Nitric Oxide Releasing Bath Compositions for Wound Healing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current bath therapies lack the ability to effectively utilize nitric oxide's antimicrobial and wound-healing properties, as existing methods do not efficiently release nitric oxide in a therapeutic manner.
Innovation Solution
Development of nitric oxide (NO)-releasing bath compositions, including NO-releasing macromolecules such as diazeniumdiolate-functionalized co-condensed silica, which release NO upon reaction with water or through thermal degradation, allowing for controlled nitric oxide delivery in bath solutions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If conventional bath therapies are used, then the bath provides basic skin stimulation and moisture, but the bath cannot effectively deliver nitric oxide for antimicrobial and wound-healing benefits
Solution Approach 1:
The invention incorporates nitric oxide-releasing compounds into the bath composition, creating a composite material that combines traditional bath properties with nitric oxide delivery functionality. This allows the bath to simultaneously provide skin stimulation/moisture and deliver therapeutic nitric oxide for antimicrobial and wound-healing effects
Solution Approach 2:
The nitric oxide-releasing compounds act as intermediaries that transfer nitric oxide from the bath composition to the subject's skin or wounds. These compounds enable the bath to deliver therapeutic nitric oxide without requiring direct application of nitric oxide gas or other complex delivery systems
2Reliability
If nitric oxide is added directly to bath water, then nitric oxide is available for therapeutic use, but nitric oxide degrades rapidly and cannot maintain therapeutic levels
Solution Approach 1:
The nitric oxide is pre-loaded into stable compound forms (such as nitric oxide-releasing polymers or metal complexes) before being incorporated into the bath composition. This preliminary incorporation allows the nitric oxide to be delivered gradually and consistently throughout the bath duration rather than degrading immediately upon contact with water
Solution Approach 2:
The invention changes the chemical state of nitric oxide from a free gas or unstable molecule to a stabilized form within compound structures. These compounds have different stability parameters that allow them to maintain therapeutic nitric oxide levels throughout the bath duration, releasing nitric oxide at controlled rates
3Reliability
If high concentrations of nitric oxide are used, then antimicrobial and wound-healing effects are enhanced, but the complexity of controlling nitric oxide release increases
Solution Approach 1:
The nitric oxide-releasing compounds are designed to automatically release nitric oxide in response to bath conditions (such as water temperature, pH, or contact with skin). This self-regulating mechanism eliminates the need for complex external control systems while maintaining high therapeutic nitric oxide concentrations throughout the bath
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
The NO-releasing bath compositions provide antimicrobial effects, enhance wound healing, and reduce inflammation by maintaining therapeutic levels of nitric oxide in bath solutions, addressing the limitations of existing bath therapies.
Implementation Method 1
the at least one NO-releasing compound releases NO upon reaction with water
Implementation Method 2
the at least one NO-releasing compound includes at least one NO-releasing macromolecule, such as, for example, NO-releasing co-condensed silica
Data Source
AI summary
The present invention relates to bath compositions that may release nitric oxide when combined with an aqueous solution, thereby producing a nitric oxide releasing soak and/or bath. The present invention also relates to methods of using nitric oxide releasing bath compositions.