MINIATURIZED ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS WITH WIRELESS POWER AND NEAR-FIELD COMMUNICATION CAPABILITIES
First Claim
1. A tissue mounted electronic system, said system comprising:
- a substrate having an inner surface and an outer surface; and
an electronic device comprising one or more inorganic components, organic components or a combination of inorganic and organic components supported by said outer surface of said substrate;
wherein said electronic device has a thickness less than or equal to 5 millimeters and has lateral dimensions small enough to provide long-term conformal integration with said tissue without substantial delamination.
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Abstract
The invention provides systems and methods for tissue-mounted electronics and photonics. Devices of some embodiments of the invention implement high performance, and optionally flexible, device components having miniaturized formats in device architectures that minimize adverse physical effects to tissue and/or reduce interfacial stresses when mounted on tissue surfaces. In some embodiments, the invention provides complementary tissue mounting strategies providing for mechanically robust and/or long term integration of the present devices, for example, via mounting on tissue surfaces that are not subject to rapid growth or exfoliation processes such as the fingernail, toenail, tooth or earlobe. Devices of the invention are versatile and support a broad range of applications for sensing, actuating and communication including applications for near field communication, for example, for password authentication, electronic transactions and biometric sensing.
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135 Claims
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1. A tissue mounted electronic system, said system comprising:
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a substrate having an inner surface and an outer surface; and an electronic device comprising one or more inorganic components, organic components or a combination of inorganic and organic components supported by said outer surface of said substrate;
wherein said electronic device has a thickness less than or equal to 5 millimeters and has lateral dimensions small enough to provide long-term conformal integration with said tissue without substantial delamination. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135)
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2. A tissue mounted electronic system, said system comprising:
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a substrate having an inner surface and an outer surface; and an electronic device comprising one or more inorganic components, organic components or a combination of inorganic and organic components supported by said outer surface of said substrate;
wherein said electronic device has a thickness less than or equal to 5 millimeters and has lateral dimensions small enough to provide conformal integration with said tissue without substantial inflammation or immune response of said tissue.
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3. A tissue mounted electronic system, said system comprising:
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a substrate having an inner surface and an outer surface; and an electronic device comprising one or more inorganic components, organic components or a combination of inorganic and organic components supported by said outer surface of said substrate;
wherein said electronic device has a thickness less than or equal to 5 millimeters and has lateral dimensions small enough to provide conformal integration with said tissue without substantially changing the exchange of heat and fluids from a tissue surface upon which said system is mounted.
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4. A tissue mounted electronic system, said system comprising:
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a substrate having an inner surface and an outer surface; and an electronic device comprising one or more inorganic components, organic components or a combination of inorganic and organic components;
wherein each of said inorganic or organic components is supported by said outer surface and independently positioned within 20 millimeters of an edge of said substrate;wherein said tissue mounted electronic device has lateral dimensions less than or equal to 20 millimeters and a thickness less than or equal to 5 millimeters.
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5. A tissue mounted electronic system, said system comprising:
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a substrate having an inner surface and an outer surface; and an electronic device comprising one or more inorganic components, organic components or a combination of inorganic and organic components supported by said outer surface of said substrate;
wherein said electronic device is capable of establishing conformal integration with said tissue, and wherein said electronic device undergoes a transformation upon an external stimulus or an internal stimulus;
wherein said transformation provides a change in function of the system from a first condition to a second condition. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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84. A method of sensing, actuating or communicating;
- said method comprising;
providing a tissue mounted electronic system on a tissue surface;
wherein said tissue mounted electronic system comprises;a substrate having an inner surface and an outer surface; and an electronic device comprising one or more inorganic components, organic components or a combination of inorganic and organic components supported by said outer surface of said substrate;
wherein said electronic device has a thickness less than or equal to 5 millimeters and has lateral dimensions small enough to provide long-term conformal integration with said tissue without substantial delamination; andsensing, actuating or communicating using said tissue mounted electronic system. - View Dependent Claims (89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105)
- said method comprising;
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85. A method of sensing, actuating or communicating;
- said method comprising;
providing a tissue mounted electronic system on a tissue surface;
wherein said tissue mounted electronic system comprises;a substrate having an inner surface and an outer surface; and an electronic device comprising one or more inorganic components, organic components or a combination of inorganic and organic components supported by said outer surface of said substrate;
wherein said electronic device has a thickness less than or equal to 5 millimeters and has lateral dimensions small enough to provide conformal integration with said tissue without substantial inflammation or immune response of said tissue; andsensing, actuating or communicating using said tissue mounted electronic system.
