WO1997035519A1 - Condensate colorimetric nitrogen oxide analyzer - Google Patents
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- the invention provides a device for determination of the content of higher oxides of nitrogen in exhaled breath condensate which comprises a conduit having an exhalate condensing portion with an inlet and an outlet (the inlet canbe configured to fit with a mechanical respirator or, for direct use by the patient, an inlet assembly providing one-way ingress of ambient atmosphere to the device can be associated with the inlet of the conduit exhalate condensing portion); a coolant jacket coaxially surrounding said exhalate condensing portion; a gas release port; and, in enclosed fluid communication with said conduit exhalate condensing portion outlet, a sample assay assembly comprising (i) a translucent analysis chamber attached to the outlet to receive condensate fluid and having a reagent entry port, (ii) a reagent chamber in enclosed fluid communication with the reagent entry port and (iii) a pliable element connecting the outlet and the analysis chamber and forming a portion of the reagent chamber such that flexion of the pliable element closes communication between
- the device is disposable and inexpensive, and is used to collect human exhalate for colorimetric assay of liquid and gas phase nitrogen oxides to assist in evaluation of airway inflammation.
- the device further comprises an inlet assembly providing one-way ingress of ambient atmosphere to the exhalate condensing conduit inlet. This is ideal for the patient who is breathing directly into the device, rather than the situation where the device is connected to a mechanical respirator.
- the device further comprises, between the inlet assembly and the exhalate condensing conduit portion, a filter capable of removing particulate matter from exhaled air which passes therethrough.
- the device further comprises a coolant material in the coolant jacket.
- the device further comprises a reagent composition capable of detecting a nitrite or nitrate in an exhalation condensate sample.
- the device further comprises a reagent- permeable membrane in the reagent entry port.
- the device further comprises a rupturable membrane in the reagent entry port.
- the inlet assembly further includes therein a filter capable of removing ambient nitrogen oxides from exhalate passing therethrough.
- the exhalate condensing conduit portion comprises a single lumen conduit having a lumen diameter sufficient to cause substantially no resistance to the flow of exhalate therethrough.
- the exhalate condensing conduit portion comprises a plurality of conduit tubules having a collective lumen diameter sufficient to cause substantially no resistance to the flow of exhalate therethrough.
- the pu ⁇ ose of this invention is to condense exhaled lung gas and vapor for aqueous phase nitrogen oxide analyses. This will assist in the evaluation of the human airways' production of nitrogen oxides in both gas and several liquid phase states, including nitrite and nitrate, with potential for multiple other studies to help delineate the lung's redox environment and the airways' degree of inflammation.
- the invention is comprised of cold tolerant materials and consists of two tubing units, one inside the other. Surrounding the inner tube or set of tubes, and contained by the outer tube, is a chemical substance which has a high specific heat, and therefore, once frozen, can maintain freezing temperatures for an extended period of time.
- the disposable unit can be frozen in a standard size home freezer and then connected together with collection and analysis instruments as a compact integral unit.
- a port through which the subject breathes Attached to the proximal portion of the unit is a port through which the subject breathes.
- This consists of two one-way valves which direct atmospheric air or selected gases to the patient's lungs during inspiration, and channel exhaled gas down a condensing tube. Gas moves in only one direction through the condensing apparatus.
- a microporous filter Inserted between the breathing port's mouthpiece and the condensing chamber is a microporous filter which traps all small part icles(such as saliva or sputum), is impermeable to liquids, but allows gas and vaporized fluids of less than 0.3 microns in diameter to pass. This acts as a saliva trap and may also act as a filter for the larger fluid particles which may be aerosolized in the larger airways.
- the distal end of the condensing chamber tube(s) is attached to a collecting apparatus which utilizes gravity to trap condensed fluid.
- a collecting apparatus which utilizes gravity to trap condensed fluid.
- a clear plastic analyzing chamber in which the sample is sequentially warmed, sealed, reacted with colorimetric reagents and analyzed spectrophotometrically by the non-disposable colorimeter.
- the patient breathes comfortably in and out through the mouthpiece.
- Lung fluid vapor collects on the inner surface of the inner tube(s) of the condensing apparatus starting immediately.
- Gravity carries the larger droplets down the tube, these droplets recruiting other small droplets on their trip to the collecting vial distally.
- the condensed fluid can be expressed down the inner tube with a device similar to a syringe plunger.
- Aqueous phase nitrite and nitrate can be measured by standard colorimetric assays, and can be reasonably quantified by simple tests performed by patients in their homes.
- Figure 1 is a side elevation view, partially in section, of the device of the invention.
- Figure 2A is a side sectional elevation view of a preferred embodiment of the sample assay assembly of the device with the non-disposable analyzer, and includes a top view of the connecting pincer valve.
- Figure 2B is a top view of the pincer which flexes the pliable element of the sample assay assembly.
- Figure 3 is a histogram showing the results of the nitrite assay performed as described in Example 2.
- Figure 4 is a histogram showing the results of the nitrate assay performed as described in Example 2. Detailed Description of the Invention
- the device of the invention has several advantages, including:
- the device can be made with easily available materials.
- the cooling substance in the condensing chamber can be water, or a viscous substance with a high specific heat.
- the device can also be made, as described above, without refrigerant, utilizing a gas/membrane or gas/aqueous reaction compartment.
- mouthpiece 1 is formed as an integral element with low resistance one-way valve 2 allowing inspiration of air into the device of the invention resulting from inhalation through it by the user.
- Low resistance one-way valve 2 optionally contains potassium permanganate and a charcoal filter to remove ambient nitrogen oxides.
