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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2008
Filed:
Dec. 08, 2006
Steven C. George, Irvine, CA (US);
Hye-won Shin, Irvine, CA (US);
Peter Condorelli, Irvine, CA (US);
Steven C. George, Irvine, CA (US);
Hye-Won Shin, Irvine, CA (US);
Peter Condorelli, Irvine, CA (US);
The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus and method to characterize NO gas exchange dynamics in human lungs comprising the steps of: (1) performing a series of breath hold maneuvers of progressively increasingly breath hold times, each breath hold maneuver comprising a) inhaling a gas, b) holding a breath for a selected time duration, and c) exhaling at a flow rate which is uncontrolled but which is effective to ensure evacuation of the airway space and (2) measuring airway NO parameters during consecutive breath hold maneuvers. As a result disease states of the lungs are diagnosed using the measured airway NO parameters.