Patent ID: 8868453

Claim:
An ingestible device configured to be tested using a probe located external from the ingestible device, the ingestible device comprising: a substrate comprising a control unit and a memory for storing information; and first and second ingestible plates physically associated with the substrate, the first ingestible plate is configured to be communicably coupled to a first probing plate of a probe located external from the ingestible device and the second ingestible plate is configured to be communicably coupled to a second probing plate of the probe such that information can be communicated between the first ingestible plate and the first probing plate of the probe and between the second ingestible plate and the second probing plate of the probe; wherein the probe is configured to energize the ingestible device by a transfer of energy from the first and second probing plates to the corresponding first and second ingestible plates to validate the functionality of the ingestible device.