Pacemaker Teardown

Below is the address of a YouTube video of someone tearing apart an old Pacemaker with a single lead. Since it is a rectangular model and the IC chips in it are older I assume it's an older model. Actually the IC chips are ancient - 1975 era which is equivalent to Cuneiform writing as far as IC chips go.

One interesting point the narrator makes is the RFI part isn't activated until it is turned on by a heavy magnet. If the newer models of pacemakers follow the same pattern, it means your pacemaker can't be easily hacked by someone with a powerful radio since the pacemaker RFI part is always "off" until turned on by the pacemaker tech's magnet.

It is interesting to see how the pacemaker is assembled keeping in mind the newer models should be more compact and have better batteries. Hope everyone enjoys.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUsP23pBRXk

1 Comments

ICD Teardown

by Lurch - 2015-04-20 07:04:04

Thanks, that is interesting!

Same guy taking an ICD apart. You can hear the warning sounds made by Medtronic units...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gzw6c3Bi4TU

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