In message <[email protected]>, dated Thu, 29 May 2008, Joe Randolph <[email protected]> writes:
>I am looking at a device that is used in the home for monitoring >various medical parameters (such as blood pressure). This device >uploads data to a server via a modem, using a regular phone line. Is the modem a separate piece of equipment? What I'm thinking of is the problem of combining access to the POTS network, regarded as an unintentional lightning conductor, with a medical device that contacts the patient. I mean, the patient touching the controls of the device, not the cuff and tube, which are obviously non-conducting (I hope!). -- OOO - Own Opinions Only. Try www.jmwa.demon.co.uk and www.isce.org.uk Either we are causing global warming, in which case we may be able to stop it, or natural variation is causing it, and we probably can't stop it. You choose! John Woodgate, J M Woodgate and Associates, Rayleigh, Essex UK - This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to [email protected] Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/request/user-guide.html List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas [email protected] Mike Cantwell [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: [email protected] David Heald: [email protected] All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc
