Patents Assigned to UNIVERSITÀ DEGLI STUDI DI MILANO
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Patent number: 11956014Abstract: A method for transmitting and receiving an electromagnetic radiation beam, adapted to determine an orbital angular momentum of the received electromagnetic radiation beam, is described. There is further described a system for transmitting and receiving an electromagnetic radiation beam, capable of performing the aforesaid method. A method for performing a telecommunication of signals modulated according to any modulation technique and grouped by means of orbital angular momentum multiplexing is further described. There is further described a telecommunication system capable of performing the aforesaid method for performing a telecommunication of modulated signals.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 2020Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: UNIVERSITA' DEGLI STUDI DI MILANOInventors: Marco Potenza, Bruno Paroli, Mirko Siano
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Publication number: 20240110931Abstract: The present disclosure relates to delta-2-tubulin and its use as a biomarker for determining if a subject is at risk of developing peripheral neuropathy or if a subject has developed peripheral neuropathy. The present disclosure further relates to methods for the treatment of peripheral neuropathy in a subject and assays for identifying compounds that can be used to treat and/or prevent peripheral neuropathy.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2023Publication date: April 4, 2024Applicants: The Trustees of Columbia University in The City of New York, Università Degli Studi Di Milano-BicoccaInventors: Francesca Bartolini, Maria Elena Pero, Guido Cavaletti
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Patent number: 11906437Abstract: A spectroscopic analysis apparatus may include: a sample holder to retain a gem in analysis position; a first light source configured to emit a first primary beam at an excitation wavelength toward the analysis position to generate emission or diffusion of light; a second light source configured to emit a second primary beam comprising UV light toward the analysis position to impact on the first side; an optical focusing system to focus the light emitted or diffused by the first side in a secondary optical beam; a spectral dispersion device arranged to collect and spatially disperse the secondary optical beam; a first photodetector device arranged to collect the dispersed light and to output a distribution of spectral intensity as a function of emission wavelength; a second photodetector device to collect visible light transmitted through the gem; and a film of fluorescent material to UV light.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2018Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: Università degli Studi di Milano - BicoccaInventors: Roberto Lorenzi, Alberto Maria Felice Paleari, Andrea Zullino
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Patent number: 11874284Abstract: The present disclosure relates to delta-2-tubulin and its use as a biomarker for determining if a subject is at risk of developing peripheral neuropathy or if a subject has developed peripheral neuropathy. The present disclosure further relates to methods for the treatment of peripheral neuropathy in a subject and assays for identifying compounds that can be used to treat and/or prevent peripheral neuropathy.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2020Date of Patent: January 16, 2024Assignees: THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK, UNIVERSITÀ DEGLI STUDI DI MILANO-BICOCCAInventors: Francesca Bartolini, Maria Elena Pero, Guido Cavaletti
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Publication number: 20240002499Abstract: Disclosed are an antibody able to recognise and specifically bind the CLIC1 protein located on the cell membrane and inhibit its ion channel function; the uses of said antibody in the diagnostic and therapeutic fields; and pharmaceutical compositions containing the antibody.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 26, 2021Publication date: January 4, 2024Applicant: Universita' Degli Studi di MilanoInventors: Michele Mazzanti, Valentina Carlini, Ivan Verducci, Francesca Cianci, Gaetano Cannavale
