Patent ID: 8082162
Filing Date: 2011-12-20
Classification: G06Q,G07C,G16H

Abstract:
1. An article of manufacture configured for facilitating verification of an as-implanted medical implant within a patient in possession of the article of manufacture, the article of manufacture comprising: a medical implant verification card having a first side and a second side substantially opposite the first side, information designating a Medical Implant Verification Account (MIVA) of the patient on at least one of said sides of the medical implant verification card in a manner facilitating said MIVA designating information to be visually inspected by viewing the medical implant verification card; an image showing a medical implant as actually implanted within a body of the patient on at least one of said sides of the medical implant verification card in a manner facilitating said implant image to be visually inspected by viewing the medical implant verification card, wherein said medical implant image is an image produced by imaging the medical implant while still implanted within the body of the patient such that a resulting imaged depiction of the medical implant is dependent upon the manner in which the medical implant is implanted within the patient's body; and an image of an actual implant operation scar of the patient on one of said sides of the medical implant verification card in a manner facilitating said implant operation scar image to be visually inspected by viewing the medical implant verification card, wherein said implant operation scar image shows a scar on the body of the patient resulting from actual implantation of the medical implant within the body of the patient.