Patents Assigned to Alma Mater Studiorum Universita' di Bologna
  • Publication number: 20250001463
    Abstract: It is described a method for cleaning surfaces of an item of historical-artistic interest comprising a step of applying a wipe (1), comprising a membrane of non-woven fabric (2) soaked with a solvent, to a surface layer to be removed of said item of historical-artistic interest; it is also described a wipe (1) for cleaning surfaces of an item of historical-artistic interest, in particular a painting work, adapted to carry out said method, and a kit (10) comprising a plurality of wipes (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2022
    Publication date: January 2, 2025
    Applicant: ALMA MATER STUDIORUM - Universita' di Bologna
    Inventors: Giorgia Sciutto, Chiara Gualandi, Francesca Ramacciotti, Maria Letizia Focarete, Silvia Prati, Rocco Mazzeo
  • Publication number: 20240398877
    Abstract: The Limosilactobacillus vaginalis BC17 strain, deposited with number DSM 34059, is usable as an agent for promoting a proliferation of intestinal bifidobacteria in a human subject. A method for promoting the proliferation of intestinal bifidobacteria in a human subject provides for administering to the human subject the Limosilactobacillus vaginalis BC17 strain deposited with number DSM 34059. The strain can be incorporated into a liquid or solid composition that can be administered orally or buccally and the human subject can be a neonate or a suckling. The strain can also be used to prepare compositions that are applicable to the skin of the nipples of a breast-feeding woman.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2022
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Applicant: ALMA MATER STUDIORUM - Universita' di Bologna
    Inventors: Beatrice Vitali, Carola Eleonora Parolin, Barbara Giordani, Barbara Luppi, Angela Abruzzo, Antonella Marangoni, Claudio Foschi
  • Publication number: 20240341393
    Abstract: The shock-absorbing device (10), particularly intended to be installed in protective devices such as helmets of any type whatsoever, comprises a hermetically closed container (11) containing in turn a non-Newtonian shock-absorbing fluid (13). The invention also concerns a helmet (30) comprising an internal component (31) to be placed resting on the head of a user and an external component (32) located mobile around the internal component (31), and at least one shock-absorbing device inserted between the internal (31) and external (32) components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2022
    Publication date: October 17, 2024
    Applicant: ALMA MATER STUDIORUM - UNIVERSITA' DI BOLOGNA
    Inventors: Martino Colonna, Mariafederica Parisi, Giuseppe La Fauci
  • Publication number: 20240261756
    Abstract: A method for the manufacture of a composite material for the recovery of nutrients and/or pollutants from wastewater, the method comprising, in succession, the following phases: supply of at least one carbonate material; supply of at least one carbonaceous material; mixing the carbonate material with the carbonaceous material to obtain a mixture; and heating the mixture to a temperature above 600° C. to obtain a composite material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2022
    Publication date: August 8, 2024
    Applicant: ALMA MATER STUDIORUM - UNIVERSITÀ DI BOLOGNA
    Inventors: Carlotta CARLINI, Antonio PRIMANTE, Nicolas GREGGIO
  • Publication number: 20240254436
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions comprising a polymeric matrix or a gel containing functional enzymes capable of re-creating under culture conditions the cell microenvironment existing in vivo. The present invention also relates to devices for cell cultures comprising such compositions, in particular hydrogel and the use thereof to control the chemical microenvironment of a cell culture or mimic physiological or pathological conditions of the in vivo cells. The compositions and the devices described herein could be also used in vitro for evaluating the therapeutic effect of a compound on a determined cell line or on primary cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2024
    Publication date: August 1, 2024
    Applicant: Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna
    Inventors: Stefania RAPINO, Francesco ZERBETTO, Gastone CASTELLANI, Stefano SALVIOLI, Beatrice FRABONI, Isabella ZIRONI, Maria CONTE, Claudio FRANCESCHI, Daniela SALVATORE, Maila BECCONI
  • Patent number: 12005592
