Re: FDA OKS implanted medical info chip

From: Barbara Carlson (bbcarlson_at_snappydsl.net)
Date: 10/14/04 

Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2004 20:40:42 -0400

My dog has one--didn't take 20 minutes, about 1 or 2, and another 5 to fill
out the paper work. It's a pretty nasty-looking syringe, though.

Welcome to Brave New World! Not for me.

Barb C.
"Kathi" <kathi.mooneyremove@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:ckkh8c$ilt$1@news.chatlink.com...
> No. Not for me.
>
> "Su" <.@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:s2dbd.167223$as2.37394@bignews3.bellsouth.net...
> > Do you approve or disapprove of this?
> > ________________________________________
> >
> > WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday
approved
> an
> > implantable computer chip that can pass a patient's medical details to
> > doctors, speeding care.
> >
> > VeriChips, radio frequency microchips the size of a grain of rice, have
> > already been used to identify wayward pets and livestock. And nearly 200
> > people working in Mexico's attorney general's office have been implanted
> > with chips to access secure areas containing sensitive documents.
> >
> > Delray Beach, Florida-based Applied Digital Solutions in July asked the
> FDA
> > for approval to use the implantable chip for medical uses in the United
> > States. The agency had 60 days to reply to the "de novo" application.
> >
> > It's the first time the FDA has approved the use of the device, though
in
> > Mexico, more than 1,000 scannable chips have been implanted in patients.
> The
> > chip's serial number pulls up the patients' blood type and other medical
> > information.
> >
> > With the pinch of a syringe, the microchip is inserted under the skin in
a
> > procedure that takes less than 20 minutes and leaves no stitches.
> >
> > Silently and invisibly, the dormant chip stores a code -- similar to the
> > identifying UPC code on products sold in retail stores -- that releases
> > patient-specific information when a scanner passes over the chip.
> >
> > At the doctor's office those codes stamped onto chips, once scanned,
would
> > reveal such information as a patient's allergies and prior treatments.
> >
> > The FDA in October 2002 said that the agency would regulate health care
> > applications possible through VeriChip. Meanwhile, the chip has been
used
> > for a number of security-related tasks as well as for pure whimsy: Club
> > hoppers in Barcelona, Spain, now use the microchip much like a smartcard
> to
> > speed drink orders and payment.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>

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