- Mouthpiece 1 and low resistance one-way valve 2 are further integral with low resistance one-way valve 3 to direct all expired gas from the user into the remaining elements of the device.
- Integral with and downstream of low resistance one-way valve 3 is low resistance filter 4, containing elements which removes all particulates greater than .03 ⁇ M in diameter.
- condensing chamber 5 Connected downstream to low resistance filter 4 is condensing chamber 5 which consists of either a single, long inert plastic tube of sufficient diameter to be of low resistance to air expired into the device, or a bundle of shorter, parallel, inert plastic tubes of sufficient number to provide minimal resistance to airflow. Condensing chamber 5 is in continuity with, i.e. , receives air arising from filter 4. Coolant chamber or jacket 6 contains an aqueous solution of sufficient osmolality to cause freezing point depression to just above the minimum temperature of the average household freezer, e.g. , in a range of ⁇ 15°F, preferably below 0°F.
- Condensing chamber 5 is completely sealed from exposure to coolant chamber 6.
- Essentially coolant chamber 6 coaxially surrounds condensing chamber 5 so as to control the temperature within condensing chamber 6.
- Condensing chamber 6 is continuous with a conduit that divides to condensate delivery conduit 7 and exhaust port 8.
- a reagent imprednated mesh, such as filter paper, can optionally be situated in conduit 7 for reagent combination with condensate prior to their arrival in sample analysis assembly 9.
- Exhaust port 8 comprises a one-way, low-resistance valve through which air, in which the condensate has been analyzed, is expelled from the device of the invention.
- Sample analysis assembly 9 is connected to the outlet of condensing chamber 5 through condensate delivery conduit 7 and is described in detail with reference to Figure 2A.
- Analyzer 10 which is not a component of the disposable device of the invention, includes a wavelength-filtered light source and photometer bulb, for measuring the specific absorbance of reacted reagent in sample assay assembly 8, and a computer both for calculating and displaying the corresponding nitrogen oxide content of the sample in assembly 8 and for calibrating the absorbance/concentration relationship based on standard samples is shown as an association of conventional elements in essentially block form.
- Elements 1 through 9 of the device of the present invention form a disposable unit which is stored under refrigeration, preferably frozen, until used. In contrast, analyzer 10 is not disposable and is maintained at room temperature.
- the disposable unit comprising elements 1-9 is removed from frozen storage and placed as a unit in connecting housing 11, which is attached to analyzer 10 in such a way that analysis assembly 9 fits snugly into housing 11.
- "Housing" serves to hold the disposable and non-disposable units together at the appropriate orientation, and to prevent the subject user's hand from becoming affected by the cold of the disposable device while holding the apparatus during gas sampling.
- Sample analysis assembly 9 is surrounded by a thermostatically controlled heating coil 12 attached to housing 11 and analyzer 10 which brings the sample and test reagents to 25 °C. Heating coil 12 is part of the non-disposable unit.
- sample assay assembly 9 comprises continuous with a round, hard- plastic analysis chamber 13, reagent chamber 14 and pliable element 15.
- Conduit 7 and assembly 9 are brought into juxtaposition and are connected by pliable element 15, which is a soft-plastic component that extends beyond the diameter of conduit 7.
- pliable element 15 is a soft-plastic component that extends beyond the diameter of conduit 7.
- opening 16 is positioned at the bottom of analysis chamber 13 in which is positioned a fluid-permeable membrane or a thin, plastic rupturable membrane.
- Reagent(s) for colorimetric nitrogen oxide salt analysis could be a diazo reagent, or such a reagent in conjunction with nitrate reductase and appropriate cofactors to enable both nitrite and nitrate to be measured simultaneously.
- Other reactions such as reduction of nitrite and nitrate to nitric oxide in vanadium chloride, followed by reaction with oxyhemoglobin to achieve a colorimetric shift in the Soret band, and including heterolytic cleavage of S-NO bonds with mercuric chloride followed by diazo analysis could also be employed.
- the condensate of exhaled air passed into analysis chamber 13. Thereafter, the user squeezes pliable element 15, using pincer 17 (shown in Figure 2).
- Asthma is an inflammatory disease which leads to airway obstruction.
- Current tests of disease severity are based on measures of obstruction, alterations of which are late findings in asthma exacerbations.
- Recent studies reveal that expression of inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) is increased in the airway epithelial and inflammatory cells of patients with asthma.
- the activity of iNOS is known to be reflected in high concentrations of nitric oxide (NO • ) gas measured in the expired air of asthmatic subjects.
- NO • nitric oxide
- Saliva free, 0.2 micron particle size-filtered expired vapor was obtained from subjects breathing quietly through a condensing apparatus.
- Nitrite (NO 2 -) was assayed colorimetrically using Griess reagent.
- Nitrate (NO 3 -) was assayed by chemiluminescence after reduction in vanadium chloride.
- nitrate concentrations were likewise significantly elevated in asthmatic subjects (9.48 ⁇ M ⁇ 1.25) relative to controls (5.27 ⁇ M ⁇ 0.51) (p ⁇ 0.01).
- Tests of airway obstruction are currently the primary modality for objectively assessing severity of inflammatory airway disease. These tests have several limitations, including being effort-dependent, and thus are not suitable for many children and neuro-muscularly handicapped individuals. They also poorly reflect the degree of underlying inflammation.
- Aqueous phase nitrogen oxides measured in condensed exhalate, are significantly elevated in asthmatic patients, and can be used to distinguish between normal and inflamed airways.
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