Implantable electronically-encoded critical health care instruction aka "the Terry"

• US 20070120683A1
• Filed: 11/25/2005
• Published: 05/31/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 11/25/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Alexis Flippen, James Flippen
• Original Assignee: Alexis Flippen, James Flippen
• Inventors: Flippen, Alexis, Flippen, James
• Application Number:
  US11/287,050
• Publication Number:
  US 20070120683A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/572.800
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 90/90 Identification means for patients or instruments, e.g. tags
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 90/98 using electromagnetic means, e.g. transponders

Abstract

A device adapted for implantation into or onto a human person, the implant comprising a transponder and a memory means for electronically storing and updating information, wherein the information is for critical and/or emergency medical decisions. The device may also include a dental appliqué bonded to a tooth.

Claims

1. A device adapted for implantation into or onto a human, the implant comprising a transponder and a memory means for electronically storing information, wherein the information is medical information.

2. The device of claim 1 wherein the medical information comprises advanced health care directive information.

3. The device of claim 2 wherein the information comprises information concerning resuscitation.

4. The device of claim 1 wherein the transponder comprises a means for being energized by a remote reader.

5. The device of claim 4 wherein the means for being energized comprises an induction circuit.

10. The device of claim 4 wherein each bit of information corresponds to a single yes/no decision.

6. The device of 5 wherein stored the information in the memory means may be read electromagnetically and remotely by a reader.

7. The device of claim 6 wherein the reader is a held-held reader, not requiring mains electricity to operate.

8. The device of claim 6 wherein the information in the memory means may be read directly in a form understood by an operator without a further step of querying a database or a computer.

9. The device of claim 8 wherein the information is electronically encoded as a plurality of bits of information each bit capable of storing a single quantum of information in binary form.

11. A device adapted for adhesion on to onto the tooth of a human, the implant device comprising a dental appliqué

, the appliqué

storing information, wherein the information is medical information.

12. The device of claim 11 wherein the appliqué

comprises a transponder and a memory means for electronically storing information, wherein the information is medical information.

13. The device of claim 11 wherein the appliqué

comprises a bar code storing information, wherein the information is medical information.

14. The device of claim 11 wherein the appliqué

comprises information readable visually.

15. A method for storing and retrieving medical information from a subject, that information being relevant to the subject, the method comprising (a) implanting into a subject an implant comprising a transponder and a memory means upon which information may be electronically stored, wherein the transponder comprises a means for being energized by a remote hand-held reader, and wherein the information in the memory means may be read directly in a form understood by an operator without a further step of querying a database or a computer, and (b) reading the information in the memory means by use of the remote hand-held reader.

16. The method of claim 15 wherein the remote hand-held reader is battery operated.

17. The method of claim 15 wherein the information is electronically encoded as a plurality of bits of information, each bit capable of storing a single quantum of information in binary form and wherein each bit of information corresponds to a single yes/no decision.