Patents by Inventor Massimo DI FRANCESCO

Massimo DI FRANCESCO 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).

  • Publication number: 20230037123
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a device for controlling the radiotherapy treatment of cancer patients, comprising a gas chamber (10) with flat and parallel electrodes (7), placed at a certain distance (d), a window (2) placed above an electrode (7) and insulating means (4, 5, 6) placed below the electrode (7). The chamber (10) is connected to a collector (8) through which a noble gas is introduced into a cavity (11) of the chamber (10), so that the electric field inside the chamber (10) is due to the polarisation of the chamber (10) and to the charges generated by the radiation pulse. The invention also concerns the related control method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2022
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Applicant: S.I.T.-Sordina IORT Technologies S.p.A.
    Inventors: Giuseppe FELICI, Massimo DI FRANCESCO, Salvatore BARONE, Fabio DI MARTINO, Vincenzo GALASSO
  • Publication number: 20220323792
    Abstract: Described is a device for radiotherapy treatment with a high dose rate of ionizing radiation, comprising an accelerating guide (11) of a medical radiofrequency accelerator, at least two simultaneously thermostated resonant cavities (10) and comprising a first pick-up (12), a second pick-up (12B) in at least two resonant cavities (10) and an optical system (20) of the beam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2020
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Applicant: S.I.T. - Sordina IORT Technologies S.p.A.
    Inventors: Giuseppe FELICI, Giuseppe CARELLA, Massimo DI FRANCESCO, Salvatore BARONE, Luigi FAILLACE, Mauro MIGLIORATI, Bruno SPATARO, Luigi PALUMBO, Andrea MOSTACCI
  • Patent number: 11185713
    Abstract: An IORT device (10) for radiotherapy treatment of cancer patients, comprising a source of particles, an accelerating device (11), which sends a beam of particles (12) on a target (14) through an applicator (15), a scattering filter (16), which allows the distance between the source of particles and the target (14) to be kept within a range compatible with the use of IORT devices (10) in standard operating rooms, and an optical system for collimating the beam of particles (12), which is placed between the scattering filter (16) and the applicator (15); specifically, the optical collimating system of the beam of particles comprises a primary screen (17), configured to shield the radiation produced by the scattering filter (16), a secondary screen (18), configured to shield the photons produced on the primary screen (17), and a collimating apparatus (19), which provides for housing the monitor chambers (20).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: S.I.T.-SORDINA IORT TECHNOLOGIES S.P.A.
    Inventors: Giuseppe Felici, Massimo Di Francesco
  • Publication number: 20210060356
    Abstract: An IORT device (10) for radiotherapy treatment of cancer patients, comprising a source of particles, an accelerating device (11), which sends a beam of particles (12) on a target (14) through an applicator (15), a scattering filter (16), which allows the distance between the source of particles and the target (14) to be kept within a range compatible with the use of IORT devices (10) in standard operating rooms, and an optical system for collimating the beam of particles (12), which is placed between the scattering filter (16) and the applicator (15); specifically, the optical collimating system of the beam of particles comprises a primary screen (17), configured to shield the radiation produced by the scattering filter (16), a secondary screen (18), configured to shield the photons produced on the primary screen (17), and a collimating apparatus (19), which provides for housing the monitor chambers (20).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2019
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Applicant: S.I.T.-SORDINA IORT TECHNOLOGIES S.P.A.
    Inventors: Giuseppe FELICI, Massimo DI FRANCESCO
  • Publication number: 20210052920
    Abstract: Described is a process for performing radiotherapy treatment according to the invention comprising the following operations: S.1) providing a radiotherapy system (1) comprising a radiation head (3), a movement system (7), a diagnostics subsystem for images, in turn comprising a probe (13) and a position detection subsystem (11); S.2) by means of the at least one probe (13) acquiring a plurality of images (IM_1, IM_2, IMJ, IM_N) of internal sections of a body to be treated (P); S.3) by means of the position detection subsystem (11) detecting the position in space of the probe (13) whilst it acquires each of said images (IMJ, IMJ, IMJ, IM_N); S.4) on the basis of said images (IMJ, IMJ, IMJ, IM_N) and by means of the movement system (7) moving the radiation head (3) and performing a predetermined treatment on the body to be treated (P).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2019
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Inventors: Giuseppe FELICI, Massimo DI FRANCESCO