LifeChip BioThermo®…sub-dermal microchip…temperature sensor for animals…

LifeChip Bio-Thermo® implantable microchip is the pet industry's first sub-dermal biosensor microchip that uses RFID (radiofrequency identification) technology to identify a pet and provide an accurate and reliable reading of its body temperature.

The Digital Angel LifeChip Bio-Thermo® implantable microchip will redefine the way veterinarians and pet owners use a pet's temperature as a health indicator. The current method of rectal readings often stresses the pet, resulting in incorrect readings. The Bio-Thermo® LifeChip eliminates stress motivators, and provides an easy way to take a pets temperature. Digital Angel also plans to develop additional services utilizing the unique automatic noninvasive features of the system."

Digital Angel won USDA and FDA approval to market the LifeChip Bio-Thermo® microchip, which gauges an animal's body temperature. The company looks ahead to future biosensor chips that track an animal's hormonal changes, blood pressure and, eventually, disease.