Influence of mobile communication signals on pacemaker operation

Author

Köther, Dietmar ; Bahr, Achim ; Gollor, Uwe ; Gustrau, Frank

Author_Institution

IMST GmbH, Kamp-Lintfort, Germany

Volume

3

fYear

2004

fDate

6-11 June 2004

Firstpage

1445

Abstract

It is well-known that mobile terminals may cause problems in the electronically system of aircrafts. But is it also possible that such signals affect function of pacemakers? To investigate these potential influences the coupling of mobile communication signals into a heart electrode and the sensitivity of pacemakers to those signals was determined. Several implantation configuration of the heart electrode, about 100 different types of pacemakers and different mobile standards (GSM, DECT, W-CDMA) were considered. The combination of electrode, pacemaker and signal offers an easy estimation of risk for different scenarios.

Keywords

biomedical electrodes; frequency response; mobile communication; pacemakers; sensitivity; DECT; GSM; W-CDMA; aircraft electronic system; heart electrode; implantation configuration; mobile communication signal; mobile standards; mobile terminals; pacemaker operation; risk estimation; signal sensitivity; Aircraft; Biological system modeling; Coupling circuits; Electrodes; Electromagnetic coupling; Heart; Impedance; Mobile communication; Mobile handsets; Pacemakers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Symposium Digest, 2004 IEEE MTT-S International

ISSN

0149-645X

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8331-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MWSYM.2004.1338844

Filename

1338844