Magnetic jewellery

depends

by Tracey_E - 2016-11-14 21:14:58

If it's one of those super strong earth magnets, it can mess with the pacer. If it's a small one it probably won't have any effect, though if you wanted to be on the safe side keep it more than 6" from your device. 

magnetic jewelry

by revcarol - 2016-11-15 12:33:49

My ICD fired at my nephew's wedding, and I was wearing a pearl necklace with magnetic clasp.  My electrophisiologist said that should not have had any influence on my ICD. 

oh wow Revcarol...

by Cabg Patch - 2016-11-15 15:22:36

so if you don't wear a pearl necklace with magnetic clasp can you have your ICD removed?

Seriously, you guys are being paranoid. First Revcarol, the effect of exposure to a powerful magnet on an ICD is to shut off the Defibrillation function. It has no effect on the pacing function on an ICD only. Second,look at the size of the magnet they place over your device at the clinic, do you really believe a little clasp magnet is going to have sufficient magnetic field to overcome the switch in your device. stop worrying

Just asking.....

by Diamond Jules - 2016-11-15 18:09:17

As I thought...and it's just a small magnet in a bracelet worn on wrist opposite side to pacemaker...but I didn't want to assume🤔😄

A long time ago, right here in this galaxy...

by donr - 2016-11-17 09:45:45

...,I took ome of my wife's jewelry magnetic clasp pieces & a magnetic  name tag w/ two rare earth magnets on the bacxk & performed an experiment.  I did NOT just stick them over my PM to see what would happen.  What I did was:

1)  Grabbed a piece of steel & used it as an indicator of magnetic strength.

2)  first on the name tag, I checked the little magnet holding bar & let it grab onto the steel to see how streong it was by how hard it was to pull it off.  Tougher than blue blazes.

3)  Stuck the steel bar that came with the name tag on it, THEN tried to have it grasp the second piece of steel - NO LUCK.  Magnet was very, very weak & would NOT grasp the steel.

4)  I then moved the name tag w/ its own bar attached closer to my PM.  No effect at all.

Performed the same trest w/ the jewelry clasp - same result.

Here's what happens - & why:  When the magnets have NO metal close to them that is magnetic, their field of force is shaped sorta like a bunch of lima beans.  It comes out of one end of the magnet (Called the "North" end, because when a magnet is used as a compass, that end points toward the north pole of earth) circles around the magnet & enters the other end of the magnet.  (Called the "South" end).  We visualize this by drawing a whole bunch of lima bean shaped loops around the magnet.  they do not cross one another in our drawing, but give us a method of seeing just where the magnetic force is.

Stick the piece of steel on the magnet & VOILA!  the lima bean shaped force lines suddenly shift to the steel & concentrate in it, so they are no longer loose in the free space around the magnet.  That's what my second piece of steel showed me - the magnets were weakened outside the first piece stuck on the magnet. 

Try it w/ your jewelry clasp, use a straight pin or a paperclip as your second piece of steel.  Stick the clasp together & you should have very little magnetic influence from the clasp when closed.  BTW:  your clasp  should be TWO separate little magnets.  When they come close together, they REALLY grab one another & it reduces their strength much more than just a plain piece of steel.

Donr

Fascinating 👍

by Diamond Jules - 2016-11-23 17:02:49

Thank you Donr that's a great help (I love experiments) 😊

ERPM: a new App for pacemaker and ICD recipients.

by RDL79 - 2017-02-09 04:31:41

Dear Diamond Jules, I want you to know that on Googleplay store there is an Android App named ERPM. 

The acronym stands for “Environmental risks for Pacemaker and ICD” and it is an application for pacemaker and ICD recipients. This application has a list of objects that you can encounter, in the home - or outside - environment, or some diagnostic and therapeutic procedures usually present in healthcare environments. All of these are potentially able to generate an electromagnetic field that can affect the proper function of your pacemaker or ICD. For each area (at home or outside) you will find environments (like kitchen or bank) in which you will see numerous items listed; similarly in the healthcare area. Not all listed items are potentially risky and this will be indicated by a color code. A tutor will always be available to remind you of the meaning of the color codes. The App also has an item search system and moreover, it will give you the opportunity to tell an object not found in order to find it in future updates. This tool help the patient, providing quick, simple and "at your fingertips" relevant information. The function of the App is to help pacemaker/defibrillator recipients. 

The link is: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=solutions.brama.app.erpm&hl=it

Bye bye..