Kevin Brunski, D.D.S., hopes to one day see every person in the U.S. wearing his invention: an ID chip, containing their entire medical history, that is implanted in a tooth. The Crown Point, IN, dentist gave up his nearly 20-year practice two years ago to devote his time to marketing the patent-pending I-Denti-Fied, according to a story in the Gary Post Tribune.
Dr. Brunski first got the idea for the I-Denti-Fied in 2006 after seeing an Amber Alert about a missing child on TV. Moments later, while petting his dog, he felt a microchip that had been implanted in the dog for ID purposes, and he had an "ah hah" moment, according to the Post Tribune.
But it wasn't until late 2007 that he was able to locate a company that manufactured a transponder small enough -- 1 mm by 5 mm, about the size of a grain of rice -- to fit inside a tooth. The chip holds a 16-digit code that unlocks a person's personal health record when read by a special reader, the Post Tribune explained.
Because the product is so new and not yet universal, clients are also given a USB device containing their medical information that can be carried on a key chain, according to the story. They also receive a wallet card and a sticker to be placed on their driver's license.
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