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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 29, 2003
Filed:
Dec. 21, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Stephen E. Myrick, Tustin, CA (US);
Mark S. Buhr, Huntington Beach, CA (US);
Assignee:
TherOx, Inc., Irvine, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 1/14 ; A61M 3/700 ; A61M 1/100 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 1/14 ; A61M 3/700 ; A61M 1/100 ;
Abstract
A method for gas-supersaturating fluids, e.g., physiologic saline, includes providing a chamber having a first inlet to receive the fluid; a second inlet to receive a gas, e.g., oxygen, from a gas supply that maintains pressure within the chamber at a predetermined level, advantageously about 600 psi; and an outlet advantageously coupled to a capillary assembly. An atomizer nozzle coupled to the first inlet advantageously creates within the chamber fine droplets of fluid into which gas diffuses to create the gas-supersaturated fluid, which collects within the chamber below the atomizer nozzle for removal via the outlet.