I think I may have given an old reference to pacemaker immunity testing. Looking at the FDA site now shows a lot of developmental work going on to update the AAMI pacemaker standard. Take a look at ANSI / AAMI PC69/2000 at:
http://webstore.ansi.org/ansidocstore/ Sorry for the old directions. Ed Ed Price [email protected] Electromagnetic Compatibility Lab Cubic Defense Systems San Diego, CA USA 858-505-2780 (Voice) 858-505-1583 (Fax) Military & Avionics EMC Services Is Our Specialty Shake-Bake-Shock - Metrology - Reliability Analysis >-----Original Message----- >From: Low, Aaron S [mailto:[email protected]] >Sent: Monday, January 07, 2002 8:11 AM >To: [email protected] >Subject: implantable cardiac pacemaker immunity standards > > > >Good morning all, > >I would like to know if implantable pacemakers are generally tested to >200V/m field strength levels at RADAR frequencies (~400MHz - >several GHz). >If the designers and producers do, are they required to? > >This information is needed for radiation hazard analyses. > >Thank you > >> Aaron S. Low >> Associate Systems Engineer >> Naval Electronics and Surveillance Systems >> EP5 D5 MD45 Syracuse, NY 13221-4840 >> Phone: (315) 456-1203 Fax: (315) 456-0509 >L ------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. Visit our web site at: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/emcs/pstc/ To cancel your subscription, send mail to: [email protected] with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Michael Garretson: [email protected] Dave Heald [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: [email protected] Jim Bacher: [email protected] All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: No longer online until our new server is brought online and the old messages are imported into the new server.
