IP Library Granted Patent US 9,833,207
Granted Patent B2
US 9,833,207 · App. 13/569,204 · Granted Dec 5, 2017

Analysis and clearing module, system and method

Inventor: William Harrison Zurn (Sunnyvale, CA)
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Patent No.
US 9,833,207
App. No.
13/569,204
Granted
Dec 5, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

Modules, systems and methods for clearing substances from a living body are disclosed. A module may include an instructions receiver configured to receive wireless transmissions of instructions from a master controller located outside of the body when the module is inside the body; an energy receiver configured to receive wireless transmission of non-destructive energy from the master controller located outside of the body when the module is inside the body; an energy converter configured to convert the non-destructive energy received to destructive energy; and an energy emitter configured to emit the destructive energy.

Claims (17)

1. A module for insertion into a living body, said module comprising:

an instructions receiver configured to receive wireless transmissions of instructions from an apparatus located outside of the body when said module is inside the body;

an opening in a surface of said module, said opening communicating with a first chamber within said module, said opening and said first chamber being configured and dimensioned to receive material from inside the body when said module is inserted into the body;

a first gate configured to open and close said opening in the surface of the module;

a second chamber configured to receive the material from the first chamber and containing an analyzer;

a second gate configured to open and close a second opening between said first and second chambers;

a third chamber configured to receive the material from the second chamber;

a third gate configured to open and close a third opening between said second and third chambers

wherein said analyzer is configured to analyze composition of the material received in said second chamber;

an energy emitter configured to vaporize the material received in the third chamber; and

a transmitter configured to wirelessly transmit composition analysis results produced by said analyzer to said apparatus.

2. The module of claim 1 , further comprising a negative pressure generator configured to generate negative pressure in each of said first, second and third chambers to draw the material in the body into said respective chambers.

3. The module of claim 1 , further comprising a camera configured to capture images of the body when said module is inserted in the body, wherein said module wirelessly transmits said images to said apparatus outside the body.

4. The module of claim 1 , wherein said analyzer comprises a liquid chromatography analyzer.

5. The module of claim 1 , further comprising a negative pressure generator configured to generate negative pressure in said first chamber to draw the material into said first chamber.

6. The module of claim 1 , wherein said module is configured to be moved and guided wirelessly within the body by said apparatus located outside of the body.

7. The module of claim 6 , wherein said module is configured to be moved and guided by nuclear magnetic resonance.

Continuity (1)
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