Patents Assigned to Universita' Federico II
  • Publication number: 20250143240
    Abstract: Use of a non-woven fabric comprising polylactic acid fibers for inoculation of to be mycorrhized plants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2022
    Publication date: May 8, 2025
    Applicant: ALMA MATER STUDIORUM - UNIVERSITA' DI BOLOGNA
    Inventors: Pamela LEONARDI, Alessandra ZAMBONELLI, Federico PULIGA
  • Publication number: 20250135003
    Abstract: There is described a scintillator for electromagnetic radiation therapy comprising a nanotube being functionalized with a plurality of singlet oxygen photosensitizers configured to form singlet oxygen upon excitation by means of an electromagnetic radiation; and a plurality of ligands configured to stabilize the scintillator within a fluid comprising water and/or to minimize interaction with biomolecules present within the fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2024
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Applicants: UNIVERSITA' DEGLI STUDI DI MILANO - BICOCCA, BAR-ILAN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Angelo MONGUZZI, Valeria SECCHI, Marcello CAMPIONE, Shai RAHIMIPOUR, Sudipta SENAPATI
  • Publication number: 20250128013
    Abstract: The safety device (10) comprises a valve body provided with an internal duct (11) and a closure member (14), able to be displaced between an opening position of said internal duct (11) and a closing position of said internal duct (11) as a function of the pressure detected by a pressure sensor (16). A mechanical ventilation circuit (100) comprising such safety device (10) is also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2023
    Publication date: April 24, 2025
    Applicants: UNIVERSITA' DEGLI STUDI DI FIRENZE, AZIENDA OSPED ALIERO-UNIVERSITARIA CAREGGI
    Inventors: Yari BARDACCI, Leonardo BOCCHI, Lorenzo CASATI, Samuele BALDASSINI, Stefano BAMBI, Laura RASERO
  • Publication number: 20250127539
    Abstract: A device for the placement of organic tissue, in particular endocrine tissue, includes a hollow tubular base element configured to house in a seat at least one portion of the organic tissue, a pushing element which inserted on the inside of the base element and coupled to it in a sliding manner; wherein the base element is configured to at least partially penetrate a target tissue. The base element further includes a first opening, which is arranged in a distal zone towards a first end and is configured to let out and, hence, position the organic tissue in the target tissue through the action of the pushing element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2022
    Publication date: April 24, 2025
    Applicants: IRCCS AZIENDA OSPEDALIERO - UNIVERSITARIA DI BOLOGNA, ALMA MATER STUDIORUM - UNIVERSITA' DI BOLOGNA
    Inventors: Paolo Casadio, Renato Seracchioli, Diego Raimondo, Benedetta Orsini, Alessandro Arena, Antonio Raffone
  • Publication number: 20250115742
    Abstract: A process is disclosed for making a printed plant-based leather, a printed plant-based leather obtainable by the process, and the use of the plant-based leather, such as in outer garments, including shoes, boots, jackets, belts, accessories, such as bags and wallets, and seat covers, such as for automotive and furniture applications. The process and the composition involve plant-based wastes of one or more sources and wherein each waste contains at least one of the following biopolymers: cellulose, hemicellulose, pectin, lignin, aliphatic polyesters, and starch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2022
    Publication date: April 10, 2025
    Applicants: PLHYDE, INC., UNIVERSITÀ DEGLI STUDI DI MILANO-BICOCCA
    Inventors: Rebecca MINK, Roberto SIMONUTTI, Michele MAURI
  • Publication number: 20250099379
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of the formulation of bioactive compounds. More specifically, it relates to the use of wet silica-based polymers obtained with the sol-gel technology for the incorporation and prolonged release of an active ingredient, preferably of a protein for topical use, for example in the treatment of chronic ulcers and for the improvement of the trophism of skin appendages. The composition of the invention has several advantages, in particular it has a long permanence in the application point, by avoiding that the composition drips or dries up in contact with air.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2023
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Applicant: UNIVERSITÀ DEGLI STUDI DI PADOVA
    Inventors: Patrizia PONTISSO, Margherita MORPURGO, Gian Paolo FADINI, Mattia ALBIERO, Alessandra BIASIOLO, Santina QUARTA, Mariagrazia RUVOLETTO, Cristian TURATO, Gianmarco VILLANO
  • Publication number: 20250101491
    Abstract: Method for diagnosing Alzheimer's disease in an individual, comprising the steps of providing at least one serum sample derived from the individual, providing at least one preparation of phage clones expressing peptides that mimic conformational epitopes of the A?-42 peptide, reacting said at least one serum sample with said at least one preparation of phage clones expressing peptides that mimic conformational epitopes of A?-42, so that antibodies that may be present in said serum and are directed against the A?-42 peptide bind to the peptides expressed by phage clones of said preparation of phage clones, detecting, by real-time PCR technique, the quantity of phage clones of said preparation to which said antibodies have bound, and determining, based on the quantity of phage clones of said preparation to which said antibodies have bound, whether the individual from whom said serum sample was derived suffers from Alzheimer's disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2023
