Implantable pacemakers and defibrillators: device overview & EMI considerations

Author

Wessels, Dick

Author_Institution

Guidant/CRM, St Paul, MN, USA

Volume

2

fYear

2002

fDate

19-23 Aug. 2002

Firstpage

911

Abstract

Pacemakers and implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) provide therapy which improves the quality of life for hundreds of thousands of patients and in some cases provide life sustaining therapy. Modern pacemakers and ICDs incorporate hardware and software that helps to mitigate the effects of electromagnetic interference (EMI) on these automatic implantable medical devices (AIMDs). This paper presents a summary of characteristics of pacemakers and ICDs both from the aspect of therapy and electromagnetic compatibility (EMC).

Keywords

defibrillators; electromagnetic compatibility; electromagnetic interference; pacemakers; EMC; EMI considerations; automatic implantable medical devices; electromagnetic compatibility; electromagnetic interference; hardware; implantable cardioverter defibrillators; implantable pacemakers; life sustaining therapy; software; Cardiology; Conductors; Electromagnetic compatibility; Electromagnetic interference; Heart; Medical treatment; Pacemakers; Pulse amplifiers; Space vector pulse width modulation; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electromagnetic Compatibility, 2002. EMC 2002. IEEE International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Minneapolis, MN, USA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7264-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISEMC.2002.1032815

Filename

1032815