wii fit

  • by tel
  • 2009-03-14 04:03:34
  • ICDs
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  • 4 comments

Hello all,

I have just joined the club on behalf of my wife who has a defibrillator fitted. Is she safe to use the Wii fit.

I mean will the electrical part of the wii fit interfere with the workings of the defibrillator

My wife has also suffered some brain damage so I have joined on her behalf.

4 Comments

yes

by Tracey_E - 2009-03-14 05:03:33

Yes, it's fine. Just avoid any of the exercises such as push ups that would get her device near the balance board. If you do a search of past posts, there have been several recent discussions about this.

WiFi Effects On Pacemakers

by SMITTY - 2009-03-14 08:03:10

WiFi and Pacemakers

By Christine Peterson, posted in Wireless Communications Comment!

Earlier this year (2007), one of the reports at the American Hearth Association meeting dealt with the effect of WiFi on pacemakers. Dr. Fritz Mellert of the University of Bonn: placed 25 pacemakers and 22 implantable cardioverter defibrillators made by all of the major device manufacturers at varying distances from wireless local area network (WLAN) transmitting antennas in order to study the potential for electromagnetic interference with device function. He subjected the cardiac devices to WLAN transmitting powers of both 100 mW, the upper limit in Europe, and 1,000 mW, the maximum output power permitted by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission.

He determined that there was no evidence of interference with all key programming and telemetry functions.

Tel

by tel - 2009-03-15 01:03:50

Thanks for the advice, it really helps knowing that there are so many people out there willing to help. Thank you for making us welcome.

Tel and Eve

Welcome

by Suze - 2009-03-15 09:03:42

Now that you've recieved informed answers, let me welcome you and your wife to this club. You will like it here.

You know you're wired when...

You have rhythm.

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I, too, am feeling tons better since my implant.