MEDICAL PRODUCT FOR REDUCING AND/OR ELIMINATING SYMPTOMS OF NICOTINE WITHDRAWAL

Abstract

In essence, the present invention relates to a medical product including between about 94% and about 98% of a saline solution, preferably a normal saline solution containing about 0.9% sodium chloride dissolved in water, about .sup.th of 1 milligram of relatively pure nicotine and about 3 milligrams of relatively pure nicotine. The medical product also includes about 1% and 3% of one or more flavors selected from the group consisting of citrus, tobacco, apple, cherry, maple, menthol, hazelnut, peach, lemon, vanilla and chocolate and 1% citric acid for taste. In addition, the medical product includes about 1% to 2% of ethyl alcohol for cleaning a micron mesh grid that generates particles of pure nicotine of from 2 to 5 microns that are drawn through an entrainment port, through a capsule containing the medical product through the micron mesh grid and into the individual's lungs and into their bloodstream.

Claims

1. A medical product for eliminating the symptoms of nicotine withdrawal from a nicotine containing product, said medical product comprising: a mixture of a saline solution containing between .sup.th of one milligram and 3 milligrams of nicotine, 1 to 3% of ethyl alcohol as a cleaning solution, 1% citric acid for taste and 1% to 3% of a flavor; and wherein said medical product has an alkaline pH of about 7.4.

2. The medical product for eliminating the symptoms of withdrawal from a mixture containing product according to claim 1, in which the saline solution is a 0.9% sodium chloride solution in water and in which said flavors are selected from the group consisting of citrus, tobacco, apple, cherry, maple, menthol, hazelnut, peach, lemon, vanilla and chocolate.

3. The medical product for eliminating the symptoms of withdrawal from a mixture containing product according to claim 2, which includes a capsule containing 3 to 5 ml of said mixture disposed in said capsule and wherein each capsule contains between about milligram and 3 milligrams of nicotine.

4. The medical product for eliminating the symptoms of withdrawal from a mixture containing product according to claim 1, in which each capsule contains about milligram of nicotine.

5. The medical product for eliminating the symptoms of withdrawal from a mixture containing product according to claim 1, in which each capsule contains about milligram of nicotine.

6. The medical product for eliminating the symptoms of withdrawal from a mixture containing product according to claim 1, in which each capsule contains about milligram of nicotine.

7. The medical product for eliminating the symptoms of withdrawal from a mixture containing product according to claim 1, in which each capsule contains about milligram of nicotine.

8. The medical product for eliminating the symptoms of withdrawal from a mixture containing product according to claim 1, in which each capsule contains about 1 milligram of nicotine.

9. The medical product for eliminating the symptoms of withdrawal from a mixture containing product according to claim 1, in which each capsule contains about 1 milligrams of nicotine.

10. The medical product for eliminating the symptoms of withdrawal from a mixture containing product according to claim 1, in which each capsule contains about 1 milligrams of nicotine.

11. The medical product for eliminating the symptoms of withdrawal from a mixture containing product according to claim 1, in which each capsule contains about 1 milligrams of nicotine.

12. The medical product for eliminating the symptoms of withdrawal from a mixture containing product according to claim 1, in which each capsule contains about 1 milligrams of nicotine.

13. The medical product for eliminating the symptoms of withdrawal from a mixture containing product according to claim 1, in which each capsule contains about 1 milligrams of nicotine.

14. The medical product for eliminating the symptoms of withdrawal from a mixture containing product according to claim 1, in which each capsule contains about 2 milligrams of nicotine.

15. The medical product for eliminating the symptoms of withdrawal from a mixture containing product according to claim 1, in which each capsule contains about 2 milligrams of nicotine.

16. The medical product for eliminating the symptoms of withdrawal from a mixture containing product according to claim 1, in which each capsule contains about 2 milligrams of nicotine.

17. The medical product for eliminating the symptoms of withdrawal from a mixture containing product according to claim 1, in which each capsule contains about 2 milligrams of nicotine.

18. The medical product for eliminating the symptoms of withdrawal from a mixture containing product according to claim 1, in which each capsule contains about 3 milligrams of nicotine.

19. A method for eliminating the symptoms of withdrawal from a nicotine containing product, said method comprising: a. providing a saline/nicotine solution containing from about one (1) to about three (3) milligrams of nicotine saline solution; b. nebulizing said saline/nicotine solution with an electrically charged micro mesh grid to produce a nicotine particle size of about 2 microns; c. inhaling the 2 micron particles of a nebulized nicotine concentration for a first preselected period of time; d. providing a second reduced concentration of a saline/nicotine solution; e. nebulizing said second reduced concentration with a micro mesh grid to produce nicotine particles of about 2 microns; and f. inhaling the 2 micron particles from step e for a second period of time.

20. The method for eliminating the symptoms of withdrawal from inhaling a nicotine containing product according to claim 19, in which the micro micron mesh grid is electrified to vibrate said grid in step b and e by two 1.5 volt nickel cadmium batteries; in which the step e and f are each repeated until the individual has eliminated the symptoms of withdrawal; and in which each period of time is about 5 seconds.

