EMC Design Effectiveness in Electronic Medical Prosthetic Devices.

摘要

Pacemaker responses were measured on twenty-one different types (manufacturers and models) of devices, exposed free-field and simulated-implant configurations. Relative interference thresholds were vastly different; the most sensitive pacemaker being adversely affected at electric (E) field levels as low as 10 volts per meter and the least sensitive pacemaker being relatively free of interference at levels as high as several hundred volts per meter. In many cases the real time E-field level around radiofrequency radiation (RFR) emitters manifests itself as a pulsed or pseudo-pulsed (changing E-field) signal which can adversely affect cardiac pacemakers and is potentially hazardous for other types of medical prosthetic devices. These empirical findings demonstrate the need for continuing awareness of potential RF interference situations and provide reasonable evidence that through such awareness many of the potential EMI problems can be effectively circumvented.