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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