Apple's MagSafe Devices May Affect Pacemakers

The American Heart Association is a research-funding nonprofit. One of its publications, The Journal of the American Heart Association, "has concurred with a previous report by the Heart Rhythm Journal which said close contact with an iPhone 12 affected certain implantable cardiac devices," writes Apple Insider. As with that report, the American Heart Association says the effect are solely when the iPhone is on or very near the implant... "Our study demonstrates that magnet reversion mode may be triggered when the iPhone 12 Pro Max is placed directly on the skin over an implantable cardiac device and thus has the potential to inhibit lifesaving therapies," say the report writers in the Journal of the American Heart Association. The testing involved placing the iPhone 12 Pro Max in very close proximity to a series of 11 different pacemakers and defibrillators... The degree of interference did vary across the testing, but all devices were affected. The report says that "the iPhone 12 Pro Max was able to trigger magnetic reversion mode at a distance up to 1.5cm [0.6 inches]."

"Apple Inc, has an advisory stating that the newer generation iPhone 12 does not pose a greater risk for magnet interference when compared to the older generation iPhones," notes the report. "However, our study suggests otherwise as magnet response was demonstrated in 3/3 cases in vivo..."

In January 2021, Apple updated its MagSafe support document to recommend that users keep the iPhone 12 six inches away from any medical implants.

Dupe of a dupe

[ELCouz]

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[v1]

"it's deja vu all over again!"

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[93 Escort Wagon]

Hey, it's that important of a story. They're gonna keep rerunning it until *everyone* sees it.

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[DontBeAMoran]

EditorDavid1 died because his pacemaker malfunctioned because of his iPhone 12.
This new post, although a dupe, is from EditorDavid2.

We know

[quonset]

You told us this same thing on Thursday [slashdot.org].

...this is how you short stock...

[dogcar3604]

Have you not done the reading???

Feature not a bug

[SuperKendall]

Now you know why Apple products are so popular, they literally set the heart racing!

Again?

[enriquevagu]

This has been already studied by the American Heart Association some three days ago [slashdot.org].

Duh

[Aighearach]

You can tell they knew it is dangerous because they put "safe" in the name!

WTF EditorDavid just copying all of BeauHD's work?

[thegarbz]

That's twice within 4 stories (The Nintendo ROM story is the other one) where you've simply copied work from your colleague. Have some goddamn respect for your co-workers.

Alzheimer's is a deadly disease.

[h33t l4x0r]

But it's the loss of dignity towards the end that's the real tragedy.

magnetism

[Coopergetready]

If we take any magnet, it has an ability to interfere with the pacemakers, right? Your phone should be placed at lest 15cm or even 25cm away from the pacemaker. HeartRhythm research papers: magnet technology topics [self.com] do my physics homework [domyhomeworkonline.net]

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[danielleklein]

Carrying a magnet inside requires a series of certifications and warnings, and that is just what Apple does on its official website, since on the support page they have published a text in which they have the possible risks of approaching one of the new iPhone 12 to medical devices. https://proessays.org/ [proessays.org]