Patents by Inventor Rocco Romano

Rocco Romano 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).

  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETECTING THE PRESENCE OF A PARTICLE OF A FERROMAGNETIC METAL IN A PACKAGING OF A PARAMAGNETIC MATERIAL
    Publication number: 20120268117
    Abstract: It is disclosed a method for checking a packaged product in order to know if it is free of particles of a ferromagnetic metal or contains a particle of a ferromagnetic metal. The packaged product comprises a packaging comprising a paramagnetic and/or diamagnetic metal. The method comprises: providing a static magnetic field B0; providing a phantom body in the field B0; plunging the packaged product into the field B0; acquiring a number of magnetic resonance signals generated by elementary volumetric portions (voxels) of a slice of the phantom body; on the basis of the magnetic resonance signals, generating an image of the slice; if the image does not show an artefact, declaring that the packaged product is free of particles of a ferromagnetic metal; and if the image shows an artefact, declaring that the packaged product contains a particle of a ferromagnetic metal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2012
    Publication date: October 25, 2012
    Applicant: E-PHARMA TRENTO S.p.A.
    Inventors: Rocco Romano, Fabrizio Barone