Systems, devices, and methods including catheters configured to monitor biofilm formation having biofilm spectral information configured as a data structure
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1. A catheter device, comprising:
- a body structure having an outer surface and an inner surface defining one or more fluid-flow passageways;
an energy emitter component, the energy emitter component configured to deliver optical energy to one or more regions proximate at least one of the outer surface or the inner surface of the body structure;
a sensor component, the sensor component configured to detect at least one of an emitted optical energy, a remitted optical energy, and an acoustic energy from a one or more regions proximate at least one of the outer surface or the inner surface of the body structure and to generate a first response based on a detected at least one of the emitted optical energy or the remitted optical energy; and
one or more computer-readable memory media having infection marker information configured as a data structure, the data structure including a characteristic information component having characteristic microbial colonization spectral information representative of the presence of a microbial colonization proximate 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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14 Claims
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1. A catheter device, comprising:
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a body structure having an outer surface and an inner surface defining one or more fluid-flow passageways; an energy emitter component, the energy emitter component configured to deliver optical energy to one or more regions proximate at least one of the outer surface or the inner surface of the body structure; a sensor component, the sensor component configured to detect at least one of an emitted optical energy, a remitted optical energy, and an acoustic energy from a one or more regions proximate at least one of the outer surface or the inner surface of the body structure and to generate a first response based on a detected at least one of the emitted optical energy or the remitted optical energy; and one or more computer-readable memory media having infection marker information configured as a data structure, the data structure including a characteristic information component having characteristic microbial colonization spectral information representative of the presence of a microbial colonization proximate 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)
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14. A method, comprising:
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electronically comparing one or more characteristics communicated from an implanted catheter device to stored reference data, the one or more characteristics including at least one of an in vivo detected microbial colonization presence proximate a surface of the catheter device, an in vivo real-time detected infection marker presence proximate a surface of the catheter device, and in vivo detected measurand associated with a biofilm-specific tag; and initiating a treatment protocol based at least in part on the comparison.
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