SOLUTION : In accordance with the teachings of the present invention, a miniature ingestible device (MID) 20 may be created using excipients and films. In accordance with various aspects of the present invention, the MID has a coating or laminating structure surrounding an electronic device and separating and isolating the electronic device from a pharmaceutical product or drug 12 within a capsule 10 once the capsule is ingested, as well as separating and isolating the electronic device from the capsule itself as walls of the capsule begin to collapse. EFFECT : The present invention prevents capsule walls and other material from interfering with the performance of an electronic device once the device is activated by surrounding fluid. SELECTED DRAWING : Figure 1 COPYRIGHT : (C)2019, JPO&INPIT