摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a self-sterilizing device. <P>SOLUTION: An insertable medical element may be supportive of evanescent energy for sterilization of a biomaterial. A system including the insertable medical element supportive of evanescent energy may include an energy source, where the energy source may be emissive of electromagnetic or plasmon energy, a sensor such as a surface plasmon resonance sensor, and/or it may include an imager. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT |