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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 13, 2009
Mark Zdeblick, Portola Valley, CA (US);
Marc Jensen, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Olivier Colliou, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Angela Strand, San Francisco, CA (US);
Mark Zdeblick, Portola Valley, CA (US);
Marc Jensen, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Olivier Colliou, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Angela Strand, San Francisco, CA (US);
Proteus Biomedical, Inc., Redwood City, CA (US);
Abstract
An ingestible therapy activator system and method are provided. In one aspect, the ingestible therapy activator includes an ingestible device having an effector module to send an effector instruction and a responder module associated with a therapeutic device. The responder module may receive and process the effector instruction, resulting in a response by the therapeutic device. Examples of responses by therapeutic device include activating a therapy, deactivating a therapy, modulating a therapy, and discontinuing a therapy.