Keith L Merrell

US Patent:

20100003349, Jan 7, 2010

Filed:

Apr 6, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/419123

Inventors:

J. W. Randolph Miller - Orem UT, US
William Moon - Provo UT, US
Keith L. Merrell - Bountiful UT, US

International Classification:

A61K 33/00
C01B 21/24
A61P 11/00

US Classification:

424718, 423405

Abstract:

An apparatus for portable delivery of nitric oxide without the need for pressurized tanks, power supplies, or other devices provides a single therapy session by triggering a heater to heat a reaction chamber. A piercing assembly may trigger to open sealed containers, such as bags, of liquid water or salt water in order to activate the heaters. Upon addition of liquid such as water or salt water to a chemically reactive heating element, heat is generated to activate the chemicals generating nitric oxide within a sealed reactor. Upon triggering, liquid containers are unsealed, the liquid drains down to initiate reaction of the heating chemicals, and the heat begins to penetrate the reactor. The reactor, in turn, heats its contents, which react to form nitric oxide expelled by the reactor to a line feeding a cannula for therapy.

US Patent:

20170246203, Aug 31, 2017

Filed:

Mar 15, 2017

Appl. No.:

15/460096

Inventors:

- Newport Beach CA, US
William Moon - Provo UT, US
Keith L. Merrell - Bountiful UT, US

International Classification:

A61K 33/00
B01J 7/00
C01B 21/24

Abstract:

An apparatus for portable delivery of nitric oxide without the need for pressurized tanks, power supplies, or other devices provides a single therapy session by triggering a heater to heat a reaction chamber. A piercing assembly may trigger to open sealed containers, such as bags, of liquid water or salt water in order to activate the heaters. Upon addition of liquid such as water or salt water to a chemically reactive heating element, heat is generated to activate the chemicals generating nitric oxide within a sealed reactor. Upon triggering, liquid containers are unsealed, the liquid drains down to initiate reaction of the heating chemicals, and the heat begins to penetrate the reactor. The reactor, in turn, heats its contents, which react to form nitric oxide expelled by the reactor to a line feeding a cannula for therapy.

US Patent:

20150374746, Dec 31, 2015

Filed:

Sep 8, 2015

Appl. No.:

14/847183

Inventors:

Sy Kimball - Provo UT, US
William Moon - Provo UT, US
Keith L. Merrell - Bountiful UT, US

International Classification:

A61K 33/00
C01B 21/24

Abstract:

An apparatus for portable delivery of nitric oxide without the need for pressurized tanks, power supplies, or other devices provides a single therapy session by triggering a heater to heat a reaction chamber. A piercing assembly may trigger to open sealed containers, such as bags, of liquid water or salt water in order to activate the heaters. Upon addition of liquid such as water or salt water to a chemically reactive heating element, heat is generated to activate the chemicals generating nitric oxide within a sealed reactor. Upon triggering, liquid containers are unsealed, the liquid drains down to initiate reaction of the heating chemicals, and the heat begins to penetrate the reactor. The reactor, in turn, heats its contents, which react to form nitric oxide expelled by the reactor to a line feeding a cannula for therapy.