# US 2019/0172280 A1 · In vivo identity and security application implant and method > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2019/0172280 A1 - Document ID: US20190172280A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 16/171,272 - Filed: 2018-10-25 - Published: 2019-06-06 - Earliest claimed: 2016-03-18 - Assignees: VivoKey Technologies Inc. - Applicants: VivoKey Technologies Inc. - Inventors: Amal Graafstra - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20190172280A1 ## CPC - G07C 9/257: {electronically (G07C9/26 takes precedence)} - G07C 9/26: using a biometric sensor integrated in the pass - G07C: TIME OR ATTENDANCE REGISTERS; REGISTERING OR INDICATING THE WORKING OF MACHINES; GENERATING RANDOM NUMBERS; VOTING OR LOTTERY APPARATUS; ARRANGEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS FOR CHECKING NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE ## Abstract An implant including a platform that performs computations and that is configured to communicate with an external system, and at least one sensor that is connected to the platform and that communicates with the platform, the at least one sensor is configured to sense a biological environment surrounding the implant. The platform is configured to generate a bio-signature that corresponds to the biological environment sensed by the at least one sensor and to utilize the bio-signature to cryptographically secure data provided in the platform. The platform is configured to permit the system to access the data when the at least one sensor senses the biological environment that corresponds to the generated bio-signature, and the platform is configured to deny the system access to the data when the at least one sensor fails to sense the biological environment that corresponds to the generated bio-signature. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An implant comprising a reconfigurable open platform configured to perform computations. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The implant according to claim 1 further comprising at least one sensor that is connected to the platform and that is configured to communicate with the platform, wherein the at least one sensor is configured to sense a biological environment surrounding the implant. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The implant according to claim 2 wherein the platform is configured to generate a bio-signature from the biological environment sensed by the at least one sensor, and the platform is configured to utilize the bio-signature to secure data provided in the platform. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The implant according to claim 3 wherein the at least one sensor includes a capacitive sensor array. ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) The implant according to claim 3 wherein the at least one sensor includes at least one of a microphone and a speaker. ### Claim 6 (depends on 2) The implant according to claim 2 further comprising a biocompatible material that seamlessly encapsulates and seals the platform and the at least one sensor. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The implant according to claim 6, wherein the biocompatible material includes a conductive portion arranged over the at least one sensor such that the at least one sensor is configured to sense the biological environment through the conductive portion of the biocompatible material. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) The implant according to claim 6, wherein the conductive portion of the biocompatible material comprises a silicone elastomer doped with biocompatible conductive particles. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The implant according to claim 1 further comprising: an interaction component connected to the platform, wherein the interaction component is configured to permit a biological entity to interact with the platform when the implant is implanted in the biological entity. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The implant according to claim 9 wherein the interaction component includes an LED display. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The implant according to claim 9 wherein the interaction component includes at least one input button that is configured to be physically depressed by the biological entity when the implant is implanted in the biological entity. ### Claim 12 (depends on 9) The implant according to claim 9 wherein the interaction component includes at least one position detecting component, and the platform is configured to recognize a predetermined gesture initiated by the biological entity and detected by the at least one position detecting component when the implant is implanted in the biological entity. ### Claim 13 (depends on 9) The implant according to claim 9 wherein the interaction component includes at least one acoustic component. ### Claim 14 (depends on 9) The implant according to claim 9, further comprising a biocompatible material that seamlessly encapsulates and seals the platform and the interaction component. ### Claim 15 An implant comprising: a platform that performs computations and that is configured to communicate with an external system; and at least one sensor that is connected to the platform and that communicates with the platform, the at least one sensor is configured to sense a biological environment surrounding the implant, wherein the platform is configured to generate a bio-signature that corresponds to the biological environment sensed by the at least one sensor and to utilize the bio-signature to cryptographically secure data provided in the platform, the platform is configured to permit the system to access the data when the at least one sensor senses the biological environment that corresponds to the generated bio-signature, and the platform is configured to deny the system access to the data when the at least one sensor fails to sense the biological environment that corresponds to the generated bio-signature. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The implant according to claim 15 further comprising: an interaction component connected to the platform, wherein the interaction component is configured to permit a biological entity to interact with the platform when the implant is implanted in the biological entity. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The implant according to claim 16, wherein the platform is configured permit the system to access the data only when the at least one sensor senses the biological environment that corresponds to the generated bio-signature and the biological entity interacts with the interaction component, and the platform denies the system access to the data when at least one of the at least one sensor fails to sense the biological environment that corresponds to the generated bio-signature and the biological entity fails to interact with the interaction component. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The implant according to claim 17 further comprising a biocompatible material that seamlessly encapsulates and seals the platform and the at least one sensor. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The implant according to claim 18, wherein the biocompatible material includes a conductive portion arranged over the at least one sensor such that the at least one sensor is configured to sense the biological environment through the conductive portion of the biocompatible material. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The implant according to claim 19, wherein the conductive portion of the biocompatible material comprises a silicone elastomer doped with biocompatible conductive particles.