Patents by Inventor Valentina BENFENATI

Valentina BENFENATI 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).

  • Silk transistor devices
    Patent number: 9142787
    Abstract: The invention relates to ecosustainable and biocompatible, low cost, ambient friendly electronic and optoelectronic devices, such as transistors and light-emitting transistors, made with silk fibroin or blended with other biopolymers, methods for fabrication and methods of using the silk-based electronics and optoelectronics. The silk-based electronics and optoelectronics can be implanted in vivo and in vitro for biomedical applications, such as for drug discovery or drug screening assays and devices. The silk-based devices may be used in the food industry and embedded in packaging for tracking and sensing, for security purposes or exploited as disposable not harmful for the environment efficient general electronic and optoelectronic devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: TUFTS UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Fiorenzo Omenetto, David L. Kaplan, Jason Amsden, Raffaella Capelli, Stefano Toffanin, Valentina Benfenati, Michele Muccini, Roberto Zamboni
  • Platform comprising an organic field-effect transistor for biological and medical applications
    Patent number: 8796678
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a device comprising an organic field effect transistor (OFET) with charge injecting contacts containing a semiconductor layer formed by a perylene derivative, to uses of said device as a medical sensor and/or as a medical cell stimulator and to methods of stimulating and/or monitoring biological cellular activity by using said device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: E.T.C. S.R.L.
    Inventors: Raffaella Capelli, Stefano Toffanin, Valentina Benfenati, Michele Muccini, Roberto Zamboni, Gianluca Generali
  • Platform comprising an organic field-effect transistor for biological and medical applications
    Patent number: 8729537
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a device comprising an organic field effect transistor (OFET) with charge injecting contacts containing a semiconductor layer formed by a perylene derivative, to uses of said device as a medical sensor and/or as a medical cell stimulator and to methods of stimulating and/or monitoring biological cellular activity by using said device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: E.T.C. S.r.l.
    Inventors: Raffaella Capelli, Stefano Toffanin, Valentina Benfenati, Michele Muccini, Roberto Zamboni, Gianluca Generali
  • PLATFORM COMPRISING AN ORGANIC FIELD-EFFECT TRANSISTOR FOR BIOLOGICAL AND MEDICAL APPLICATIONS
    Publication number: 20140127739
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a device comprising an organic field effect transistor (OFET) with charge injecting contacts containing a semiconductor layer formed by a perylene derivative, to uses of said device as a medical sensor and/or as a medical cell stimulator and to methods of stimulating and/or monitoring biological cellular activity by using said device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2014
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: E.T.C. S.R.L.
    Inventors: Raffaella CAPELLI, Stefano TOFFANIN, Valentina BENFENATI, Michele MUCCINI, Roberto ZAMBONI, Gianluca GENERALI