Patents by Inventor Alessandra ZUCCA

Alessandra ZUCCA 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).

  • Publication number: 20240272047
    Abstract: An automated workstation for an operator for embedding histological samples with embedding material includes a workbench for the operator defining a working area. On one side of the working area an input area is arranged which receives and accumulates automatically cassettes containing histological samples. A first handling device picks up cassettes from the input area and feeds them, one at a time, to the working area, according to a priority sequence determined in real time as a function of information associated with the histological samples of the cassettes, which are detected on codes indicated on the cassettes. For each new cassette that reaches the working area, the operator removes the histological sample from the cassette, dispenses a first layer of embedding material within a mould with a dispensing device, places the histological sample, with a selected orientation within the mould, and then applies the cassette over the mould.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2022
    Publication date: August 15, 2024
    Inventors: Gianandrea PEDRAZZINI, Alessandra ZUCCA
  • Patent number: 10590247
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of films of conductive polymers, by the technique so-called roll-to-roll, which allows to obtain freestanding films having advantageous features such as toughness, flexibility, ability to adhere to different substrates, a submicron thickness and a very high ratio surface area/thickness; the present films are suitable for use in several technological applications, in particular for the development of biosensors, and in the production of flexible electronic components with large surface, suitable for wearable devices and also intended for contacting skin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: FONDAZIONE ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA
    Inventors: Francesco Greco, Alessandra Zucca, Barbara Mazzolai, Shinji Takeoka, Kento Yamagishi, Toshinori Fujie, Virgilio Mattoli
  • Publication number: 20180009957
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of films of conductive polymers, by the technique so-called roll-to-roll, which allows to obtain freestanding films having advantageous features such as toughness, flexibility, ability to adhere to different substrates, a submicron thickness and a very high ratio surface area/thickness; the present films are suitable for use in several technological applications, in particular for the development of biosensors, and in the production of flexible electronic components with large surface, suitable for wearable devices and also intended for contacting skin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2016
    Publication date: January 11, 2018
    Inventors: Francesco GRECO, Alessandra ZUCCA, Barbara MAZZOLAI, Shinji TAKEOKA, Kento YAMAGISHI, Toshinori FUJIE, Virgilio MATTOLI
  • Publication number: 20120306114
    Abstract: A process for the preparation of nanofilms of conductive polymers is described. The process comprises forming support layers comprised of various polymers and free-standing nanofilms can be obtained thereby. The nanofilms obtained by the process can have characteristics such as strength, flexibility, ability to adhere to different substrates, and biocompatibility, which can make them suitable for numerous different technological applications, and in particular applications in the biomedical field.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2012
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Inventors: Francesco GRECO, Virgilio MATTOLI, Paolo DARIO, Arianna MENCIASSI, Alessandra ZUCCA