Which is the right RFID implant for you?

Are you interested in an implant but have no idea which one to choose? Then hopefully our tips will help:

90% of our customers who do not yet have an implant start with the xNT NFC implant. Many want to put information (business card, wedding vows, emergency information, social media profile, etc.) on their implant and then be able to read or pass it on using a mobile phone. This requires NFC (Near Field Communication), which the xNT NFC implant has on board. It also has a serial number (UID), which can be used, for example, to dispense with the front door key (assuming a digital locking cylinder, e.g. CES Omega Flex), unlock the PC (with a USB reader) and automate many things that are compatible with the Mifare Ultralight standard. This NFC implant is as small as a grain of rice and can be injected under the skin in 2 seconds. Any piercer should be able to do this (if not, he or she should ask us first - or we'll do it). A real all-rounder.

If you would like to have the same functions as the xNT, but a little more range (1-2 cm), we recommend the flexNT NFC implant. The more comfortable NFC implant, but it takes about 10 minutes to insert. This is done by an experienced body modder (just ask if he or she has experience with the placement of so-called ‘dermal anchors’) has... is basically the same.

Would you prefer an RFID implant for ‘outdoor use’? I.e. outside your own four walls (e.g. fitness studio, employee ID card, etc.), i.e. for locations that you cannot control yourself? Then you most likely need an RFID implant that is compatible with Mifare Classic (= xM1+) or Mifare Desfire (flexDF). You would first have to find out which system is in use there. Or is a low-frequency system installed? Then proceed as follows:

1st step: Use the RFID Diagnostic Card to find out whether the system is high or low frequency (hf or nf). To do this, simply hold the card inconspicuously in front of the reader and see which side lights up (left = the system is low frequency; right = the system is high frequency). If it is an LF system, you will need the RFID implant xEM (and possibly the small blue cloner). If the system is high-frequency, you need to find out what standard is working there....

2nd step:Then grab an Android mobile phone with apps such as ‘NFC Tools’ or ‘NFC TagInfo by NXP Info’, start the app and hold the mobile phone directly to the reader at the door or admission control, etc. If there is compatibility, the apps should now tell you whether you are dealing with a Mifare-Desfire (flexDF RFID implant) or Mifare-Classic system (xM1+ RFID implant). If the mobile phone does not respond... Step 3, otherwise you now know which implant you need.

3rd step: Contact the access control administrator. Tell the person that you would like to replace your card with an RFID implant and ask him or her to help you. What type of system was installed? Mifare-Classic, Desfire, possibly even Ultralight? If you're lucky, they'll be able to help you now. But sometimes they say... ‘we don't understand that’, “we've never done it that way before”, “we can't do that” etc.... all excuses.

If you would like to have an RFID implant to measure your body temperature in a relaxed way, then you need the xBT and a small compatible reader (such as the HALO). This RFID implant, the size of a grain of rice, is often ordered by women to better determine their fertile and infertile days. It's probably easier than always having to fiddle around with a thermometer.

For very special systems, the RFID implant xIC could even be an option. A system administrator will also tell you when you need the xIC. Compare the technical specifications together. The xIC RFID implant is our smallest implant and supports the ISO15693 standard.

Basically on the subject of ‘insertion’: All glass implants should be able to be inserted by any piercer, nurse, doctor, vet etc. (some customers even do it themselves). When we do this, for example, we don't need 2 seconds (ok with preparation and follow-up maybe 5 minutes; with detailed explanation then more like 30 minutes). For flex implants, you should go to experienced body modders (the piercing studios can also help you here) or even to a doctor.

NOTE: Please never (!!!) have an implant inserted if the packaging/bag says ‘Animal ID’! If in doubt, have the packaged implant or syringe shown to you before insertion. Animal ID implants are for ANIMALS and have no place in humans. The differences become visible under the microscope and when you want to remove the implant. In addition, initial tests indicate that Animal ID implants can cause lead poisoning. So, hands off Animal ID products when it comes to your body!

Incidentally, NFC is an RFID standard that some manufacturers have agreed on for better compatibility. Every microchip implant is an RFID implant, but not every RFID implant supports the NFC standard.