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Publication number: 20230377487Abstract: A test bench assembly (10) for the simulation of cardiac surgery and/or interventional cardiology operations and/or procedures, comprising a passive heart (12), wherein said passive heart (12) is an explanted or artificial or hybrid heart, said passive heart (12) having at least one pair of cardiac chambers (14, 16; 114, 116) comprising an atrial chamber (14; 114) and a ventricular chamber (16; 116); a reservoir (20), adapted to house the working fluid; a pressure generator (22), adapted to provide said passive heart (12) pumping said working fluid with the pumping function, said pressure generator (22) being fluidically connected both to said ventricular chamber (16) of said passive heart (12) and to said reservoir (20) by means of first fluid connection means; a pressure regulation device (24) which provides the working fluid in input to the atrial chamber (14) with the preload pressure, and the working fluid in output from the ventricular chamber (16) with the afterload pressure, said pressure regulation dType: ApplicationFiled: July 27, 2023Publication date: November 23, 2023Applicants: POLITECNICO DI MILANO, UNIVERSITA' DEGLI STUDI DI MILANOInventors: Gianfranco Beniamino FIORE, Alberto Cesare Luigi Redaelli, Riccardo Vismara, Carlo Antona, Guido Gelpi, Massimo Giovanni Lemma, Andrea Mangini
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Publication number: 20230310421Abstract: The present invention relates to LSD1 inhibitors for use in the treatment and/or prevention of a viral infection caused by and/or associated with RNA viruses, preferably Coronaviridae. The LSD1 inhibitors are able to inhibit or prevent the viral induced increased expression of inflammatory cytokines while sparing the expression of Interferon and Interferon-Stimulated Genes. The present invention further concerns a combination and a pharmaceutical composition including the molecules or combinations thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 14, 2021Publication date: October 5, 2023Applicants: ISTITUTO EUROPEO DI ONCOLOGIA S.R.L., UNIVERSITA' DEGLI STUDI DI MILANOInventors: Piergiuseppe PELICCI, Saverio MINUCCI, Fabio SANTORO, Mauro ROMANENGHI, Luca MAZZARELLA, Paul-Edward MASSA, Bruno ACHUTTI DUSO
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Patent number: 11735066Abstract: A test bench assembly for simulating cardiac surgery includes a passive heart having at least one pair of cardiac chambers with an atrial chamber and a ventricular chamber. A reservoir is adapted to house working fluid. A pressure generator fluidically connects both to the ventricular chamber of the passive heart and to the reservoir. A pressure regulation device provides working fluid in input to the atrial chamber with preload pressure, and working fluid in output from the ventricular chamber with afterload pressure. The pressure regulation device fluidically connects both to the atrial chamber of the passive heart and to the ventricular chamber of the passive heart. The pressure regulation device has a single compliant element for each pair of cardiac chambers, which provides working fluid with both preload, and afterload pressures.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2021Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Assignees: POLITECNICO DI MILANO, UNIVERSITA' DEGLI STUDI DI MILANOInventors: Gianfranco Beniamino Fiore, Alberto Cesare Luigi Redaelli, Riccardo Vismara, Carlo Antona, Guido Gelpi, Massimo Giovanni Lemma, Andrea Mangini
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Patent number: 11697831Abstract: Disclosed is the production by fermentation of poly D-lactic acid (PDLA) and poly L-lactic acid (PLLA). In particular, there is provided engineered (prokaryotic or eukaryotic) cells for the direct synthesis of PLLA polymers and engineered eukaryotic cells for the direct synthesis of PDLA polymers starting from a carbon source, including residual biomasses of the different production chains.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2019Date of Patent: July 11, 2023Assignees: UNIVERSITÀ DEGLI STUDI DI MILANO-BICOCCA, GALATEA BIOTECH S.R.L.Inventors: Danilo Porro, Paola Branduardi, Stefano Bertacchi, Nadia Maria Berterame
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Publication number: 20230192785Abstract: The subject of the present invention is a peptide, natural or synthetic, which comprises an amino acid sequence that has at least 80% sequence identity with the sequence SDRSLHLEANEKGENVNVHVTKTRADKSKIKVSVRQYADINEKGEAQYKCP-VAQLE (SEQ ID NO: 1). A further object of the present invention is said peptide which has at least 80% sequence identity with the sequence SEQ ID NO: 1 which is a JNK3 inhibitor for use in the prevention and / or treatment of neurodegenerative or neurodevel-opmental diseases.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 14, 2021Publication date: June 22, 2023Applicants: UNIVERSITA' DEGLI STUDI DI MILANO, UNIVERSITA' DEGLI STUDI DI ROMA "TOR VERGATA", UNIVERSITA' POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHEInventors: Tiziana BORSELLO, Mattia FALCONI, Daniele DI MARINO
