Patents by Inventor Viola FOLLI

Viola FOLLI 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).

  • METHODS FOR CANCER DETECTION
    Publication number: 20240102988
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for cancer detection using nematodes or nematodes GPCR receptors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2022
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicants: DISRUPTIVE TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES IN LIFE SCIENCE S.R.L.-SOCIETA’ BENEFIT, IN FORM, FONDAZIONE ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA
    Inventors: Viola FOLLI, Enrico LANZA, Vincenzo RICCO
  • Apparatus and method for automatically detecting odorant substances in solution by using nematodes Caenorabditis Elegans
    Patent number: 11513106
    Abstract: Apparatus (1000) and method for automatically detecting odorant substances based on use of nematodes that includes a mechanical selection unit (100) configured to select nematodes in adult stage from an initial nematode population obtaining an intermediate nematode population, a nematode optical selection unit (200) configured to select from the intermediate population a final population of nematodes in adult stage and to select nematodes in young adult stage from nematodes in egg producing adult stage to be sent to a measurement unit (300) configured to detect the response of nematodes of the final population to a stimulus of an odorant substance, the mechanical selection unit (100) being connected to the optical selection unit (200) by a connection channel with an at least three way branch and the optical selection unit (200) being connected to the measurement unit (300) by a loading microchannel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignees: FONDAZIONE ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA, DISRUPTIVE TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCE IN LIFE SCIENCES S.R.L.
    Inventors: Viola Folli, Andrea Santinelli, Marco Broglia
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY DETECTING ODORANT SUBSTANCES IN SOLUTION BY USING NEMATODES CAENORABDITIS ELEGANS
    Publication number: 20200333305
    Abstract: Apparatus (1000) and method for automatically detecting odorant substances based on use of nematodes that includes a mechanical selection unit (100) configured to select nematodes in adult stage from an initial nematode population obtaining an intermediate nematode population, a nematode optical selection unit (200) configured to select from the intermediate population a final population of nematodes in adult stage and to select nematodes in young adult stage from nematodes in egg producing adult stage to be sent to a measurement unit (300) configured to detect the response of nematodes of the final population to a stimulus of an odorant substance, the mechanical selection unit (100) being connected to the optical selection unit (200) by a connection channel with an at least three way branch and the optical selection unit (200) being connected to the measurement unit (300) by a loading microchannel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2018
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Inventors: Viola FOLLI, Andrea SANTINELLI, Marco BROGLIA