Patents by Inventor Sergio Bruno

Sergio Bruno 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).

  • X-ray intensifying screen
    Patent number: 5432351
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an X-ray intensifying screen comprising a support, a reflective layer, and a phosphor layer, wherein said phosphor is selected in the group of UV-blue emitting phosphors having their emission maximum at a wavelength shorter than 450 nm, and wherein a fluorescent dye is dispersed into the reflective layer or into a fluorescent dye layer interposed between said reflective layer and said phosphor layer, said fluorescent dye having its spectral absorption maximum at a wavelength shorter than 400 nm and its spectral emission maximum at a wavelength longer than 400 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 1993
    Date of Patent: July 11, 1995
    Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Sergio Pesce, Pierfiore Malfatto, Sergio Bruno