Big Brother I.D. Chips: Medical supply firm to sell patient RFID chips

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Medical supply firm to sell patient RFID chips

 

C Net News | November 12 2004

 

Medical-supply company Henry Schein has agreed to distribute

implantable radio frequency identification chips to doctors' offices

across the country--the first major sales push for the technology

since the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved it for medical

use last month.

 

The rice grain-size devices, called VeriChips, enable doctors and

other medical staff to instantly retrieve patients' medical records by

scanning chips injected into the fatty tissue in their arms--much like

a clerk scanning a can of peas at the grocery store.

 

The distribution deal, announced Wednesday, is a big one for VeriChip

maker Applied Digital. Henry Schein, based in Melville, N.Y., sells

medical supplies to nearly 115,000 private medical practices in the

United States and booked $3.4 billion in sales last year.

 

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