RFID Chip Cross-Sell Implications

Cross-selling human implanted RFID chips and financial services may present synergies with a privacy impact. RFID company, Verichip, merger causes some concerns. ...

... "And ahead of the recent merger, VeriChip gave a presentation to investors hinting there would be some cross-pollination between the two sides of the business. " ...

Via Wired: VeriChip Merger

Glucose Sensor RFID Microchip

VeriChip enlists the support of the Diabetes Research Institute to collaborate on the development and commercialization of a glucose-sensing radio frequency identification (RFID) microchip with partner, RECEPTORS LLC. The companies will develop integration of the data with the personal health record via Health Link. ...

... "Robert Pearlman, President and CEO of the DRI Foundation, said, We are pleased to partner with VeriChip on this important initiative to develop a glucose-sensing RFID microchip, which could potentially improve patient care and compliance among individuals with diabetes. Furthermore, we believe access to a personal health record is vital for all patients, but particularly those with chronic illnesses. Our relationship with VeriChip will enable us to provide that access to our patients and study the utility of Health Link and the role it plays within a larger electronic medical record system. " ...

Via VeriChip Corporation: Strategic Partnership with Diabetes Research Institute

RFID Glucose Sensor Phase 2

Verichip and its development partner are moving into Phase 2 development of an RFID glucose sensor. This phase will focus on optimization of the sensor performance. ...

... "VeriChip plans to fund its existing development partnership with RECEPTORS to launch Phase II development of an in vivo glucose-sensing RFID microchip. In Phase II of this program, which is expected to be completed in the second quarter of 2010, the critical binding environment and competitor agent components of the glucose sensor will be optimized for system stability, sensitivity and specificity. " ...

Via VeriChip Corp: Phase II Development of In Vivo Glucose-Sensing RFID

RFID Forced Microchip Implantation

Verichip, the human implantable RFID company, comes out against the forced implantation of RFID chips in people. ...

... "VeriChip Corporation announced today it supports Pennsylvania’s House of Representatives’ recent passage of a bill banning the forced implantation of microchips in humans. " ...

Via Verichip: Supports Legislation Banning Forced Microchip Implantation:

Eight mm RFID Microchip for Human Implants

VeriChip Corp has developed new human-implanted RFID microchip that measures 8 millimeters by 1 millimeter for Medical Components. ...

... "As previously announced, this new, smaller microchip has been developed specifically to be incorporated into Medical Components, Inc.’s vascular ports. On March 18, 2009, the Company announced that it entered into a development and supply agreement with Medcomp to develop and manufacture a RFID microchip for implantation into Medcomp’s vascular access medical devices on an exclusive basis. " ...

Via VeriChip: Development of New 8 Millimeter RFID Implantable Microchip

RFID Acquisition in Security Market Segment

The Stanley Works agrees to purchase Xmark Corporation, a wholly-owned subsidiary of VeriChip, for $45 million cash. Stanley Works will integrate Xmark into its Security line of business. ...

... "Xmark, whose headquarters and principal operations are located in Ottawa, Canada develops, markets and sells RFID-based systems used to identify, locate and protect people and assets. Xmark focuses on three vertical markets: providing infant security systems under the Hugs and Halo brands, wander protection systems under the RoamAlert brand, and hospital asset tracking systems under the Assetrac(R) brand. " ...

Via Stanley Works: Agreement to Acquire Xmark from VeriChip Corporation

RFID Health Link Personal Record for Consumers

VeriChip will launch a direct-to-consumer campaign in Florida on April 28, which will market its patient identification system, an implantable RFID chip, that integrates with your personal health record at Health Link. The site will become active on the launch date. Bookmark it and return then. ...

... "Health Link is the connection between you and your personal health record. It provides emergency room doctors and nurses with immediate access to your vital medical and emergency contact information, which will help them to treat you rapidly, accurately and safely during an emergency. Health Link utilizes a tiny microchip (similar in size to a grain of rice) and a secure, private, online database that links you to your personal health record. Your Health Link is always with you and cannot be lost or stolen. The Health Link microchip stores only a unique 16-digit identification number and is injected just under the skin in the rear upper portion of the right arm. When a Health Link member presents in an emergency department unconscious, unresponsive or confused, emergency medical personnel use the Health Link scanner to retrieve the member's identification number to access his or her personal health record. " ...

Via Verichip: Direct-to-Consumer Campaign

RFID Infant Protection Success Story

Verichip sees healthcare industry success with the protection of infants using its Hugs RFID protection system. ...

... "Xmark's infant protection systems are designed to prevent infant abductions and inadvertent child mismatching in hospitals. The main component of the systems is a wearable RFID tag that is assigned to child and mother following birth. Monitors positioned throughout the hospital detect the integrity of the tags and location of the child. If a newborn is removed from the ward, if the tag is lifted from the baby's skin or if the ankle strap is compromised, the system immediately triggers an alarm, alerting hospital security to the situation. " ...

Via Verichip: One Million Infants Protected in 2007

Implant RFID Featured For Diabetics

Verichip implantable RFID chip is featured on FoxNews for use in glucose monitoring in diabetics.

RFID Human Implantation Has Healthcare Role For Glucose Monitoring

VeriChip and Digital Angel collaborate to introduce RFID implantation into the glucose monitoring process and will present together on December 4 and 5th in NYC. ...

... "they will host events for the medical and investment communities on December 4-5th in New York surrounding the development of an implantable bio-sensing RFID microchip to measure glucose levels in the human body. Checking blood glucose levels regularly is critical to properly managing diabetes. The conventional method - a finger prick - is invasive, painful and often inaccurate. The implantable bio-sensor chip would have a passive transponder, a sensor and integrated circuitry that could allow anyone implanted with the microchip to painlessly scan it to determine their blood glucose concentration. The RFID microchip would then quickly and accurately transmit the glucose data back to a wireless scanner that displays the glucose level. The RFID microchip would be powered by the scanner signal, avoiding the need for a battery in the microchip. " ...

Via Verichip: Implantable RFID Glucose-Sensing Microchip for Humans

Implanted RFID Not Without Risks Per AMA

American Medical Association issues report on implantable RFID technology. ...

... "RFID technology has the potential to improve patient care as well as patient safety. However, the safety and efficacy of human-implantable RFID devices has yet to be established. Therefore, the medical community should support further investigations to obtain the data necessary to make informed medical decisions regarding the use of these devices. The medical community should also be sensitive to potential social consequences of RFID devices, such as non-medical applications in law enforcement. " ...

Via AMA: REPORT OF THE COUNCIL ON ETHICAL AND JUDICIAL AFFAIRS (Doc)

RFID Tags Diabetes Patients

VeriChip tags 18 diabetic patients with its RFID-enabled VeriMed Patient Identification System at the Atlanta Diabetes EXPO, under sponsorship of the American Diabetes Association (ADA). ...

