Patents Assigned to Scuola Superiore di Studi Universitari e di Perfezionamento Sant'Anna
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Patent number: 11898614Abstract: The object of the present invention is a new configuration of torsional spring with a flat structure, capable of ensuring response linearity, modelling ease and accuracy, versatile use while safeguarding the possibility of the inner passage of wiring or of any accessory components along the transmission/torsion axis.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2019Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: SCUOLA SUPERIORE DI STUDI UNIVERSITARI E DI PERFEZIONAMENTO SANT'ANNAInventors: Andrea Baldoni, Matteo Fantozzi, Nicola Vitiello
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Patent number: 11872176Abstract: A rotational joint of intra-extra rotation for assistance of the movement of intra-extra rotation of a shoulder of a user. The rotational joint features a first circular guide arranged to rotate about a first rotation axis and a second circular guide arranged to rotate about a second rotation axis that is parallel to the first rotation axis. A support element is arranged to support the first and the second circular guides. The first and the second circular guide are pivotally connected by a conical wheel having a third rotation axis perpendicular to the first rotation axes and said conical wheel being pivotally constrained to the support element.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2018Date of Patent: January 16, 2024Assignee: SCUOLA SUPERIORE DI STUDI UNIVERSITARI E DI PERFEZIONAMENTO SANT'ANNAInventors: Andrea Baldoni, Matteo Moisé, Simona Crea, Emilio Trigili, Mario Cortese, Nicola Vitiello, Francesco Giovacchini
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Publication number: 20230397929Abstract: A device for endoscopically delivering therapeutic substance includes a cannula defining at least one extrusion channel and comprises a proximal portion, a flexible distal portion having an extrusion mouth, and a substantially rigid intermediate portion between the flexible distal portion and the proximal portion. The proximal portion is configured to feed and push a therapeutic substance into the extrusion channel, so that the latter can pass through the extrusion channel flowing through the intermediate portion and through the flexible distal portion and can exit from the extrusion mouth. The device also comprises at least one actuation cable having a proximal end operable at the proximal portion and a distal end connected to the flexible distal portion at the extrusion mouth, and configured to pull the flexible distal portion with a force transversal to the extrusion channel, bringing the flexible distal portion from an undeformed conformation to a deformed conformation.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2021Publication date: December 14, 2023Applicant: SCUOLA SUPERIORE DI STUDI UNIVERSITARI E DI PERFEZIONAMENTO SANT'ANNAInventors: Leonardo RICOTTI, Lorenzo VANNOZZI, Tommaso MAZZOCCHI, Alessio SILIBERTO, Daniele GUARNERA, Francesco Roccp RESTAINO
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Patent number: 11725707Abstract: A transmissive joint has an elastic response for transmitting a torsional load capable of ensuring the transmission in the absence of coaxiality between two actuating and actuated devices, and allowing the internal passage of cabling or possible accessory components along the axis of transmission/torsion.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2022Date of Patent: August 15, 2023Assignee: SCUOLA SUPERIORE DI STUDI UNIVERSITARI E DI PERFEZIONAMENTO SANT'ANNAInventors: Nicola Vitiello, Francesco Giovacchini, Andrea Baldoni, Marco Cempini
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Patent number: 11571288Abstract: An artificial sphincter to be implanted in a urethra, for treating patients suffering from urinary incontinence, includes a container configured to be connected to a wall of a urethra, inside or outside it, a valve unit housed within the container and configured to move from a release configuration to a block configuration and vice-versa. An actuation magnet is movably (rotatably or slidably) arranged between a first and a second position in the container, and is connected to the valve unit such that a predetermined (rotation or translation) movement of the actuation magnet from a first towards a second position, or from the second towards the first position, under the effect of an external manoeuvre magnet, brings the valve unit from the release configuration to the block configuration, where the valve is stably maintained, and from the block configuration to the release configuration, where the valve is stably maintained.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2018Date of Patent: February 7, 2023Assignees: SCUOLA SUPERIORE DI STUDI UNIVERSITARI E DI PERFEZIONAMENTO SANT'ANNA, INAIL—ISTITUTO NAZIONALE PER L'ASSICURAZIONE CONTRO GLI INFORTUNI SUL LAVOROInventors: Tommaso Mazzocchi, Arianna Menciassi, Leonardo Ricotti, Gioia Lucarini, Leonardo Marziale, Rinaldo Sacchetti
