TOOTH LOCATED GPS PERSON TRACKING AND LOCATION METHOD AND APPARATUS

• US 20090237236A1
• Filed: 03/24/2008
• Published: 09/24/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 03/24/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sami Maassarani
• Original Assignee: Sami Maassarani
• Inventors: Maassarani, Sami
• Application Number:
  US12/053,681
• Publication Number:
  US 20090237236A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/539.130
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1112 Global tracking of patients, e.g. by using GPS
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 19/39 the satellite radio beacon positioning system transmitting time-stamped messages, e.g. GPS [Global Positioning System], GLONASS [Global Orbiting Navigation Satellite System] or GALILEO

Abstract

An apparatus and method for remotely and monitoring the location of a person through a microchip mounted in a tooth of a person which communicates by a communication link to a Global Positioning System to obtain geographic location information relating to the physical location of a person, and by another communication link to a remote tracking device to obtain the geographic information to determine and provide an indication of the physical location of a person. The microchip is disposed in a cavity formed in a tooth of a person which is filled with dental filling material to fix the microchip in the tooth.

Claims

1. A method for remotely monitoring the location of a person comprising the steps of:

preparing a cavity in a tooth of a person;

mounting a microchip in the cavity, the microchip including a transceiver means for transmitting a wireless signal containing geographic location information relating to the physical location of the person, the microchip adapted for communicating with a Global Positioning System to receive geographic location information of the person;

filling the cavity with a dental filling material;

establishing communication between the microchip by a first communication link and a tracking apparatus which wirelessly communicates with the microchip to obtain the geographic location information from the microchip to determine the geographic location of the person; and

establishing communication between the microchip by a second communication link between the microchip and the Global Positioning System for obtaining geographic information relating to the physical location of the person.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

forming the cavity extending into the enamel of the tooth.

3. The method of claim 1 further comprising the step of:

forming a cavity extending through the enamel and into the dentin portion of the tooth.

4. The method of claim 1 further comprising the step of:

forming the cavity to extend from the occusal surface of the tooth.

5. The method of claim 1 further comprising the step of:

forming the cavity to extend from one of the lingual and the buccal surface of a tooth.

6. The method of claim 1 further comprising the step of:

adding the filling material to the cavity to form a layer of filling material between the surface of the tooth and the microchip of at least one millimeter.

14. The system of claim 1 wherein:

the filling material forms a layer of at least one millimeter thick between the microchip and an exterior surface of the tooth.

7. A system for remotely monitoring the location of a person comprising:

preparing a cavity in a tooth of a person;

mounting a microchip in the cavity, the microchip including a transceiver means for transmitting a wireless signal containing geographic location information relating to the physical location of the person, the microchip adapted for communicating with a Global Positioning System to receive geographic location information of the person;

filling the cavity with a dental filling material;

establishing communication between the microchip by a first communication link and a tracking apparatus which wirelessly communicates with the microchip to obtain the geographic location information from the microchip to determine the geographic location of the person; and

establishing communication between the microchip by a second communication link between the microchip and the Global Positioning System for obtaining geographic information relating to the physical location of the person.

8. A system for remotely monitoring the location of a person comprising:

a microchip including a transceiver for transmitting a wireless signal containing geographic information relating to the physical location of a person, the microchip adapted to be mounted in a tooth of a person;

a Global Positioning System transmitting global positioning data to the microchip; and

a tracking apparatus disposed of a wireless communication with a microchip to obtain the geographic information from the microchip to determine the physical location of the person.

9. The system of claim 8 further comprising:

the microchip disposed in an open-ended cavity formed in a tooth of a person; and

a dental filling material disposed in the cavity to fill the cavity up to the exterior surface of the tooth.

10. The system of claim 8 wherein:

the cavity extends into the enamel portion of a tooth.

11. The system of claim 8 wherein:

the cavity extends through the enamel portion and into the dentin portion of a tooth.

12. The system of claim 8 wherein:

the cavity extends from an occusal surface of a tooth.

13. The system of claim 8 wherein:

the cavity extends from one of a lingual surface and a buccal surface of a tooth.