... "At the EXPO, physicians implanted VeriMed RFID microchips in conference attendees who signed up for the voluntary procedure. The VeriMed Patient Identification System, which utilizes an implantable RFID microchip in combination with a handheld RFID scanner and a secure patient database, provides immediate access to important health information for patients who arrive at an emergency department unable to communicate. " ...

Via VeriChip: Diabetic Patients RFID Tagged with Microchip ...

RFID Improves Stroke Treatment: Access Health Records

National Stroke Association endorses implantable RFID microchips as a treatment to enable access to the critical health records of stroke victims. A stroke occurs when a blood clot blocks an artery or a blood vessel breaks, interrupting blood flow to an area of the brain. National Stroke Association is the leading national non-profit organization devoting all of its efforts and resources to stroke. VeriMed Patient Identification System is used to rapidly and accurately identify people who arrive in an emergency room and are unable to communicate. This RFID identification system uses the first human-implantable passive microchip, the implantable VeriChip. ...

... "The National Stroke Association (NSA) has recognized that implantable RFID microchip technology offers the ability to improve stroke treatment by providing medical professionals with immediate access to vital health information of stroke-afflicted patients. An excerpt from the letter, signed by James Baranski, CEO of the National Stroke Association, states: Personal Health Records, including implantable RFID microchips such as VeriMed, could play a critical role in assisting medical professionals in delivering appropriate stroke treatment promptly, leading to better patient outcomes. The VeriMed Patient Identification System which consists of a handheld radio frequency identification (RFID) scanner, an implantable RFID microchip and a secure patient database, is being used to help rapidly identify and provide access to important health information on participating patients who arrive at an emergency department unconscious, delirious or unable to communicate. This implantable RFID system is the only system of its type cleared by the United States Food and Drug Administration for use in people. " ...

Via VeriChip: National Stroke Association Views Implantable RFID Microchip such as VeriMed as a Potential Life-Saving Medical Device ...

RFID Integrated Infant Protection ...

Verichip implements integrated protection system for infants that leverage RFID technology. ...

... "These VeriChip radio frequency (RF) locating technologies will be installed in the new, state-of-the-art Brampton Civic Hospital, in Brampton, Ontario, scheduled to open in the Fall of 2007. The project is being managed by Electro-Systems Alliance, a dealer for VeriChip's distribution partner Austco Communication Systems. Brampton Civic Hospital is owned and operated by William Osler Health Centre. The VeriChip systems will reside on the new VeriChip platform, which is designed to support multiple applications for facilities of any scale. Inter-connection to the Austco nurse call system will enable staff to receive notification remotely of all events--whether from the VeriChip systems or the nurse call system--via any text-enabled device, including PDAs and wireless phones. " ...

RFID Integrated Infant Protection: Via VeriChip: VeriChip makes first sale of integrated system for infant protection, wander prevention, staff duress and asset protection ...

RFID Chips Support Electronic Medical Records ...

VeriChip, Hackensack Medical Center, and Horizon BCBS NJ collaborate to enable an real-time on-demand electronic medical record through RFID technology, which will be accomplished through RFID implants in patients. ...

... "Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey, the state's oldest and largest health insurer, announced a two-year collaboration with Hackensack University Medical Center, its physicians, and the VeriChip Corporation (VeriChip) to implant FDA-approved microchips in chronically ill patients enabling emergency room physicians to access those patients' medical record electronically. The microchips provide immediate access to family contact information and information about the patients' medical histories that could mean the difference between life and death in an emergency. Horizon BCBSNJ will make the new technology, developed by the VeriChip Corporation of Delray Beach, Florida, available to select members with chronic conditions. Those members who participate in the program will agree to have an implantable radio frequency identification device (RFID), the size of a grain of rice, placed under their skin. VeriChip calls the RFID a personal health record module. The information on the module will include medical information from Horizon BCBSNJ's claim records, such as lab test data and pharmacy prescription information. This module emits a 16-digit number that links the patient to their electronic medical record when a special hand-held scanner is waved over it. The pilot program will give Hackensack Medical Center physicians access to the member's electronic medical records and other vital information in the event the chronically ill member cannot respond during an emergency. The content of the electronic medical records will be approved by each member and include information about their condition, family contact information as well as lab test data and pharmacy information maintained by Horizon BCBSNJ. " ...

RFID Chips Support Electronic Medical Records: Via VeriChip: Horizon Blue Cross to Sponsor Two-Year Pilot With Hackensack to Implant Microchips in Chronically Ill Patients ...

RFID Infant Protection: Global Adoption ...

Verichip sees further global adoption of its RFID infant protection system, as it expands its international distribution. ...

... "VeriChip Corporation, a subsidiary of Applied Digital, announced that its Hugs and HALO infant protection system has expanded its international distribution to Kuwait. YTD 2006 revenue now exceeds $4.0 million, which includes record Q1 sales of 40 new infant protection systems within North America and abroad. This marks the company's continued strength in the infant protection market, both within North America and abroad, building on the over 900 facilities already using VeriChip's Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) infant security products. Using wearable RFID tags placed on infants and mothers combined with electronic monitoring of exits, VeriChip's systems are designed to help protect newborns from possible abduction and to help ensure mothers are matched with the correct infants during their stay. The Hugs system offers security against infant abductions while requiring little administration and training. The HALO Infant Protection System utilizes patented skin-sensing tag technology and is modular in design allowing facilities to add functionality as needed. " ...

RFID Infant Protection: Global Adoption: Via VeriChip: VeriChip Corporation Hugs and HALO Infant Protection Leadership Expands International Distribution to Kuwait ...

RFID Chip Tracks Bodies Evidence ...

Verichip and Ricoh collaborate to deliver integrated RFID process for tracking bodies and evidence at a disaster or crime scene. ...

... "The VeriTrace system includes a unique implantable RFID microchip, the Ricoh camera capable of receiving both RFID scanned data and GPS data wirelessly, and a Web-enabled database for gathering and storing information and images captured during emergency response operations. The microchip is inserted into the remains at the onset of processing and a VeriChip wireless handheld reader is waved over the insertion area to read the unique 16-digit ID. Then the Ricoh camera accesses each ID from the reader and automatically embeds this ID into every subsequent image taken around those particular remains. In addition to embedding the VeriChip ID into the image, the Ricoh camera also embeds the GPS coordinates of the subject being captured into the image. The data and images are gathered and uploaded (or entered) into a proprietary Web-enabled database or an existing database system at the intended facility. This database ensures the precise collection, storage, and inventory of all data and images related to each set of remains and the associated evidentiary items. This also allows the facility to recreate an accurate and complete reconstruction of a disaster setting, crime scene or similar environments and locations that would require such action. " ...

RFID Chip Tracks Bodies: Via VeriChip: VeriChip & Ricoh to Demonstrate VeriTrace ...

RFID Development Lab Kits ...

Learn how to track your beans ... BlueBean offers RFID development lab kits for smaller-scale implementations. David Sims provides update on BlueBeans ...

