Patents by Inventor Anthony P. McHale

Anthony P. McHale 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).

  • Apparatus for providing a red blood cell carrier
    Publication number: 20030029809
    Abstract: We describe an apparatus for providing a red blood cell suitable for delivery of an agent to a vertebrate, the apparatus comprising: (a) a sensitisation means for sensitising a red blood cell to render it susceptible to disruption by an energy source; and (b) a loading means for loading the red blood cell with an agent, in which the loading means is separate from the sensitisation means and in fluid connection therewith.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2002
    Publication date: February 13, 2003
    Inventor: Anthony P. McHale
  • Method for loading cells with an agent
    Publication number: 20020009706
    Abstract: A method is provided for selectively releasing an agent from a red blood cell comprising the steps of:
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2001
    Publication date: January 24, 2002
    Inventors: Anthony P. McHale, Roger K. Craig, Emma Fadlon
  • Loading method
    Publication number: 20010053549
    Abstract: We describe a method of producing a red blood cell suitable for delivery of an agent to a vertebrate, the method comprising: (a) providing a red blood cell; (b) pre-sensitising the red blood cell; and (c) loading the red blood cell with an agent. Use of an electric field and/or ultrasound to increase the efficiency of loading of an agent into a red blood cell is also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2000
    Publication date: December 20, 2001
    Inventors: Anthony P. McHale, Roger Craig, Emma Jane Fadlon