- said method comprising;
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86. A method of sensing, actuating or communicating;
- said method comprising;
providing a tissue mounted electronic system on a tissue surface;
wherein said tissue mounted electronic system comprises;a substrate having an inner surface and an outer surface; and an electronic device comprising one or more inorganic components, organic components or a combination of inorganic and organic components supported by said outer surface of said substrate;
wherein said electronic device has a thickness less than or equal to 5 millimeters and has lateral dimensions small enough to provide conformal integration with said tissue without substantially changing the exchange of heat and fluids from the tissue surface upon which the system is mounted; andsensing, actuating or communicating using said tissue mounted electronic system.
- said method comprising;
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87. A method of sensing, actuating or communicating;
- said method comprising;
providing a tissue mounted electronic system on a tissue surface;
wherein said tissue mounted electronic system comprises;a substrate having an inner surface and an outer surface; and an electronic device comprising one or more inorganic components, organic components or a combination of inorganic and organic components supported by said outer surface of said substrate;
wherein said electronic device is capable of establishing conformal integration with said tissue in a manner such that it is rendered functionally inoperable upon removal from said tissue; andsensing, actuating or communicating using said tissue mounted electronic system.
- said method comprising;
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88. A method of sensing, actuating or communicating;
- said method comprising;
providing a tissue mounted electronic system on a tissue surface;
wherein said tissue mounted electronic system comprises;a substrate having an inner surface and an outer surface;
wherein said inner surface of the substrate is for establishing contact with a tissue surface; andan electronic device comprising one or more inorganic components, organic components or a combination of inorganic and organic components;
wherein each of said inorganic or organic components is supported by said outer surface and independently positioned within 20 millimeters of an edge of said substrate;wherein said tissue mounted electronic device has lateral dimensions less than or equal to 20 millimeters and a thickness less than or equal to 5 millimeters; and sensing, actuating or communicating using said tissue mounted electronic system.
- said method comprising;
- 106. The system or method of any one of the proceeding claims, wherein said system further comprises a mounting platform.
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122. A method of authenticating a user to an external device;
- said method comprising;
providing a tissue mounted electronic system on a tissue surface;
wherein said tissue mounted electronic system comprises;a substrate having an inner surface and an outer surface; and an electronic device comprising one or more inorganic components, organic components or a combination of inorganic and organic components supported by said outer surface of said substrate; and communicating using said tissue mounted electronic system to provide an authentication signal to an external device. - View Dependent Claims (123, 124)
- said method comprising;
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125. A method of making an electronic payment;
- said method comprising;
providing a tissue mounted electronic system on a tissue surface;
wherein said tissue mounted electronic system comprises;a substrate having an inner surface and an outer surface; and an electronic device comprising one or more inorganic components, organic components or a combination of inorganic and organic components supported by said outer surface of said substrate; and communicating using said tissue mounted electronic system to provide payment information to an external device.
- said method comprising;
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126. A method of ensuring user compliance;
- said method comprising;
providing a tissue mounted electronic system on a tissue surface;
wherein said tissue mounted electronic system comprises;a substrate having an inner surface and an outer surface; and an electronic device comprising one or more inorganic components, organic components or a combination of inorganic and organic components supported by said outer surface of said substrate; and communicating a signal indicative of a location and identification of said tissue mounted electronic system to an external device.
- said method comprising;
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127. A method of transferring digital content;
- said method comprising;
providing a tissue mounted electronic system on a tissue surface;
wherein said tissue mounted electronic system comprises;a substrate having an inner surface and an outer surface; and an electronic device comprising one or more inorganic components, organic components or a combination of inorganic and organic components supported by said outer surface of said substrate; and communicating a signal indicative of said digital content from said tissue mounted electronic system to an external device.
- said method comprising;
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