US 11,944,704 B2
Coenzyme Q10 aerosol
Jason Thomas McConville, Albuquerque, NM (US); Thiago Cardoso Carvalho, North Brunswick, NJ (US); and Kristina Schonhoff, Bonn (DE)
Assigned to UNM Rainforest Innovations, Albuquerque, NM (US)
Filed by UNM Rainforest Innovations, Albuquerque, NM (US)
Filed on May 3, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/306,126.
Application 17/306,126 is a continuation of application No. 16/777,594, filed on Jan. 30, 2020, abandoned.
Application 16/777,594 is a continuation of application No. 15/738,512, abandoned, previously published as PCT/US2016/039173, filed on Jun. 24, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/185,312, filed on Jun. 26, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2021/0267884 A1, Sep. 2, 2021
Int. Cl. A61K 9/00 (2006.01); A61K 31/122 (2006.01); A61K 47/14 (2017.01); A61K 47/26 (2006.01)
CPC A61K 9/0078 (2013.01) [A61K 31/122 (2013.01); A61K 47/14 (2013.01); A61K 47/26 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
 
1. An aerosol delivery system for administering coenzyme Q10 to the pulmonary tract of a subject, the system comprising an emulsion comprising:
coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10) having an effective oil phase dispersion size of 1 micron or less;
an aerosolizable non-ionic surfactant; and
a tonicity agent;
wherein a dried form of the emulsion is self-emulsifying when re-dispersed in a suitable solvent.