... "BlueBean, LLC, is now offering what the company describes as complete RFID development lab kits for anyone who needs a smaller-scale RFID portal product. " ...

RFID Development Lab Kits: Via TMCnet: BlueBean's DIY RFID: Don't Try This At Home, Kids

BlueBean RFID Company Description: "RFID compliance, in its most basic form, means meeting your client's specifications which allows them to identify and track your beans throughout their entire supply chain. They must be able to know at any given moment exactly where your beans are. "

BlueBean EasyInbound: "BlueBean EasyInBound RFID receiving line only allows one case in the RFID read zone to ensure read accuracy. Your solution is set up for off-site testing and sign off. It is shipped as an assembled kit for easy on-site installation. "

Roadmap to Compliance: "BlueBean follows a strict and proven methodology in creating a Roadmap to Compliance strategy for it clients. The Roadmap provides a compliance scorecard, budgetary costs, technology selection, timetable, software and hardware requirements, high level physical layout and short vs. long term strategies. "

RFID Company IPO: VeriChip

VeriChip, an RFID company, plans IPO in the new year. ...

... "VeriChip, a company that makes implantable microchips for humans, on Friday filed for a $45.8-million IPO underwritten by a banker carrying one of the chips. The company, which sells a first-of-its-kind radio frequency identification (RFID) tag for implantation, said the underwriters will be the investment banks Merriman Curhan Ford and Kaufman Brothers. " ...

RFID Company IPO: VeriChip: Via RED HERRING: Human Chip Firm Plans IPO

RFID Emergency Card: Enables Electronic Health Record ...

MedicAlert will show its RFID-enabled smart-card for enabling emergency medical care through the use of identification and electronic health records. ...

... "MedicAlert will be showcasing technology products - the MedicAlert® E-HealthKEY, the Health Enhancement System (HES), and the RFID Emergency Card in response to the federal government’s goal to give all Americans electronic medical records in the coming years. Within a few years, one-third of all Americans will be elderly – about 77 million people – the single biggest demographic group in the country. Globally, the U.S. will have the largest population of elderly people in the history of the world. " ...

RFID Emergency Card: Enables Electronic Health Record: Via MedicAlert: MedicAlert® to showcase technology at the White House Conference on Aging ...

MedicAlert® is committed to providing technology-based solutions and is an active member and a leader in developing interoperability standards with all the major Healthcare IT standards organizations. The MedicAlert® repository uses Web service interfaces to support standard Electronic Health Records (EHRs), including electronic drug prescriptions and for patient record interoperability. These activities will ensure the rapid development and deployment of standards to improve the quality of care, lower healthcare costs while increasing patient safety. MedicAlert® is a nonprofit membership organization founded in 1956 with a mission to protect and save lives, is headquartered in the United States and has international affiliates in nine countries.

Additional resources on uses of RFID to support emergency health care or electronic health care identification:

Health Care CIO Runs Internal RFID Test - Computerworld: "Halamka said this month that when the chip is scanned by an RFID reader, an identifying number directs physicians to his medical records, which are stored electronically at CareGroup's Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston. "

VeriChip launches secure database to consult health care data stored on implantable RFID chips: "VeriChip is a miniaturised, implantable, radio frequency identification device (RFID) which can be used in a variety of security, emergency, and health care applications. About the size of a grain of rice, each VeriChip is composed of FDA-accepted materials and contains a unique verification number which can seamlessly integrate to the GVS Registry."

RFID can be a matter of life and death in the medical world | WTN: "Radio frequency identification technology is often touted as a way to improve supply chain management. But in the health care world, the technology is bringing other, perhaps more important benefits: safety and security."

VeriChip RFID Medical Facility Adoption Grows ...

VeriChip continues to grow its RFID adoption in medical facilities. ...

... "VeriChip Corporation, a subsidiary of Applied Digital (NASDAQ: ADSX - News), a leading provider of identification and security technology, announced that 68 medical facilities, including 65 hospitals, have now agreed to implement the VeriMed System for Patient Identification. During the month of November, three additional hospitals agreed to adopt the System. Three additional healthcare organizations have recently agreed to adopt the System: one research center, one specialized care center, and one nursing home. " ...

VeriChip RFID Medical Facility Adoption Grows: Via VeriChip: VeriChip Corporation Expands Adoption of VeriMed System for Patient Identification: New Signings in November Increase Medical Facilities to 68 ...

VeriChip is a subsidiary of Applied Digital and the only company to provide both implantable and wearable RFID identification and security solutions for people, their assets, and their environments. From the world's first and only FDA-cleared, human-implantable RFID microchip to the only patented active RFID tag with skin-sensing capabilities, VeriChip leads the way in next-generation RFID technologies. Today, over 4,000 installations worldwide in healthcare, security, industrial, and government markets benefit from both the protection and efficiencies provided by VeriChip systems.

RFID UK Infant Protection ...

RFID UK Infant Protection: Via VeriChip News: VeriChip Corporation and Austco Communication Systems Introduce the Hugs® Infant Protection System in the United Kingdom ...

... "VeriChip Corporation, a subsidiary of Applied Digital (NASDAQ:ADSX), announced that it has shipped its first Hugs infant protection system for use in the United Kingdom. The sale and installation of the Hugs system is being coordinated by VeriChip's international distributor, Australia-based Austco Communication Systems Pty, Ltd. VeriChip's Hugs infant protection system is designed to prevent mismatching and deter abduction of newborn infants from hospitals, and is part of VeriChip's portfolio of RFID healthcare security products. " ...

RFID Chips: People Applications

Daren Fonda explores use of RFID chips in people applications, such as security, access control, and healthcare ...

RFID Chips: People Applications: Via TIME: Biochips for Everyone! ...

... "A radio-frequency identification (RFID) transponder the size of a grain of rice, the VeriChip contains a 16-digit personal ID number that can be scanned like a bar code, providing health-care workers access to your medical records online. " ...

RFID Verichip Hospital Growth Explodes ...

RFID Verichip Hospital Growth Explodes: Via VeriChip: VeriChip Corporation Adds 49 Additional Hospitals During Month of September That Have Agreed to Implement the VeriMed(TM) Patient Identification System; Total of 58 Hospitals Exceeds Company's Full-Year Guidance of 20 to 25 Hospitals ...

... "Overall, since the FDA clearance of VeriChip for medical applications, 58 hospitals have agreed to adopt the VeriMed System in their emergency departments. The Company had previously announced that it expected to have 20 to 25 hospitals agree to adopt the VeriMed System by the end of 2005. Most of the hospitals entering into agreements to implement VeriMed in September did so as a result of the Company's demonstration of the system at the American College of Emergency Physicians' (ACEP) Scientific Assembly that took place September 26-29, 2005 in Washington, D.C. " ...

