Patent ID: 11937926
Assignee: GARWOOD MEDICAL DEVICES, LLC
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A method for treating a metallic surface of an implantable device in order to eradicate infectious bacteria, the method comprising:
a) enabling a stimulation device of a treatment system capable of applying a DC voltage sufficient to disrupt the bacteria from the metallic surface of the implantable device, the DC voltage being applied between a pair of electrodes, and in which one of the electrodes is the implantable device;
b) using a processor of the treatment system, measuring an accumulated charge transfer to the metallic surface of the implantable device over time, the accumulated charge transfer being measured in coulombs;
c) comparing the measured accumulated charge transfer to a predetermined charge transfer threshold level stored by the processor; and
d) continuing to apply the DC voltage until the measured accumulated charge transfer exceeds the predetermined charge transfer threshold level.