System for supply chain management
First Claim
1. An ingestible device configured to be tested using a probe located external from the ingestible device, the ingestible device comprising:
- a substrate comprising a control unit and a memory for storing information; and
first and second materials physically associated with the substrate, the first material configured to be capacitively coupled to a first plate of a probe located external from the ingestible device and the second material is configured to be capacitively coupled to a second plate of the probe such that information can be communicated between the first material and the first plate and between the second material and the second plate;
wherein the first and second materials are configured to energize the ingestible device by a transfer of energy from the first and second plates to the corresponding first and second materials to validate the functionality of the ingestible device.
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Abstract
A system for tracking a product from origin to destination is disclosed. The system includes a probe that comprises two plates, a power source and a processor. The power source is controlled by the processor to produce an oscillating output at the plates. Using the oscillating voltage, the probe interrogates a device through capacitive coupling. The device includes a control unit, a memory unit, and first and second materials physically associated with the device for communication using capacitive coupling. Information associated with the device is transferred from the device to the probe through capacitive coupling between the first and second materials and the first and second plates, respectively.
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19 Claims
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1. An ingestible device configured to be tested using a probe located external from the ingestible device, the ingestible device comprising:
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a substrate comprising a control unit and a memory for storing information; and first and second materials physically associated with the substrate, the first material configured to be capacitively coupled to a first plate of a probe located external from the ingestible device and the second material is configured to be capacitively coupled to a second plate of the probe such that information can be communicated between the first material and the first plate and between the second material and the second plate; wherein the first and second materials are configured to energize the ingestible device by a transfer of energy from the first and second plates to the corresponding first and second materials to validate the functionality of the ingestible device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A system for tracking, from an origin to a destination, an ingestible device configured to be tested using a probe located external from the ingestible device, the system comprising:
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a probe comprising; a power source; a processor coupled to the power source configured to receive and send information; a first plate coupled to the processor; and a second plate coupled to the processor, wherein the power source is configured to be controlled by the processor to produce an output at the first and the second plates; and an ingestible device comprising; a substrate comprising a control unit and a memory for storing information; and first and second materials physically associated with the substrate, the first material configured to be capacitively coupled to the first plate of the probe located external from the ingestible device and the second material is configured to be capacitively coupled to the second plate of the probe such that information can be communicated between the first material and the first plate and between the second material and the second plate; wherein the first and second materials are configured to energize the ingestible device by a transfer of energy from the first and second plates to the corresponding first and second materials to validate the functionality of the ingestible device. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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