Radiographically readable information carrier and method of using the same
OwnerGary E. Jagmininventor
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Abstract
An identification apparatus (10) having a personal information carrier (12) having information carried by a radiopaque configuration (12) which is radiographically discernable with the personal information carrier (10) secured to an external and noninvasive portion of a tooth (14) and to provide a method for radiographically marking a person with individual information, having the steps of providing a personal information carrier (10) having information carried by a radiopaque configuration (12) which is radiographically readable by conventional dental X-ray techniques and securing the personal information carrier (12) to an external and noninvasive portion of a tooth (14).
Claims55
An identification apparatus comprising:
- a personal information carrier having information carried by a radiopaque configuration which is radiographically discernable;
- means for securing the personal information carrier to an external and noninvasive portion of a tooth;
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- means for visually concealing the personal information carrier in which the concealing means includes a patch member for overlying the personal information carrier and the external and noninvasive portion of a tooth.
A method of radiographically marking a person with individual information, comprising the steps of:
- providing a personal information carrier having information carried by a radiopaque configuration which is radiographically readable by conventional dental X-ray technique;
- securing the personal information carrier to an external and noninvasive portion of a tooth;
- and
- concealing visually the personal information carrier.
A method of detection of the location of a missing person comprising the steps of:
- recording a code uniquely identifying the missing person apart from the others of a group of persons before the person is missing;
- producing a personal information carrier which has the code outlined in radiopaque material;
- securing the personal information carrier to an external and noninvasive portion of a tooth;
- and
- concealing visually the personal information carrier;
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- informing at least one of the (a) police authorities, (b) hospitals, (c) morgues, (d) coroners and (e) the professional dental community of the code of the person after they are missing and how to report the discovered code to the appropriate parties.
A method for identifying a missing person comprising the steps of:
- securing a personal information carrier to an external and noninvasive portion of a tooth, having a radiopaque code readable from a radiograph thereof;
- concealing visually the personal information carrier including overlying the personal information carrier with a thickness of a visually opaque and radiolucent material in which the material is substantially similar in color to the coloration of the tooth and in which at least a portion of the material which extends beyond overlying the personal information carrier tapers down in thickness;
- making a radiograph of the external and noninvasive portion of a tooth to read the code when the person is found and before the person is identified;
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- comparing the radiographically readable code with the code of the missing person to identify the person.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.