Patents by Inventor Alan Frederick Evans

Alan Frederick Evans 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).

  • Publication number: 20190099530
    Abstract: A mass exchanger for use in storing blood or a blood product such as packed cells is described. The mass exchanger comprises an external casing, a cavity is provided within the casing having a region for storing blood and one or more channels extending within the casing for accommodating flow of a treatment fluid, the one or more channels each being at least partly bounded by a permeable membrane to allow transfer of chemical species between the channel and the cavity; wherein the casing comprises at least one flexible wall. The mass exchanger can include a region for storing blood comprising a bag. Here the bag or the casing comprise at least one flexible wall. A method of storing blood in the mass exchanger is also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2017
    Publication date: April 4, 2019
    Inventors: William Richard Johns, Alan Frederick Evans, Ronald Kelvin Knight
  • Patent number: 9649423
    Abstract: Blood is treated externally to a human or animal body, the blood having been extracted from a first human or animal body for delivery to a second human or animal body. The temperature and/or composition of the blood are controlled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: HAEMAFLOW LTD.
    Inventors: Alan Frederick Evans, William Richard Johns
  • Publication number: 20150086969
    Abstract: Blood is treated externally to a human or animal body, the blood having been extracted from a first human or animal body for delivery to a second human or animal body. The temperature and/or composition of the blood are controlled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2013
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Inventors: Alan Frederick Evans, William Richard Johns