Patent ID: 8734718

Claim:
A method of inhibiting a microbial colonization of a surface on an implanted portion of a catheter device, comprising: selectively energizing one or more regions proximate at least one of an outer surface or an inner surface of the implanted portion of the catheter device via one or more energy-emitting components; and delivering an active agent composition to the one or more regions proximate at least one of the outer surface or the inner surface of the implanted portion of the catheter device via one or more active agent assemblies, in response to an automatically detected measurand associated with a biological sample proximate at least one of the outer surface or the inner surface of the implanted portion of the catheter device; wherein the selectively energizing the one or more regions includes delivering an electromagnetic energy stimulus to the one or more regions proximate at least one of the outer surface or the inner surface of the implanted portion determined to have an infectious agent presence, the electromagnetic energy stimulus at a dose sufficient to modulate an activity of the infectious agent.