Patents by Inventor Marco CEREDA

Marco CEREDA 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).

  • Patent number: 12667845
    Abstract: A sample treatment and molecule analysis cartridge is configured to be mounted in a treatment machine vertically. The cartridge has a sample inlet opening, a fluidic inlet, and a fluidic outlet. The cartridge houses an extraction chamber extending vertically from the sample inlet opening and connected to the fluidic inlet; a waste chamber extending vertically, alongside the extraction chamber; and a collector extending along the extraction chamber and the waste chamber and having a smaller height than the extraction chamber and the waste chamber. A fluidic circuit connects together the extraction chamber, the waste chamber, the collector, the fluidic inlet, and the fluidic outlet, and is configured to connect the fluidic outlet to vent openings of the extraction chamber, the waste chamber, and the collector, and to connect the bottom end of the extraction chamber to the fluidic inlet, the waste chamber, and the collector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2026
    Assignee: STMICROELECTRONICS S.r.l.
    Inventors: Davide Cucchi, Marco Angelo Bianchessi, Alessandro Cocci, Lillo Raia, Lorenzo Bruno, Nadia Serina, Marco Cereda, Danilo Pirola, Pietro Ferrari, Francesco Ferrara, Alessandro Paolo Bramanti
  • Patent number: 12508591
    Abstract: A solid reagent containment unit is formed by a support; a frame body fixed to the support and delimiting internally, together with the support, an analysis volume; a reagent-adhesion structure within the analysis volume; and at least one reagent cavity, which extends within the reagent-adhesion structure. The reagent-adhesion structure is of an adhesion material embossable at temperatures lower by 6-8° C. than its own melting point and has a melting point such as not to interfere with the analysis. The reagent cavity forms a retention wall, laterally surrounding the reagent cavity, and houses dried reagents. The adhesion material is chosen among wax, such as paraffin, a polymer, such as polycaprolactone, a solid fat, such as cocoa butter, and a gel, such as hydrogel or organogel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2025
    Assignee: STMICROELECTRONICS S.r.l.
    Inventors: Marco Cereda, Lillo Raia, Alessandro Paolo Bramanti
  • Publication number: 20240307876
    Abstract: An analysis unit formed by an analysis body housing an analysis chamber and having a sample inlet and a supply channel configured to fluidically connect the sample inlet to the analysis chamber. Dried assay reagents are arranged in the analysis chamber and are contained in an alveolar mass. For instance, the alveolar mass is a lyophilized mass formed by excipients and by assay-specific reagents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2024
    Publication date: September 19, 2024
    Applicant: STMICROELECTRONICS S.r.l.
    Inventors: Marco CEREDA, Lillo RAIA, Danilo PIROLA
  • Patent number: 12017222
    Abstract: An analysis unit formed by an analysis body housing an analysis chamber and having a sample inlet and a supply channel configured to fluidically connect the sample inlet to the analysis chamber. Dried assay reagents are arranged in the analysis chamber and are contained in an alveolar mass. For instance, the alveolar mass is a lyophilized mass formed by excipients and by assay-specific reagents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: STMICROELECTRONICS S.r.l.
    Inventors: Marco Cereda, Lillo Raia, Danilo Pirola
  • Publication number: 20230058091
    Abstract: A solid reagent containment unit is formed by a support; a frame body fixed to the support and delimiting internally, together with the support, an analysis volume; a reagent-adhesion structure within the analysis volume; and at least one reagent cavity, which extends within the reagent-adhesion structure. The reagent-adhesion structure is of an adhesion material embossable at temperatures lower by 6-8° C. than its own melting point and has a melting point such as not to interfere with the analysis. The reagent cavity forms a retention wall, laterally surrounding the reagent cavity, and houses dried reagents. The adhesion material is chosen among wax, such as paraffin, a polymer, such as polycaprolactone, a solid fat, such as cocoa butter, and a gel, such as hydrogel or organogel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2022
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Applicant: STMICROELECTRONICS S.r.l.
    Inventors: Marco CEREDA, Lillo RAIA, Alessandro Paolo BRAMANTI
  • Patent number: 11511278
    Abstract: A solid reagent containment unit is formed by a support; a frame body fixed to the support and delimiting internally, together with the support, an analysis volume; a reagent-adhesion structure within the analysis volume; and at least one reagent cavity, which extends within the reagent-adhesion structure. The reagent-adhesion structure is of an adhesion material embossable at temperatures lower by 6-8° C. than its own melting point and has a melting point such as not to interfere with the analysis. The reagent cavity forms a retention wall, laterally surrounding the reagent cavity, and houses dried reagents. The adhesion material is chosen among wax, such as paraffin, a polymer, such as polycaprolactone, a solid fat, such as cocoa butter, and a gel, such as hydrogel or organogel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: STMICROELECTRONICS S.r.l.
    Inventors: Marco Cereda, Lillo Raia, Alessandro Paolo Bramanti
  • Publication number: 20220161259
    Abstract: A sample treatment and molecule analysis cartridge is configured to be mounted in a treatment machine vertically. The cartridge has a sample inlet opening, a fluidic inlet, and a fluidic outlet. The cartridge houses an extraction chamber extending vertically from the sample inlet opening and connected to the fluidic inlet; a waste chamber extending vertically, alongside the extraction chamber; and a collector extending along the extraction chamber and the waste chamber and having a smaller height than the extraction chamber and the waste chamber. A fluidic circuit connects together the extraction chamber, the waste chamber, the collector, the fluidic inlet, and the fluidic outlet, and is configured to connect the fluidic outlet to vent openings of the extraction chamber, the waste chamber, and the collector, and to connect the bottom end of the extraction chamber to the fluidic inlet, the waste chamber, and the collector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2022
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Applicant: STMICROELECTRONICS S.r.l.
