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Inventor Touts New Medical Bracelet
A Chandler man has a patent pending for a medical bracelet with a memory card that he says could save paperwork and even lives.
The inventor, Jeff Hexamer, says the card will contain a person’s photo, medical history, insurance information, blood type, medications, past surgeries, X-rays, emergency contacts and whether the patient is an organ donor.
A patient entering a hospital would be saved a lot of paperwork by simply giving an admissions clerk the memory card, he said.
“And a doctor can put prescriptions on it, and you take it to the pharmacy, where they put it in the computer and fill a prescription off that,” Hexamer said.
He calls his invention TAMI, for Total Access Medical Information.
He has spent four years and close to $15,000 perfecting the device.
He got the idea for the bracelet because as a diabetic, he has had a lot of treatment and sees the medical profession’s inefficiencies.
Photo by Bubbels.
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Jaclyn on May 20th, 2009 7:23 am
I absolutely love this idea. As a person who has a few illnesses myself and is on constant medication and has a history of quite a few surgeries, i can not explain how much of a pain it is to constantly refill out all that crap everytime i am asked about it. it’s a hassle like you would not believe, and even though they can easily ask for my records to be transferred, they don’t because it’s cheaper and or easier/faster for them to make you refill out all this info every time!
TRJEWELRY on November 24th, 2009 6:02 am
Medical Id Bracelets feature a medical caduceus symbol and an area for engraving. The engraving consists of medical conditions, allergies or even an emergency contact number. Medical Id Bracelets should be worn at all times for EMT personel to easily identify known medical conditions.
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