In vitro Assessment of Electromagnetic Interference due to Low‐Band RFID reader/writers on Active Implantable Medical Devices

Introduction: The electromagnetic interference (EMI) of active implantable medical devices (AIMDs) due to 125–135 kHz and HF (13.56MHz) radio‐frequency identification (RFID) reader/writers are discussed based on in vitro experiments. The purpose of this paper is to clarify the detailed EMI occurrence conditions of both implantable cardiac pacemakers and implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) when used in proximity to commercial lowband RFID reader/writers.

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