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Publication number: 20230126043Abstract: A writing instrument that includes a writing element for depositing a writing material on a support and a plurality of sensors including at least a force sensor and a movement sensor, a communication unit that exchanges data with a remote device a control unit connected to the sensors and to the communication unit in order to transmit to the remote device the measurements provided by the sensors, a memory unit connected to the control unit that stores one or more measurements from the sensors; and a hollow casing that contains at least part of the writing element so that the writing end is exposed, and also houses the sensors, the control unit, the memory unit and the communication unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2021Publication date: April 27, 2023Applicants: POLITECNICO DI MILANO, UNIVERSITA' DEGLI STUDI DI MILANOInventors: Simona FERRANTE, Alessandra Laura Giulia PEDROCCHI, Francesca LUNARDINI, Davide DI FEBBO, Milad MALAVOLTI, Nunzio Alberto BORGHESE
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Patent number: 11613863Abstract: A device for simulating injections of liquid chemical/cementitious substances into soils, comprising a first observation chamber which delimits an injectable space adapted to accommodate a soil sample, a second observation chamber which delimits a perforation space adapted to accommodate at least one stretch of an injection device, with longitudinal extension along a longitudinal axis of the second observation chamber, wherein the first observation chamber and the second observation chamber are directly bordering to each other in an interface area, a retaining partition wall which can be inserted in the interface area so as to separate the injectable space from the perforation space and extracted so as to put the perforation space into communication with the injectable space, as well as first transparent portions formed in a first containment wall of the first observation chamber for viewing in real time a propagation of the chemical substance injected into the soil sample by means of the injection device.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2019Date of Patent: March 28, 2023Assignees: UNIVERSITÁ DEGLI STUDI DI MILANO-BICOCCA, SIREG GEOTECH S.R.L., STUDIO ING. ANDREA PETTINAROLI S.R.L.Inventors: Riccardo Castellanza, Stefania Zenoni, Gabriele Balconi, Andrea Maria Romildo Pettinaroli
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Publication number: 20220390627Abstract: A sensitized composite scintillator which optionally interacts with ionizing radiation is provided having a vitreous or plastic matrix in which there are incorporated perovskite nanostructures which sensitize light emitters.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 3, 2020Publication date: December 8, 2022Applicants: UNIVERSITA' DEGLI STUDI DI MILANO - BICOCCA, GLASS TO POWER S.P.A.Inventors: Sergio BROVELLI, Mauro FASOLI, Luca GIRONI, Marina GANDINI, Anna VEDDA
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Publication number: 20220313607Abstract: The present invention relates to a liposome containing a lipid or lipid mixture, phosphatidic acid and/or cardiolipin and apolipoprotein E for use in the treatment and/or prevention of amyloidosis, wherein the amyloidosis is not Alzheimer's disease and pharmaceutical compositions containing the same.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2020Publication date: October 6, 2022Applicant: UNIVERSITÀ DEGLI STUDI DI MILANO - BICOCCAInventors: Francesca RE, Massimo Ernesto MASSERINI, Marco Antonio Ercole SARDINA
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Patent number: 11369577Abstract: The present invention relates to iPSC produced from fibroblast obtained from a subject affected by a neurodevelopmental disorder entailing intellectual disability (ID) and/or a disorder belonging to the Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and/or Schizophrenia (SZ) and uses thereof. The present invention also relates to a cortical neural progenitor cell or a terminally differentiated cortical glutamatergic or gabaergic neuronal cell or a neural crest stem cell line, a mesenchymal stem cell line produced from the iPSC or iPSC line. The invention also relates to method for identifying a compound for the treatment and/or prevention of a neurodevelopmental disorder entailing intellectual disability (ID) and/or a disorder belonging to the Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and/or Schizophrenia (SZ) and to a LSD1 inhibitor or a HDAC2 inhibitor for use in the treatment of such disorders.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2015Date of Patent: June 28, 2022Assignees: IEO—Istituto Europeo di Oncologia S.r.l., I.R.C.C.S. “Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza”, Università degli Studi di MilanoInventors: Giuseppe Testa, Sina Atashpazgargari, Antonio Adamo, Pierre-Luc Germain, Giuseppe Merla, Giuseppe D'Agostino, Matteo Zanella
