoelectric stress to cells of a bone mass by inducing voltages in the bone mass. Application of dynamic, electromagnetic fields passing through the conductive bone mass induce currents and voltages locally in and around cells or groups of cells. The cells respond to the combination of mechanical stress and strain by building themselves up as they would if they had been subjected to the stress and strain of conventional exercise. Thus, micro-exercise at a cellular level of the bone mass can be stimulated as if the stress and strain had been applied to the entire bone structure of which the smaller cellular portions are constituent parts. In combination with casts or splints, the sources of electromagnetic flux may be embedded in the frame or solid structure, the protective padding added for comfort, or both.

Provided is a cell pack in which a plurality of plate-shaped laminated cells are aligned in a direction perpendicular to plate-shaped surfaces of the laminated cells. The cell pack is characterized in that: each laminated cell comprises a laminated body of a negative electrode-separator-positive electrode disposed parallel to the plate-shaped surface of the laminated cell, a casing comprising a laminated film in which the laminated body is sealed, and electrode terminals which are electrically connected to the laminated body and extend out from one side of the casing; the casing includes therein a cell part which is a space in which the laminated body exists, and a pocket part which is a variable-volume space in communication with the cell part through a communication part and is disposed on the other side opposite to the aforementioned one side; the cell pack is configured in such a way that the laminated cells are aligned so that the other side is disposed on an upper surface in the vertical direction thereof and the one side is disposed on a lower surface in the vertical direction thereof; and furthermore, a power cable for charging and discharging the cell pack is disposed on the lower surface in the vertical direction. The cell pack is highly reliable and exhibits excellent operating stability, i.e., maintains high efficiency.

The present invention provides a method for identifying a concentration of a compound within a part of a subject. The method involves measuring the amount of electromagnetic radiation reflected by, or transmitted through the part with a detector, and using a quantitative mathematical analysis to determine the concentration of the compound in one, or more than one compartment, including a blood, interstitial, cellular, lymph, or bone compartment, of the part. A corrected concentration of the compound may be then determined within a compartment of interest, or a total concentration of the compound may be accurately determined. Preferably, the compound is glucose. From this determination, a clinical condition in a human or animal may be made by correlating the concentration of a measured compound in the compartment of a part of the human or animal to a clinical condition in need of treatment.