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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 14, 2021
Filed:
Jul. 17, 2019
Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Lawrence Arne, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Mark Zdeblick, Portola Valley, CA (US);
Aditya Dua, San Jose, CA (US);
George Savage, Portola Valley, CA (US);
Robert Leichner, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Jafar Shenasa, San Jose, CA (US);
Patricia Johnson, San Carlos, CA (US);
Raymond Schmidt, San Mateo, CA (US);
Zahedeh Hatamkhany, San Mateo, CA (US);
Veeraperumanallu Muralidharan, Santa Clara, CA (US);
OTSUKA PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An apparatus includes a food product, at least one ingestible device associated with the food product to communicate information and at least one coating material surrounding the at least one ingestible device is disclosed. The ingestible device is associated with an ingestible medication to be ingested in conjunction with the food product. The coating is configured to release the at least one ingestible device upon the occurrence of an event.