Patent ID: 8055334

Claim:
A system for detection of myoelectric activity, the system comprising: a receiver unit capable of detecting voltage potential changes, wherein the receiver unit comprises a transmission module for sending encoded information to a remote location and at least one sensor electrode to gather information from a proximal environment; an ingestible identifier in communication with the receiver unit, wherein the identifier comprises: a housing including a first electrode and a second electrode secured thereto; a control unit electrically coupled to the first and second electrodes, wherein the control unit changes the conductance between the first and second electrodes; and a detection unit electrically coupled to the first and second electrodes, wherein the detection unit reads a surrounding environment to collect information, wherein electrochemical reactions between the first electrode and the surrounding environment and the second electrode and the surrounding environment respectively produce a voltage potential that powers the ingestible identifier such that the control unit switches the ingestible identifier between broadcast mode and detection mode; and a second ingestible identifier wherein the second ingestible identifier communicates with the ingestible identifier such that when the second ingestible identifier is in broadcast mode, the ingestible identifier is in detection mode thereby allowing the ingestible identifiers to communicate.