Patent 7479108 was granted and assigned to SICEL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. on January, 2009 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A method for obtaining data using an implantable sensor unit in a body of a patient includes: implanting the sensor unit in the body; conducting an imaging procedure on the body such that the sensor unit in the body serves as a fiducial marker; detecting a parameter using the sensor unit in the body; and transmitting data associated with the detected parameter from the sensor unit to a remote receiver unit.