RE: Heart pacemakers - Vulnerability to EM

2004-11-21 Thread owner-emc-p...@listserv.ieee.org
...@listserv.ieee.org [mailto:owner-emc-p...@listserv.ieee.org]On Behalf Of drcuthb...@micron.com Sent: Freitag, 19. November 2004 15:47 To: israe...@oms-it.co.il; emc-p...@ieee.org Subject: RE: Heart pacemakers - Vulnerability to EM I don't know what the standards call for but it is quite possible

Re: Heart pacemakers - Vulnerability to EM

2004-11-20 Thread owner-emc-p...@listserv.ieee.org
It may be worth noting that in the medium wave broadcast band the FCC limit is over 600 volts per meter. We don't incur inherently harmful induced body currents with less at these frequencies -- unless we're hanging onto an antenna. But considering the low potentials to be measured, and the

Re: Heart pacemakers - Vulnerability to EM

2004-11-20 Thread owner-emc-p...@listserv.ieee.org
-0700 To: israe...@oms-it.co.il, emc-p...@ieee.org Subject: RE: Heart pacemakers - Vulnerability to EM I don't know what the standards call for but it is quite possible for a person to be subjected to an E-field exceeding 500 V/m very near to an amateur radio station. This is the field at my

RE: Heart pacemakers - Vulnerability to EM

2004-11-19 Thread owner-emc-p...@listserv.ieee.org
To: 'drcuthb...@micron.com'; israe...@oms-it.co.il; emc-p...@ieee.org Subject: RE: Heart pacemakers - Vulnerability to EM I am no expert in this subject, and some of what I am about to say is hearsay, but here it is for what it's worth. Safety

RE: Heart pacemakers - Vulnerability to EM

2004-11-19 Thread owner-emc-p...@listserv.ieee.org
...@ieee.org Subject: RE: Heart pacemakers - Vulnerability to EM I am no expert in this subject, and some of what I am about to say is hearsay, but here it is for what it's worth. Safety levels are generally based not on field strength, but on power density. However, these levels are set

RE: Heart pacemakers - Vulnerability to EM

2004-11-19 Thread owner-emc-p...@listserv.ieee.org
: Heart pacemakers - Vulnerability to EM I don't know what the standards call for but it is quite possible for a person to be subjected to an E-field exceeding 500 V/m very near to an amateur radio station. This is the field at my operating position when I am transmitting at 1.8 MHz. A cell phone held

RE: Heart pacemakers - Vulnerability to EM

2004-11-19 Thread owner-emc-p...@listserv.ieee.org
, at the body, of over 30 V/m. Dave Cuthbert From: owner-emc-p...@listserv.ieee.org mailto:owner-emc-p...@listserv.ieee.org] On Behalf Of Israel Sent: Thursday, November 18, 2004 4:55 PM To: emc-p...@ieee.org Subject: Heart pacemakers - Vulnerability to EM Hi all Heart pacemakers may

Heart pacemakers - Vulnerability to EM

2004-11-18 Thread owner-emc-p...@listserv.ieee.org
Hi all Heart pacemakers may be vulnerable to Electro Magnetic energy. Has anyone idea about safe immunity levels ? about relevant standards regarding this matter ? Thanks ! This message is from the IEEE Product Safety