Patents by Inventor Alberto Colombo
Alberto Colombo 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).
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Publication number: 20240148822Abstract: The present invention relates to a synergistic pharmacological antibiofilm association of colistin and fosfomycin for use in the treatment of a bacterial infection caused by a biofilm-forming pathogen selected from A. baumannii, P. aeruginosa, S. maltophilia and K. pneumoniae strains, preferably in the biofilm phase of growth and, in particular infections associated with a respiratory tract disease, such as a chronic respiratory tract disease comprising CF, NCFB and COPD, especially in hospitalized patients.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2022Publication date: May 9, 2024Applicant: Zambon S.P.A.Inventors: Daniele Colombo, Gloria Padoani, Silvia Vailati, Noemi Aiezza, Alberto Antonelli, Selene Boncompagni, Tommaso Giani, Lucia Pallecchi, Gian Maria Rossolini, Maria Micieli
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Patent number: 11862972Abstract: A system and method to join distributed energy resources (DER) to achieve common objectives is provided. The present technology organizes and/or aggregates DERs by routing a (DER) program request for resources to DER contributors capable of responding to and performing the request using a routing system. The system accesses a plurality of DER profiles, each profile associated with a DER contributor capable of contributing a resource to the request, and calculates an initial value for each DER profile based on request attributes and scoring metrics associated with the profile. The system then calculates a fitness metric for each DER profile based on the initial value using a neural network having weights based on the plurality of performance indicators and selects the DER profile and contributors to whom to route the request.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2022Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: DERNetSoft Inc.Inventors: Alberto Colombo, John Rogers
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Publication number: 20220263342Abstract: A system and method to join distributed energy resources (DER) to achieve common objectives is provided. The present technology organizes and/or aggregates DERs by routing a (DER) program request for resources to DER contributors capable of responding to and performing the request using a routing system. The system accesses a plurality of DER profiles, each profile associated with a DER contributor capable of contributing a resource to the request, and calculates an initial value for each DER profile based on request attributes and scoring metrics associated with the profile. The system then calculates a fitness metric for each DER profile based on the initial value using a neural network having weights based on the plurality of performance indicators and selects the DER profile and contributors to whom to route the request.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 2, 2022Publication date: August 18, 2022Applicant: DERNetSoft Inc.Inventors: Alberto Colombo, John Rogers
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Patent number: 11322977Abstract: A system and method to join distributed energy resources (DER) to achieve common objectives is provided. The present technology organizes and/or aggregates DERs by routing a (DER) program request for resources to DER contributors capable of responding to and performing the request using a routing system. The system accesses a plurality of DER profiles, each profile associated with a DER contributor capable of contributing a resource to the request, and calculates an initial value for each DER profile based on request attributes and scoring metrics associated with the profile. The system then calculates a fitness metric for each DER profile based on the initial value using a neural network having weights based on the plurality of performance indicators and selects the DER profile and contributors to whom to route the request.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2020Date of Patent: May 3, 2022Assignee: DERNetSoft Inc.Inventors: Alberto Colombo, John Rogers
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Publication number: 20220085648Abstract: A system and method to join distributed energy resources (DER) to achieve common objectives is provided. The present technology organizes and/or aggregates DERs by routing a (DER) program request for resources to DER contributors capable of responding to and performing the request using a routing system. The system accesses a plurality of DER profiles, each profile associated with a DER contributor capable of contributing a resource to the request, and calculates an initial value for each DER profile based on request attributes and scoring metrics associated with the profile. The system then calculates a fitness metric for each DER profile based on the initial value using a neural network having weights based on the plurality of performance indicators and selects the DER profile and contributors to whom to route the request.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 11, 2020Publication date: March 17, 2022Applicant: DERNetSoft Inc.Inventors: Alberto Colombo, John Rogers
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Patent number: 11026793Abstract: Systems and methods for magnetic induction of a penile prosthesis are disclosed. The magnetic induction system includes a wand that has a coil arrangement covered with a thermal and electrical insulator sheath operable to generate an alternating magnetic field. The coil arrangement of the sheath is configured to receive the length of the penile prosthesis therein. The penile prosthesis may be made from a shape memory material such that application of alternating magnetic fields generated by the magnetic induction system induces eddy currents that raise the temperature of the penile prosthesis to a temperature above the austenitic transformation temperature that allows the penile prosthesis to achieve an erect state.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2018Date of Patent: June 8, 2021Assignee: The Board of Trustees of Southern Illinois UniversityInventors: Alberto Colombo, Kevin McVary, Brian Le
