DYNAMICALLY DISTRIBUTABLE NANO RFID DEVICE AND RELATED METHOD

• US 20100001841A1
• Filed: 07/07/2009
• Published: 01/07/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 07/07/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Mario W. Cardullo
• Original Assignee: Mario W. Cardullo
• Inventors: CARDULLO, Mario W.
• Application Number:
  US12/498,689
• Publication Number:
  US 20100001841A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/10.1
• CPC Class Codes: A01K 11/006 Automatic identification systems for animals, e.g. electronic devices, transponders for animals identification systems for access to feeding pens A01K1/0209; ear tags with electronic identification means A01K11/004
• CPC Class Codes: A01K 11/007 Boluses
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2560/0219 of externally powered implanted units
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2562/08 Sensors provided with means for identification, e.g. barcodes or memory chips
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1113 Local tracking of patients, e.g. in a hospital or private home
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/07345 by activating or deactivating at least a part of the circuit on the record carrier, e.g. ON/OFF switches
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/07758 arrangements for adhering the record carrier to further objects or living beings, functioning as an identification tag
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2209/20 using a distributed architecture
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2209/47 using RFID associated with sensors
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 9/00 Arrangements in telecontrol or telemetry systems for selectively calling a substation from a main station, in which substation desired apparatus is selected for applying a control signal thereto or for obtaining measured values therefrom

Abstract

A nano RFID device or tag and method for using same are disclosed. The nano RFID device may be less than about 150 nanometers in size. The nano RFID device may be a passive, active or semi-passive nano RFID device. The nano RFID device may be distributed to a target such as a human or animal or products, for example. The nano RFID device may include an nano antenna that may comprise one or more carbon tubes. The nano RFID device may include a nano battery. The nano RFID device may include an environmentally reactive layer that reacts to its immediate environment to affix or adhere to a target. The nano RFID device may be constructed for direct or indirect distribution techniques such as by airborne techniques for inhalation, consumption distribution for ingestion, and contact distribution, for example.

Claims

1. A nano radio frequency identification (RFID) device, comprising:

a radio frequency (RF) section configured to be responsive to an RF signal;

an antenna operatively coupled to the RF section to receive the RF signal and to emit a response; and

a layer surrounding at least one of the RF section and the antenna,

wherein the nano RFID device is configured to be less than about 150 nanometers in width, length and thickness.

2. The nano RFID device of claim 1, wherein the layer comprises a protective covering to protect the nano RFID device.

3. The nano RFID device of claim 1, wherein the layer comprises an environmentally reactive layer.

4. The nano RFID device of claim 1, wherein the layer is constructed to facilitate attaching to, or embedding in, a target

5. The nano RFID device of claim 1, wherein the RFID device is distributable by airborne delivery and is inhalable by at least one target.

6. The nano RFID device of claim 1, wherein the RF section is configured to respond by backscattering a received signal.

7. The nano RFID device of claim 1, wherein the RF section is configured to respond with data identifying the nano RFID device.

8. The nano RFID device of claim 1, wherein the nano RFID device is configured to provide tracking information.

9. The nano RFID device of claim 1, wherein the nano RFID device comprises a passive RFID device.

10. The nano RFID device of claim 1, wherein the antenna comprises at least one nano carbon tube.

11. The nano RFID device of claim 1, wherein the nano RFID device is a RFID tag.

12. The nano RFID device of claim 1, further comprising a micro-circuit to process the received signal.

13. The nano RFID device of claim 9, further comprising a memory operatively coupled to the micro-circuit to store identification data.

14. The nano RFID device of claim 1, further comprising a nano power source.

15. The nano RFID device of claim 14, wherein the power source is a nano bio-battery.

16. The nano RFID device of claim 14, wherein the nano power source powers the RF section for emitting the response.

17. The nano RFID device of claim 14, wherein the nano power source powers the RF section at least in part and the emitted response is emitted by backscatter.

18. The nano RFID device of claim 1, wherein the RF section is dynamically configurable to be responsive or non-responsive to an RF signal.

19. The nano RFID device of claim 18, wherein the RF section is dynamically configurable to be responsive or non-responsive to an RF signal based on a state of the layer.

35. An item including the nano RFID device of claim 1.

20. A method for using a nano radio frequency identification (RFID) device, the nano RFID device comprising:

a radio frequency (RF) section configured to be responsive to an RF signal; and

an antenna operatively coupled to the RF section to receive the RF signal and to emit a response,

wherein the nano RFID device is configured to be less than about 150 nanometers in width, length and thickness, the method comprising the steps of;

storing identification data within the nano RFID device;

distributing the nano device to a target for association with the target; and

tracking the nano device by using the emitted response.

21. The method of claim 20, wherein the RFID device is configured to be affixed to a human or animal target.

22. The method of claim 20, wherein the step of distributing includes airborne distributing of the nano RFID device.

23. The method of claim 20, wherein the step of distributing includes contact distribution of the nano RFID device.

24. The method of claim 20, wherein the emitted response includes the identification data.

25. The method of claim 20, further comprising the step of adhering the nano RFID device to the target.

26. The method of claim 25, wherein the step of adhering is achieved by an environmentally reactive layer of the nano RFID device.

27. The method of claim 26, wherein the step of adhering includes a biological adhesive.

28. The method of claim 25, wherein the step of adhering includes one of a magnetic adherence technique and electrostatic adherence technique

29. The method of claim 20, wherein the step of distribution causes the association with the target by way of ingestion.

30. The method of claim 20, wherein the step of distribution causes the association with the target by way of inhalation.

31. The method of claim 20, wherein the step of distribution causes the association with the target by way of insertion into the target.

32. The method of claim 20, wherein the nano RFID device further comprises a layer surrounding at least the radio frequency (RF) section.

33. The method of claim 32, wherein the layer comprises at least any one of:

an environmentally reactive layer, a magnetically enabled layer, an electrostatically enabled layer, a mechanically configured layer to cause adherence.

34. The method of claim 32, wherein the layer comprises a protective layer.