Patents by Inventor Gianfranco Beniamino Fiore

Gianfranco Beniamino Fiore 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).

  • Oxygenator with integrated arterial filter including filter frame
    Patent number: 9162022
    Abstract: An oxygenator combines, in a single structure, a heat exchanger, a gas exchanger, an arterial filter, and a filter frame. Such an oxygenator permits fewer fluid connections and thus may simplify an extracorporeal blood circuit, including a heart-lung machine and a blood reservoir, in which it is used. In some embodiments, the oxygenator may be configured to include multiple purge ports for purging bubbles both before and after filtering the blood.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignees: Politecnico di Milano, Sorin Group Italia S.r.l.
    Inventors: Stefano Reggiani, Claudio Silvestri, Alberto Giri, Alberto Redaelli, Gianfranco Beniamino Fiore
  • DEVICE FOR SURGICAL TRAINING
    Publication number: 20150037776
    Abstract: A device for surgical training comprising: an external first layer (11, 45) which simulates the subcutaneous fat; a second layer (12, 44) internal to said first layer (11, 45), which simulates the muscle; a fourth layer (16, 17, 42), internal to said second layer (12, 44), which simulates the perirenal fat; a kidney (14, 15, 41), internal to said fourth layer (16, 17, 42); said first, second and fourth layer having a sound propagation velocity between 1500 and 1550 m/s, an acoustic impedance between 1.5 and 1.7 106 Kg/sm2, an elastic modulus between 0.4 and 4.2 kPa, and being able to be perforated manually by surgical instruments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2013
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Applicant: Politecnico di Milano
    Inventors: Alberto Cesare Luigi Redaelli, Gianfranco Beniamino Fiore, Chiara Cipollini, Simone Ghilardi, Riccardo Vismara, Danilo De Lorenzo, Giorgio Bozzini
  • BLOOD PROCESSING UNIT WITH MODIFIED FLOW PATH
    Publication number: 20140227133
    Abstract: A blood processing apparatus may include a heat exchanger and a gas exchanger. At least one of the heat exchanger and the gas exchanger may be configured to impart a radial component to blow flow through the heat exchanger and/or gas exchanger. The heat exchanger may be configured to cause blood flow to follow a spiral flow path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2014
    Publication date: August 14, 2014
    Applicants: Politecnico di Milano, Sorin Group Italia S.r.l.
    Inventors: Stefano Reggiani, Gianfranco Beniamino Fiore, Alberto Redaelli, Christian Baiotto
  • Blood processing unit with circumferential blood flow
    Patent number: 8795220
    Abstract: A blood processing apparatus may include a heat exchanger and a gas exchanger. At least one of the heat exchanger and the gas exchanger may be configured to provide a circumferential blood flow through the heat exchanger and/or gas exchanger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignees: Politecnico di Milano, Sorin Group Italia S.r.l.
    Inventors: Stefano Reggiani, Gianfranco Beniamino Fiore, Alberto Giri, Alberto Redaelli, Claudio Silvestri, Gabriele Tommasi
  • Blood processing unit with modified flow path
    Patent number: 8652406
    Abstract: A blood processing apparatus includes a heat exchanger and a gas exchanger. At least one of the heat exchanger and the gas exchanger is configured to impart a radial component to blow flow through the heat exchanger and/or gas exchanger. In some instances, the heat exchanger is configured to cause blood flow to follow a spiral flow path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignees: Sorin Group Italia S.r.l., Politecnico di Milano
    Inventors: Stefano Reggiani, Gianfranco Beniamino Fiore, Alberto Redaelli, Christian Baiotto
  • Blood processing unit with modified flow path
    Patent number: 8394049
    Abstract: A blood processing apparatus includes a heat exchanger and a gas exchanger. At least one of the heat exchanger and the gas exchanger is configured to impart a radial component to blow flow through the heat exchanger and/or gas exchanger. In some instances, a heat exchanger is configured to cause blood flow to follow a spiral flow path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignees: Sorin Group Italia S.r.l., Politecnico Di Milano
    Inventors: Stefano Reggiani, Gianfranco Beniamino Fiore, Alberto Redaelli, Christian Baiotto
  • Oxygenator with integrated arterial filter including filter frame
    Patent number: 8388566
    Abstract: An oxygenator combines, in a single structure, a heat exchanger, a gas exchanger, an arterial filter, and a filter frame. Such an oxygenator permits fewer fluid connections and thus may simplify an extracorporeal blood circuit, including a heart-lung machine and a blood reservoir, in which it is used. In some embodiments, the oxygenator may be configured to include multiple purge ports for purging bubbles both before and after filtering the blood.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignees: Sorin Group Italia, S.r.l., Politecnico di Milano
    Inventors: Stefano Reggiani, Claudio Silvestri, Alberto Giri, Alberto Redaelli, Gianfranco Beniamino Fiore
  • BLOOD PROCESSING UNIT WITH CIRCUMFERENTIAL BLOOD FLOW
    Publication number: 20120121463
    Abstract: A blood processing apparatus may include a heat exchanger and a gas exchanger. At least one of the heat exchanger and the gas exchanger may be configured to provide a circumferential blood flow through the heat exchanger and/or gas exchanger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2010
    Publication date: May 17, 2012
    Inventors: Stefano Reggiani, Gianfranco Beniamino Fiore, Alberto Giri, Alberto Redaelli, Claudio Silvestri, Gabriele Tommasi
  • BLOOD PROCESSING UNIT WITH MODIFIED FLOW PATH
    Publication number: 20120046594
    Abstract: A blood processing apparatus may include a heat exchanger and a gas exchanger. At least one of the heat exchanger and the gas exchanger may be configured to impart a radial component to blow flow through the heat exchanger and/or gas exchanger. The heat exchanger may be configured to cause blood flow to follow a spiral flow path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2010
    Publication date: February 23, 2012
    Inventors: Stefano Reggiani, Gianfranco Beniamino Fiore, Alberto Redaelli, Christian Baiotto
  • OXYGENATOR WITH INTEGRATED ARTERIAL FILTER INCLUDING FILTER FRAME
    Publication number: 20110268609
    Abstract: An oxygenator combines, in a single structure, a heat exchanger, a gas exchanger, an arterial filter, and a filter frame. Such an oxygenator permits fewer fluid connections and thus may simplify an extracorporeal blood circuit, including a heart-lung machine and a blood reservoir, in which it is used. In some embodiments, the oxygenator may be configured to include multiple purge ports for purging bubbles both before and after filtering the blood.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2010
    Publication date: November 3, 2011
    Applicants: Politecnico di Milano, Sorin Group Italia S.r.l.
    Inventors: Stefano Reggiani, Claudio Silvestri, Alberto Giri, Alberto Redaelli, Gianfranco Beniamino Fiore