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US 2008/0077123 A1Published application
Switchable sterilizing cutting system
AssigneeSearete LLC, a limited liability corporation of the State of Delaware
InventorsEdward S. Boyden, Roderick A. Hyde, Muriel Y. Ishikawa, Eric C. Leuthardt, Nathan P. Myhrvold, Dennis J. Rivet, Michael A. Smith, Thomas A. Weaver, Lowell L. Wood
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Abstract
Sectioning tools that emit self-sterilizing radiation. In one approach, the radiation is ultraviolet and/or plasmonic.
Claims29
An apparatus, comprising:
- a first member including a sectioning structure;
- an ultraviolet emitter optically directed to the sectioning structure;
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- a switch configured to modulate the ultraviolet emitter in response to a signal condition.
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A control system for a sectioning tool, comprising:
- a sensor that senses a condition in the vicinity of the sectioning tool, and
- a sensor logic that generates a signal in response to the sensor, wherein the generated signal is configured to modulate sterilizing radiation at a sectioning surface of the sectioning tool.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.