ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,441,615, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to ThermoLife International LLC (Signal Hill, Calif.).

"Method of administering nitric oxide gas" was invented by Ronald Kramer (Signal Hill, Calif.) and Alexandros Nikolaidis (Nea Kallikratia, Greece).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure relates to methods of producing nitric oxide (NO) gas that is administrable without specialized equipment and does not provide nitrogen dioxide (NO2) gas. The methods comprise combining a nitrate and/or nitrite anion and an elemental metal in an acidic solution in a vessel capable of housing liquid and gas constituents, wherein NO gas is produced by the r...