Nitric oxide-releasing particles for nitric oxide therapeutics and biomedical applications

• US 9,403,852 B2
• Filed: 02/02/2015
• Issued: 08/02/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 05/27/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LNHC Incorporated
• Original Assignee: University of North Carolina At Chapel Hill (University of North Carolina System)
• Inventors: Schoenfisch, Mark H., Shin, Jae Ho, Stasko, Nathan
• Primary Examiner(s): Park, H. Sarah
• Application Number:
  US14/611,574
• Publication Number:
  US 20150182543A1
• Time in Patent Office: 547 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 31/695 Silicon compounds
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• CPC Class Codes: A61K 47/6923 the form being an inorganic particle, e.g. ceramic particles, silica particles, ferrite or synsorb
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 47/6929 the form being a nanoparticle, e.g. an immuno-nanoparticle
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Abstract

The presently disclosed subject matter relates to nitric oxide-releasing particles for delivering nitric oxide, and their use in biomedical and pharmaceutical applications.

Claims

1. A nitric oxide-releasing particle comprising:

a co-condensed silica network comprising aminoethylaminopropyl trimethoxysilane (AEAP3) and tetra methyl orthosilicate (TMOS), wherein the AEAP3 is distributed throughout the nitric oxide-releasing particle, and wherein the AEAP3 comprises N-diazeniumdiolate functionalized AEAP3.

2. The nitric oxide-releasing particle of claim 1, wherein the AEAP3 is present in a mol % of 1% to 90%.

3. The nitric oxide-releasing particle of claim 1, wherein the AEAP3 is present in a mol % of about 50%.

4. The nitric oxide-releasing particle of claim 1, wherein the N-diazeniumdiolate functionalized AEAP3 comprises a sodium cation.

5. The nitric oxide-releasing particle of claim 1, wherein the N-diazeniumdiolate functionalized AEAP3 comprises a potassium cation.

6. The nitric oxide-releasing particle of claim 1, wherein the N-diazeniumdiolate functionalized AEAP3 comprises a lithium cation.

7. The nitric oxide-releasing particle of claim 2, wherein the TMOS is present in a mol % of 10% to 99%.