Answers to Questions from Manufacturers

I am 1 hour new to PM Club, there are many questions.

Is there a way for contacting manufacturers to be a part of this forum to answer questions. Some answers I received are user advice, but the vendors of PM have surely done a lot of research with various interferences and have more information. My carpets at home create static....mundane ...should I worry, Wii games, razors, Holy Cow!!!! we are all surrounded by EMF’s from every source; perhaps a PM vendor can find a PM that runs on coal. I have to find a place 100 miles away from civilization to be safe !!!!

7 Comments

Mfg

by Sue H. - 2011-04-12 06:04:01

Patch you are so right on how we can teach the mfgs about their products. The "end user" is always the best source for any mfg and if they don't get that? Well they won't better their product. And Ron? You don't need to find a place l00 miles away to be safe. (-: There is so much information on here if you do a search for any problem you think you have. Ask any questions, people on here are only too glad to help. Good luck and welcome to our club. Sue

Keep Them Seperate

by SMITTY - 2011-04-12 06:04:40

Hey Ron,

I agree with Patch, we need to keep it separate.

We have a lot of members that post some excellent comments based on their experiences, but they may be intimidated if they knew their contribution would be read and possibly judged by an expert in the field. That could dry up a very valuable source of information for many of us. I do wish there was site where the experts would answer pacemaker and defibrillator questions, but not along beside the "amateurs" comments.

Another thing, I expect that there are many experts out there that do not want to put their knowledge up against a bunch of amateurs.

I don't know about a PM that would run on coal but I read an article the other day about a PM that uses a battery powered by plutonium. Seems there were several of these implanted in the 60's - 70s. The one in the article had been service for 30+ years and is still going strong. I don't know how long plutonium batteries will last but they fell out of favor because of their cost and some Dr thought "why put a device with a 30 to 40 battery in a 5 to 10 year patient."

Smitty

plutonium

by Cecil Demill - 2011-04-12 10:04:46

Isn't plutonium radioactive? Perhaps it's a good thing they stopped using those plutonium batteries?

Me too

by ElectricFrank - 2011-04-13 02:04:07

One thing that often is missed is that manufacturers of medical equipment are highly regulated by the FDA which affects their ability to freely offer information. However, an individual of a company acting on his/her own behalf has no such limits. I wouldn't be surprised to find that some of our members are doing this.

The same is true with doctors in a different way. Licensed professionals in most any field are bound by the ethics of their societies. This tends to limit what they can do or say. Next time you are in your doctors examining room look at the licenses and certificates on the wall. Then realize that when you ask the doctor a question about some other doctors diagnosis it is those wall decorations that are answering you, not the doc. He/she has a lot of $ invested in them and doesn't dare risk losing any.

That's what I like about being an electronic engineer. We don't have ethics. Ask me a question and what you see it what you get! LOL Hmm,that's scary.

frank

EMF

by Parrothead57 - 2011-04-13 07:04:32

Hi Ronflyer. Welcome to the club. I too am a new kid around here. I can't comment on mfgs on this site but would tell you not to stress out too much about EMFs being generated by small appliances and such. From what I've read its perfectly safe to be around items like video games, electric razors etc as long as you don't put them right over your PM. Also, my Boston Scientific PM is supposed to have a magnet mode that simply increases the pace to 100bpm and then resumes to normal when you remove the source.
I wouldn't think electrostatic discharge (carpet shock) would affect a PM. I've never read that it would.

Hope this helps and hope I'm didn't give you any incorrect info.

Plutonium Radioactivity

by SMITTY - 2011-04-13 12:04:20

Hey Cecil,

Yes plutonium is highly radioactive and considered to be one of the most dangerous substances on earth. It is the heart, if you will, of all or at least most of the nuclear weapons. Also, there are plutoniums (238, 239, 240 and 241 that I have herd of) with different levels of radioactivity. But they can all be put in containers that keeps the radiation inside.

Smitty

What about a stun gun!!

by Cecil Demill - 2011-04-14 02:04:36

What if I got shot with a stun gun or taser!! Would it effect the pacemaker?

I've always wanted to experience being tased just to see what it felt like. I probably should do it before I get my PM?

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