Tag: <span>defibrillators</span>

Home / defibrillators
New cell phone and smart watch models can interfere with pacemakers and defibrillators
Post

New cell phone and smart watch models can interfere with pacemakers and defibrillators

by  Elsevier New research findings verify FDA recommendation for patients with implanted medical devices to keep their smart phones and watches at least six inches away to avoid interference with implanted medical devices. Credit: US Food and Drug Administration After reports of smart phone and watch interference with implanted medical devices, investigators affiliated with the Center for Devices...

Post

THE FDA USES SCANTY EVIDENCE TO APPROVE UPDATES TO DEFIBRILLATORS AND HIP REPLACEMENTS, STUDY FINDS

The study looked at recently approved major changes to critical devices such as blood-sugar monitors, stents, and defibrillators meant to restart the heart. In May of 2015, the Food and Drug Administration approved a software update for a blood-sugar-monitoring system for children with diabetes, made by a California-based company called Dexcom. The system has a sensor that goes...