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Applicant: UNIVERSITA’ DEGLI STUDI DI MESSINA
    Inventors: Salvatore GUGLIELMINO, Maria Giovanna RIZZO, Domenico FRANCO, Laura Maria DE PLANO, Sabrina CONOCI, Salvatore CUZZOCREA, Emanuela ESPOSITO, Irene PATERNITI, Michela CAMPOLO
  • Publication number: 20250102440
    Abstract: The present invention refers to a method for detecting and/or determining the amount of ergothioneine (EG) in a sample using surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) spectroscopy. This method involves the use of an internal standard such as 5-amino-2-mercaptobenzimidazole. (5A2MBI).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2024
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Applicant: Università degli Studi di Trieste
    Inventors: Stefano FORNASARO, Alois BONIFACIO, Gioia VENTUROTTI
  • Patent number: 12253548
    Abstract: A system for monitoring and analyzing electrical operating parameters of a load in an electric network includes a smart socket placed in series between the load and the electric network. The smart socket includes a voltage detection module that measures a voltage value in the electric network between the ends of the load, a current detection module in the electric network that measures a current value adsorbed by the load, and a control unit connected to the voltage detection module and to the current detection module. In particular, the control unit comprises a neural network arranged to carry out a training comprising the steps of definition of a number n of events association, to each event Ei of a number mi, of patterns pij of predetermined current and/or voltage trends, extrapolation of characteristic parameters cik distinguishing the pattern pij associated with the classified event Ei.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: UNIVERSITÀ DEGLI STUDI DI FIRENZE
    Inventors: Fabio Corti, Giacomo Talluri, Francesco Grasso, Marco Somma, Libero Paolucci
  • Patent number: 12253970
    Abstract: compression and search process on a data set based on multiple strategies, including: extracting a set of raw data and transforming it into a sequence of symbols, manipulating the sequence by combining data structures and one or more (optionally a multiplicity of) compression strategies to obtain compressed and efficiently searchable data, recording the compressed and efficiently searchable data on storage media.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: UNIVERSITA' DI PISA
    Inventors: Paolo Ferragina, Giovanni Manzini, Giorgio Vinciguerra
  • Patent number: 12253355
    Abstract: A system (50) for tracking an object (1) comprises a magnetic field source (10) configured to be fixed to this object (1); a magnetometric data collection unit (20) that uses magnetic field sensors (22) fixed at predetermined positions on a support (23) to form an array (21), and that includes a sensor control unit (25) for controlling the magnetic field sensors (22); a data processing unit (30) configured to receive the magnetic field data from the sensor control unit (25) and to calculate from these data position coordinates of the magnetic field source (10) with respect to the array (21) forming a vector of such position coordinates which minimizes the distance between magnetic field values expected at the sensor positions (22) and magnetic field values collected by the collection unit (20), wherein the magnetic field source (10) is arranged to generate a local magnetic field (4), at the magnetic field sensors (22), of intensity set between 5 and 500 microtesla, so that the magnetic field sensors (22) dete
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: UNIVERSITÀ DEGLI STUDI DI SIENA
    Inventors: Valerio Biancalana, Piero Chessa, Roberto Cecchi, Marco Mandala′, Domenico Prattichizzo
  • Publication number: 20250076294
    Abstract: A rapid test device for the detection of SARS-CoV-2 viruses and for the relative antibody production including a substrate of the lateral flow immunochromatographic assay divided into 5 regions: a first reception area to receive the biological sample (“Sample Deposition”); a second area where the first reaction takes place between an analyte and the molecule used for its specific identification (“Conjugation pad”); a third area where the signal amplification uses the addition of the gold nanoparticles (“Signal amplification”); a fourth test area (“Test line”) and a fifth control area (“Control Line”) in which a second and third immunoreaction takes place, providing a visual reading of the test result by a window and two results visible by a colored strip. The sample deposition area comprises a filter having porosity of about 200 nm-1 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2022
    Publication date: March 6, 2025
    Applicants: UNIVERSITA' DEGLI STUDI MAGNA GRAECIA DI CATANZARO, POLITECNICO DI TORINO
    Inventors: Natalia MALARA, Cristina POTRICH, Cecilia PEDERZOLLI, Lorenzo LUNELLI, Candido Fabrizio PIRRI, Enzo Mario DI FABRIZIO, Francesca FRASCELLA, Lucia NAPIONE, Marzia QUAGLIO, Alessandro CHIADO'
  • Patent number: 12239667
