Electromagnetic interference on artificial heart pacemaker

Author

Sahrani, S. ; Semangin, N. ; Suhaili, S. ; Mat, D. A Awg ; Osman, M.S. ; Sawawi, M.

Author_Institution

Fac. of Eng., Univ. Malaysia Sarawak, Kota Samarahan

fYear

2008

fDate

2-4 Dec. 2008

Firstpage

153

Lastpage

156

Abstract

Electromagnetic interference (EMI) due to radio frequency (RF) is known to cause interference in electronics devices. Interference may cause devices such as pacemaker to malfunctions with potentially adverse consequences. Exposure of electromagnetic interference comes from digital cellular telephones that are commonly used nowadays. This paper describes the preliminary case study on the effect of the EMI interference with a pacemaker. Temperatures were calculated at various frequencies to investigate the effect. Higher temperatures may cause discomfort to the patient.

Keywords

biological effects of radiation; biomedical equipment; pacemakers; radiofrequency interference; artificial heart pacemaker; digital cellular telephones; electromagnetic interference; electronics devices; radio frequency; Artificial heart; Batteries; Circuits; Connectors; Electromagnetic interference; Humans; Lead; Pacemakers; Radio frequency; Temperature; Electromagnetic Interference (EMI); Radio Frequency (RF); pacemaker;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

RF and Microwave Conference, 2008. RFM 2008. IEEE International

Conference_Location

Kuala Lumpur

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2866-3

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-2867-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/RFM.2008.4897396

Filename

4897396