Nitric oxide permeable housings

• US 8,349,262 B2
• Filed: 01/11/2008
• Issued: 01/08/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 10/30/2007
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Gearbox LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: The Invention Science Fund I, L.L.C. (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Hyde, Roderick A., Ishikawa, Muriel Y., Wood, Lowell L. Jr.
• Primary Examiner(s): Anderson, Rebecca
• Assistant Examiner(s): SHTERENGARTS, SAMANTHA L
• Application Number:
  US12/008,694
• Publication Number:
  US 20090110612A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,824 Days
• Field of Search: 422/129, 435/286.1
• US Class Current: 422/129
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 2300/00 Mixtures or combinations of active ingredients, wherein at least one active ingredient is fully defined in groups A61K31/00 - A61K41/00
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 33/00 Medicinal preparations containing inorganic active ingredients
• CPC Class Codes: A61L 2300/114 Nitric oxide, i.e. NO
• CPC Class Codes: A61L 31/16 Biologically active materials, e.g. therapeutic substances A61L31/047 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: C01B 21/24 Nitric oxide (NO) C01B21/203 takes precedence

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to an apparatus that includes one or more nitric oxide permeable housings.

Claims

1. An apparatus comprising:

one or more housings that include one or more ports that facilitate release of nitric oxide from the one or more housings;

one or more photolyzable nitric oxide donors included within the one or more housings; and

one or more control units operable to control opening and/or closing of one or more ports in response to one or more signals from at least one sensor.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the one or more housings that include one or more ports that facilitate release of nitric oxide from the one or more housings comprises:

one or more housings that include (i) one or more nitric oxide permeable membranes and (ii) one or more ports that facilitate release of nitric oxide from the one or more housings.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the one or more housings that include one or more ports that facilitate release of nitric oxide from the one or more housings comprises:

one or more housings that include (i) one or more window portions and (ii) one or more ports that facilitate release of nitric oxide from the one or more housings.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the one or more housings that include one or more ports that facilitate release of nitric oxide from the one or more housings comprises:

one or more housings configured for detachable connection to one or more light sources and that include one or more ports that facilitate release of nitric oxide from the one or more housings.

5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the one or more photolyzable nitric oxide donors included within the one or more housings comprises:

one or more photolyzable nitric oxide donors associated with one or more polymeric materials included within the one or more housings.

6. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the one or more photolyzable nitric oxide donors included within the one or more housings comprises:

one or more photolyzable nitric oxide donors that include one or more diazeniumdiolates and that are included within the one or more housings.

7. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising:

one or more quantum dots.

8. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising:

one or more rare-earth materials.

9. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the apparatus is fully implantable in vivo.

10. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising:

at least one user interface.

11. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising:

at least one transmitter.

12. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising:

at least one receiver.

13. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising:

one or more fluorescent materials.

14. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising:

one or more light emitting diodes.

15. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising:

one or more light sources at least partially coated with the one or more photolyzable nitric oxide donors.

16. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising:

one or more light sources operable to emit infrared and/or ultraviolet light.

17. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising:

one or more light sources operable to emit visible light.

18. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising:

one or more light sources integrated within the one or more housings.

19. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising:

one or more light sources operable to emit light to facilitate release of nitric oxide from the one or more photolyzable nitric oxide donors.

20. The apparatus of claim 19, wherein the one or more control units operable to control opening and/or closing of the one or more ports in response to one or more signals from at least one sensor comprises:

one or more control units operable to (i) control opening and/or closing of the one or more ports in response to one or more signals from at least one sensor and (ii) regulate the one or more light sources.

21. The apparatus of claim 19, wherein the one or more control units operable to control opening and/or closing of the one or more ports in response to one or more signals from at least one sensor comprises:

one or more control units operable to (i) control opening and/or closing of the one or more ports in response to one or more signals from at least one sensor and (ii) regulate the one or more light sources in response to one or more programs.

22. The apparatus of claim 19, wherein the one or more control units operable to control opening and/or closing of the one or more ports in response to one or more signals from at least one sensor comprises:

one or more control units operable to (i) control opening and/or closing of the one or more ports in response to one or more signals from at least one sensor and (ii) regulate the one or more light sources in response to one or more timers.

23. The apparatus of claim 19, further comprising:

one or more quantum dots.

24. The apparatus of claim 19, further comprising:

one or more rare-earth materials.