Patent ID: 11870508
Assignee: OTSUKA PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
Field: Telecommunications (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  A  G | IPC A  G  H

Claim 11:
12. A method of testing an ingestible device using an external probing apparatus, the ingestible device comprising a substrate having a control unit and a memory, and first and second materials physically associate with the substrate, the external probing apparatus comprising first and second probing plates, the method comprising:
capacitively coupling the first material of the ingestible device to the first probing plate;
capacitively coupling the second material of the ingestible device to the second probing plate;
receiving energy by the first material from the first probing plate and by the second material from the second probing plate;
storing the energy in the ingestible device to power on the ingestible device; and
after powering on the ingestible device, sending information stored in the memory, from the control unit to the first and second probing plates via capacitive coupling.