Syk Technologies LLC

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Christie W Jones

J W Randolph Miller

Randy Miller

An apparatus to generate nitric oxide is disclosed in one embodiment in accordance with the invention as including a heat source and a vessel containing the heat source. A tablet may be placed within the vessel such that it is in thermal communication with the heat source to receive heat therefrom. The tablet may contain reactants that are substantially non-deliquescent and form nitric oxide in response to heat from the heat source.

Nitric oxide generator and non-deliquescent tablet for use in same

A method for generating nitric oxide is disclosed in one embodiment in accordance with the invention as including the steps of providing a solid tablet comprising non-deliquescent reactants and heating the tablet with a heat source to melt at least one of the reactants to promote reaction thereof, thereby generating nitric oxide, and mixing the nitric oxide with diluent gas to provide a therapeutically safe concentration of nitric oxide.

A method to generate nitric oxide is disclosed in one embodiment in accordance with the invention. A tablet may be placed within a vessel such that it is in thermal communication with a heat source to receive heat therefrom. The tablet is then heated to melt at least one reactant forming the tablet. The tablet may contain reactants that are substantially non-deliquescent and form nitric oxide in response to heat from the heat source.

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Christie W Jones