US entrepreneur has food allergies. So he made a life-saving phone case

Evelyn said the high number of food allergy sufferers and the experience of managing his allergies led him to create the autoinjector as well as two apps for food allergy management. — Photo by Pixelumina Photography on UnsplashUnsplash

DETROIT: As a young adult, Javier Evelyn didn't always carry his epinephrine autoinjector, which dispenses the medicine he needs if he has a food allergy reaction. It wasn't cool to carry a clunky piece of equipment, he recalled.

"I did not carry my device with me at all for most of college, so I was just really fortunate, to be real with you, when it came to not having any big scares as I was more independent down the road," said Evelyn, 38, a Chicago area native who is allergic to some tree nuts, fin fish and casein, a protein found in cheese.