VeriChip: The First RFID Company for People: VeriChip is a subsidiary of Applied Digital and the only company to provide both implantable and wearable RFID identification and security solutions for people, their assets, and their environments. From the world's first and only FDA-cleared, human-implantable RFID microchip to the only patented active RFID tag with skin-sensing capabilities, VeriChip leads the way in next-generation RFID technologies. Today, over 4,000 installations worldwide in healthcare, security, industrial, and government markets benefit from both the protection and efficiencies provided by VeriChip systems.

RFID in Katrina Corpses ...

Via RED HERRING: Katrina Corpses Get Chipped ...

... "A company that makes ID chips for humans said Friday it has started chipping corpses in the Katrina-ravaged region of Mississippi to help expedite the identification process. Florida-based VeriChip said it has already implanted radio frequency identification (RFID) tags into 100 corpses in the state for the Mississippi State Department of Health. " ...

RFID Info Center: VeriMed ...

RFID Info Center: VeriMed: VeriMed Info Center: Providing everything you want to know about VeriMed™, the first and only FDA-approved patient identification system using implantable RFID technology ...

VeriChip establishes VeriMed Information Center focused on RFID technoloft for human implantation ...

... "The VeriChip(TM) RFID Microchip and Reader: The VeriMed(TM) is the world's first and only FDA-cleared, human-implantable RFID microchip. Approximately the size of a grain of rice, each VeriMed microchip contains a unique 16-digit VeriChip ID which can be read by a VeriMed reader. " ...

VeriChip is a subsidiary of Applied Digital and provides state-of-the-art RFID security solutions that identify, locate, and protect people, their assets, and their environments. From the world's first and only FDA-cleared, human-implantable RFID microchip to the only active RFID tag with patented skin sensing capabilities, VeriChip's technology ensures the safety and security organizations are looking for. Its market-leading infant protection, wander prevention, asset tracking, and patient identification applications make VeriChip the predominant RFID solutions provider in the healthcare industry. And today, VeriChip systems are installed in over 4,000 locations worldwide in healthcare, security, industrial, and government markets making it the world's premier RFID company for people.

VeriMed RFID Hospital Infrastructure: Healthcare Adoption Grows ...

VeriMed RFID Hospital Infrastructure: Healthcare Adoption Grows: Via VeriChip: VeriChip Expands Hospital Infrastructure: Trinitas Hospital Adopts the VeriMed(TM) System ...

The VeriMed RFID instructure for hospitals continues to be adopted in the healthcare industry ...

... "VeriChip Corporation, a subsidiary of Applied Digital (NASDAQ: ADSX - News) announced that Trinitas Hospital, a leading healthcare facility based in Elizabeth, New Jersey has agreed to implement the VeriMed(TM) microchip system and will initiate a clinical evaluation program of the System in its two Emergency Departments for rapid patient identification purposes. Upon implementation, each facility will be able to scan patients to obtain their VeriChip ID Number and utilize the associated database information. Trinitas becomes the sixth hospital that has agreed to adopt the VeriMed System in their emergency department in the last five months and the third hospital in the State of New Jersey to employ the VeriMed System. " ...

Established in January, 2000, following the consolidation of St. Elizabeth Hospital and Elizabeth General Medical Center, Trinitas Hospital is a full-service healthcare facility serving those who live and work in Eastern and Central Union County. Operating on two major campuses, Trinitas Hospital has 531 beds, including a 120-bed long-term care center. Trinitas Hospital is proud to offer state-of-the-art medicine backed by compassion and competence.

VeriChip is a subsidiary of Applied Digital and the only company to provide both implantable and wearable RFID identification and security solutions for people, their assets, and their environments. From the world's first and only FDA-cleared, human-implantable RFID microchip to the only patented active RFID tag with skin-sensing capabilities, VeriChip leads the way in next-generation RFID technologies. Today, over 3,000 installations worldwide in healthcare, security, industrial, and government markets benefit from both the protection and efficiencies provided by VeriChip systems.

Hospital RFID Technology Grows: Patient Identification Infrastructure ...

Hospital RFID Technology Grows: Patient Identification Infrastructure: VeriChip Corporation Announces Three Additional Hospitals Adopt the VeriChip(TM) System for Patient Identification During the Month of July: Total of Five Hospitals in the Targeted Boston to Washington Corridor Have Now Agreed to Adopt VeriChip System ...

Hospital RFID use grows as patient identification infrastructure is implemented ...

... "VeriChip Corporation Chief Executive Officer Kevin McLaughlin noted, There are currently 70 hospitals in the Boston to Washington corridor that are using VeriChip Corporation's Hugs(TM) and Halo(TM) external RFID technology in their maternity wards. The emergency departments of those hospitals are among those being targeted by our VeriChip sales force as we continue the initial rollout of VeriChip patient identification infrastructure. " ...

VeriChip is a subsidiary of Applied Digital and the only company to provide both implantable and wearable RFID identification and security solutions for people, their assets, and their environments. From the world's first and only FDA-cleared, human-implantable RFID microchip to the only patented active RFID tag with skin-sensing capabilities, VeriChip leads the way in next-generation RFID technologies. Today, over 3,000 installations worldwide in healthcare, security, industrial, and government markets benefit from both the protection and efficiencies provided by VeriChip systems.

Halamka RFID Experience: Human Implant

Halamka RFID Experience: Human Implant: VeriChip: New England Journal of Medicine Features Article on VeriChip Technology ...

Dr Halamka discusses his experience and intentions for RFID implantation in the New England Journal of Medicine ...

... "In the article, entitled Straight from the Shoulder, Dr. Halamka discusses his experience of being implanted with the VeriChip, the only FDA-cleared, human-implantable RFID microchip, and his reasons for doing so. " ...

VeriChip, The First RFID Company for People, is a subsidiary of Applied Digital and the only company to provide both implantable and wearable RFID identification and security solutions for people, their assets, and their environments. From the world's first and only FDA-cleared, human-implantable RFID microchip to the only patented active RFID tag with skin-sensing capabilities, VeriChip leads the way in next-generation RFID technologies. Today, over 3,000 installations worldwide in healthcare, security, industrial, and government markets benefit from both the protection and efficiencies provided by VeriChip systems.

RFID HIPAA Implications

RFID HIPAA Implications: Testimony by Richard Seelig for the January 11, 2005 NCVHS Subcommittee on Privacy and Confidentiality Hearings

... "RFID usage will not impact on or expand on HIPAA's covered entities or business associate categories or their compliance requirements. The VeriChip RFID microchip is HIPAA-friendly, because it doesn't convey a name or any information identifier, only a number that is read by a proprietary scanner which is registered to a healthcare facility. " ...

Healthcare RFID Discussed on Television ...

Healthcare RFID Discussed on Television: Applied Digital's Chief Executive Officer and Former Secretary of Health & Human Services Tommy G. Thompson to Appear on Weekend Edition of DowJones/CBS MarketWatch Program ...

