Systems, devices, and methods including intestinal microbial flora mapping
OwnerRoderick A. Hyde, Lowell L. Wood, JR.inventors
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Abstract
Systems, devices, and methods are described for providing, among other things, devices operable to acquire intestinal microbial flora samples, to map intestinal microbial flora, to identify microbes present in an individual's digestive tract, to delivery intestinal microbial flora compositions, to register a microbial flora collection events, to register microbial flora-seeding events, or the like.
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An electronic suppository system, comprising:
- a flora-sampling module including circuitry configured to actuate the collection of at least one intestinal microbial flora sample via a plurality of collection ports;
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- a flora-mapping module including circuitry configured to generate flora collection information associated with at least one intestinal microbial flora sample.
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An electronic suppository, comprising:
- a housing structure;
- a flora-sampling module including
- a plurality of collection ports arranged to provide fluidic communication between an interior environment of the housing structure and an exterior environment, and
- configured to acquire an intestinal microbial flora sample, and
- at least one reservoir operably coupled via at least one flow path to one or more of the plurality of collection ports and configured to receive and store an intestinal microbial flora sample;
- the flora-sampling module including circuitry configured to actuate the collection of at least one intestinal microbial flora sample via at least one of the plurality of collection ports.
The electronic suppository of claim 92, further comprising:
- a flora-mapping module including circuitry configured to generate flora collection information associated with at least one intestinal microbial flora sample.
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The electronic suppository of claim 92, further comprising:
- a suppository navigation module operably coupled to a propulsion mechanism, and configured to cause the propulsion mechanism to advance an electronic suppository along an interior of an intestinal tract.
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The electronic suppository of claim 92, the flora-mapping module further comprising:
- one or more sensors operable to detect an environmental condition.
The electronic suppository of claim 92, the flora-mapping module further comprising:
- at least one of a receiver, transmitter, and transceiver operable to communicate microbial flora information.
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An electronic suppository, comprising:
- a housing structure having at least one payload module and at least one reusable power module;
- the payload module including
- a plurality of collection ports arranged to provide fluidic communication between an interior environment of the housing structure and an exterior environment, and
- configured to acquire an intestinal microbial flora sample, and
- at least one reservoir operably coupled via at least one flow path to one or more of the plurality of collection ports and configured to receive and store an intestinal microbial flora sample;
- the reusable power module including
- a communication module including circuitry configured at least one of a receiver, a transmitter, and a transceiver operable to communicate with a remote enterprise and to receive control command information from the remote enterprise;
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- a power source.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.