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Nitric oxide reactor and distributor apparatus and method

  • US 8,434,475 B2
  • Filed: 01/28/2009
  • Issued: 05/07/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/31/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for nitric oxide therapy comprising:

  • providing a distributor placed to deliver nitric oxide to a breathing stream of a user;

    providing a reactor producing nitric oxide wherein the reactor is portable with the user and sized to contain reactants sufficient to provide a single therapy session dose of nitric oxide and is connected in fluid communication with the distributor, wherein the reactor contains at least two reactants comprising a first reactant contained in a first chamber and a second reactant contained in a second chamber, the reactants being separated by a chamber wall that is ruptured to promote mixing;

    initiating production of nitric oxide by mixing reactants in the reactor;

    separating the nitric oxide from reactants and other species resulting from the reaction by filtering the nitric oxide through a porous molecular sieve that contacts one of the first or second reactants; and

    delivering the nitric oxide to the distributor.

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