    Abstract: The present invention concerns the therapeutic use of extracellular vesicles isolated from a genetically modified cell line over-expressing SerpinB3. In particular, said therapeutic use aimed at the treatment of acute pathologies characterized by ischemic or inflammatory tissue damage or by cell injury due to oxidative stress, such as cardiac, cerebral, intestinal, renal or limb ischaemia. Further examples of use consist of the preservation of transplant organs, including heart, lung, liver, bladder, pancreas and intestine. In a further aspect the invention relates to the use of a pharmaceutical composition comprising extracellular vesicles isolated from a genetically modified cell line over-expressing SerpinB3 and a pharmaceutically acceptable vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: UNIVERSITÀ DEGLI STUDI DI PADOVA
    Inventors: Patrizia Pontisso, Maurizio Muraca, Alessandra Biasiolo, Santina Quarta, Mariagrazia Ruvoletto, Gianmarco Villano
  • Publication number: 20250066411
    Abstract: The present invention relates to new glycomimetic molecules which selectively bind to the L-SIGN receptor, finding application in the medical field and, in particular, in the prevention and treatment of viral infections, in the immunotherapy of liver tumors and in the treatment of immune diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2024
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Applicants: UNIVERSITA’ DEGLI STUDI DI MILANO, UNIVERSITÉ GRENOBLE ALPES, COMMISSARIAT A L’ÉNERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ÉNERGIES ALTERNATIVES, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE
    Inventors: Anna BERNARDI, Sara POLLASTRI, Clara DELAUNAY, Michel THÉPAUT, Franck FIESCHI, Gianluca CAVAZZOLI
  • Publication number: 20250066399
    Abstract: The present invention refers to a process for the preparation of P(?O) heteroatom derivatives of the dibenzooxaphos-phacycles compounds of formula 6H-cibenzo [c.e] [1.2] oxaphosphinine 6-oxide (DOPO) and dibenzo [d.f] [1.3.2] dioxaphosphepine 6-oxide (BPPO). It also refers to a process for the preparation of polymeric formulations containing it: and a process for the preparation of a flame retardant polymer using the P(?O) heteroatom derivatives as monomer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2022
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Applicants: AIMPLAS ASOCIACIÓN DE INVESTIGACIÓN DE MATERIALES PLÁSTICOS Y CONEXAS, UNIVERSITÀ CA’ FOSCARI VENEZIA
    Inventors: Ludovico AGOSTINIS, Stefan GHINCOLOV, Marco BORTOLUZZI
  • Publication number: 20250057779
    Abstract: Hybrid nanoparticles consisting of a polymeric component encapsulating cationic liposomes and/or lipoplexes comprising a cationic lipid and a helper lipid are described, wherein the polymeric component constitutes at least the 80% by weight with respect to the total material constituting the nanoparticles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2022
    Publication date: February 20, 2025
    Applicants: POLITECNICO DI TORINO (75%), UNIVERSITA' DEGLI STUDI DI TORINO (25%)
    Inventors: Valeria Chiono, Clara Mattu, Letizia Nicoletti, Camilla Paoletti, Silvia Maria Angela Arpicco, Barbara Stella
  • Patent number: 12226215
    Abstract: The invention provides a composition for a conductive polymeric material suitable for the production of electrodes for recording electrophysiological signals, such as electrocardiogram (EGG), electromyogram (EMG), electroencephalogram (EEG), etc., and signals related to the impedance variation of the body or skin, both deriving from active and passive measures (for example, breathing, electrodermal response, etc.). For this purpose a formulation containing FEDOT and ionic liquids has been developed. The formulation according to the invention can be used generically in the context of detecting bioelectric signals and can be applied on wearable items, in particular in fabric, such as for example garments of different shapes, so as to be in direct contact with the areas of the body subject to detection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignees: Giuseppe USAI, ALMA MATER STUDIORUM—UNIVERSITA' DI BOLOGNA, UNIVERSITA' DEGLI STUDI DI CAGLIARI
    Inventors: Giuseppe Arnaldo Usai, Erika Scavetta, Isacco Gualandi, Beatrice Fraboni, Marta Tessarolo, Annalisa Bonfiglio, Danilo Pani, Eleonora Sulas
  • Publication number: 20250049888
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel Negr1 protein fragments having ALK-inhibiting or ALK-reducing activity and to the nucleic acids encoding therefor, as well as to the use of the Negr1 protein, its fragments and the nucleic acids encoding therefor in the therapeutic treatment of ALK-related diseases such as cancer and tauopathies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2022
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Applicants: FONDAZIONE TELETHON ETS (70%), UNIVERSITA' DEGLI STUDI DI TRENTO (30%)
    Inventors: Giovanni Piccoli, Francesca Pischedda
  • Publication number: 20250046215
    Abstract: 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 d
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2024
    Publication date: February 6, 2025
    Applicants: POLITECNICO DI MILANO, UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI MILANO
    Inventors: Gianfranco Beniamino FIORE, Alberto Cesare Luigi REDAELLI, Riccardo VISMARA, Carlo ANTONA, Guido GELPI, Massimo Giovanni LEMMA, Andrea MANGINI
  • Patent number: D1072803
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: Università Degli Studi Di Trento
    Inventors: Fabio Massacci, Matthias Caretta Crichlow, Francesco Minna, Gabriele Fadini, Yangzhe Kong, Teyi Kung, Riccardo Sparagna