Abstract:
An active multifunctional implantable device (AMID) is disclosed that has proved to be able to detect, monitor and stimulate bioelectric signals in a patient by means of current/voltage pulses coupled with local delivery of fluids containing bioactive fluids. The implantable portion of the AMID is essentially made of biodegradable and bioresorbable materials, so that it is largely resorbed by the patient organism.
Abstract:
A system for authenticating products and/or packages, comprising a unit (1) for acquiring primary configurations (16) which represent meaningful images and for generating secondary configurations (17) for the authentication marking of products and/or packages (P); a unit (2) for applying the generated secondary configurations to a product and/or package; and a unit (3) for recognizing the secondary configurations (17) applied to the product and/or package (P). All the units (1, 2, 3) are provided with means (7) for mutual connection in an active configuration for transmitting digital data. A method for authenticating products and/or packages comprises the acquisition of primary configurations (16) which represent meaningful images; the generation of secondary configurations (17) for marking; the application of the generated secondary configurations (17) to a product and/or package (P); and the recognition of the authenticity of the product and/or package.
Abstract:
A method (1) for providing matrices (2) for embossing polymeric films (3) and the like, particularly for imprinting microscopic identification strings and images (4), consisting of the following steps: A) providing a uniform background diffraction grating (5) on a flat plate (6) by means of a standard holographic technique; B) subjecting the flat plate (6) to at least one pulsed and localized energy beam by means of a procedure comprised among ablation, vaporization and melting of portion of material that constitutes the plate (6) in the neighborhood of the at least one point of incidence of the beam; C) repeating the exposure (B) to pulsed and localized energy beams according to a sequence of consecutive dots arranged in the configuration of the image of the element to be imprinted (4).
Abstract:
A flexible, digital enhanced reading device (P) comprises at least one label (1) containing encoded information, a spatially structured element (2) placed over the label itself (1), defined by a material indicating predetermined temperature level and exposure time range, and comprising a material with morphological and/or structural and/or chemical and/or physical state changing properties detectable following a predetermined heat absorption; the mentioned spatially structural element (2) is adapted to at least partially cover determined zones of said label (1) with dimensions between 0.01 % and 100% of the surface of the label itself, and comprises molecular materials and/or polymer materials and/or liquid crystals and/or mixtures of said materials in any proportion.
Abstract:
A device and a corresponding method which allows to protect, preserve and activate (making it sensitive to external agents) a sensitive element, which changes its morphology and/or produces phase segregations following exposure to external agents.
Abstract:
A method for providing a locally rough surface which is spatially structured on micrometric and/or nanometric scale and is formed by a substrate, so as to obtain a product. The method comprises the steps of flattening and/or smoothing the rough substrate in preset regions.