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System for supply chain management

  • US 9,941,931 B2
  • Filed: 09/19/2014
  • Issued: 04/10/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/04/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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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:

  • 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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