Systems, devices, and methods including infection-fighting and monitoring shunts
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Abstract
Systems, devices, methods, and compositions are described for providing an actively controllable shunt configured to, for example, monitor, treat, or prevent an infection.
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723 Claims
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1-699. -699. (canceled)
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700. An implantable fluid management device, comprising:
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a cerebrospinal fluid catheter assembly defining one or more fluid-flow passageways configured to receive a biological fluid of a subject; a first actively controllable excitation component configured to deliver, in vivo, a first sterilizing energy stimulus to a biological fluid received within at least one of the one or more fluid-flow passageways; a second actively controllable excitation component configured to deliver, in vivo, a second sterilizing energy stimulus to a tissue proximate an outer surface of the implantable fluid management device; and a control means operably coupled to at least one of the first actively controllable excitation component and the second actively controllable excitation component. - View Dependent Claims (701, 702, 703, 704, 705, 706, 707)
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708. An implantable fluid management device, comprising:
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a cerebrospinal fluid catheter assembly defining one or more fluid-flow passageways configured to receive a biological fluid of a subject; an actively controllable excitation component configured to independently deliver, in vivo, at least one of a first sterilizing energy stimulus to a biological fluid received within at least one of the one or more fluid-flow passageways and a second sterilizing energy stimulus to a tissue proximate an outer surface of the implantable fluid management device; and a control means operably coupled to the actively controllable excitation component. - View Dependent Claims (709, 710, 711, 712, 713, 714, 715, 716, 717, 718, 719, 720, 721, 722)
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723-754. -754. (canceled)
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