The VeriChip is marketed by the VeriChip Corporation, a subsidiary of Applied Digital Solutions, and is currently the only such RFID approved by the FDA for human tagging.

What is a VeriChip?

The VeriChip consists of a microchip and a small antenna embedded in medical grade glass and then wrapped in a polypropylene material called Biobond to stop the implant migrating inside the body. The capsule is 12 mm in length – about double the size of a grain of rice – and can be inserted under the skin using a 12-gauge needle. The current VeriChip holds no data in the chip itself save for a 16-digit identification number that then needs to be cross-referenced with a database.