Patent ID: 9149648
Filing Date: 2015-10-06
Classification: A61B,A61L,A61M,A61N

Abstract:
1. An implantable fluid management device, comprising: a body structure defining one or more fluid-flow passageways configured to receive a biological fluid of a biological subject; one or more sensors configured to detect at least one characteristic associated with the biological fluid; a first actively controllable excitation component configured to deliver a first sterilizing energy stimulus to a biological fluid received within at least one of the one or more fluid-flow passageways; a second actively controllable excitation component configured to deliver a second sterilizing energy stimulus to a tissue proximate an outer surface of the implantable fluid management device; and a control means operable to actuate concurrent-delivery of the first sterilizing energy stimulus to a biological fluid received within at least one of the one or more fluid-flow passageways, and the second sterilizing energy stimulus to a tissue proximate an outer surface of the implantable fluid management device, responsive to a detected change in a parameter associated with a biological fluid received within the one or more fluid-flow passageways.