Electrochemical disinfection of implanted catheters

An implantable catheter is provided that may be disinfected without removal from the body of a patient, using an electrochemical method to generate an electric field on the catheter surface and thus destroy microorganisms in a biofilm that is present or forming. A catheter system includes the implan...

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Hauptverfasser:	GARCIA PABLO E, DUTTA SANJEEV, HAAGENSEN JANUS A. J, YOUNG SARAH, JOSEPH JOSE P, SHAKESPEAR KAREN F
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	CHEMICAL ASPECTS OF BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS, ORSURGICAL ARTICLES DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROMTHE BODY DISINFECTION, STERILISATION, OR DEODORISATION OF AIR ELECTROTHERAPY HUMAN NECESSITIES HYGIENE MAGNETOTHERAPY MATERIALS FOR BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS, OR SURGICALARTICLES MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE METHODS OR APPARATUS FOR STERILISING MATERIALS OR OBJECTS INGENERAL RADIATION THERAPY ULTRASOUND THERAPY
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