Applications using induction
OwnerBernard Fryshmaninventor
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Abstract
A system and method comprise positioning a medical device within a subject. The medical device includes a plurality of compartments and each of the plurality of compartments includes a ferrous material. Further, each of the plurality of compartments is configured to hold a substance. The system and method further include delivering electromagnetic radiation, by an electromagnetic radiation source, to the medical device and varying, by a controller, an amount of the electromagnetic radiation delivered by the electromagnetic radiation source for selectively heating the ferrous material of at least one of the plurality of compartments and selectively releasing the substance held in the at least one of the plurality of compartments for managing a condition.
Claims18
A method comprising:
- positioning a medical device within a subject, wherein the medical device comprises a plurality of compartments including a first compartment and a second compartment separated by a barrier comprising a first amount of ferrous material, wherein the first compartment is configured to hold a first substance and the second compartment is configured to hold a second substance, and wherein the first compartment and the second compartment comprise a second amount of ferrous material;
- delivering a first amount of electromagnetic radiation, by an electromagnetic radiation source, to the medical device for heating the first amount of the ferrous material for disintegrating the barrier and causing the first substance and the second substance to form a combined substance;
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- delivering a second amount of the electromagnetic radiation, by the electromagnetic radiation source, for heating the second amount of ferrous material for disintegrating the first compartment and the second compartment for releasing the combined substance.
A system, comprising:
- a medical device configured to be positioned within a subject,
- wherein the medical device comprises a plurality of compartments including a first compartment and a second compartment;
- wherein the first compartment and the second compartment are separated by a barrier comprising a first amount of ferrous material;
- wherein the first compartment is configured to hold a first substance and the second compartment is configured to hold a second substance;
- wherein the first compartment and the second compartment comprise a second amount of ferrous material;
- wherein the barrier is configured to be disintegrated upon heating the first amount of ferrous material with a first amount of electromagnetic radiation to allow the first substance and the second substance to form a combined substance;
- and wherein the first compartment and the second compartment are configured to be disintegrated for releasing the combined substance upon heating the second amount of ferrous material with a second amount of electromagnetic radiation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.