Wednesday, October 13, 2004
Chip implants
The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved an implantable computer chip that can pass a patient's medical details to doctors, speeding care.
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It's the first time the FDA has approved medical 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.
Story. (Thanks, Jason).
posted by chris at 1:56 PM
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