	US 12,459,820 B2
	Stabilized and NO2-inhibited nitric oxide generating gels for inhaled nitric oxide therapy
J. W. Randolph Miller, Orem, UT (US)
Filed by J. W. Randolph Miller, Orem, UT (US)
Filed on Jun. 9, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/343,649.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/037,937, filed on Jun. 11, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0106189 A1, Apr. 7, 2022
Int. Cl. C01B 21/24 (2006.01); A61M 16/06 (2006.01); A61M 16/10 (2006.01); A61M 16/20 (2006.01)

CPC C01B 21/24 (2013.01) [A61M 16/0666 (2013.01); A61M 16/10 (2013.01); A61M 16/208 (2013.01); A61M 2202/0275 (2013.01); A61M 2205/8206 (2013.01)]

20 Claims

1. A composition for producing therapeutic nitric oxide gas, the composition comprising:

a nitrite donor;

an acidic gel; and

sodium bentonite,

wherein the sodium bentonite is configured to react with nitrogen dioxide produced by the composition to decrease an amount of nitrogen dioxide gas released by the composition and to increase an amount of the therapeutic nitric oxide gas released by the composition.