Patents by Inventor Claudio Bertacchini

Claudio Bertacchini has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20220278674
    Abstract: A high voltage pulse generator for electro-poration comprising: a capacitor bank in which the electric charge used to generate the pulses is stored; the capacitor bank has an output terminal on which a high voltage direct current HT is present; a voltage amplifier circuit which receives, at input, the high voltage direct current HT and is provided with an automatic gain control circuit designed to compare a reference voltage VHT-ref with the voltage supplied at output VOUT by the amplifier to maintain the voltage constant at output during generation of the pulses; a current amplifier circuit arranged downstream of the voltage amplifier circuit and provided with an electronic semiconductor switch communicating with a first terminal with the output of the capacitor bank and provided with a second terminal designed to communicate with an output of the pulse generator; the voltage present at the output of the voltage amplifier is supplied to the output of the pulse generator and is used to operate the switching d
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2022
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Inventors: Ruggero CADOSSI, Donata MARAZZI, Claudio BERTACCHINI
  • Publication number: 20180001085
    Abstract: A handling and control system for expandable electrodes of a handpiece is provided that includes a plurality of flexible electrodes made of elastic cables carried by a support assembly with needle-shaped front portions that protrude from the support assembly and move in a three-dimensional space under the push of actuators.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Applicant: IGEA S.p.A.
    Inventors: Ruggero Cadossi, Donata Marazzi, Claudio Bertacchini, Francesca De Terlizzi, Mattia Ronchetti
  • Patent number: 9314621
    Abstract: A method for controlling an electroporation device configured for supplying an electrical power signal to a plurality of pairs of electrodes coupled to a portion of the human body, wherein the following steps are performed: detecting, in the course of an electroporation treatment, a condition of malfunctioning or fail for the pairs of electrodes for which at least one electrical parameter of the power signal supplied to the electrodes themselves has an anomalous value; storing an indicator of the pairs of electrodes in the fail condition; and selecting the pairs of electrodes in the fail condition and re-computing new parameters in order to implement a subsequent electroporation process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: Igea S.P.A.
    Inventors: Mattia Ronchetti, Ruggero Cadossi, Donata Marazzi, Claudio Bertacchini
  • Patent number: 9168367
    Abstract: Hand held adjustable device comprising: a grip provided with an end portion; a plurality of needles which extend axially from the end portion and are made of electrically conductive material, and a device for adjusting the insertion depth of the needles in a tissue in which a cup-shaped body borne by said end portion of the grip is provided with an end wall having holes for the passage of said needles. A system for adjustment of the relative position between the cup-shaped body and the end portion provides an axial sliding of the cup-shaped body with respect to the end portion adjust the length of the portion of the needles protruding from said end wall and therefore the insertion depth in the tissue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: IGEA S.p.A.
    Inventors: Giacomo Perazzolo Gallo, Ruggero Cadossi, Donata Marazzi, Claudio Bertacchini
  • Publication number: 20140148876
    Abstract: A method for controlling an electroporation device configured for supplying an electrical power signal to a plurality of pairs of electrodes coupled to a portion of the human body, wherein the following steps are performed: detecting, in the course of an electroporation treatment, a condition of malfunctioning or fail for the pairs of electrodes for which at least one electrical parameter of the power signal supplied to the electrodes themselves has an anomalous value; storing an indicator of the pairs of electrodes in the fail condition; and selecting the pairs of electrodes in the fail condition and re-computing new parameters in order to implement a subsequent electroporation process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2012
    Publication date: May 29, 2014
    Inventors: Mattia Ronchetti, Ruggero Cadossi, Donata Marazzi, Claudio Bertacchini
  • Publication number: 20140148884
    Abstract: Hand held adjustable device comprising: a grip provided with an end portion; a plurality of needles which extend axially from the end portion and are made of electrically conductive material, and a device for adjusting the insertion depth of the needles in a tissue in which a cup-shaped body borne by said end portion of the grip is provided with an end wall having holes for the passage of said needles. A system for adjustment of the relative position between the cup-shaped body and the end portion provides an axial sliding of the cup-shaped body with respect to the end portion adjust the length of the portion of the needles protruding from said end wall and therefore the insertion depth in the tissue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2012
    Publication date: May 29, 2014
    Applicant: IGEA S.P.A.
    Inventors: Giacomo Perazzolo Gallo, Ruggero Cadossi, Donata Marazzi, Claudio Bertacchini
  • Patent number: 7004903
    Abstract: An electronic system for determining the density and structure of bone tissue and stimulating osteogenesis in dentistry, having a diagnosis system for injecting an ultrasonic signal U(t) into a bone portion and analyzing the ultrasonic signal received after traveling through the bone portion to determine a number of characteristic data items of the signal describing physical and structural characteristics of the bone tissue. The diagnosis system performs a number of measuring steps to determine and memorize a set of characteristic data items describing progress of a bone growth process and/or a bone repair process following extraction of a tooth and/or placement of a dental prosthesis in the bone portion. The system also has an osteogenesis stimulation system for directing an ultrasonic stimulation signal onto the bone portion to promote the bone growth and/or bone repair process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2006
    Assignee: IGEA S.r.l.
    Inventors: Ruggero Cadossi, Stefania Setti, Claudio Bertacchini
  • Publication number: 20050070797
    Abstract: An electronic system for determining the density and structure of bone tissue and stimulating osteogenesis in dentistry, having a diagnosis system for injecting an ultrasonic signal U(t) into a bone portion and analyzing the ultrasonic signal received after traveling through the bone portion to determine a number of characteristic data items of the signal describing physical and structural characteristics of the bone tissue. The diagnosis system performs a number of measuring steps to determine and memorize a set of characteristic data items describing progress of a bone growth process and/or a bone repair process following extraction of a tooth and/or placement of a dental prosthesis in the bone portion. The system also has an osteogenesis stimulation system for directing an ultrasonic stimulation sign al onto the bone portion to promote the bone growth and/or bone repair process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2002
    Publication date: March 31, 2005
    Inventors: Ruggero Cadossi, Stefania Setti, Claudio Bertacchini