Dan -- I'd suggest that you have your relative call Support at the pacemaker/defib manufacturer. On a slightly different project, I found a lot of on-line information about device immunity, and I think we even called Support and got additional clarifying information. Go to the source!
Mike Sherman Sherman PSC LLC Product Safety and Compliance Consulting > On 11/03/2022 11:32 AM Dan Roman > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Hello list! > > > > I have a relative with an implanted pacemaker/defibrillator who recently > got a fitness tracker that has a magnet for attachment/alignment of the > charging cord. There are warnings in the user manual advising against people > with pacemakers using this product because of the magnets, which I assume are > fairly strong rare earth types. I looked up the DoC for the tracker and the > EM field human exposure standards EN 50663 and EN 62479 are listed on the > DoC. My question is do these standards and the similar IEC 62233 give a > reasonable assurance that a pacemaker would not be interfered with or are > these standards purely concerned with biological effects on the human body > only? I would expect the pacemaker to be immune to a certain extent if it is > FDA listed and complies with IEC 60601-1-2. I don’t know the model number of > their device but I would expect them all to be similar. Do they need to send > back their fitness tracker? Or is the warning just thrown in because the > lawyers wanted it? > > > > Although products I work on need to meet these types of standards, I > don’t have much familiarity with these exposure standards because my products > have never failed > > > > Regards, > > > > Dan > > > > ______________________________________________________ > Dan Roman, N.C.E. > > Senior Member > > IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society > > mailto:[email protected] mailto:[email protected] > > > > > > > > - > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc > discussion list. To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to > <[email protected] mailto:[email protected] > > > All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: > http://www.ieee-pses.org/emc-pstc.html > > Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ > Instructions: http://www.ieee-pses.org/list.html (including how to > unsubscribe) http://www.ieee-pses.org/list.html > List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html > > For help, send mail to the list administrators: > Mike Cantwell <[email protected] mailto:[email protected] > > > For policy questions, send mail to: > Jim Bacher <[email protected] mailto:[email protected] > > David Heald <[email protected] mailto:[email protected] > > > > --------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the EMC-PSTC list, click the following link: > https://listserv.ieee.org/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=EMC-PSTC&A=1 > - ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to <[email protected]> All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieee-pses.org/emc-pstc.html Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ Instructions: http://www.ieee-pses.org/list.html (including how to unsubscribe) List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Mike Cantwell <[email protected]> For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: <[email protected]> David Heald: <[email protected]> _________________________________________________ To unsubscribe from the EMC-PSTC list, click the following link: https://listserv.ieee.org/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=EMC-PSTC&A=1
