Systems, devices, and methods including infection-fighting and monitoring shunts
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1. An indwelling shunt apparatus, comprising:
- a body structure having an outer surface and an inner surface defining one or more fluid-flow passageways configured to receive a cerebrospinal fluid of a biological subject, the body structure having a plurality of actuatable regions that are independently actuatable between at least a first transmissive state and a second transmissive state;
a sensor component including one or more sensors configured to detect at least one characteristic associated with a biological sample proximate at least one of the outer surface and the inner surface of the body structure; and
one or more energy emitters configured to emit an energy stimulus based at least in part on at least one detected characteristic associated with the biological sample;
wherein at least one of the plurality of actuatable regions is controllably actuatable between an optically transparent state and an optically reflective state.
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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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1. An indwelling shunt apparatus, comprising:
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a body structure having an outer surface and an inner surface defining one or more fluid-flow passageways configured to receive a cerebrospinal fluid of a biological subject, the body structure having a plurality of actuatable regions that are independently actuatable between at least a first transmissive state and a second transmissive state; a sensor component including one or more sensors configured to detect at least one characteristic associated with a biological sample proximate at least one of the outer surface and the inner surface of the body structure; and one or more energy emitters configured to emit an energy stimulus based at least in part on at least one detected characteristic associated with the biological sample; wherein at least one of the plurality of actuatable regions is controllably actuatable between an optically transparent state and an optically reflective state. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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