Patents by Inventor Marco Monaldi

Marco Monaldi 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).

  • Active image area positioning with adjustable patient bench permitting chair-shaped patient transport into and out of an open MRI apparatus system
    Patent number: 7944208
    Abstract: A Magnetic Resonance Imaging System consisting of a magnet (10) with a U-shaped frame (15), whose pole faces define an open magnetic imaging area [R] for a patient, and a magnetic field generator (17) that is controlled to generate magnetic fields inside the magnetic imaging area; a transport system (30) associated with the magnet has a support structure (20) that defines a movement path through the magnetic imaging area. The transport system (30) also includes a bench (40) to support the patient. The transport system (30) can slide the bench (40) along the support structure so that the patient can be introduced into and extracted from the magnetic imaging area. The bench (40) may further include a non-reclinable support part (41) coupled to reclinable support parts (42 and 43) at opposing ends to allow the position of patient to be rotatably changed on the bench (40).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Assignee: Paramed Medical Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Roberto Dutto, Marco Monaldi
  • POSITIONING APPARATUS FOR A MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20090289633
    Abstract: A Magnetic Resonance Imaging System consisting of a magnet (10) with a U-shaped frame (15), whose pole faces define an open magnetic imaging area [R] for a patient, and a magnetic field generator (17) that is controlled to generate magnetic fields inside the magnetic imaging area; a transport system (30) associated with the magnet has a support structure (20) that defines a movement path through the magnetic imaging area. The transport system (30) also includes a bench (40) to support the patient. The transport system (30) can slide the bench (40) along the support structure so that the patient can be introduced into and extracted from the magnetic imaging area. The bench (40) may further include a non-reclinable support part (41) coupled to reclinable support parts (42 and 43) at opposing ends to allow the position of patient to be rotatably changed on the bench (40).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2008
    Publication date: November 26, 2009
    Applicant: Paramed Medical Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Roberto Dutto, Marco Monaldi