Precautions for users of implanted, Cardiac pacemakers, Appendix – VTech VM301 Manual User Manual

Page 20

Advertising
background image

15

Appendix

Precautions for users of implanted cardiac pacemakers

Cardiac pacemakers (applies only to digital cordless devices):
Wireless Technology Research, LLC (WTR), an independent research entity, led a

multidisciplinary evaluation of the interference between portable wireless devices and

implanted cardiac pacemakers. Supported by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration,

WTR recommends to physicians that:
Pacemaker patients

Should keep wireless devices at least six inches from the pacemaker.
Should NOT place wireless devices directly over the pacemaker, such as in a breast

pocket, when it is turned ON.

WTR’s evaluation did not identify any risk to bystanders with pacemakers from other

persons using wireless devices.


Advertising