Switchable sterilizing cutting system

摘要

Sectioning tools that emit self-sterilizing radiation. In one approach, the radiation is ultraviolet and/or plasmonic.

主权项

1. An apparatus, comprising:
a first member including a sectioning structure; a radiation emitter optically directed to the sectioning structure; a conversion structure positioned at the sectioning structure and configured to convert radiation from the radiation emitter to sterilizing radiation; and a switch configured to modulate the radiation emitter by reducing a radiation level in response to proximity to a material, wherein the switch is further configured to modulate the radiation emitter in response to a force sensor.