An antimicrobial blue light device to manage infection at the skin-implant interface of percutaneous osseointegrated implants.

Antimicrobial blue light (aBL) is an attractive option for managing biofilm burden at the skin-implant interface of percutaneous osseointegrated (OI) implants. However, marketed aBL devices have both structural and optical limitations that prevent them from being used in an OI implant environment. T...

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Main Authors: Jemi Ong, Alexa Nazarian, Joshua Tam, William Farinelli, Sandeep Korupolu, Lynn Drake, Brad Isaacson, Paul Pasquina, Dustin Williams
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2023-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0290347