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Patent number: 11540969Abstract: Exoskeleton kinematic chain arranged to pivotally connect a first element to a second element, said first element comprising two pivot points A1 and B1 located at a distance A1B1, said second element comprising two pivot points A2 and B2 located at a distance A2B2. The exoskeleton kinematic chain comprises a first external link pivotally connected to the first element at the pivot point A1 and a first end link pivotally connected to the first external link at a pivot point D1, said pivot point D1 being located at a distance A1D1 by the pivot point A1. The exoskeleton kinematic chain comprises then a second external link pivotally connected to the second element at the pivot point A2, and a second end link pivotally connected to the second external link at a pivot point D2, said pivot point D2 being located at a distance A2D2 by the pivot point A2.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2020Date of Patent: January 3, 2023Assignees: SCUOLA SUPERIORE DI STUDI UNIVERSITARI E DI PERFEZIONAMENTO SANT'ANNA, AZIENDA OSPEDALIERO-UNIVERSITARIA PISANAInventors: Marco Cempini, Nicola Vitiello, Francesco Giovacchini, Matteo Moise, Mario Cortese
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Patent number: 11432988Abstract: A monolateral actuation system of a hip articulation is configured to be connected to an orthosis. The monolateral actuation system comprises a motor device arranged to provide assistive torque at a motor axis; a transmission device is connected to the motor axis and arranged for transferring the assistive torque onto an output axis corresponding to an axis of flexion-extension of the hip articulation and parallel to the motor axis. The transmission device includes a cable and first and second pulleys connected to one another by the cable. The first and second pulleys are arranged to extend relative to one another variably. A fixed frame is provided for connecting to the orthosis onto which the motor device and the transmission device are mounted.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2020Date of Patent: September 6, 2022Assignee: SCUOLA SUPERIORE DI STUDI UNIVERSITARI E DI PERFEZIONAMENTO SANT'ANNAInventors: Nicola Vitiello, Francesco Giovacchini, Marco Cempini, Matteo Fantozzi, Matteo Moise, Marco Muscolo, Mario Cortese
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Patent number: 11433533Abstract: A kinematic chain comprises a first pulley, arranged to rotate about a rotation axis x, and a second pulley arranged to rotate about a rotation axis y. The kinematic chain comprises then at least one connecting element comprising at least one passage having at least one rotating element, said or each connecting element also comprising at least one interface arranged to connect the connecting element to an adjacent connecting element or to a pulley, generating a rotational constraint about a rotation axis z. The kinematic chain also comprises a transmission element arranged to develop along a determined path for transmitting a rotational motion between the first pulley and the second pulley. The transmission element is adapted to be, in use, fixedly in contact with said or each rotating element by a constraint of rolling friction, in order to allow a modelling the determined path according to a predetermined geometry.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2020Date of Patent: September 6, 2022Assignees: SCUOLA SUPERIORE DI STUDI UNIVERSITARI E DI PERFEZIONAMENTO SANT'ANNA, IUVO S.R.L.Inventors: Andrea Baldoni, Francesco Giovacchini, Nicola Vitiello
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Patent number: 11433552Abstract: The present invention is in the sector of wearable robotic devices, and in particular it concerns a method for the adaptive control of a wearable robot. In particular, the invention discloses a method for the adaptive control of the discrete or open-ended movements of a wearable robot such as a prosthesis or an orthesis.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2018Date of Patent: September 6, 2022Assignee: SCUOLA SUPERIORE DI STUDI UNIVERSITARI E DI PERFEZIONAMENTO SANT'ANNAInventors: Nicola Vitiello, Francesco Lanotte, Simona Crea
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Patent number: 11413208Abstract: A kinematical chain (100) for assisting a spherical motion of an anatomical joint (200) of a finger of the hand (210) of a user, said anatomical joint (200) having centre of rotation P and being arranged for allowing a relative motion of a finger of the hand (210) with respect to a portion of hand (220) of the user, said finger of the hand (210) defining a longitudinal direction ?. The kinematical chain (100) comprises a first rotational joint (110) engaged to the finger of the hand (210) and to a first connection link (115), said first rotational joint (110) arranged to provide a relative rotation ? between the first connection link (115) and the finger of the hand (210) about a rotation axis x coincident with the longitudinal direction ?.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2018Date of Patent: August 16, 2022Assignee: SCUOLA SUPERIORE DI STUDI UNIVERSITARI E DI PERFEZIONAMENTO SANT'ANNAInventors: Andrea Baldoni, Matteo Fantozzi, Simona Crea, Francesco Giovacchini, Nicola Vitiello, Marco Cempini, Dario Marconi, Mario Cortese
