ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,383,692, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to The General Hospital Corp. (Boston).

"Systems and methods for synthesis of nitric oxide" was invented by Warren Zapol (Cambridge, Mass.) and Binglan Yu (Quincy, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for producing nitric oxide (NO) to be used in medical applications are provided. In some embodiments, systems and methods are provided for a NO generator that is capable of generating a desired concentration of NO to be provided to a respiratory system for inhalation by a patient."

The patent was filed on Oct. 10, 2022, under Application No. 17/963,044.

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