Patents by Inventor Giuseppe MINNITI

Giuseppe MINNITI 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).

  • System for preventing falls from a bed
    Patent number: 12029693
    Abstract: System for preventing a patient from falling from a bed, the system comprising first and second protective side barriers adapted to be positioned along first and second side edges of the bed, respectively, and are configured to be lifted or lowered by varying the height thereof from minimum to maximum height. The system includes anchoring means for fixing the protective side barriers to a bed frame, sensors adapted to detect the position taken by the patient on a mattress of the bed, and a control unit configured to receive data collected by the sensors and, on the basis of the data, determine in real time a lifting or lowering of a predetermined extent of the protective side barriers, up to heights of the protective side barriers ranging between the minimum and the maximum height, depending on the position taken by the patient on the mattress.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: UNIVERSITA' DEGLI STUDI MAGNA GRAECIA DI CATANZARO
    Inventors: Umberto Aguglia, Edoardo Ferlazzo, Sara Gasparini, Sergio Mercuri, Giuseppe Minniti
  • SYSTEM FOR PREVENTING FALLS FROM A BED
    Publication number: 20210378895
    Abstract: System for preventing a patient from falling from a bed, the system comprising first and second protective side barriers adapted to be positioned along first and second side edges of the bed, respectively, and are configured to be lifted or lowered by varying the height thereof from minimum to maximum height. The system includes anchoring means for fixing the protective side barriers to a bed frame, sensors adapted to detect the position taken by the patient on a mattress of the bed, and a control unit configured to receive data collected by the sensors and, on the basis of the data, determine in real time a lifting or lowering of a predetermined extent of the protective side barriers, up to heights of the protective side barriers ranging between the minimum and the maximum height, depending on the position taken by the patient on the mattress.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2019
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventors: Umberto AGUGLIA, Edoardo FERLAZZO, Sara GASPARINI, Sergio MERCURI, Giuseppe MINNITI