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Patent number: 11408478Abstract: A transmissive joint has an elastic response for transmitting a torsional load capable of ensuring the transmission in the absence of coaxiality between two actuating and actuated devices, and allowing the internal passage of cabling or possible accessory components along the axis of transmission/torsion.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2017Date of Patent: August 9, 2022Assignee: SCUOLA SUPERIORE DI STUDI UNIVERSITARI E DI PERFEZIONAMENTO SANT'ANNAInventors: Nicola Vitiello, Francesco Giovacchini, Andrea Baldoni, Marco Cempini
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Publication number: 20220242383Abstract: A method for determining a braking torque at at least one fixing interface between a brake caliper body and a brake caliper support includes inserting at least one washer device at the at least one fixing interface, the washer device having at least one fiber-optic strain sensor of fiber Bragg grating type, detecting, by the at least one fiber-optic strain sensor, local deformation and/or strain acting in a respective detecting position, and generating at least one respective photonic signal representative of the detected deformation and/or strain, receiving the at least one first photonic signal, by an optical reading/interrogation unit optically connected to the at least one fiber-optic strain sensor, generating at least one electric signal representative of the detected local deformation and/or strain, based on the received first photonic signal, and determining the braking torque based on the at least one electrical signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 12, 2020Publication date: August 4, 2022Applicants: BREMBO S.p.A., SCUOLA SUPERIORE DI STUDI UNIVERSITARI E DI PERFEZIONAMENTO SANT'ANNAInventors: Francesco CAMOZZI, Fabio MELDINI, Tiziano NANNIPIERI, Alessandro SIGNORINI, Massimiliano SOLAZZI, Massimiliano GABARDI
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Publication number: 20220168470Abstract: A system for the therapeutic treatment of joints comprising a composite material comprising a biodegradable polymer matrix and a plurality of piezoelectric particles adapted to generate local electric charges in response to an external stimulation made by means of ultrasound, said plurality of piezoelectric particles being dispersed in the matrix. The composite material also comprises a plurality of stamina cells dispersed in the biodegradable polymer matrix and a plurality of carbon-based particles. The system also comprises a releasing device, arranged to deposit the composite material in a joint cavity at predetermined areas of the cartilage, and a stimulator device arranged to emit ultrasound at a predetermined frequency, a predetermined intensity and for a predetermined time of application, in such a way that, when the device is located near a joint wherein the composite material has been deposited, said ultrasound stimulate the plurality of piezoelectric particles.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2020Publication date: June 2, 2022Applicants: VIMEX SPOLKA Z OGRANICZONA ODPOWIEDZIALNOSCIA (VIMEX), H&D WIRELESS AB, PLASMACHEM PRODUKTIONS UND HANDEL GMBH, IMAGE GUIDED THERAPY SA, ISTITUTO ORTOPEDICO RIZZOLI, BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY, SCUOLA SUPERIORE DI STUDI UNIVERSITARI E DI PERFEZIONAMENTO SANT'ANNAInventors: Leonardo RICOTTI, Lorenzo VANNOZZI, Andrea CAFARELLI, Gilbert Daniel NESSIM, Gina LISIGNOLI, Aharon WECHSLER, Erik Jean-Claude DUMONT, Carsten JOST, Tomasz GAPINSKI, Pär BERGSTEN, Elena GABUSI, Milena FINI, Matilde TSCHON, Alessandro RUSSO, Stefano ZAFFAGNINI, Riccardo MELICONI, Yirij FEDUTIK, Krzysztof Stanislaw LENARTOWICZ, Åke JERNBERGER, Yonatan SHACHAF, Magnus ERIKSSON
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Publication number: 20220023131Abstract: The present concerns a wearable underactuated active robot with a couple of robotic joint adapted to correspond with to a couple of body joints in line on a limb of an user.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 4, 2019Publication date: January 27, 2022Applicant: SCUOLA SUPERIORE DI STUDI UNIVERSITARI E DI PERFEZIONAMENTO SANT'ANNAInventors: Andrea BALDONI, Simona CREA, Nicola VITIELLO
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Publication number: 20220008226Abstract: A robotic device (100) for the movement of a user, said robotic device (100) comprising an interface frame (105) arranged to connect the robotic device (100) to a lower limbs or to a prosthesis of lower limbs, said interface frame (105) being integral to an axis x, a lower portion (110) integral to an axis y, a resilient element (140) having a first end (141) connected to the interface frame (105) and a second end (142) connected to the lower portion (110), said resilient element (140) being arranged to deform as a function of an angular variation ? between the axis x and the axis y, a switching device (120) comprising a first element (121), connected to the interface frame (105), and a second element (122), connected to the lower portion (110), said first and second element (121,122) arranged to carry out a relative movement s as a function of the angular variation ? between the axis x and the axis y.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 26, 2019Publication date: January 13, 2022Applicant: SCUOLA SUPERIORE DI STUDI UNIVERSITARI E DI PERFEZIONAMENTO SANT'ANNAInventors: Andrea BALDONI, Matteo FANTOZZI, Simona CREA, Nicola VITIELLO