    Inventors: Davide CUCCHI, Marco Angelo BIANCHESSI, Alessandro COCCI, Lillo RAIA, Lorenzo BRUNO, Nadia SERINA, Marco CEREDA, Danilo PIROLA, Pietro FERRARI, Francesco FERRARA, Alessandro Paolo BRAMANTI
  • Patent number: 11278897
    Abstract: A sample treatment and molecule analysis cartridge is configured to be mounted in a treatment machine vertically. The cartridge has a sample inlet opening, a fluidic inlet, and a fluidic outlet. The cartridge houses an extraction chamber extending vertically from the sample inlet opening and connected to the fluidic inlet; a waste chamber extending vertically, alongside the extraction chamber; and a collector extending along the extraction chamber and the waste chamber and having a smaller height than the extraction chamber and the waste chamber. A fluidic circuit connects together the extraction chamber, the waste chamber, the collector, the fluidic inlet, and the fluidic outlet, and is configured to connect the fluidic outlet to vent openings of the extraction chamber, the waste chamber, and the collector, and to connect the bottom end of the extraction chamber to the fluidic inlet, the waste chamber, and the collector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: STMICROELECTRONICS S.r.l.
    Inventors: Davide Cucchi, Marco Angelo Bianchessi, Alessandro Cocci, Lillo Raia, Lorenzo Bruno, Nadia Serina, Marco Cereda, Danilo Pirola, Pietro Ferrari, Francesco Ferrara, Alessandro Paolo Bramanti
  • Publication number: 20210394181
    Abstract: An analysis unit formed by an analysis body housing an analysis chamber and having a sample inlet and a supply channel configured to fluidically connect the sample inlet to the analysis chamber. Dried assay reagents are arranged in the analysis chamber and are contained in an alveolar mass. For instance, the alveolar mass is a lyophilized mass formed by excipients and by assay-specific reagents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2021
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Applicant: STMICROELECTRONICS S.R.L.
    Inventors: Marco CEREDA, Lillo RAIA, Danilo PIROLA
  • Patent number: 11110457
    Abstract: An analysis unit formed by an analysis body housing an analysis chamber and having a sample inlet and a supply channel configured to fluidically connect the sample inlet to the analysis chamber. Dried assay reagents are arranged in the analysis chamber and are contained in an alveolar mass. For instance, the alveolar mass is a lyophilized mass formed by excipients and by assay-specific reagents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: STMICROELECTRONICS S.R.L.
    Inventors: Marco Cereda, Lillo Raia, Danilo Pirola
  • Publication number: 20190201898
    Abstract: A sample treatment and molecule analysis cartridge is configured to be mounted in a treatment machine vertically. The cartridge has a sample inlet opening, a fluidic inlet, and a fluidic outlet. The cartridge houses an extraction chamber extending vertically from the sample inlet opening and connected to the fluidic inlet; a waste chamber extending vertically, alongside the extraction chamber; and a collector extending along the extraction chamber and the waste chamber and having a smaller height than the extraction chamber and the waste chamber. A fluidic circuit connects together the extraction chamber, the waste chamber, the collector, the fluidic inlet, and the fluidic outlet, and is configured to connect the fluidic outlet to vent openings of the extraction chamber, the waste chamber, and the collector, and to connect the bottom end of the extraction chamber to the fluidic inlet, the waste chamber, and the collector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2018
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Inventors: Davide CUCCHI, Marco Angelo BIANCHESSI, Alessandro COCCI, Lillo RAIA, Lorenzo BRUNO, Nadia SERINA, Marco CEREDA, Danilo PIROLA, Pietro FERRARI, Francesco FERRARA, Alessandro Paolo BRAMANTI
  • Publication number: 20190201899
    Abstract: A solid reagent containment unit is formed by a support; a frame body fixed to the support and delimiting internally, together with the support, an analysis volume; a reagent-adhesion structure within the analysis volume; and at least one reagent cavity, which extends within the reagent-adhesion structure. The reagent-adhesion structure is of an adhesion material embossable at temperatures lower by 6-8° C. than its own melting point and has a melting point such as not to interfere with the analysis. The reagent cavity forms a retention wall, laterally surrounding the reagent cavity, and houses dried reagents. The adhesion material is chosen among wax, such as paraffin, a polymer, such as polycaprolactone, a solid fat, such as cocoa butter, and a gel, such as hydrogel or organogel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Inventors: Marco CEREDA, Lillo RAIA, Alessandro Paolo BRAMANTI
  • Publication number: 20190201897
    Abstract: An analysis unit formed by an analysis body housing an analysis chamber and having a sample inlet and a supply channel configured to fluidically connect the sample inlet to the analysis chamber. Dried assay reagents are arranged in the analysis chamber and are contained in an alveolar mass. For instance, the alveolar mass is a lyophilized mass formed by excipients and by assay-specific reagents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2018
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Inventors: Marco CEREDA, Lillo RAIA, Danilo PIROLA