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US 2014/0230815 A1Published application
Medical Carbon Monoxide Delivery System
AssigneeWisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
InventorsTye Travis Gribb, Duncan Bathe
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Abstract
A medical carbon monoxide generator provides for a solid carbon material that may be heated at substantially normal atmospheric pressure to provide a source of medical quality carbon monoxide. The heating source may be an electrical filament or laser controllable by a microcontroller to provide accurate delivery rates and amounts. In one embodiment, a replaceable cartridge holding the carbon material may be used.
Claims19
A medical carbon monoxide generator comprising:
- a reaction chamber holding a purified carbon element and providing an ingress port and egress port;
- a pump communicating with the ingress port to provide a source of air passing into the reaction chamber and out of the egress port;
- an electrically controllable heater element heating the purified carbon element in the presence of the air to generate carbon monoxide gas from the reaction of the heated purified carbon with the air of the reaction chamber;
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- a respiratory delivery appliance communicating with the egress port to provide carbon monoxide to a patient for respiration thereof.
2 more elements
An organ transplant container system comprising:
- an insulated container for receiving a transplant organ held in a storage liquid;
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- a carbon monoxide generator attached to the insulated container and communicating with the storage liquid to provide a source of carbon monoxide to the storage liquid by heating a carbon source in atmospheric pressure air.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.