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Publication number: 20220003292Abstract: The object of the present invention is a new configuration of torsional spring with a flat structure, capable of ensuring response linearity, modelling ease and accuracy, versatile use while safeguarding the possibility of the inner passage of wiring or of any accessory components along the transmission/torsion axis.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2019Publication date: January 6, 2022Applicant: SCUOLA SUPERIORE DI STUDI UNIVERSITARI E DI PERFEZIONAMENTO SANT'ANNAInventors: Andrea BALDONI, Matteo FANTOZZI, Nicola VITIELLO
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Patent number: 10948022Abstract: A torsional spring that can be used as a joint adapted to transmit at torsion actuation with elastic response. The torsional spring relates to a compact torsional elastic element, provided with a linear torque characteristic which is also not affected by the direction of rotation. The torsional spring is capable of attaining a high transmissible torque relative to its weight and overall dimension.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2018Date of Patent: March 16, 2021Assignee: SCUOLA SUPERIORE DI STUDI UNIVERSITARI E DI PERFEZIONAMENTO SANT'ANNAInventors: Francesco Giovacchini, Marco Cempini, Nicola Vitiello, Maria Chiara Carrozza
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Publication number: 20200383764Abstract: An artificial sphincter to be implanted in a urethra, for treating patients suffering from urinary incontinence, includes a container configured to be connected to a wall of a urethra, inside or outside it, a valve unit housed within the container and configured to move from a release configuration to a block configuration and vice-versa. An actuation magnet is movably (rotatably or slidably) arranged between a first and a second position in the container, and is connected to the valve unit such that a predetermined (rotation or translation) movement of the actuation magnet from a first towards a second position, or from the second towards the first position, under the effect of an external manoeuvre magnet, brings the valve unit from the release configuration to the block configuration, where the valve is stably maintained, and from the block configuration to the release configuration, where the valve is stably maintained.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 28, 2018Publication date: December 10, 2020Applicants: SCUOLA SUPERIORE DI STUDI UNIVERSITARI E DI PERFEZIONAMENTO SANT'ANNA, INAIL - ISTITUTO NAZIONALE PER L'ASSICURAZIONE CONTRO GLI INFORTUNI SUL LAVOROInventors: Tommaso MAZZOCCHI, Arianna MENCIASSI, Leonardo RICOTTI, Gioia LUCARINI, Leonardo MARZIALE, Rinaldo SACCHETTI
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Patent number: 10821601Abstract: A kinematic chain comprises a first pulley, arranged to rotate about a rotation axis x, and a second pulley arranged to rotate about a rotation axis y. The kinematic chain comprises then at least one connecting element comprising at least one passage having at least one rotating element, said or each connecting element also comprising at least one interface arranged to connect the connecting element to an adjacent connecting element or to a pulley, generating a rotational constraint about a rotation axis z. The kinematic chain also comprises a transmission element arranged to develop along a determined path for transmitting a rotational motion between the first pulley and the second pulley. The transmission element is adapted to be, in use, fixedly in contact with said or each rotating element by a constraint of rolling friction, in order to allow a modelling the determined path according to a predetermined geometry.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2017Date of Patent: November 3, 2020Assignees: SCUOLA SUPERIORE DI STUDI UNIVERSITARI E DI PERFEZIONAMENTO SANT'ANNA, IUVO S.R.L.Inventors: Andrea Baldoni, Francesco Giovacchini, Nicola Vitiello
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Publication number: 20200331150Abstract: The present invention is in the sector of wearable robotic devices, and in particular it concerns a method for the adaptive control of a wearable robot. In particular, the invention discloses a method for the adaptive control of the discrete or open-ended movements of a wearable robot such as a prosthesis or an orthesis.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 10, 2018Publication date: October 22, 2020Applicant: SCUOLA SUPERIORE DI STUDI UNIVERSITARI E DI PERFEZIONAMENTO SANT'ANNAInventors: Nicola VITIELLO, Francesco LANOTTE, Simona CREA