Patent ID: 11864911
Assignee: BOARD OF REGENTS, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A system to treat a surface of a foreign metallic implant, the system comprising:
one or more external transmitter devices comprising an alternating magnetic field (AMF) transmitter configured to apply one or more AMF pulses to the foreign metallic implant;
a control system comprising at least one processor, the control system configured to:
(a) enable the one or more external transmitter devices to apply one or more AMF pulses to the foreign metallic implant with one or more of a predetermined time period, a predetermined pulse duration, a predetermined pulse repetition frequency, a predetermined power level, or combinations thereof;
(b) receive one or more signals from one or more acoustic sensors;
(c) determine that the one or more signals indicate a temperature of or around the foreign metallic implant is sufficient to disrupt a biofilm matrix on the surface of the foreign metallic implant; and
(d) enable an adjusting of at least one of a duration, a frequency, an amplitude, or combinations thereof of the one or more AMF pulses in response to receiving the one or more signals.