{"id":119162,"date":"2021-01-24T20:47:16","date_gmt":"2021-01-24T20:47:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techweekmag.com\/?p=119162"},"modified":"2021-03-05T14:32:38","modified_gmt":"2021-03-05T14:32:38","slug":"iphone-12-and-magsafe-may-interfere-with-medical-implants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/technology\/iphone-12-and-magsafe-may-interfere-with-medical-implants\/","title":{"rendered":"iPhone 12 and MagSafe May Interfere with Medical Implants"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"news-item__content\" data-v-4bdcd3f0=\"\">\n<p><b><span>Apple<\/span><\/b><span>\u00a0has never denied that the smartphone\u00a0<\/span><b><span>iPhone 12<\/span><\/b><span>\u00a0and a wireless charger\u00a0<\/span><b><span>MagSafe<\/span><\/b><span>\u00a0can create electromagnetic interference for medical devices, including pacemakers and defibrillators is.\u00a0Now a document has appeared on the company&#8217;s website that reveals this topic in more detail.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>This document says:\u00a0<\/span><i><span>\u201cMedical devices, such as implanted pacemakers and defibrillators, can be equipped with sensors that respond to magnetic fields and radio waves at close range.\u00a0To eliminate the potential for disruption, keep iPhone and MagSafe charger away from medical devices \u2014 15 cm (15 cm) during normal use and 30 cm (30 cm) when charging with a wireless MagSafe device.\u00a0For more specific recommendations, you should consult with your doctor and medical device manufacturer<\/span><\/i><span>\u00a0.\u00a0<i>&#8220;<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"news-item__content\" data-v-4bdcd3f0=\"\">\n<div data-v-4bdcd3f0=\"\">\n<p><span>Recall that the problem was recently raised in the\u00a0<\/span><b><span>Heart Rhythm Journal<\/span><\/b><span>\u00a0, where research results were published that showed that\u00a0<\/span><b><span>iPhone 12<\/span><\/b><span>\u00a0smartphones\u00a0can interfere with the normal functioning of implantable medical devices, creating electromagnetic interference during operation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Source &#8211; <\/span><\/i><b><u><\/u><\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2021\/01\/23\/apple-updates-iphone-magnet-support-document\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i><span>MacRumors<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>\u00a0.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apple\u00a0has never denied that the smartphone\u00a0iPhone 12\u00a0and a wireless charger\u00a0MagSafe\u00a0can create electromagnetic interference for medical devices, including pacemakers and defibrillators is.\u00a0Now a document has appeared on the company&#8217;s website that reveals this topic in more detail. This document says:\u00a0\u201cMedical devices, such as implanted pacemakers and defibrillators, can be equipped with sensors that respond to magnetic [&hellip;] <a class=\"g1-link g1-link-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/technology\/iphone-12-and-magsafe-may-interfere-with-medical-implants\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10404,"featured_media":119165,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[805],"tags":[779],"class_list":{"0":"post-119162","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-technology","8":"tag-news"},"acf":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119162","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10404"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=119162"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119162\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/119165"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=119162"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=119162"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=119162"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}