Analysis and clearing module, system and method

• US 9,833,207 B2
• Filed: 08/08/2012
• Issued: 12/05/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 08/08/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: William Harrison Zurn
• Original Assignee: William Harrison Zurn
• Inventors: Zurn, William Harrison
• Primary Examiner(s): Chen, Tse
• Assistant Examiner(s): HOFFMAN, JOANNE M
• Application Number:
  US13/569,204
• Publication Number:
  US 20140046146A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,945 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 18/20 using laser
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 18/245 for removing obstructions in blood vessels or calculi
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2018/00505 Urinary tract
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2018/00541 Lung or bronchi
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2034/2065 Tracking using image or pattern recognition
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2090/374 NMR or MRI
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2560/0219 of externally powered implanted units
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0031 Implanted circuitry
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0035 adapted for acquisition of images from more than one imaging mode, e.g. combining MRI and optical tomography
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/055 involving electronic [EMR] or nuclear [NMR] magnetic resonance, e.g. magnetic resonance imaging
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/062 using magnetic field
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/076 Permanent implantations telemetry using implanted circuitry A61B5/0031; implanted stimulators for therapy A61N1/3605, A61N1/362, A61N1/372
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/08 Detecting, measuring or recording devices for evaluating the respiratory organs A61B5/0205 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/14503 invasive, e.g. introduced into the body by a catheter or needle or using implanted sensors A61B5/1459, A61B5/1464, A61B5/1473, A61B5/1482, A61B5/14865 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/14507 specially adapted for measuring characteristics of body fluids other than blood devices for taking samples of body liquids A61B10/0045
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 6/03 Computed tomography [CT] echo-tomography A61B8/14
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 6/4417 related to combined acquisition of different diagnostic modalities
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 6/504 for diagnosis of blood vessels, e.g. by angiography
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 6/5247 combining images from an ionising-radiation diagnostic technique and a non-ionising radiation diagnostic technique, e.g. X-ray and ultrasound
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 8/0891 for diagnosis of blood vessels
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 2005/0604 : Lungs and/or airways
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 5/0603 : for treatment of body cavities

Abstract

Modules, systems and methods for clearing substances from a living body are disclosed. A module may include an instructions receiver configured to receive wireless transmissions of instructions from a master controller located outside of the body when the module is inside the body; an energy receiver configured to receive wireless transmission of non-destructive energy from the master controller located outside of the body when the module is inside the body; an energy converter configured to convert the non-destructive energy received to destructive energy; and an energy emitter configured to emit the destructive energy.

Claims

1. A module for insertion into a living body, said module comprising:

an instructions receiver configured to receive wireless transmissions of instructions from an apparatus located outside of the body when said module is inside the body;

an opening in a surface of said module, said opening communicating with a first chamber within said module, said opening and said first chamber being configured and dimensioned to receive material from inside the body when said module is inserted into the body;

a first gate configured to open and close said opening in the surface of the module;

a second chamber configured to receive the material from the first chamber and containing an analyzer;

a second gate configured to open and close a second opening between said first and second chambers;

a third chamber configured to receive the material from the second chamber;

a third gate configured to open and close a third opening between said second and third chambers

wherein said analyzer is configured to analyze composition of the material received in said second chamber;

an energy emitter configured to vaporize the material received in the third chamber; and

a transmitter configured to wirelessly transmit composition analysis results produced by said analyzer to said apparatus.

2. The module of claim 1, further comprising a negative pressure generator configured to generate negative pressure in each of said first, second and third chambers to draw the material in the body into said respective chambers.

3. The module of claim 1, further comprising a camera configured to capture images of the body when said module is inserted in the body, wherein said module wirelessly transmits said images to said apparatus outside the body.

4. The module of claim 1, wherein said analyzer comprises a liquid chromatography analyzer.

5. The module of claim 1, further comprising a negative pressure generator configured to generate negative pressure in said first chamber to draw the material into said first chamber.

6. The module of claim 1, wherein said module is configured to be moved and guided wirelessly within the body by said apparatus located outside of the body.

7. The module of claim 6, wherein said module is configured to be moved and guided by nuclear magnetic resonance.