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US 12,186,486 B2Granted
Apparatus and method for portable nitric oxide delivery
AssigneeVERO Biotech Inc.
InventorsDavid H. Fine, Gregory Vasquez, Bryan Johnson
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Abstract
A device and method for treating high-altitude sickness can include a handheld device, and can deliver a therapeutic amount of nitric oxide to an individual's lungs in order to minimize or treat high-altitude sickness. The device is self-contained and portable, which allows an individual to carry and use the device in high-altitude or other low-oxygen environments.
Claims18
An apparatus comprising:
- a reservoir configured to be filled with liquid dinitrogen tetroxide and having a gas space configured to be filled with gaseous nitrogen dioxide;
- a diffusion tube positioned such that an open end of the diffusion tube protrudes into the reservoir and prevents liquid dinitrogen tetroxide from being transferred into the diffusion tube regardless of orientation of the reservoir;
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- a narrow-bore tube that is positioned within the diffusion tube and connecting the reservoir with an exterior of the reservoir, the narrow-bore tube having a first end and a second end, wherein the first end of the narrow-bore tube is positioned above the liquid dinitrogen tetroxide at any orientation of the reservoir, and
- a conversion cartridge fluidically coupled to the second end of the narrow-bore diffusion tube, the conversion cartridge configured to convert nitrogen dioxide into nitric oxide.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.