Ingestible size continuously transmitting temperature monitoring pill

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 4844076
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07236885

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A temperature responsive transmitter is disclosed. The transmitter utilizes a unique circuit design that allows encapsulation in an ingestible size capsule. The inventive circuit design uses a one transistor inverting amplifier with a tank circuit forming the link between the transistor's collector and the battery. The tank circuit is tuned to provide a lagging capacitive load which causes the inverting amplifier to oscillate. The tank circuit contains a coil inductor that emits a near field magnetic communications field containing temperature information. The ingestible size temperature pill can be configured in a rechargeable embodiment. In this embodiment the pill uses the inductive coil in the tank circuit as the magnetic pickup to charge a rechargeable nickel cadmium battery.

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JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY THE BALTIMORE MD A CORP OF MDMD

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Hogrefe, Arthur F Laurel, MD 5 1210
Lesho, Jeffery C Brookeville, MD 13 2266

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