21. A dose controlled activatable/deactivatable medical product nebulizer chamber including a vibratable micro micron mesh platinum or palladium grid having a plurality (hundreds, thousands) of precision openings passing therethrough and disposed in said chamber; a regulator selected from the group consisting of a bar coded and/or microchip regulated capsule/cartridge and a liquid pharmaceutical product containing between a 99 percent saline solution containing 1 to percent solution; and wherein said capsule/cartridge is barcoded to provide only one initial dose; an entrainment port, a source of electricity and an electrical circuit means for connected said source of electricity to said micro micron mesh grid to produce a mist of addictive product with particle sizes of about two (2) microns by vibrating said grid for an initial period of 4 seconds followed by a second period of 15 seconds and in which during the first period the grid is activatable and during the second period the vibration of said grid is stopped; the two micro particles followed by 15 seconds of deactivation; and, wherein said initial period of vibration is immediately followed by a second period of 15 seconds during which said vibration is disabled and the impact of the inhaled product occurs in about 10 seconds.

22. A dose controlled activatable/deactivatable medical product comprising: a nebulizer chamber including a vibratable micro micron mesh platinum or palladium grid having a plurality (hundreds, thousands) of precision openings passing therethrough (consisting of) 22: a regulator selected from the group consisting of a bar coded and/or microchip regulated capsule/cartridge and a liquid pharmaceutical product containing between a 99 percent saline solution containing 1 to percent solution; a mouthpiece, an entrainment port, a source of electricity and an electrical circuit means for connected said source of electricity to said micro micron mesh grid to produce a mist of addictive product with particle sizes of about two (2) microns by vibrating said grid for an initial period of 4 seconds followed by a second period of 15 seconds and in which during the first period the grid is activatable and during the second period the vibration of said grid is stopped; wherein said initial period of vibration is immediately followed by a second period of 15 seconds during which said vibration is disabled and the impact of the inhaled product occurs in about 10 seconds.

23. A method for activating/deactivating a nebulizer comprising: providing a nebulizer including a nebulizing chamber including a vibratable micro micron mesh platinum or palladium grid with a plurality (hundreds, thousands) of precision openings passing therethrough and disposed in said chamber; and said nebulizer includes a regulator selected from the group consisting of a bar coded and/or a microchip regulator capsule/cartridge and a liquid pharmaceutical product containing between about one (1) mg and three (3) mg of an addiction product in a 99 percent saline solution; providing an entrainment port, a source of electricity and an electrical circuit means for connected said source of electricity and said micro micron mesh grid to produce a mist of an addictive product with particle sizes of two (2) microns by vibrating said grid for an initial period of four (4) seconds during which a user inhales air through said mouthpiece, said entrainment port into and through the user's lungs and into the user's bloodstream to impact the user's brain within about ten (10) seconds of ingesting the two (2) micron particles.

24. A method for activating/deactivating a nebulizer consisting of: providing a nebulizer including a nebulizing chamber including a vibratable micro micron mesh platinum or palladium grid with a plurality (hundreds, thousands) of precision openings passing therethrough and disposed in said chamber; and said nebulizer includes a regulator selected from the group consisting of a bar coded and/or a microchip regulator capsule/cartridge and a liquid pharmaceutical product containing between about one (1) mg and three (3) of an addiction product in a 99 percent saline solution; providing an entrainment port, a source of electricity and an electrical circuit means for connected said source of electricity and said micro micron mesh grid to produce a mist of an addictive product with particle sizes of two (2) microns by vibrating said grid for an initial period of four (4) seconds during which a user inhales air through said mouthpiece, said entrainment port into and through the user's lungs and into the user's bloodstream to impact the user's brain within about ten (10) seconds of ingesting the two (2) micro particles; and wherein said initial period of vibration for four (4) seconds immediately followed by a second 15 second period during which said vibration is observed and in which the inhalation that is ingested by the user impacts the user within ten seconds.

25. A dose controlled activatable/deactivatable nebulizer comprising: a nebulizing chamber including vibratable micro micron mesh platinum or palladium grid having a plurality (hundreds, thousands) of precision openings passing therethrough and disposed in said chamber; a regulator selected from the group consisting of a bar coded and/or microchip regulated capsule/cartridge and a liquid pharmaceutical product containing between about one (1) mg and three (3) mg of an addictive product and between 99 percent and 99 percent saline solution; a mouthpiece, an entrainment port, a source of electricity and an electrical circuit means for connecting said source of electricity and said micro micron mesh grid to produce a mist of addictive product with particle sizes of about two (2) microns by vibrating said grid for an initial period of 4 seconds during which a subject inhales air into and through said entrainment port through said chamber and into and through the lungs and into the bloodstream of the subject to impact the user's brain within ten (10) seconds of ingesting the two (2) micron particles of said addictive product immediately followed by 15 seconds of deactivation of said vibration; and wherein said initial period of vibration is immediately followed by a second period of 15 seconds during which said vibration is disabled and the impact on the user's brain occurs in about ten (10) seconds.

