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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 21, 2015
Purdue Research Foundation, West Lafayette, IN (US);
Babak Ziaie, West Lafayette, IN (US);
Rahim Rahimi, Lafayette, IN (US);
Wuyang Yu, West Lafayette, IN (US);
Purdue Research Foundation, West Lafayette, IN (US);
Abstract
A remotely activatable capsule. The capsule includes a housing that can be swallowed by a subject, an electrical energy reservoir having a first terminal and a second terminal positioned in the housing, a remotely activatable switch positioned in the housing and configured to be remotely activated, and a function-specific mechanism positioned in the housing and electrically coupled to the remotely activatable switch and to the electrical energy reservoir and configured to perform a function when the remotely activatable switch is activated.