They're talking about tracking reliability data on implantable devices like pacemakers etc. Class I, II, or III medical devices refer to the degree of regulatory approval necessary to get to market.
Your concerns are a little...um...overblown.
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They're talking about tracking reliability data on implantable devices like pacemakers etc. Class I, II, or III medical devices refer to the degree of regulatory approval necessary to get to market.
Your concerns are a little...um...overblown.
What part of Executive Order being implented are you failing to comprehend ?
Ah, 9,000 FRAUD files destroyed by SEC ?
Nope I'm not overblown at all. Your not paying attention.
But that's OK as I respect your right to have a difference of opinion.
I know, I know the countries' running along just fine there is nothing going on at all. Move along folks move along....
You are absolutely correct. FDA classification is based on intrinsic safety of each device, which in turn leads to ease/difficulty of device approval.
VeriChip is RFID class II device, but it is not the only class II device and not the only class II device that's implantable.
There is nothing in the bill that requires RFID to be a part of all implantable devices. The quoted part of the bill deals with post-market safety and outcomes analysis registry, which is long overdue. It doesn't require RFID chipping for such registry.
What's destroyed SEC files have to do with real world device safety info collection is above my brain power.
RFID technology might have many implications in medicine. Tagging instruments or sponges in surgery to aid in instrument/sponge counts for example. It's also been proposed as a means to trying to decrease wrong-site surgery. I can see tagging various implantable devices. Pacemakers are already loaded with tons of data, including identifiers, that can scanned (not RFID) and have been for almost 20 years. If we want to get paranoid, let's get paranoid about some of the newest pacemakers that transmit their data wirelessly. I mean, they say it's about monitoring heart rate and rhythm, but .. well .. you know...
Saw the GI doctor today.
Basically said it could be a number of things but thinks I have an infection in my abdominal cavity or some bad bacteria in my intestines.
Ill be on Dexilant, Flagyl, and Cipro for 2 weeks until my followup.
Cost of the visit $47 cash on the spot....:D