Patent ID: 8162924

Claim:
A powered surgical implant, comprising: an active agent reservoir storing a superoxide-forming composition; a plurality of controllable ports release configured to deliver the superoxide-forming composition stored in the active agent reservoir to an outer surface of the powered surgical implant; a plurality of electrodes, the plurality of electrodes configured to energize an aqueous salt composition in the presence of an applied potential; a power source electromagnetically, magnetically, ultrasonically, optically, inductively, electrically, or capacitively coupled to one or more of the plurality of electrodes; and a control means operably coupled to the plurality of electrodes, the control means adapted to apply a potential across the plurality of electrodes from the power source, the applied potential sufficient to produce superoxide water from an aqueous salt composition proximate the plurality of electrodes when the powered surgical implant is implanted within a biological subject, and configured to actively control, via one or more processors, a port release rate, a port release amount, or a port release pattern.