Patents by Inventor Malcolm WHELAN

Malcolm WHELAN 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).

  • Self-coiling hollow fibre membrane
    Patent number: 11596903
    Abstract: A hollow fibre membrane having a coiled, a hemihelix, a helical or an undulated native form, in which the membrane can be stretched by up to 4-times its original length with no plastic deformation, and wherein the native form of the membrane is produced by the asymmetric flow of liquid polymer through an opening of a die or nozzle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: OXYMEM LIMITED
    Inventors: Eoin Syron, Michael Semmens, Malcolm Whelan, John Geaney, Nigel Coombes, Wayne Byrne, Barry Heffernan
  • SELF-COILING HOLLOW FIBRE MEMBRANE
    Publication number: 20190217253
    Abstract: A hollow fibre membrane having a coiled, a hemihelix, a helical or an undulated native form, in which the membrane can be stretched by up to 4-times its original length with no plastic deformation, and wherein the native form of the membrane is produced by the asymmetric flow of liquid polymer through an opening of a die or nozzle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2017
    Publication date: July 18, 2019
    Inventors: Eoin SYRON, Michael SEMMENS, Malcolm WHELAN, John GEANEY, Nigel COOMBES, Wayne BYRNE, Barry HEFFERNAN