Abstract: An inflatable blood pressure cuff is pressurized with a vapor which is produced by heating a fluid which has a boiling point between 290.degree. K. and 340.degree. K. with an electric heating element. The heating element may comprise a PTC resistor which is disposed within the fluid. A piezoresistive element may also be disposed in the fluid to detect pressure pulses associated with Korotkoff sound.

Abstract: An intermediate layer comprising several sub-layers is sandwiched between the support and a target layer of a rotary X-ray anode. The sub-layer of the intermediate layer which contacts the support and the sub-layer of the intermediate layer which contacts the target layer both consist of pure rhenium. Interposed between these two sub-layers is a further sub-layer consisting of a rhenium alloy containing at least one carbide-forming metal, for example tungsten, tantalum or hafnium. This construction of the intermediate layer provides a barrier against carbon diffusion, which barrier has substantially the heat conduction properties of metals and which offers a sufficient protection against the penetration of carbon into the target layer, even at temperaturers above 1500 K.

Abstract: The focal path (4) of an anode disc in accordance with the invention is provided on a pyrographite ring (1) which is oriented so that the surfaces of higher thermal and electrical conductivity extend parallel to the axis of rotation (3) of the anode disc. As a result, suitable removal of heat can be ensured without thermal overloading of the bearings.