C.r.f. Societa Consortile Per Azioni

Marco Pizzi

Piermario Repetto

Gianfranco Innocenti

Piero Perlo

Vito Guido Lambertini

Daniele Pullini

Cosimo Carvignese

Pietro Perlo

Valentina Grasso

Roberto Finizio

Luca Liotti

Rossella Monferino

Federica Valerio

Valerian Koniachkine

Davide Capello

Denis Bollea

Nello Li Pira

Mauro Brignone

Bartolomeo Pairetti

Marzia Paderi

Mauro Sgroi

Gianluca Bollito

Paolo Faraldi

Marco Pidria

Edoardo Merlone Borla

Elena Balocco

Silvio Corrias

Giovanni Brusco

Anatolii Zvezdin

A device for electrochemotherapy comprises an electric micro- or nano-capacitor which can be injected in the blood circulation of a human or animal body, including a pyroelectric or piezoelectric layer which can be excited from the outside of the human or animal body, for generating an electric field in the immediate vicinity of a tumor cell, together with the administration of a chemotherapeutic agent. The chemotherapeutic agent may be administered with independent means, but preferably is bound to the outer surface of the microcapacitor and is delivered because of the temperature increase which is generated at the time of the microcapacitor excitation.

Device for electrochemotherapy

The system allows the generation and distribution of energy on board a motor vehicle provided with a propulsion unit, a tank for fuel at least one distribution network or line for electric energy, electrical energy generation devices connected to the at least one distribution network or line, and a plurality of selectively activatable electrical utilizer devices or apparatus connected or connectable to the at least one distribution network or line. The electrical energy generator devices includes (at least) a microcombustor electricity generator matrix or battery connected to the fuel tank, and a supervision and control unit associated with this generator matrix or battery and coupled to the distribution network or line and arranged to control the operation of the generator matrix or battery in a predetermined manner as a function of the electrical power required or consumed by the network or line.

Innovative architectures for systems for generation and distribution of energy on board motor vehicles

The present invention relates to an optical biosensor comprising a porous matrix. In the specific case, reference is made to anodized porous alumina, on the surface of which the biological component specific for the analyte in question is immobilized, and to an optical-signal detector connected to said matrix. The present patent further relates to a biosensor having the porous matrix and the optical detector integrated in a single structure, in particular to biosensors with porous matrix other than porous alumina, for example porous silicon.

Optical biosensor

A system for the production of electrical energy, comprising: a combustion chamber () made of material that is able to withstand high temperatures, an injection device () connected to said combustion chamber () by means of an injection conduit (), means () for supplying combustion support substance into the combustion chamber () and means () for the removal of gaseous combustion products, means () for the selective emission of radiation onto the outer surface of the combustion chamber (). The combustion chamber () is enclosed in a conversion chamber () within which are maintained sub-atmospheric pressure conditions, so that a substantial part of the heat developed by the combustion reaction is converted into electromagnetic radiation.

Micro-combustor system for the production of electrical energy

The system allows the generation and distribution of energy on board a motor vehicle provided with a propulsion unit, a tank for fuel at least one distribution network or line for electric energy, electrical energy generation devices connected to the at least one distribution network or line, and a plurality of selectively activatable electrical utiliser devices or apparatus connected or connectable to the at least one distribution network or line. The electrical energy generator devices includes (at least) a microcombustor electricity generator matrix or battery connected to the fuel tank, and a supervision and control unit associated with this generator matrix or battery and coupled to the distribution network or line and arranged to control the operation of the said generator matrix or battery in a predetermined manner as a function of the electrical power required or consumed by the said network or line.

A spectrophotometer comprises selection means for selecting one or more of the components of a light beam corresponding to different wavelengths, formed by optical micro-filters.

Spectrophotometer with micro-filters

A miniaturized sensor device comprises at least one pair of active projecting elements or cantilevers, which are set parallel to one another and at a micrometric or sub-micrometric distance apart and are designed to be submerged at least partially in a fluid. Each pair comprises a first cantilever, equipped with actuator means, and a second cantilever, equipped with sensor means. The actuator means can cause a movement of the first cantilever, whilst the sensor means can detect a movement of the second cantilever, induced by the movement of the first cantilever, for generating accordingly a measurable signal, which represents the lubricating capacity of the fluid.

Miniaturized sensor device for detecting characteristics of a fluid, in particular a lubricating oil

Noxious emissions present in the exhaust gases of an internal-combustion engine of a motor vehicle are controlled by making use of an IR spectrophotometer provided on board the motor vehicle, for the purpose of obtaining an analysis of all the main components of the exhaust gases of the engine. The IR spectrophotometer is of the type with electrostatic micro-shutters so as to present overall dimensions designed to enable its use on board the motor vehicle.

System for controlling noxious emissions in exhaust gases of an internal-combustion engine of a motor vehicle by means of an IR spectrophotometer on board the motor vehicle

The generator comprises at least one source of pressurized gas and a closed hydraulic circuit containing a solution comprising an electrically conducting vehicle liquid in which a charge of micro- or nanoparticles of a metal material is dispersed. The circuit has The generator also comprises magnetic field generating devices, associated with a length of the hydraulic circuit lying between the inlet port and the restriction in cross section in order to generate an induction flux () at right angles to the direction of flow of the solution in that length of circuit, and The arrangement is such that, when in operation, an electric current whose strength depends on the flow velocity of the solution in that length of the hydraulic circuit, the strength of the associated magnetic field and the electrical resistance between the electrodes flows between the electrodes.

Electric generator having a magnetohydrodynamic effect

A micro-actuator includes a shape memory thin film having one end fixed to a substrate and one remaining part which, at room temperature, is in the martensitic phase and assumes a curly-configuration, whereas at a higher temperature than a threshold value it changes to the austenitic condition, wherein the film is completely stretched upon the substrate.

Shape memory thin micro-actuator, and method for producing the same

An optic device with a variable operating mode comprises a micromirror which can be obscured by means of an electrostatically controlled microshutter. In the operating condition of the microshutter, the petal of this adheres over a substrate to allow a beam of light to reach the mirror. In the condition at rest, the petal is curled up and one of its surfaces receives the beam of light and reflects it in all directions, at the same time preventing this from reaching the mirror.

Micromirror with electrostatically controlled microshutter, matrix of micromirrors and infrared spectrophotometer comprising said matrix

An electrostatic actuator is described, which can be used for moving a yarn fed continuously in a textile machine in a direction orthogonal to the longitudinal direction of the yarn, between two end positions.

Electrostatic actuator, for causing a transverse movement of a yarn in a textile machine, and a textile machine including this actuator

Described herein is a spectrophotometer having an inlet slit associated to which is at least one electrostatic-film shutter.

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