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Medical devices

  • US 5,154,165 A
  • Filed: 11/26/1991
  • Issued: 10/13/1992
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/07/1988
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method of reducing infection arising as a result of a device being at least partially placed within a patient'"'"'s body, said method comprising the steps of:

  • providing a field generating means comprising two electrodes and a separate power source connected between said electrodes for generating a persistent negative electric field around said device for repelling bacteria; and

    while said device is at least partially placed within said body, repelling said bacteria by generating said persistent negative electric field for the order of at least a day, whereby bacterial attachment and colonization in and adjacent the device/body interface is inhibited.

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