The magnets in Apple products such as the recently released iPhone 12 could interfere with the function of pacemakers and defibrillators. TJ Denzer June 28, 2021 10:05 AM ...

Magnets used in portable devices including cellphones and smart watches may impair pacemakers and affect other implanted devices, the Food and Drug Administration warned Thursday. The FDA advises ...

The remarkable and novel aspect of our case is that this dysfunction appears with a procedure considered to be consistently safe (application of a clinical magnet) and with a very low magnetic ...

Pacemakers and implantable cardioverter defibrillators have an inbuilt switch that reacts to externally applied magnetic fields. So clinicians can apply a clinical ring magnet to temporarily ...

Apple has published a list of its products that could cause enough magnetic interference to impact medical devices, a page stemming from reports about MagSafe's potential to affect pacemakers.

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ResMed warns against using magnetic CPAP masks around pacemakers, other implants By Andrea Park Nov 22, 2023 10:45am ResMed device safety CPAP device Philips ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is warning that strong magnets in some cellphones and smartwatches can interfere with pacemakers and other implanted medical devices.

However, when the team tested iPhone 12 and Apple Watch 6 models at various distances, they found all of the devices have magnetic fields significantly higher than 10G in close proximity.

You need to be careful around devices that have strong magnetic fields. They could mess up the pacemaker’s signal. Limit how long you’re around them and try not to get too close.

Boston Scientific's Accolade MRI pacemaker, for example, requires a magnet stronger than 70 G to activate magnet mode, according to the product manual. "Even so, sometimes with our test, we were ...