US 11,986,393 B2
Device and method for generating an electric current in a conductor for removal of biofilm
Daniel Moreira Pacca, Sao Paulo (BR)
Filed by Daniel Moreira Pacca, Sao Paulo (BR)
Filed on Jan. 21, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/748,330.
Claims priority of application No. 102019021568-2 (BR), filed on Oct. 14, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0106429 A1, Apr. 15, 2021
Int. Cl. A61F 2/38 (2006.01); A61F 2/30 (2006.01); A61F 5/01 (2006.01); A61L 2/03 (2006.01); A61N 2/00 (2006.01); A61N 2/02 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 2/38 (2013.01) [A61L 2/03 (2013.01); A61N 2/004 (2013.01); A61N 2/02 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30668 (2013.01); A61F 2310/00017 (2013.01); A61F 2310/00023 (2013.01); A61F 2310/00029 (2013.01)] 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A portable device able to generate, in a noninvasive manner, an electric current in an implant during a period of time, wherein the generated electric current comprises at least one parameter and is configured to remove and/or prevent the formation of a biofilm in said implant,
wherein the device comprises a toroidal magnetic field generator element, a control element, a support element, and an energy source,
the toroidal magnetic field generator element, the control element, and the energy source are electrically assembled to each other, the energy source being configured to electrically feed the elements of the portable device,
the toroidal magnetic field generator element is configured to generate a varying magnetic field comprising at least one varying parameter, said varying magnetic field being configured to generate said electric current,
the control element is configured to control the at least one varying parameter of the varying magnetic field, wherein said at least one varying parameter is at least one physical variable of the varying magnetic field, and
the support element is configured to hold the energy source, the magnetic field generator element, and the control element,
wherein the support element is at least one of the following: a knee brace or an elbow brace,
the at least one parameter of the generated electric current is related to at least one of the following: intensity of the electric current, polarity of the electric current, frequency of the electric current, and modulation of the electric current.