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Fingerprint Signature "Pen"

Sign your name, securely, in your own blood
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I test my blood glucose levels three or four times each day, as I am diabetic. It's a painless procedure, involving a tiny pinprick on the ball of my thumb or a finger, to get a tiny droplet of blood.

This evening, when I tested, I got a little more blood than I needed, so I dabbed my thumb on a piece of paper, leaving a partial thumbprint on the paper.

So, on to the idea... a small fingerstall or thumbstall (small rubber cap that fits over the end of the digit), perforated with a pattern of tiny holes in the design of your regular signature, surrounded by a more open grid, to allow the ridges and whorls of your finger, or thumb, print to contact the paper.

On the skin side (inside) an array of very thin needles that draw a miniscule amout of blood when you apply pressure to it.

Simply fit the premade Fingerprint Signature cap over the end of your thumb or finger and press briefly where your signature is required.

Your signature should be sufficient ID. However, a fingerprint should clear up any doubt. In the event of further confusion, a DNA test establishes identity beyond question.

UnaBubba, Oct 09 2009

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       "Thumb Iron Maiden"
CaptainClapper, Oct 09 2009
  

       Not quite so nasty, [CC]. The lancets nerely prick the skin. They're not designed to skewer the thumb through.
UnaBubba, Oct 10 2009
  

       Uh... no, sorry. [-]
21 Quest, Oct 10 2009
  

       You've never tested your BGLs, I take it? You don't feel a thing.
UnaBubba, Oct 10 2009
  

       Very useful if you wish to sign your soul away to Satan.   

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