Potential for Personal Digital Assistant Interference With Implantable Cardiac Devices

From: Mayo Clinic Proceedings | Date: December 1, 2004| Author: | Copyright information

OBJECTIVE: To determine whether the wireless local area network (WLAN) technology, specifically the Personal Digital Assistant (PDA), interferes with implantable cardiac pacemakers and defibrillators.

MATERIAL AND METHODS: Various pacemakers and defibrillators were tested in vitro at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn, between March 6 and July 30, 2003. These cardiac devices were exposed to an HP Compaq iPAQ PDA fitted with a Cisco Aironet WLAN card. Initial testing was designed to show whether the Aironet card radiated energy in a consistent pattern from the antenna of the PDA to ensure that ...

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