Patents by Inventor Andrea Mollo

Andrea Mollo 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).

  • Capacitive sensor to sense an electric field generated by a conductor
    Patent number: 8471572
    Abstract: A capacitive sensor for detecting an electrical field generated by a live conductor comprises a source electrode (10), a screen element (20) and an electrical field sensor (30). Said source electrode (10) has a proximal portion (11) connected to the conductor (A) and a distal portion (12) placed inside the screen element (20). The electrical field sensor (30) is placed inside said screen element (20), and faces and is spaced apart from the distal portion (12) of said source electrode (10), in order to detect the electrical field emitted by said source electrode (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: Green Seas Ventures, Ltd
    Inventors: Alberto Bauer, Lorenzo Peretto, Roberto Tinarelli, Andrea Mollo
  • Noninvasive method and apparatus for measuring blood pressure by determining a maximum frequency of spectral content of the second heart sound
    Patent number: 8202225
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for noninvasively estimating a blood pressure are provided. A bandpass filter is applied to a second heart sound (S2) component to generate a filtered S2 component. The bandpass filter has a lower cutoff frequency greater than a maximum frequency of the S2 component. The maximum frequency of the S2 component is estimated using the filtered S2 component, a predetermined relationship is applied between the estimated maximum frequency and blood pressure to generate a blood pressure estimate and the blood pressure estimate is displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2012
    Inventors: Lorenzo Peretto, Alberto Bauer, Andrea Mollo
  • CAPACITIVE SENSOR TO SENSE AN ELECTRIC FIELD GENERATED BY A CONDUCTOR
    Publication number: 20110121842
    Abstract: A capacitive sensor for detecting an electrical field generated by a live conductor comprises a source electrode (10), a screen element (20) and an electrical field sensor (30). Said source electrode (10) has a proximal portion (11) connected to the conductor (A) and a distal portion (12) placed inside the screen element (20). The electrical field sensor (30) is placed inside said screen element (20), and faces and is spaced apart from the distal portion (12) of said source electrode (10), in order to detect the electrical field emitted by said source electrode (10).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2009
    Publication date: May 26, 2011
    Inventors: Alberto Bauer, Lorenzo Peretto, Roberto Tinarelli, Andrea Mollo
  • NONINVASIVE METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MEASURING BLOOD PRESSURE BY DETERMINING A MAXIMUM FREQUENCY OF SPECTRAL CONTENT OF THE SECOND HEART SOUND
    Publication number: 20090062665
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for noninvasively estimating a blood pressure are provided. A bandpass filter is applied to a second heart sound (S2) component to generate a filtered S2 component. The bandpass filter has a lower cutoff frequency greater than a maximum frequency of the S2 component. The maximum frequency of the S2 component is estimated using the filtered S2 component, a predetermined relationship is applied between the estimated maximum frequency and blood pressure to generate a blood pressure estimate and the blood pressure estimate is displayed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2008
    Publication date: March 5, 2009
    Inventors: Lorenzo Peretto, Alberto Bauer, Andrea Mollo