DETECTING NITRIC OXIDE
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11. A method for making a device for sensing nitric oxide in exhaled breath, wherein said method comprises:
- (a) obtaining a nitric oxide probe for sensing nitric oxide;
(b) obtaining a mask portion configured to cover the nose and mouth of a mammal, thereby forming a sensing chamber when applied to said mammal, and (c) adding said probe to said mask portion such that said probe is capable of sensing NO within said sensing chamber.
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Abstract
This document provides methods and materials that can be used to measure NO. For example, NO sensing devices, methods for making NO sensing devices, and methods for using NO sensing devices to measure NO in, for example, exhaled human breath are provided.
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44 Claims
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11. A method for making a device for sensing nitric oxide in exhaled breath, wherein said method comprises:
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(a) obtaining a nitric oxide probe for sensing nitric oxide;
(b) obtaining a mask portion configured to cover the nose and mouth of a mammal, thereby forming a sensing chamber when applied to said mammal, and (c) adding said probe to said mask portion such that said probe is capable of sensing NO within said sensing chamber. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A method for sensing nitric oxide in exhaled breath, wherein said method comprises:
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(a) obtaining a device comprises a mask portion configured to cover the nose and mouth of a mammal, thereby forming a sensing chamber when applied to said mammal, and a nitric oxide probe for sensing nitric oxide within said sensing chamber;
(b) applying said device to the face of said mammal, thereby forming said sensing chamber; and
(c) sensing exhaled NO within said sensing chamber via said probe. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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- 32. A device for sensing nitric oxide in exhaled breath of a mammal, wherein said device comprises a mouthpiece portion, an extender portion, and a nitric oxide sensing chamber portion configured to allow exhaled breath to travel from said mouthpiece portion to said nitric oxide sensing chamber portion by traveling through said extender portion, wherein said device comprises a flow restrictor within said mouthpiece portion, said extender portion, or said nitric oxide sensing chamber portion, and wherein said device comprises a nitric oxide probe for sensing nitric oxide within said nitric oxide sensing chamber portion.
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34-1. The device of claim 32, wherein said device comprises a fluid reservoir capable of providing moisture to a inner surface of said device.
- 35. A device for sensing nitric oxide in exhaled breath, wherein said device comprises a portion configured to cover the nose or mouth of a mammal, thereby forming a sensing chamber when applied to said mammal, and an amperometric, non-chemiluminescence probe for sensing nitric oxide within said sensing chamber.
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40. A method for sensing nitric oxide in exhaled breath, wherein said method comprises:
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(a) obtaining a device comprises a portion configured to cover the nose or mouth of a mammal, thereby forming a sensing chamber when applied to said mammal, and an amperometric, non-chemiluminescence probe for sensing nitric oxide within said sensing chamber;
(b) applying said device to said mammal, thereby forming said sensing chamber; and
(c) sensing exhaled NO within said sensing chamber via said probe. - View Dependent Claims (41, 42, 43, 44)
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