... "Applied Digital (NASDAQ: ADSX), a leading provider of security and identification technology, announced today that its Chairman and CEO Scott R. Silverman, along with Tommy G. Thompson, former Health & Human Services Secretary and former Governor of Wisconsin, are scheduled to appear this weekend on DowJones' and CBS's MarketWatch Weekend program, airing at various times on more than 120 CBS stations nationwide. The show will profile Applied Digital and VeriChip and discuss the benefits of radio frequency identification (RFID) technology in modernizing health care. "

RFID Infant Protection Company Acquired ...

RFID Infant Protection Company Acquired: Applied Digital's VeriChip Corporation Acquires Instantel, Inc., Including Its Health Security Division Xmark, Expanding Company's Position in Healthcare Security ...

Verichip acquires RFID solutions company with track record in healthcare security through infant protection and patient tracking ...

... "Instantel Inc.'s Xmark division specializes in smart tag technology for protecting people and assets in healthcare environments. Its Hugs product line is a popular RFID system for preventing the abduction of newborn infants in hospital, while the WatchMate system is used in long-term care facilities to protect wander-prone residents. Instantel recorded revenue of $12.8 million for its fiscal year ended December 31, 2004 with EBITDA of approximately $3.6 million. During the past five years, Instantel's reported revenue reflects a compound annual growth rate of approximately 14%, with strong gross margins and EBITDA margins. " ...

VeriChip is a wholly owned subsidiary of Applied Digital and the only company to provide both implanted and external RFID security solutions for people, their assets, and their environments. From the world's first and only FDA-cleared, human-implantable RFID microchip to the only patented active RFID tag with skin-sensing capabilities, VeriChip leads the way in next-generation RFID technologies. Today, over 3,000 installations worldwide in healthcare, security, industrial, and government markets benefit from both the protection and cost savings VeriChip's innovation delivers.

Zigbee RFID: Efficient Power Source ...

Zigbee RFID: Applied Digital Completes Development of Next-Generation Thermo Life™ that Creates More Efficient Power Output ...

... "The new Thermo Life™ design creates a more efficient power output and contributes to higher conversion efficiency. The new design also increases potential applications for Thermo Life™ such as a viable energy source for active RFID tags, ZigBee Chipsets, wearable electronics, medical devices and micro-sensor systems. With the recent acquisition of eXI wireless, VeriChip Corporation now offers active RFID tags in a healthcare-security environment. As VeriChip - an RFID Company for People – evolves, Thermo Life™ can be used as an alternative power source for external RFID tags in a healthcare environment providing a lifetime power source and negating the need for a change of batteries. The new wireless standard of 802.15.4, called ZigBee, offers, for the first time, a standards-based wireless platform optimized for the unique needs of remote monitoring and control applications including simplicity, reliablitiy, low-cost, and above all, lowpower. " ...

Applied Digital develops innovative security products for consumer, commercial, and government sectors worldwide. The Company's unique and often proprietary products provide security for people, animals, the food supply, government/military arena, and commercial assets. Included in this diversified product line are RFID applications, end-to-end food safety systems, GPS/Satellite communications, and telecomm and security infrastructure, positioning Applied Digital as the leader of Security Through Innovation. Applied Digital is the owner of a majority position in Digital Angel Corporation (AMEX:DOC).

New RFID Distributors ...

New RFID Distributors: Applied Digital's VeriChip Corporation Subsidiary Expands ...

Verichip signs Asian and Middle Eastern distributors for their RFID products ...

From Business Wire (press release), CA ... The VeriChip product is a sub dermal RFID micro transponder that can be used in a variety of security, financial, emergency identification and healthcare ...

... VeriChip Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Applied Digital (NASDAQ: ADSX), announced today that it has signed two new non-exclusive distributors for Taiwan and Saudi Arabia. SI&I (www.siikorea.com) will distribute the product in Taiwan, while Arabian Gulf Group. has been selected as a distributor in Saudi Arabia. ...

VeriChip Corporation is a wholly owned subsidiary of Applied Digital. The VeriChip product is a sub dermal RFID micro transponder that can be used in a variety of security, financial, emergency identification and healthcare applications. About the size of a grain of rice, each VeriChip device contains a unique verification number that is captured by briefly passing a proprietary scanner over the VeriChip. In October 2004, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) cleared VeriChip for medical applications in the United States. VeriChip is not an FDA-regulated device with regard to its security, financial, personal identification/safety applications and is MRI compatible.

Hospital RFID Trial in Emergency Room ...

Hospital RFID Trial in Emergency Room: VeriChip Expands Hospital Infrastructure: Hackensack University ...

Verichip and Hackensack Hospital collaborate on RFID trial in emergency room ...

From Business Wire (press release), CA ... The VeriChip product is a sub dermal RFID micro transponder that can be used in a variety of security, financial, emergency identification and healthcare ...

... VeriChip Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Applied Digital (NASDAQ: ADSX) announced today that Hackensack University Medical University (HUMC), Hackensack, New Jersey will initiate a clinical evaluation program of the VeriChip System in its Emergency Department for clinical use. The facility will now be able to scan patients to obtain their VeriChip ID Number and utilize the associated information. ...

VeriChip Corporation is a wholly owned subsidiary of Applied Digital. The VeriChip product is a sub dermal RFID micro transponder that can be used in a variety of security, financial, emergency identification and healthcare applications. About the size of a grain of rice, each VeriChip device contains a unique verification number that is captured by briefly passing a proprietary scanner over the VeriChip. In October 2004, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) cleared VeriChip for medical applications in the United States. VeriChip is not an FDA-regulated device with regard to its security, financial, personal identification/safety applications and is MRI compatible.

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SubDermal RFID Micro Transponder: Applied Digital's VeriChip Corporation Forms Medical Advisory ...

From Business Wire (press release), CA ... The VeriChip product is a sub dermal RFID micro transponder that can be used in a variety of security, financial, emergency identification and healthcare ...

... Applied Digital (NASDAQ: ADSX), a provider of Security Through Innovation(TM), announced today that its wholly-owned subsidiary, VeriChip Corporation, has formed a Medical Advisory Board to assist in expanding the adoption of VeriChip in the medical community. The Board's initial focus will be to advise the Company on ways to increase the acceptance and expand the marketing of VeriChip to practitioners, hospitals and makers of medical devices, insurance companies and Medicaid/Medicare. In addition, the Board will work closely with legislators and federal agencies to improve the quality of information technology in healthcare. Dr. Richard Seelig, Vice President of Medical Applications for VeriChip Corporation, will chair the Board. Other initial members are: Howard Weintraub, Ph.D., a principal in Landfall Therapeutics Consulting Group, LLC and Sameer Mehta, MD, FACC, MBA, a highly respected cardiologist and healthcare activist. ...