    Abstract: It is described an image labeling system (100) comprising: a support (2) for an object (3) to be labeled; a digital camera (1) configured to capture a plurality of images of a scene including said object (3); a process and control apparatus (5) configured to receive said images and generate corresponding labeling data (21-24, L1-L4) associated to said object (3); a digital display (4) associated with said support (2) and connected to the process and control apparatus (5) to selectively display additional images (7-13) selected from the group comprising: first images (7-11) in the form of backgrounds for the plurality of images and introducing a degree of variability in the scene; second images (12) indicating position and/or orientation according to which place said object (3) by a user on the support (2); third images (13) to be captured by the digital camera (1) and provided to the process and control apparatus (5) to evaluate a position of the digital camera (1) with respect the digital display (4); fourth
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: ALMA MATER STUDIORUM UNIVERSITA' DI BOLOGNA
    Inventors: Daniele De Gregorio, Luigi Di Stefano
  • Publication number: 20240153120
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a Method to determine the depth of a scene (I) from at least one digital image (R, T) of said scene (I), comprising the following steps: A. acquiring said at least one digital image (R, T) of said scene (I); B. calculating a first disparity map (DM1) from said at least one digital image (R, T), wherein said first disparity map (DM1) consists of a matrix of pixels pij with i=1, . . . , M and j=1, . . . , N, where i and j indicate respectively the line and column index of said first disparity map (DM1), and M and N are positive integers; C. calculating a second disparity map (DM2), by a neural network, from said at least one digital image (R, T); D. selecting a plurality of sparse depth data Sij relative to the respective pixel pij of said first disparity map (DM1); E. extracting said plurality of sparse depth data S ii from said first disparity map (DM1); and F.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2020
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna
    Inventors: Matteo POGGI, Fabio TOSI, Stefano MATTOCCIA, Luigi DI STEFANO, Alessio TONIONI
  • Patent number: 11865510
    Abstract: A device and a method for stabilizing wine or other vegetable beverages by removal, in whole or in part, of agents responsible for instability, including proteins and metals, are provided. The device has a tubular container filled internally at least partly with particles of support material covered with a layer of a mesoporous nanostructured adsorbent material comprising titanium oxide, adapted to absorb proteins and metals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: ALMA MATER STUDIORUM-UNIVERSITA'DI BOLOGNA
    Inventors: Giuseppina Paola Parpinello, Andrea Versari, Luigi Ragni, Arianna Ricci, Marina Serantoni, Andrea Balducci
  • Publication number: 20230326524
    Abstract: An in-memory computation (IMC) circuit includes a memory array formed by memory cells arranged in row-by-column matrix. Computational weights for an IMC operation are stored in the memory cells. Each column includes a bit line connected to the memory cells. A biasing circuit is connected between each bit line and a corresponding column output. A column combining circuit combines and integrates analog signals at the column outputs of the biasing circuits. Each biasing circuit operates to apply a fixed reference voltage level to its bit line. Each biasing circuit further includes a switching circuit that is controlled to turn on for a time duration controlled by asps comparison of a coefficient data signal to a ramp signal to generate the analog signal dependent on the computational weight. The ramp signal is generated using a reference current derived from a reference memory cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2022
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Applicants: STMicroelectronics S.r.l., Alma Mater Studiorum - Universita' Di Bologna
    Inventors: Marco PASOTTI, Marcella CARISSIMI, Alessio ANTOLINI, Eleonora FRANCHI SCARSELLI, Antonio GNUDI, Andrea LICO, Paolo ROMELE
  • Publication number: 20230326499
    Abstract: An in-memory computation (IMC) circuit includes a memory array formed by memory cells arranged in row-by-column matrix. Computational weights for an IMC operation are stored in the memory cells. Each column includes a bit line connected to the memory cells. A switching circuit is connected between each bit line and a corresponding column output. The switching circuit is controlled to turn on to generate the analog signal dependent on the computational weight and for a time duration controlled by the coefficient data signal. A column combining circuit combines (by addition and/or subtraction) and integrates analog signals at the column outputs of the biasing circuits. The addition/subtraction is dependent on one or more a sign of the coefficient data and a sign of the computational weight and may further implement a binary weighting function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2022
