System, devices, and methods including actively-controllable electromagnetic energy-emitting delivery systems and energy-activateable disinfecting agents
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1. A system, comprising:
- an implantable medical device, the implantable medical device including a body having at least one outer surface, the implantable medical device includingone or more energy-emitting elements;
a disinfecting agent assembly including at least one disinfecting active agent reservoir, the disinfecting agent assembly configured to deliver at least one energy-activateable disinfecting agent from the at least one disinfecting active agent reservoir to at least a portion of tissue proximate the at least one outer surface of the implantable medical device; and
a controller operably coupled to the one or more energy-emitting elements.
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Abstract
Systems, devices, methods, and compositions are described for providing an actively-controllable disinfecting implantable device configured to, for example, treat or prevent an infection in a biological subject.
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an implantable medical device, the implantable medical device including a body having at least one outer surface, the implantable medical device including one or more energy-emitting elements; a disinfecting agent assembly including at least one disinfecting active agent reservoir, the disinfecting agent assembly configured to deliver at least one energy-activateable disinfecting agent from the at least one disinfecting active agent reservoir to at least a portion of tissue proximate the at least one outer surface of the implantable medical device; and a controller operably coupled to the one or more energy-emitting elements. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 20, 26, 29, 30, 33, 34, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 44, 45, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 62, 63, 64)
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65. A method of treating scar formation post surgery, comprising:
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implanting or inserting a surgical implant comprising a photoactivateable steroid composition into a biological subject; and photoactivating the photoactivateable steroid composition. - View Dependent Claims (66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71)
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72. A method of treating scar formation post surgery, comprising:
photoactivating a photoactivateable steroid composition carried by an implanted surgical implant. - View Dependent Claims (73)
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