Patent ID: 9138707
Filing Date: 2015-09-22
Classification: A61K,A61P,B01J,C01B

Abstract:
1. A method of generating nitric oxide, the method comprising: providing a mixture of reactants comprising a nitrate compound and a nitrite compound in a reactor; providing a heating system comprising water in a sealed, rupturable container and water-activated chemicals positioned below the mixture of reactants to heat the mixture of reactants; rupturing the container in a manner that activates the water-activated chemicals and produces heat; heating the mixture of reactants to initiate a reaction within the mixture of reactants, thereby generating nitric oxide gas; evacuating the nitric oxide gas away from the reactor in a closed conduit cooling the nitric oxide gas; and delivering the nitric oxide gas at substantially ambient conditions to a user to provide a therapeutically safe concentration of the nitric oxide gas.