Transcript Final Project

Final Project:
Life Saving Medical Chip
NaTasha Cherry
Shoneca Evans
Alexis Brown
Scenario #1
After eating a peanut butter and jelly
sandwich for lunch earlier that day, your
boyfriend/girlfriend kisses you. You
suddenly break out in hives and skin
rashes and eventually went into shock you
are rushed to the hospital… ?
Scenario #2
Like in the movie, Day After Tomorrow,
when the young lady cut her leg on an
unknown object and later suffered from
complications due to infection, she
desperately needed an antibacterial
cleanser, like penicillin. What if she had
been allergic to penicillin…?
Our Solution
A small chip containing relatively
important medical information embedded
under the skin on people’s writs. This chip
is to be used in emergency situations to
identify your allergies, a brief medical
history, contact information, and other
need-based information.
Characteristics
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Relatively the size of a grain of rice
 Unnoticeable on the body
 Voluntary
 Read by a hand-held scanner
 Contact Information
 Brief medical history
What’s On the Chip
Name
 Emergency Contact person
 Previous surgical procedures
 Known allergies
 Conditions/diseases
 Blood types
 Medications
Others
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Pros
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Emergency Situations
 Voluntary
Information is optional
 Inconspicuous
 Form of Medical ID
Cons
Cost
 Too much information
 Developing new allergies
 Medical situations change
 Has to updated
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Software
RFID: Radio Frequency Identification
They are intelligent barcodes that can talk
to a network system to inform your
medical problems. It keeps track of need
to know medical information for
emergencies.
Cost
Total cost will include:
 The RFID
 The chip itself
 Cost to implant
This roughly sums up to about anywhere
from $350-400
How to Off Set the Cost
Under certain circumstances, insurance
companies will be required to cover some
at risk people.
Highly Recommended For:
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Food and drug allergies
Diseases such as epilepsy and Alzheimer’s
Conditions such as anemia
Previous Options
Medical ID bracelets- Charm bracelets
worn with engraved charms of different
health issues. Possibilities include cancer,
food and drug allergies, and Alzheimer’s
disease.
 License- notifies if the person is an organ
donor
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Link to Website
www.unc.edu/~cher