Patent ID: 8101402

Claim:
An ingestible medical device having an exterior surface and an interior surface, said ingestible medical device comprising: (a) a microarray comprising a polypeptide bioactive agent capable of interacting with a disease marker biological analyte, and further comprising a plurality of reaction sites on a continuous surface, each site of said plurality comprising affixed thereto the polypeptide bioactive agent; (b) a reservoir comprising a therapeutic agent; (c) a microchip comprising: i) an optical microarray scanning device that is configured to optically detect signals from the plurality of reaction sites on the continuous surface, wherein the signals are indicative of a physical parameter representing an interaction between the disease marker biological analyte with said polypeptide bioactive agent at said plurality of reaction sites; ii) a biometric recognition device that is configured to compare said physical parameter data with an analyte interaction profile; iii) a therapeutic agent releasing device that is configured to control release of said therapeutic agent from said reservoir; and iv) an interface device that is configured to facilitate communications between said microarray scanning device and said biometric recognition device; and (d) a biocompatible polymer coating, coated on the exterior surface of said ingestible medical device.