Syringe, system and method for delivering oxygen-ozone
Inventors
Hooper, David M. • Foster, Thomas • Henson, Noel
Assignees
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Publication Number
US-8057748-B2
Publication Date
2011-11-15
Expiration Date
Abstract
In accordance with at least one exemplary embodiment, a syringe, method and system for delivering a therapeutic amount of ozone are disclosed. An exemplary syringe can have a gas chamber and one or more electrodes. A portion of at least one electrode can be within the gas chamber. Alternatively, singularly or in conjunction, one or both electrodes can be attached to the outside of an exemplary syringe. One or more electrical contact points can be outside the gas chamber. Each electrical contact point can be connected to an electrode. Oxygen gas can provided within the gas chamber of the exemplary syringe. A medical ozone generator can be connected to the syringe via the electrical contact points. Corona discharge can be effectuated via the electrodes, which can result in an amount of ozone gas can being produced from the oxygen gas.
Core Innovation
The invention relates to a cell for producing an amount of ozone from oxygen. The cell includes a syringe having a gas chamber, at least one electrode attached to the syringe, and at least one electrical contact point outside the gas chamber connected to the electrode. The cell is configured to interface with an ozone generator, and the at least one electrode is a wire electrode at least partially within the gas chamber.
The cell includes a foil electrode attached outside the syringe. The wire electrode extends towards and approaches a face of the foil electrode, so that the corona discharge arrangement converts oxygen to ozone within the syringe gas chamber. The configuration is described in syringe electrode geometries with wire electrodes with exterior contact points and foil electrode arrangements positioned at least partially outside the syringe while maintaining an electrode face approach relationship.
The invention also extends to an ozone generation system in which the syringe is electrically connected to a medical ozone generator via the at least one electrical contact point. The system combines producing ozone directly in the syringe gas chamber with using corona discharge electrodes, and it is described for medical ozone therapy, including intradiscal ozone injection. Concentration control and UV-based ozone measurement using an external ozone conversion unit are described in the document for monitoring therapeutic ozone.
Claims Coverage
Two independent claims are identified: clm-00001 and clm-00003. The main coverage focuses on a syringe-based ozone-producing cell with specific electrode geometry and external electrical contact points, and an ozone generation system that connects the syringe cell to a medical ozone generator via those external electrical contact points.
Syringe ozone cell with external contact points and wire-to-foil approach
A syringe having a gas chamber with at least one electrode attached to the syringe and at least one electrical contact point outside the gas chamber connected to the electrode, where the cell is configured to interface with an ozone generator, with the electrode being a wire electrode at least partially within the gas chamber; and a foil electrode attached outside the syringe, the wire electrode extending towards and approaching a face of the foil electrode.
Ozone generation system with medical ozone generator connection
An ozone generation system comprising a syringe having a gas chamber and at least one electrode connected to at least one electrical contact point, where the electrode includes a wire electrode at least partially within the gas chamber and a foil electrode attached outside the syringe with the wire extending towards and approaching a face of the foil electrode; and a medical ozone generator connected to the syringe via the at least one electrical contact point.
Overall, the independent claims cover a syringe gas chamber ozone-producing structure using corona discharge electrode placement defined by a wire electrode approaching a foil electrode, with electrical contact points located outside the gas chamber, and an ozone generation system that electrically couples the syringe to a medical ozone generator through those contact points.
Stated Advantages
Producing ozone directly in the syringe to reduce need for excess ozone neutralization.
Lower manufacturing costs by combining the ozone cell with a delivery instrument.
Potential improvements in simplicity, leakage, and sterility versus conventional reusable generators.
Documented Applications
Medical ozone therapy including intradiscal ozone injection.
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