VeriChip Corporation is a wholly owned subsidiary of Applied Digital. The VeriChip product is a sub dermal RFID micro transponder that can be used in a variety of security, financial, emergency identification and healthcare applications. About the size of a grain of rice, each VeriChip device contains a unique verification number that is captured by briefly passing a proprietary scanner over the VeriChip. In October 2004, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) cleared VeriChip for medical applications in the United States. VeriChip is not an FDA-regulated device with regard to its security, financial, personal identification/safety applications and is MRI compatible. Applied Digital develops innovative security products for consumer, commercial, and government sectors worldwide. The Company's unique and often proprietary products provide security for people, animals, the food supply, government/military arena, and commercial assets. Included in this diversified product line are RFID applications, end-to-end food safety systems, GPS/Satellite communications, and telecomm and security infrastructure, positioning Applied Digital as the leader of Security Through Innovation. Applied Digital is the owner of a majority position in Digital Angel Corporation (AMEX: DOC).

RFID Mobile Patient Care System Deployed to Hospital ...

RFID Mobile Patient Care System: Lee Memorial Health System Prescribes Airespace for Mobile Patient ...

From Market Wire (press release) ... enable us to better track patients and rapidly locate key mobile assets, such as emergency room equipment, using advanced wireless location services and RFID. ...

... Airespace Inc.® announced today that Lee Memorial Health Systems (LMHS), the largest public, not-for-profit health system in Florida, is in the process of deploying an Airespace Wireless LAN (WLAN) System throughout its six acute care facilities and several business unit locations. By deploying a completely secure wireless network, LMHS is delivering the highest quality patient care by leveraging the best in Information Technology (IT). ...

Airespace designs and develops intelligent wireless networking platforms that support business-critical applications. The company has set the standard for enterprise Wireless LANs, having earned several CMP LLC's "Best of Networld+Interop" awards, Network Computing's "Editor's Choice Award" and "Most Outstanding Product of the Year," Network World's "World Class Award" and "Best of the Test Award," IDG's "Network Award," Internet Telephony's "Product of the Year," eWeek's "Annual Excellence Award," VARBusiness Magazine's "Technical Innovators Award," and nomination as one of the "Best Wireless Products" in InfoWorld's "Reader's Choice" Awards. With dynamic RF management, air-tight security, seamless mobility, and support for real-time applications such as voice, Airespace helps enterprises implement secure and manageable wireless networks worldwide.

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Mobile Aspects Introduces One System of CARE: File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat Using RFID technology, Mobile Aspects' system offers ... providers accurate, reliable, real-time data, for reporting, searching and patient/drug alerts. ...

Unified System for Healthcare: new collection of RFID hardware and software products called One System of Care. It merges three new asset- and patient-tracking products with Mobile Aspects ...

The Hand-held Health Care Authority: be captured by waving the vendor's RFID VeriChip Pocket ... said Wednesday in an interview with Mobile Health Data ... number mapped to his master patient index number ...

Leadership on Implantable RFID and Privacy Matters ...

Implantable RFID and Privacy Matters: Applied Digital's VeriChip Corporation Strengthens its Washington ...

From Business Wire (press release), CA ... The VeriChip product is a sub dermal RFID micro transponder that can be used in a variety of security, financial, emergency identification and healthcare ...

... Applied Digital (NASDAQ: ADSX), a provider of Security Through Innovation(TM), announced today that its wholly-owned subsidiary, VeriChip Corporation, has retained Oldaker, Biden & Belair and DCI Group to join its Washington team. VeriChip's Washington team focuses on ensuring the Company takes a responsible, patient-oriented leadership role on privacy matters; educating Congress and other leaders on VeriChip's utility for certain applications; and generating government-based revenue from federal agencies that have needs for VeriChip's loss-proof, tamper-proof identification technology in the medical and security arenas. Bob Belair, one of the principals of Oldaker, Biden & Belair, formerly served as General Counsel of the National Commission on the Confidentiality of Health Records and is recognized internationally as a leader in privacy matters. DCI Group is a full-service public affairs firm with broad experience in the technology industry. Clients include Microsoft and AT&T. ...

Based in Washington, Oldaker, Biden & Belair, LLP is a law firm offering a full range of services in the legal, consulting and lobbying spheres. Founded by principals with over thirty years experience, the firm is ideally positioned to advise and shepherd the interests of a diverse and international clientele from a wide array of sectors. Oldaker, Biden & Belair's network of contacts throughout the private sector, the Executive Branch and Congress enables the firm to react speedily to a client's needs, answer a client's questions and ultimately solve a client's problems. This network allows the firm to monitor effectively a client's issues from legislation to implementation. The consulting and lobbying practice advises clients on a diverse number of public policy issues with particular focus on privacy, technology, and international trade.

RFID Human Implantation ...

RFID Implantation: Chief Information Officer of Harvard Medical School Recieves ...

From Business Wire (press release), CA ... Included in this diversified product line are RFID applications, end-to-end ... revenues and earnings, and all other statements in this press release other than ...

... VeriChip Corporation, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Applied Digital (NASDAQ: ADSX), a provider of Security Through Innovation(TM), announced today that John D. Halamka, MD, MS, Chief Information Officer of Harvard Medical School, was implanted with a VeriChip(TM) in December 2004 and began an assessment of the technology. Prior to making a recommendation to a patient, Dr. Halamka wished to undergo the VeriChip "experience" so that, with his extensive clinical and information technology experience, he could make an assessment from all dimensions. ...

VeriChip Corporation is a wholly owned subsidiary of Applied Digital. The VeriChip product is a sub dermal RFID micro transponder that can be used in a variety of security, financial, emergency identification and healthcare applications. About the size of a grain of rice, each VeriChip device contains a unique verification number that is captured by briefly passing a proprietary scanner over the VeriChip. In October 2004, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) cleared VeriChip for medical applications in the United States. VeriChip is not an FDA-regulated device with regard to its security, financial, personal identification/safety applications and is MRI compatible.

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RFID chips - ultimate human control: be required to have a microchip implanted in their ... are the only company today offering human implantable ID ... focuses of personal GPS devices and RFID chip firms ...

RFID: Getting Under Your Skin?: some 1000 people in the US and elsewhere have RFID chips implanted in their ... Drug Administration still hasn't given its approval for human injection of ...

Life Chip - RFID Report: of the transponder implants migrated from the implantation site ... Knowing that the RFID transponder fitted with Bio-Bond ... and eradication and to promote human safety ...

RFID Implants: ORBCOMM Announces Application Development Agreement with VeriChip ...

From Business Wire (press release), CA ... telecommunication services for applications to be developed for use with the world's first implantable radio frequency identification (RFID) microchip, also ...

... ORBCOMM, a global satellite telecommunications company, today announced that it has executed an agreement with VeriChip(TM) Corporation, a subsidiary of Applied Digital (NASDAQ:ADSX), to be its provider of satellite and telecommunication services for applications to be developed for use with the world's first implantable radio frequency identification (RFID) microchip, also called VeriChip(TM). Under the terms of the agreement, the companies will also work together to develop and market new military, security, and healthcare applications for use in the United States and around the world. ...

