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Epica International, Inc.

Fabrica Machinale S.r.l.

Rizzoli Ortopedia S.p.a.

Officine Ortopediche Rizzoli S.r.l.

A.m.t. Srl

Gabriele Donati

Luca Ferretti

Nicola Carbonaro

Alessandro Tognetti

Michele Bacchereti

Nadia Vitetta

Alessandro Balboni

Denis De Micheli

Gianluca Parrini

Giampaolo Pellicci

Alessandro Foggi

Leonardo Balli

Nicola Ferrini

Marco Pallanti

Pierandrea Giuliani

Denis Mattia De Micheli

A prosthetic hand structure including at least one mechanical finger having a metacarpal support and a proximal stiff link connected to the metacarpal support by a proximal cylindrical joint. The mechanical finger includes a transmission member connected to the proximal stiff link. The transmission member includes a worm screw integral to the proximal stiff link. The transmission member includes a flexible rack having a first end portion, pivotally connected to the metacarpal support, and a second end portion arranged to engage with the threaded profile of the worm screw at an engagement zone of the flexible rack. The structure also includes an actuator mounted to the mechanical finger and to actuate the worm screw, causing it to rotate about its rotation axis, in such a way that, when the actuator moves the worm screw, the mechanical finger extends or flexes.

Prosthetic hand system

A machinery for preparation and analysis of one or more slides for a biological material according to an immuno-fluorescence technique includes a loading station for one or more containers of test liquids and/or samples of product; a positioning station of the slides; a containment station of one or more slide covers; an analysis station having a microscope that acquires digital images at one or more magnifications; an assembly, mobile inside the area defined by the machinery and controlled to move through the stations to prepare one or more slides according to a predefined protocol and arrange them in a corresponding analysis station for subsequent acquisition of digital images; one or more covers for each slide arranged in the seat; a container of the covers, the assembly being controlled to remove the covers once the phase of pre-dilution of the samples has been completed and arrange them inside the container.

Machinery for an automated analysis of the slides in accordance with the indirect immunofluorescence assay&#x2014;IFA

A above knee prosthesis (P) applied to femoral connection () of an amputee that comprises a upper hinge () connected to femoral connection of the patient, an articulation axis () with the function of reproducing the knee movements, a tibia-calf muscle unit () pivotally connected to the femoral&#x2022;segment and a damper () that reproduces some functions of the calf muscle and ensures to the prosthesis to brake and to allow the sequential swing and stance phases typical of the gait. The damper comprises a cylinder () wherein a piston () and a stem () act connected to each other and adapted to carry out a damping reaction of said damper responsive to the forces loaded on the prosthesis. In particular, a force transducer is provided in the damper arranged, in particular, in the stem with a microprocessor that receives a force signal from the transducer and operates means for adjusting the reaction of the damper responsive to the detected force signal.

Automatic prosthesis for above-knee amputees

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Pescia, Italy

Gabriele Donati