Posted
4:50 PM
by Gene
The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved an implantable computer chip that can pass a patient's medical details to doctors.
Sieg heil!
It's the first time the FDA has approved the use of the device, though in Mexico, more than 1,000 scannable chips have been implanted. The chip's serial number pulls up the patients' blood type and other medical information.
With the pinch of a syringe, the microchip is inserted under the skin in a procedure that takes less than 20 minutes and leaves no stitches.
Silently and invisibly, the dormant chip stores a code — similar to the identifying UPC code on products sold in retail stores — that releases patient-specific information when a scanner passes over the chip.
So -- we're just like packaged goods in stores! SIEG HEIL!!!!!