File 003 · AgeTech
Record 002 · Health · 1956
56.02.HMedicAlert Bracelet
MedicAlert Foundation
“A bracelet that speaks when the wearer cannot.”
Wear your history.
Founded after a doctor's daughter had an emergency reaction, MedicAlert put diagnosis, allergies, and a 24-hour file number on a wearable plate. EMTs still look for it.
First durable, portable medical record for people living outside institutions.
Filed notes
- Engraved clinical ID
- 24-hour emergency file
- Nonprofit membership model
SIC
3841
Surgical and Medical Instruments and Apparatus
NAICS
334510
Electromedical and Electrotherapeutic Apparatus Manufacturing
