Ingestible Circuitry
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Abstract
The present invention provides for safe and reliable electronic circuitry that can be employed in ingestible compositions. The ingestible circuitry of the invention includes a solid support; a conductive element; and an electronic component. Each of the support, conductive element and electronic component are fabricated from an ingestible material. The ingestible circuitry finds use in a variety of different applications, including as components of ingestible identifiers, such as may be found in ingestible event markers, e.g., pharma-informatics enabled pharmaceutical compositions.
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52 Claims
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21. An ingestible device comprising:
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a support comprising a digestible material; and an electronic component associated with the support. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. An ingestible circuitry device comprising:
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a digestible solid support; a first electronic component associated with the digestible solid support; a second electronic component associated with the digestible solid support; and a conductive element electrically coupling the first and second electronic components. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44)
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45. A device comprising:
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a digestible solid support; a first electrode associated with the digestible solid support; a second electrode associated with the digestible solid support; and a control circuit for controlling current flow, wherein the control circuit is associated with the digestible solid support and wherein the first electrode is electrically coupled to the control circuit via a first conductive element at a first input and the second electrode is electrically coupled to the control circuit via a second conductive element at a second input, wherein the first and second electrodes are made of dissimilar materials that provide a voltage potential when in contact with a conducting fluid. - View Dependent Claims (46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51)
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52. A method comprising associating an electronic component with a digestible support to produce an ingestible device.
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