Fujistu Limited, a developer of biometric solutions, has had their palm vein scanner, PalmSecure, certified under the international Common Criteria for Information Technology Security Evaluation (CCITSE) as Evaluation Assurance Level 2. The PalmSecure is the first vascular authentication system to receive this stringent certification and only the third of all biometric products. The CCITSE evaluates […]

Technology developer Sony Corporation has announced that they have developed a new mobile biometric sensor called Mofiria. The Mofiria is an infrared vascular scanner able to authenticate via the unique vein patterns inside a user’s finger. It is also designed to be able to be mounted to a number of mobile computing devices for embedded […]

Consumers are still worried about identity theft and would be willing to use biometrics to confirm their identity, according to a survey from Unisys, the Blue Bell, Pa.-based systems integrator. More than 70% of respondents will trust banks and government agencies to ask them for biometric data for identity verification. Fingerprints also nearly tied passwords […]

WaveMark Inc., a provider of RFID-enabled inventory management solutions with a focus on high-value medical supplies, has partnered with LUMEDX, a developer of cardiovascular information and imaging systems. The companies will integrate WaveMark’s Clinical Inventory Management Solution (CIMS) with LUMEDX’s Apollo Cardiovascular Information System, streamlining charge capturing and patient billing, and helping ensure the proper […]

Vascular biometrics have been a quickly growing market over the past while with major banks in Japan initially and increasingly European and American companies employing the technology first developed by Japanese technology company Hitachi, according to a Times Online article. Vascular technology is based on scanning the blood vessel pattern beneath the skin via a […]

Thanks to hospitals implementing biometrics for patient identification purposes, many patients will no longer need to worry about having correct ID cards and health insurance cards at the ready for their hospital visit, according to a Contra Costa Times article. ValleyCare hospital on the U.S. West Coast is only the third hospital in the county […]

In an effort to secure patient files while allowing for quick, easy and reliable accessing of those files, many hospitals and other health care institutions are turning towards vascular biometric devices such as ones developed by Fujitsu Computer Products, to identify patients, according to a TampaBay.com article. In addition to saving time and cutting out […]

As part of the Transportation Worker Identification Credential program, am initative that hopes to have biometric based smart cards for all port employees, the Transportation Security Administration has begun testing vascular scanning devices as a potential component of the program, according to a Security Info Watch article. Identica Corporation, a developer of vascular biometric devices, […]