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Publication number: 20190133767Abstract: Systems and methods for magnetic induction of a penile prosthesis are disclosed. The magnetic induction system includes a wand that has a coil arrangement covered with a thermal and electrical insulator sheath operable to generate an alternating magnetic field. The coil arrangement of the sheath is configured to receive the length of the penile prosthesis therein. The penile prosthesis may be made from a shape memory material such that application of alternating magnetic fields generated by the magnetic induction system induces eddy currents that raise the temperature of the penile prosthesis to a temperature above the austenitic transformation temperature that allows the penile prosthesis to achieve an erect state.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2018Publication date: May 9, 2019Inventors: Alberto Colombo, Kevin McVary, Brian Le
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Patent number: 10195034Abstract: Systems and methods for magnetic induction of a penile prosthesis are disclosed. The magnetic induction system includes a wand that has a coil arrangement covered with a thermal and electrical insulator sheath operable to generate an alternating magnetic field. The coil arrangement of the sheath is configured to receive the length of the penile prosthesis therein. The penile prosthesis may be made from a shape memory material such that application of alternating magnetic fields generated by the magnetic induction system induces eddy currents that raise the temperature of the penile prosthesis to a temperature above the austenitic transformation temperature that allows the penile prosthesis to achieve an erect state.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2016Date of Patent: February 5, 2019Assignee: Board of Trustees of Southern Illinois UniversityInventors: Alberto Colombo, Kevin McVary, Brian Le
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Publication number: 20170143491Abstract: Systems and methods for magnetic induction of a penile prosthesis are disclosed. The magnetic induction system includes a wand that has a coil arrangement covered with a thermal and electrical insulator sheath operable to generate an alternating magnetic field. The coil arrangement of the sheath is configured to receive the length of the penile prosthesis therein. The penile prosthesis may be made from a shape memory material such that application of alternating magnetic fields generated by the magnetic induction system induces eddy currents that raise the temperature of the penile prosthesis to a temperature above the austenitic transformation temperature that allows the penile prosthesis to achieve an erect state.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2016Publication date: May 25, 2017Inventors: Alberto Colombo, Kevin McVary, Brian Le
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Patent number: 9204966Abstract: A penile prosthesis is disclosed that can alternate between an erect and flaccid state based on the shape memory properties of an exoskeleton that is responsive to increases and decreases in temperature. The exoskeleton consists of a shape memory alloy, such as nitinol, which in the erect configuration can radially expand and resist axial loads and buckling forces during coitus. The shape memory alloy is temperature-tuned to undergo a change to an erect state under external application of heat and can revert to a flaccid state with cooling below resting penile temperature.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2012Date of Patent: December 8, 2015Assignee: Northwestern UniversityInventors: Brian V. Le, David C. Dunand, Kevin T. McVary, Alberto Colombo
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Patent number: 8099311Abstract: A routing system and method efficiently routes tasks to users who are members of a large and geographically diverse workforce. Generally, limited information is known about each user's skills and behavioral factors. Based on a profile containing the known information about a user, task is efficiently allocated and routed to a user by matching attributes of the task to the profile using a neural network and a stochastic model. Feedback is collected by the routing system based on the user's handling of the task and on whether a solution provided by the user was accepted. Over time, as more feedback is collected, the profile and/or the neural network are refined which allows for more efficient routing of future tasks.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2008Date of Patent: January 17, 2012Assignee: CrowdEngineering, Inc.Inventors: Gioacchino La Vecchia, Alberto Colombo, Massimo Piccioni
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Publication number: 20080209431Abstract: A routing system and method efficiently routes tasks to users who are members of a large and geographically diverse workforce. Generally, limited information is known about each user's skills and behavioral factors. Based on a profile containing the known information about a user, task is efficiently allocated and routed to a user by matching attributes of the task to the profile using a neural network and a stochastic model. Feedback is collected by the routing system based on the user's handling of the task and on whether a solution provided by the user was accepted. Over time, as more feedback is collected, the profile and/or the neural network are refined which allows for more efficient routing of future tasks.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2008Publication date: August 28, 2008Inventors: Gioacchino La Vecchia, Alberto Colombo, Massimo Piccioni
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Patent number: 6617301Abstract: The present invention relates to surfactant mixtures with improved wetting and/or emulsifying properties for use in agrochemical preparations, comprising: A) at least an alkylpolyglucoside, B) at least an anionic derivative of an alkylpolyglucoside, and C) at least an anionic derivative of a fatty alcohol.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 2001Date of Patent: September 9, 2003Assignee: Lamberti S.p.A.Inventors: Dario Fornara, Peter Bohus, Alberto Colombo
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Patent number: D869636Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2016Date of Patent: December 10, 2019Assignee: LABORATORIOS LICONSA, S.A.Inventors: Alessandro Castellucci, Laura Andrade Benitez, Alberto Colombo