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Publication number: 20220162611Abstract: The present invention relates to an inhibitor of miR-129, relative compounds and pharmaceutical compositions for use in the treatment and/or prevention of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and Alzheimer's disease. The invention also relates to a method for the diagnosis and/or prognosis of Alzheimer's disease in a subject or to identify a subject at risk to develop amyotrophic lateral sclerosis or Alzheimer's disease and to a method for the measuring the efficacy of a therapy for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis or for Alzheimer's disease and relative kits.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2020Publication date: May 26, 2022Applicants: UNIVERSITÀ DEGLI STUDI DI MILANO BICOCCA, FONDAZIONE IRCCS "CA' GRANDA - OSPEDALE MAGGIORE" POLICLINICOInventors: Stefania CORTI, Silvia Maria Luisa BARABINO, Monica NIZZARDO, Alessia LOFFREDA
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Publication number: 20220157197Abstract: A test bench assembly for simulating cardiac surgery includes a passive heart having at least one pair of cardiac chambers with an atrial chamber and a ventricular chamber. A reservoir is adapted to house working fluid. A pressure generator fluidically connects both to the ventricular chamber of the passive heart and to the reservoir. A pressure regulation device provides working fluid in input to the atrial chamber with preload pressure, and working fluid in output from the ventricular chamber with afterload pressure. The pressure regulation device fluidically connects both to the atrial chamber of the passive heart and to the ventricular chamber of the passive heart. The pressure regulation device has a single compliant element for each pair of cardiac chambers, which provides working fluid with both preload, and afterload pressures.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2021Publication date: May 19, 2022Applicants: POLITECNICO DI MILANO, UNIVERSITA' DEGLI STUDI DI MILANOInventors: Gianfranco Beniamino FIORE, Alberto Cesare Luigi REDAELLI, Riccardo VISMARA, Carlo ANTONA, Guido GELPI, Massimo Giovanni LEMMA, Andrea MANGINI
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Patent number: 11273023Abstract: An implantable medical device obtained by means of two-photon laser polymerisation of a resin to form a three-dimensional matrix, wherein: said three-dimensional matrix comprises a number of levels distributed in height; and said three-dimensional matrix comprises reference means designed to uniquely identify the height of each level from a pre-set reference, by means of a multi-photon fluorescence-excitation microscope; said implantable medical device being characterised in that said reference means comprise a solid having a cross section that varies with height.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2018Date of Patent: March 15, 2022Assignees: POLITECNICO DI MILANO, UNIVERSITA' DEGLI STUDI DI MILANO-BICOCCA, CONSIGLIO NAZIONALE DELLE RICERCHEInventors: Manuela Teresa Raimondi, Giulio Cerullo, Claudio Conci, Tommaso Zandrini, Roberto Osellame, Giuseppe Chirico
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Patent number: 11238755Abstract: A test bench assembly for simulating cardiac surgery includes a passive heart having at least one pair of cardiac chambers with an atrial chamber and a ventricular chamber. A reservoir is adapted to house working fluid. A pressure generator fluidically connects both to the ventricular chamber of the passive heart and to the reservoir. A pressure regulation device provides working fluid in input to the atrial chamber with preload pressure, and working fluid in output from the ventricular chamber with afterload pressure. The pressure regulation device fluidically connects both to the atrial chamber of the passive heart and to the ventricular chamber of the passive heart. The pressure regulation device has a single compliant element for each pair of cardiac chambers, which provides working fluid with both preload, and afterload pressures.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2017Date of Patent: February 1, 2022Assignees: POLITECNICO DI MILANO, UNIVERSITA' DEGLI STUDI DI MILANOInventors: Gianfranco Beniamino Fiore, Alberto Cesare Luigi Redaelli, Riccardo Vismara, Carlo Antona, Guido Gelpi, Massimo Giovanni Lemma, Andrea Mangini
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Publication number: 20210399152Abstract: A glass brick having a luminescent solar concentrator inserted inside it, between the preformed glass portions which constitute the body of the glass brick is provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2019Publication date: December 23, 2021Applicants: UNIVERSITA' DEGLI STUDI DI MILANO - BICOCCA, GLASS TO POWER S.P.A.Inventors: Francesco MEINARDI, Sergio BROVELL, Francesco BRUNI, Marina GANDINI, Emillo SASSONE CORSI, Graziella GARIANO, Chiara CAPITANI