Saturday, February 6, 2010

FDA Probing RFID Interference in Pacemakers, ICDs

The FDA has done some basic research suggesting that radio frequency identification readers (RFID) may electronically affect Pacemakers and ICDs.

Extremely low risk of interference but ... worthy of an investigation by manufacturers for current devices and mitigating the issue for future devices.

For more information visit:

www.heartrhythmjournal.com

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