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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2022
Filed:
Oct. 05, 2020
Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Mark Zdeblick, Portola Valley, CA (US);
Andrew Thompson, Portola Valley, CA (US);
Aleksandr Pikelny, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Timothy L. Robertson, Belmont, CA (US);
Hooman Hafezi, Redwood City, CA (US);
OTSUKA PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An apparatus that includes a partial power source including a first material and a second material, the partial power source configured to generate, upon contact with a conducting medium, a potential difference between the first material and the second material to provide power to a control device, and generate, using the first material and the second material, a current flow within the conducting medium, the current flow including information encoded based on a variable conductance between the first material and the second material.