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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 12, 2006
Bran Ferren, Beverly Hills, CA (US);
W. Daniel Hillis, Encino, CA (US);
Roderick A. Hyde, Livermore, CA (US);
Muriel Y. Ishikawa, Livermore, CA (US);
Edward K. Y. Jung, Bellevue, WA (US);
Nathan P. Myhrvold, Medina, WA (US);
Elizabeth A. Sweeney, Seattle, WA (US);
Clarence T. Tegreene, Bellevue, WA (US);
Richa Wilson, San Francisco, CA (US);
Lowell L. Wood, Jr., Livermore, CA (US);
Victoria Y. H. Wood, Livermore, CA (US);
Bran Ferren, Beverly Hills, CA (US);
W. Daniel Hillis, Encino, CA (US);
Roderick A. Hyde, Livermore, CA (US);
Muriel Y. Ishikawa, Livermore, CA (US);
Edward K. Y. Jung, Bellevue, WA (US);
Nathan P. Myhrvold, Medina, WA (US);
Elizabeth A. Sweeney, Seattle, WA (US);
Clarence T. Tegreene, Bellevue, WA (US);
Richa Wilson, San Francisco, CA (US);
Lowell L. Wood, Jr., Livermore, CA (US);
Victoria Y. H. Wood, Livermore, CA (US);
Searete LLC, Bellevue, WA (US);
Abstract
Embodiments of a lumenally-active system and method of use and control thereof are disclosed. According to various embodiments, a lumenally-active device is positioned in a body lumen of an organism, where the device may sense a parameter of a fluid in the body lumen and perform an action on the fluid. Control logic and/or circuitry may be located on the device, or the system may include a separate control module. Liquid or gaseous fluids may be treated by embodiments of the device. Actions may include, for example, modification of a body fluid by addition or removal of a material, or by modification of a property of a body fluid or a component thereof.