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FDA Says It Won't Regulate Implanted ID Chip
Tue Oct 22, 5:30 PM ET NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Sales of an
identification chip intended to be implanted in a person's body will
resume immediately now that the US Food and Drug Administration ( - )
(FDA) has completed its review of the device, the chip's maker Applied
Digital Solutions Inc. announced Tuesday.
The company made headlines this spring after a Florida family became the
first ever to be implanted with VeriChip. The device, about the size of a
grain of rice, is implanted under the skin and works by emitting a radio
frequency that transmits a unique verification number. The company says
the chips could eventually replace medical alert bracelets and cards of
the sort that alert emergency medical personnel to conditions such as
allergies. Palm Beach, Florida-based Applied Digital Solutions said it
received a letter from the FDA ruling that VeriChip is not a regulated
medical device "for security, financial and personal
identification/safety applications." The decision clears the way for the
company to market and distribute VeriChip for those purposes. Applied
Digital said it voluntarily suspended its marketing of the device in the
US 5 months ago pending FDA review.
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