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Applicants: STMicroelectronics S.r.l., Alma Mater Studiorum - Universita' Di Bologna
    Inventors: Marco PASOTTI, Marcella CARISSIMI, Alessio ANTOLINI, Eleonora FRANCHI SCARSELLI, Antonio GNUDI, Andrea LICO
  • Publication number: 20230320839
    Abstract: A device for interfacing at least one filamentous structure, with real or simulated biological tissue and a system for regeneration, repair, replacement, or simulation of tendon and/or ligamentous tissue. The device comprises one or more bodies for anchoring a filamentous structure. The one or more bodies may include at least one capstan for wrapping the filamentous structure, and at least one porous portion having a trabecular structure. The system comprises the device and at least one filamentous structure having a plurality of nanofiber assemblies that are obtained by electrospinning. The plurality of assemblies may be arranged to form a single bundle, with the bundle being wrapped to the capstan.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2021
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Applicant: Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna
    Inventors: Alberto SENSINI, Andrea ZUCCHELLI, Luca CRISTOFOLINI, Chira GUALANDI, Maria Letizia FOCARETE
  • Publication number: 20230310159
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of a porous hierarchical scaffold characterized by internal pores organized according to a hierarchical structure, for the regeneration, replacement and/or simulation of a bone tissue, in particular of the trabecular and/or cortical bone tissue. The present invention further relates to the porous hierarchical scaffold obtainable by such process and to the uses thereof. The invention further relates to the use of a sacrificial hierarchical scaffold for the preparation of such porous hierarchical scaffold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2021
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicant: Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna
    Inventors: Alberto SENSINI, Andrea ZUCCHELLI, Luca CRISTOFOLINI, Chiara GUALANDI, Maria Letizia FOCARETE
  • Publication number: 20230285044
    Abstract: A laparoscopic surgical instrument including a connection assembly, an end effector, and a manipulation unit. The instrument also includes a means for transmitting motion from the manipulation unit to the end effector. The means for transmitting motion may include a means for transmitting first rotational movement of the manipulation unit to the end effector in a way such that the end effector rotates around an axis that is orthogonal to the axis of the connection assembly. The means for transmitting motion may also include a means for transmitting a second rotational movement to the end effector in a way such that the end effector rotates around it's own axis that is parallel to the axis of the manipulation unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2020
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Applicant: Alma Mater Studiorum - Universita 'di Bologna
    Inventors: Vincenzo PARENTI CASTELLI, Fabio MANFERRARI, Nicola SANCISI, Rocco VERTECHY, Giulia AVALLONE, Enrico FEDERICI, Filippo BATTOCCHI, Leonardo MAGNANI, Luca LUZI
  • Publication number: 20230277086
    Abstract: A system and method for assessing biomechanical risk in the context of handling heavy loads in workplaces. The system and method are applicable during a normal working activity for acquisitions lasting a work shift. The acquired data are then analysed in relation to regulatory references and international standards for the assessment of the biomechanical risk from manual handling of loads.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2021
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Applicant: ALMA MATER STUDIORUM - UNIVERSITÀ DI BOLOGNA
    Inventors: Roberta BONFIGLIOLI, Elena BORELLI, Beatrice FRABONI, Marta TESSAROLO, Lorenzo CHIARI, Francesco VIOLANTE
  • Publication number: 20230238055
