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System, devices, and methods including sterilizing excitation delivery implants with general controllers and onboard power

  • US 20090163964A1
  • Filed: 12/04/2008
  • Published: 06/25/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/17/2007
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. An implantable device, comprising:

  • a sterilizing stimulus providing portion;

    an actively-controllable excitation component configured to deliver a sterilizing stimulus, in vivo, to tissue proximate the sterilizing stimulus providing portion of the implantable device;

    a controller communicatively coupled to the sterilizing stimulus providing portion; and

    a power source, the power source electromagnetically, magnetically, ultrasonically, optically, inductively, electrically, or capacitively-coupled to the actively-controllable excitation component.

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