SYMBIOTIC BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS AS PLATFORMS FOR SENSING, PRODUCTION, AND INTERVENTION

• US 20090088726A1
• Filed: 09/28/2007
• Published: 04/02/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 09/28/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
• Inventors: Karkanias, Chris Demetrios, Bathiche, Steven, Heckerman, David E., Horvitz, Eric J.
• Application Number:
  US11/864,669
• Publication Number:
  US 20090088726A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 604/522
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/00 Measuring for diagnostic purposes radiation diagnosis A61B6/00; diagnosis by ultrasonic, sonic or infrasonic waves A61B8/00; Identification of persons
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/411 Detecting or monitoring allergy or intolerance reactions to an allergenic agent or substance
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/7264 Classification of physiological signals or data, e.g. using neural networks, statistical classifiers, expert systems or fuzzy systems neural networks per se G06N3/00; expert systems per se G06N5/00
• CPC Class Codes: G16B 50/00 ICT programming tools or database systems specially adapted for bioinformatics
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/20 for computer-aided diagnosis, e.g. based on medical expert systems
• CPC Class Codes: Y02A 90/10 Information and communication technologies [ICT] supporting adaptation to climate change, e.g. for weather forecasting or climate simulation

Abstract

Provided are systems and/or methods that facilitate sensing, detecting, or treatment of a condition or need of a living body using a genetically engineered symbiotic agent.

Claims

1. A system that facilitates sensing, detecting, or treatment of a condition of a living body, comprising:

a symbiotic agent (102);

an interface component (104) that facilitates receipt of or delivery of data associated with the condition of the living body (108); and

an operation component (106) that analyzes received data associated with the condition of the living body or provides data for delivery to the symbiotic agent.

2. The system of claim 1, the symbiotic agent comprising a genetically engineered bacterium.

3. The system of claim 1, the symbiotic agent comprising a genetically engineered parasite.

4. The system of claim 1, the living body comprising a human being.

5. The system of claim 1, the living body comprising a non-human mammal.

6. The system of claim 1, providing data for delivery to the symbiotic agent comprising a signal inducing the symbiotic agent to express a treatment.

7. The system of claim 1, receiving data associated with the condition of the living body comprising data indicative of a receptor binding event on the symbiotic agent.

8. A method that facilitates detecting a condition of a living body, comprising:

introducing a symbiotic agent into a living body;

detecting a signal from the symbiotic agent indicative of the condition of the living body; and

correlating the signal with the condition.

9. The method of claim 8, the signal comprising a compound produced by the symbiotic agent.

10. The method of claim 8, detecting the signal comprising contacting a product produced by the living body to chemical analysis.

11. The method of claim 8, the symbiotic agent comprising a receptor for a compound indicative of the condition of the living body.

12. A method that facilitates controllably treating a condition of a living body, comprising:

introducing a symbiotic agent into a living body; and

releasing a treatment from the symbiotic agent in a controlled manner to treat the condition of the living body.

13. The method of claim 12, releasing the treatment comprising the symbiotic agent producing a compound after activation by a light signal.

14. The method of claim 12, releasing the treatment comprising the symbiotic agent producing a compound in response to a receptor binding event on the symbiotic agent.

15. The method of claim 12, releasing the treatment comprising the symbiotic agent producing a compound after activation by an electromagnetic signal.