July 29, 2004
VeriChip Aims to Chip Hospital Patients with RFID
VeriChip, the maker of the subdermal human tracking RFID chip, is making strides toward implanting hospital patients with the technology. On Tuesday, the Federal Drug Administration issued a ruling calling for a final review of the product.
According to ZDNet UK:
The idea for employing the tags to identify humans came after the horror of the 11 Septemer, 2001, attacks on the World Trade Centre and the Pentagon, Fulcher said. Richard Seelig, vice president of medical applications at Applied, saw on TV how firemen were writing their badge numbers on their arm with pen so they could be identified in the event of a disaster.
He inserted Digital Angel tags in his body and told the chief executive that they worked. VeriChip was born.
Read more: RFID tags may be implanted in patients' arms
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