Pacemaker and wearable

Hello,

    I would like to buya Xiaomi Mi band 2 and I am wondering if there is any complication with my pacemaker. 

3 Comments

Go for it

by AgentX86 - 2019-02-15 21:04:01

There's no way any wearable will affect a modern pacemaker. 

probably not

by Ja5633 - 2019-02-16 10:39:36

While I won't say there's "no way", it's quite unlikely.   As a owner of MiBand 2 and 3, (which my kids use now as I've upgraded to a Garmin device) these are great (but very inexpensive) alternatives to Fitbits, Garmin, Apple etc devices costing 10x the price.     They're from China, many received in the US are very functional fakes (owners don't even know they're not real), and I'm guessing go through no US certification to make sure they're not emitting any crazy interference.     

My opinion is don't wear it (or anything else like this) at night, and don't cross your arm over your chest, and you're probably ok.

I'm not a doctor or a lawyer, but I am an engineer.

Jeff  

No way

by AgentX86 - 2019-02-16 12:47:00

There isn't enough energy in a wearable's battery to cause a problem with a modern pacemaker if it were using it all to beam "Y-rays" right into your pacemaker.  

Electric fields (and radios of various types - outside a transmitter room, which is a dangerous place even without a PM) are not a problem with pacemakers.  Large moving magnetic fields can be.  A very strong static magnetic field may trip the reed switch puting it into the default mode but that won't hurt you.  It's the large moving fields you have to be careful about (welding and large transformers and motors sorts of things). Yes, I'm an EE too.

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