“A distance of at least 15 centimeters must be maintained between an iPhone12 and implantable pacemakers and defibrillators, it is very important to follow the directions provided by medical device manufacturers and by Apple itself. In rare cases, if the smartphone is held less than one centimeter from the heart, the magnet in the smartphone can activate the magnetic switch “. It is the result of a study by the Istituto Superiore di Sanità published by the journal Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology.
“In February 2021, some data present in the scientific literature and taken up by the non-specialized press indicated the possibility that the magnet used in the smartphone could activate the magnetic switch present in the defibrillator, deactivating the therapy provided in the case of ventricular arrhythmia. This ISS study – explains a note – is the first to evaluate in the laboratory the magnetic interference of the iPhone 12 and its MagSafe accessories on a representative sample of the current Italian market of implantable pacemakers and defibrillators, including the subcutaneous defibrillator. time, the magnetic interference phenomena have been accurately correlated to the magnetic field levels measured around the iPhone 12. The researchers – he explains – have evaluated the pacemakers and implantable defibrillators of the main world manufacturers (Abbott, Biotronik, Boston Scientific, Medico, Medtronic, Microport), using a beat simulator or cardiac. The results showed that, in some cases, the magnet in the iPhone 12 can inadvertently activate the magnetic switch in the sample of implantable pacemakers and defibrillators that was evaluated. The phenomenon was observed up to a maximum distance of 1 centimeter “.
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Source: Ansa
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