ORBCOMM is a wireless telecommunications company that provides reliable, cost effective data communications services to customers around the world through its unique low-earth orbit (LEO) satellite network and global ground infrastructure. A diverse customer base, including industry leaders General Electric, Caterpillar Inc., Volvo Trucks, XATA, and AirIQ, uses ORBCOMM services to track, monitor and control mobile and fixed assets including trucks, containers, marine vessels, locomotives, heavy machinery, pipelines, oil wells, utility meters and storage tanks anywhere in the world.

Leahy on RFID: Leahy Urges Privacy Protection in New Patient Microchip

From U.S. SENATOR PATRICK LEAHY, Vermont ...

... "Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) is an exciting technology that promises incredible opportunities and enhancements in fields as diverse as health care and retailing to law enforcement and agriculture. The RFID technology employed by VeriChip raises unique concerns because of its tiny size, its likely ubiquity and its potential for surreptitious scanning. The possibilities of vast networks of databases containing Americans' medical records prompts serious questions about how much of that information will be stored and shared, about who will have access to that information, and about the conditions that will govern access to those records. " ...

RFID Knowledge: What Consumers Know and Don't Know About RFID (Radio Frequency ...

From Market Wire (press release) ... have launched a new qualitative/quantitative syndicated report to track consumer awareness, attitudes and opinions about the wave of RFID applications hitting ...

... BIGresearch and Artafact have launched a new qualitative/quantitative syndicated report to track consumer awareness, attitudes and opinions about the wave of RFID applications hitting the market from Texas Instruments, VeriChip maker Applied Digital, IBM and others. The second wave of the this new study of over 8,500 adults will explore the impact the recent publicity around new RFID applications has had on awareness of RFID and consumer attitudes and opinions about it. ...

BIGresearch and Artafact LLC are breaking new ground in research providing real-time qualitative and quantitative syndicated market research. Companies seeking ongoing market intelligence at a lower cost can now routinely tap into their market to identify, track and predict trends as well as gain in-depth proprietary insights about their product and marketing initiatives within clearly identified market segments.

RFID Acquisition: Applied Digital's VeriChip Corporation Expands Distribution and ...

From Business Wire (press release), CA ... The company, through its HALO(TM) and Roam Alert(TM) technology, has already demonstrated the ability to market wireless identification, RFID, control, and ...

... Applied Digital (NASDAQ: ADSX), a provider of Security Through Innovation(TM), announced today that it has signed a binding letter of intent to acquire eXI Wireless, Inc. Once completed, this acquisition will add approximately 200 dealers and distributors to VeriChip Corporation, Applied Digital's wholly-owned subsidiary. These dealers and distributors already market eXI's proprietary security products like HALO(TM), ROAM ALERT(TM), ASSETRAC(TM), and HOUNDWARE(TM) to hospitals, nursing homes and commercial customers, respectively. Applied Digital expects the transaction to accelerate adoption of the VeriChip Health Information Microtransponder System for medical applications. Applied Digital has conducted extensive due diligence, but closing of the transaction remains subject to final documentation, eXI's board of directors' receiving a fairness opinion, and required approvals (including approval by eXI's shareholders and the BC Supreme Court). The companies expect that the transaction will close during the first quarter of 2005. ...

Applied Digital develops innovative security products for consumer, commercial, and government sectors worldwide. Our unique and often proprietary products provide security for people, animals, the food supply, government/military arena, and commercial assets. Included in this diversified product line are RFID applications, end-to-end food safety systems, GPS/Satellite communications, and telecomm and security infrastructure, positioning Applied Digital as the leader of Security Through Innovation. Applied Digital is the owner of a majority position in Digital Angel Corporation (AMEX: DOC). eXI Wireless Inc. is a pioneer in wireless identification, control, and location technologies that provide peace of mind to groups wanting to protect, track, and locate their individuals and assets. With over 20 years experience, eXI is behind some of the industry's first patient wandering, infant protection, and tool tracking systems uniquely combining radio frequency identification (RFID) and real-time location system (RTLS) technologies in its state-of-the-art, unobtrusive solutions. Through eXI's continued wireless innovation, end customers gain the protection, cost savings, operating efficiencies, and overall peace of mind they require when it comes to their people and assets. And vendors looking to improve their product offerings through the use of eXI's RFID technology gain the expertise and end result they require quickly and cost effectively.

FDA on Medical RFID: FDA Clears VeriChip for Medical Applications in the United States

From Business Wire (press release), CA ... and Digital Angel Corporation (AMEX:DOC) announced today that VeriChip(TM), the world's first implantable radio frequency identification (RFID) microchip for ...

FDA approves RFID for medical use in humans ...

... Applied Digital (NASDAQ: ADSX), a provider of Security Through Innovation(TM) and Digital Angel Corporation (AMEX:DOC) announced today that VeriChip(TM), the world's first implantable radio frequency identification (RFID) microchip for human use, has been cleared by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for medical uses in the United States. The FDA clearance follows the completion of a de novo application review. ...

Applied Digital develops innovative security products for consumer, commercial, and government sectors worldwide. Our unique and often proprietary products provide security for people, animals, the food supply, government/military arena, and commercial assets. Included in this diversified product line are RFID applications, end-to-end food safety systems, GPS/Satellite communications, and telecomm and security infrastructure, positioning Applied Digital as the leader of Security Through Innovation(TM). Applied Digital is the owner of a majority position in Digital Angel Corporation (AMEX: DOC).

Digital Angel Corporation develops and deploys sensor and communications technologies that enable rapid and accurate identification, location tracking, and condition monitoring of high-value assets. Applications for the Company's products include identification and monitoring of pets, fish, livestock, and humans through its patented implantable microchips; location tracking and message monitoring of vehicles and aircraft in remote locations through systems that integrate GPS and geosynchronous satellite communications; and monitoring of asset conditions such as temperature and movement, through advanced miniature sensors.

RFID Prime-Time Coverage: Applied Digital's CEO Scheduled to Appear on NBC Television's The ...

From Business Wire (press release), CA ... VeriChip is a miniaturized, radio frequency identification (RFID) device that can be used in a variety of security, financial, emergency identification and ...

RFID technology makes prime-time coverage on NBC Television ...

... Applied Digital (NASDAQ:ADSX), a provider of Security Through Innovation(TM), announced today that its Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Scott R. Silverman is scheduled to appear on NBC Television's The Today Show on Thursday, October 14th during the 8 am time period. The Today Show airs in most major markets beginning at 7 am local time. ...