26. A method for activating/deactivating a nebulizer comprising: providing a nebulizer including a nebulizing chamber having a vibratable micro micron mesh platinum or palladium grid with a plurality (hundreds, thousands) of precision openings passing therethrough and disposed in said chamber; and said nebulizer includes a regulator selected from the group consisting of a bar coded and/or a microchip regulator capsule/cartridge and a liquid pharmaceutical product containing between about one (1) mg and three (3) of an addictive product of a 99 percent and 99 percent saline solution; providing a mouthpiece and an entrainment port for drawing air through said mouthpiece through said entrainment port and into and through the lungs of a user, a source of electricity and an electrical circuit means for connecting said source of electricity and said micro micron mesh grid to produce a mist of an addictive product with a particle size of about two (2) microns by vibrating said grid for an initial period of four (4) seconds during which a user inhales air through said mouthpiece, said entrainment port, and into and through the user's lungs to impact the brain within about ten (10) seconds of ingesting the two (2) micron particles; and wherein said initial period of vibration is immediately followed by a second 15 second period during which said vibration is disabled and in which the inhaled particles impact the user's brain within ten (10) seconds.

Description

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS OF THE INVENTION

[0015] In a preferred embodiment of the present invention a nicotine/saline solution contains nicotine dissolved in a 0.9% sodium chloride solution with 1% to 3% of ethyl alcohol as a cleaning solution, 1% citric acid for taste and up to about 3% of a flavor.

[0016] A formulation method for a nicotine solution dissolved in 0.9% Sodium chloride solution with additives to be used with a micro micron mesh ultrasonic nebulizer technology to eliminate withdrawal symptoms in those addicted to nicotine. While Applicant's have referred to a micro micron mesh nebulizer, it should be recognized that any device that will produce particle sizes of about 2 microns of saline/nicotine mixture or solution as defined herein may be substituted for the micro micron mesh nebulizer.

[0017] This application describes a formula for use with a micro micron mesh nebulizer in order to deliver solutions containing low concentrations of nicotine into the lungs in 2 micron particle sizes. The mixture solution is used to prevent withdrawal symptoms in those addicted to nicotine as a result of their use of tobacco products.

[0018] The necessity of eliminating withdrawal symptoms is important in a successful attempt to eliminate their use of tobacco products. It is the belief of the applicants that if equals are substituted for equals abstinence should occur. This embodiment describes the use of disposable capsules or cartridges to which are added small amounts of nicotine as well as 3% flavoring, 1% citric acid for taste, and 1-3% ethyl alcohol as a cleaning agent for the grid. These concentrations may vary. These solutions are contained in a capsule or cartridge made of plastic or silicone. The volume of these is 2-5 milliliters. These containers are perforated on both ends and then sealed with silicone tape.

[0019] When the cartridge is placed in the nebulizer cylinder anterior to the micro micron mesh grid; the tape is removed. The grid is activated by an on off switch and the solution is pulled through the device by the user drawing air through a mouthpiece, an entrainment port, the cylinder, the capsule/cartridge and the grid. The content of the nicotine solution varies in a declining manner in each cartridge from three milligrams, tapering by one eight of a milligram in a stepwise fashion. The lowest amount of nicotine in a capsule/cartridge is one eight of a milligram. The amount of nicotine described in this application may be modified depending on the severity of the nicotine addiction, but is not expected to exceed 3 milligrams per cartridge. To mask to taste of nicotine numerous flavors are available including citric acid, tobacco, apple, cherry, maple, menthol, just to name a few.

[0020] This allows an addicted individual to taper down the amount of nicotine needed to avoid withdrawal symptoms and hopefully quit the addiction completely and therefore eliminate the use of tobacco products.

[0021] The delivery into the lungs and therefore into the bloodstream of this solution and its contents is extremely efficient allowing 90% absorption rapidly in a pattern and concentration to which the nicotine addicted individual is accustomed. No heating of any liquid is involved. No refillable cartridge or capsule will be used thus avoiding dosage errors, spillage and contamination. The small doses of nicotine involved will avoid toxicity if a child or pet accidentally ingests a cartridge. No aerosol effluent is produced as the solution is housed in a cartridge and is drawn into the user's lungs by inhalation. The grid has multiple perforations of various sizes shapes, and number and is electrified by two 1.5 volt rechargeable NiCad batteries. This produces two micron sized particles. The sole source of flow through the device is the user's inspiratory effort and allows a rapid blood level of nicotine to be attained in a pattern to which nicotine addicted individuals are accustomed.

[0022] The pH of these solutions ranges from 5.5 to 7.4 for comfort and to decrease airway irritation and coughing. A pH of 7.4 is preferred as it enhances delivery of nicotine into the bloodstream.

[0023] While the invention has been described in connection with its preferred embodiments it should be recognized that changes and modifications may be made therein without departing from the scope of the appended claims.