Systems, devices, and methods including catheters having UV-Energy emitting coatings
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1. An at least partially implantable fluid management system, comprising:
- a catheter device having a body structure includingat least an outer surface and an inner surface defining one or more fluid-flow passageways; and
a plurality of independently activatable ultraviolet energy delivering substrates configured to deliver a sterilizing energy stimulus to one or more regions proximate at least one of the outer surface or the inner surface of the body structure, the plurality of independently activatable ultraviolet energy delivering substrates defining at least a portion of at least one of the outer surface or the inner surface of the body structure.
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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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19 Claims
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1. An at least partially implantable fluid management system, comprising:
a catheter device having a body structure including at least an outer surface and an inner surface defining one or more fluid-flow passageways; and a plurality of independently activatable ultraviolet energy delivering substrates configured to deliver a sterilizing energy stimulus to one or more regions proximate at least one of the outer surface or the inner surface of the body structure, the plurality of independently activatable ultraviolet energy delivering substrates defining at least a portion of at least one of the outer surface or the inner surface of the body structure. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method, comprising:
concurrently or sequentially delivering to one or more regions proximate a surface of a catheter device a spatially patterned sterilizing energy stimulus via a plurality of independently activatable ultraviolet energy delivering substrates configured to independently activate in response to a real-time detected measurand associated with a biological sample within the one or more regions proximate the surface of the catheter device. - View Dependent Claims (18)
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19. A method, comprising:
concurrently or sequentially delivering to one or more regions proximate a surface of a catheter device a temporally patterned sterilizing energy stimulus via a plurality of independently activatable ultraviolet energy delivering substrates configured to independently activate in response to a real-time detected measurand associated with at least one of temporal metabolite information or spatial metabolite information associated with a biological sample within the one or more regions proximate the surface of the catheter device.
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