Applied Digital develops innovative security products for consumer, commercial, and government sectors worldwide. Our unique and often proprietary products provide security for people, animals, the food supply, government/military arena, and commercial assets. Included in this diversified product line are RFID applications, end-to-end food safety systems, GPS/Satellite communications, and telecomm and security infrastructure, positioning Applied Digital as the leader of Security Through Innovation. Applied Digital is the owner of a majority position in Digital Angel Corporation (AMEX: DOC). VeriChip is a miniaturized, radio frequency identification (RFID) device that can be used in a variety of security, financial, emergency identification and other applications. About the size of a grain of rice, each VeriChip product contains a unique verification number and will be available in several formats, some of which will be insertable under the skin. The verification number is captured by briefly passing a proprietary scanner over the VeriChip. A small amount of radio frequency energy passes from the scanner energizing the dormant VeriChip, which then emits a radio frequency signal transmitting the verification number. In October 2002, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ruled that VeriChip was not a regulated device with regard to its security, financial, personal identification/safety applications but that VeriChip's healthcare information applications are regulated by the FDA.

Miniature RFID: Metro Risk Management Group, LLC Signs Five-Year Exclusive ...

From Business Wire (press release), CA ... About the size of a grain of rice, VeriChip(TM) is the world's first subdermal, radio frequency identification (RFID) microchip that can be used in a variety ...

RFID Chip: VeriChip Corporation Signs Master Product Purchase Agreement with ...

From Business Wire (press release), CA ... VeriChip is a miniaturized, radio frequency identification (RFID) device that can be used in a variety of security, financial, emergency identification and ...

VeriChip is a miniaturized, radio frequency identification (RFID) device that can be used in a variety of security, financial, emergency identification and other applications. About the size of a grain of rice, each VeriChip product contains a unique verification number and will be available in several formats, some of which will be insertable under the skin. The verification number is captured by briefly passing a proprietary scanner over the VeriChip. A small amount of radio frequency energy passes from the scanner energizing the dormant VeriChip, which then emits a radio frequency signal transmitting the verification number. In October 2002, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ruled that VeriChip was not a regulated device with regard to its security, financial, personal identification/safety applications but that VeriChip's healthcare information applications are regulated by the FDA. VeriChip Corporation is a wholly owned subsidiary of Applied Digital Solutions. For more information about VeriChip, visit www.adsx.com.

APPLIED DIGITAL SOLUTIONS is an advanced digital technology development company that focuses on a range of early warning alert, miniaturized power sources and security monitoring systems combined with the comprehensive data management services required to support them. Through its Advanced Wireless unit, the Company specializes in security-related data collection, value-added data intelligence and complex data delivery systems for a wide variety of end users including commercial operations, government agencies and consumers.

VeriChip Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Applied Digital Solutions, Inc. (Nasdaq: ADSX), designs and manufactures a complete line of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Devices that can be used in a variety of security, financial, emergency identification, and other applications. The VeriChip miniaturized Radio Frequency Identifcation (RFID) Device is the core of all VeriChip applications. About the size of a grain of rice, each VeriChip contains a unique verification number, which can be used to access a subscriber-supplied database providing personal related information. And unlike conventional forms of identification, VeriChip cannot be lost, stolen, misplaced or counterfeited. Once implanted just under the skin, via a quick, painless outpatient procedure (much like getting a shot), the VeriChip can be scanned when necessary with a proprietary VeriChip scanner. A small amount of Radio Frequency Energy passes from the scanner energizing the dormant VeriChip, which then emits a radio frequency signal transmitting the individuals unique verification (VeriChipID) number. The VeriChip Subscriber Number then provides instant access to the Global VeriChip Subscriber (GVS) Registry - through secure, password protected web access to subscriber-supplied information. This data is maintained by state-of-the-art GVS Registry Operations Centers located in Riverside, California and Owings, Maryland.

RFID Device: Chips with everything

From InSourced, UK The VeriChip minaturised Radio Freqency Identifcation (RFID) Device is the core of all VeriChip applications. About the size of ...

VeriChip to Present at 2004 Steps to a Healthier Us Summit

From Business Wire (press release) ... VeriChip is a miniaturized, radio frequency identification (RFID) device that can be used in a variety of security, financial, emergency identification and ...

The VeriChip minaturized Radio Freqency Identifcation (RFID) Device is the core of all VeriChip applications. About the size of a grain of rice, each VeriChip contains a unique verification number, which can be used to access a subscriber-supplied database providing personal related information. And unlike conventional forms of identification, VeriChip cannot be lost, stolen, misplaced or counterfeited.

Once implanted just under the skin, via a quick, painless outpatient procedure (much like getting a shot), the VeriChip can be scanned when necessary with a proprietary VeriChip scanner. A small amount of Radio Freqency Energy passes from the scanner energizing the dormant VeriChip, which then emits a radio frequency signal transmitting the individuals unique verification (VeriChipID) number. The VeriChip Subscriber Number then provides instant access to the Global VeriChip Subscriber (GVS) Registry - through secure, password protected web access to subscriber-supplied information. This data is maintained by state-of-the-art GVS Registry Operations Centers located in Riverside, California and Owings, Maryland.

About VeriChip(TM): VeriChip is a miniaturized, radio frequency identification (RFID) device that can be used in a variety of security, financial, emergency identification and other applications. About the size of a grain of rice, each VeriChip product contains a unique verification number and will be available in several formats, some of which will be insertable under the skin. The verification number is captured by briefly passing a proprietary scanner over the VeriChip. A small amount of radio frequency energy passes from the scanner energizing the dormant VeriChip, which then emits a radio frequency signal transmitting the verification number. In October 2002, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ruled that VeriChip was not a regulated device with regard to its security, financial, personal identification/safety applications but that VeriChip(TM)'s healthcare information applications are regulated by the FDA. VeriChip Corporation is a wholly owned subsidiary of Applied Digital Solutions. For more information about VeriChip, visit www.adsx.com.

Metro Risk Management Group, LLC Signs Five-Year, Exclusive ...

From Internet Telephony Magazine, CT ... About the size of a grain of rice, VeriChip(TM) is the world's first subdermal, radio frequency identification (RFID) microchip that has a variety of security ...

About VeriChip(TM)

VeriChip is a subdermal, radio frequency identification (RFID) device that can be used in a variety of security, financial, emergency identification and other applications. About the size of a grain of rice, each VeriChip product contains a unique verification number that is read by any of a number of proprietary scanners. The brief outpatient "chipping" procedure takes just a few minutes and involves only local anesthetic followed by quick painless insertion of the VeriChip. Once inserted just under the skin, the VeriChip is inconspicuous to sight or touch. A small amount of radio frequency energy passes from the scanner energizing the dormant VeriChip, which then emits a radio frequency signal transmitting the verification number. In October 2002, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ruled that VeriChip will only be regulated by the organization for healthcare information applications, not for VeriChip security, financial, personal identification/safety applications.

RFID Gun Control: VeriChip Corporation Enters into a Memorandum of Understanding ...

From Business Wire (press release)  ... of firearms. The team's objective is an integrated User Authorization System for firearms using VeriChip RFID technology. Located ...

VeriChip Corporation Signs Four New Distributors for Subdermal ...
Business Wire (press release) ... About the size of a grain of rice, VeriChip(TM) is the world's first subdermal, radio frequency identification (RFID) microchip that can be used in a variety ...