    Abstract: A circuit includes a memory array with memory cells arranged in a matrix of rows and columns, where each row includes a word line connected to the memory cells of the row, and each column includes a bit line connected to the memory cells of the column. Computational weights for an in-memory compute operation (IMCO) are stored in the memory cells. A word line control circuit simultaneously actuates word lines in response to input signals providing coefficient data for the IMCO by applying word line signal pulses. A column processing circuit connected to the bit lines processes analog signals developed on the bit lines in response to the simultaneous actuation of the word lines to generate multiply and accumulate output signals for the IMCO. Pulse widths of the signal pulses are modulated to compensate for cell drift. The IMCO further handles positive/negative calculation for the coefficient data and computational weights.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2022
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Applicants: STMicroelectronics S.r.l., Alma Mater Studiorum - Universita' Di Bologna
    Inventors: Marco PASOTTI, Marcella CARISSIMI, Antonio GNUDI, Eleonora FRANCHI SCARSELLI, Alessio ANTOLINI, Andrea LICO
  • Publication number: 20220296710
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a phage or a composition that comprises it, wherein said phage expresses at least one specific recognition element and is furthermore conjugated with at least 300 molecules of a sonosensitiser. The invention further relates to the use of said phage in a sonodynamic therapy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2020
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Applicant: ALMA MATER STUDIORUM - Universita' di Bologna
    Inventors: Alberto Danielli, Matteo Calvaresi, Matteo Di Giosia, Andrea Cantelli, Francesco Starinieri, Michela Nigro, Edoardo Sarti
  • Publication number: 20220259075
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to N-alkyl-D-glucamine based macroporous polymeric cryogels with three-dimensional structure and with interconnected pores, which are used for sequestering and/or removing toxic contaminants, such as toxic metalloids and/or toxic heavy metals, for example from water and/or soil and the method for the preparation of said -alkyl-D-glucamine based macroporous polymeric cryogels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2020
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Applicants: CONSIGLIO NAZIONALE DELLE RICERCHE, ALMA MATER STUDIORUM UNIVERSITA' DI BOLOGNA
    Inventors: Sabrina Carola CARROCCIO, Francesca CUNSOLO, Tommaso MECCA, Vittorio PRIVITERA, Martina USSIA, Daniele CARETTI, Stefano SCURTI
  • Publication number: 20220185842
    Abstract: The invention provides a method for the cleavage of Fmoc group characterized by using a solution comprising 3-(diethylamino)propylamine. In particular, it provides a method for the preparation of peptides in solid phase wherein Fmoc protected amino acids are used and the Fmoc group is cleaved by a solution comprising 3-(diethylamino)propylamine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2021
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Applicants: Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, FRESENIUS KABI IPSUM S.R.L.
    Inventors: Giulia MARTELLI, Paolo CANTELMI, Alessandra TOLOMELLI, Chiara PALLADINO, Lucia FERRAZZANO, Walter CABRI, Marco MACIS, Angelo VIOLA, Antonio RICCI
  • Publication number: 20220175966
    Abstract: The present invention provides a new vector for gene therapy said vector being therapeutically very efficient, viral particles comprising said vector, compositions comprising said viral particle, uses thereof, methods for the preparation of the vector), and therapies using said vector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2020
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Applicants: ALMA MATER STUDIORUM - UNIVERSITÀ DI BOLOGNA, OREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Elisabetta CIANI, Hiroyuki NAKAI, Stefania TRAZZI, Claudia FUCHS
  • Publication number: 20220022815
    Abstract: A sensorized garment is provided. The sensorized garment includes an wearable element on a skin having a hand-tightening or a closure device to securely constrain sensors, for example electrodes to detect electrophysiological signals, during a physical activity. The wearable element has a three-dimensional shape to uniquely define a right side and a left part of a circumferential zone when the wearable element is worn. The sensorized garment further includes a band carried by the circumferential zone, and at least one conductor connected between the sensor and a zone of the sensorized garment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2019
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Applicants: LET'S - WEBEARABLE SOLUTIONS S.R.L. IN BREVE LET'S - S.R.L., UNIVERSITÀ DEGLI STUDI DI CAGLIARI, ALMA MATER STUDIORUM - UNIVERSITÀ DI BOLOGNA
    Inventors: Marta TESSAROLO, Giuseppe Arnaldo USAI, Danilo PANI, Annalisa BONFIGLIO, Eleonora SULAS, Beatrice FRABONI