Wii and ......

[figgie]

pacemakers???

Well I work for one of the companies that makes pacemakers, Implantible Cardiac Defibs (ICD) etc.

We just got this letter from our QA dept

"• Device Interaction Studies: Obtained a Nintendo Wii Sports system and conducted an evaluation with a KDR933 to answer a specific question for a pediatric Kappa patient. We found no interaction or impact on the IPG; full report being prepared. The Nintendo manual recommends maintaining a 9” distance between the controller and a pacemaker; have several calls into Nintendo to understand the reasoning behind their labeling"

so for now, the Wii-mote does not cause any issues with cardiac pacemakers

 

[quadnad]

hah, i suppose that is a valid concern with the wireless controllers and the possibility of the demographic expanding to include older people as well.

good to know the wii is safe for g-pa!

 

[Erasmus354]

I think if you have a pacemaker you should be more worried about the exertion of playing a Wii, then you should the controller frying the pacemaker.

 

[figgie]

I think if you have a pacemaker you should be more worried about the exertion of playing a Wii, then you should the controller frying the pacemaker.

why is that?

the latest pacemakers are pretty slick They detect effort and speed the heart rate up accordingly (kind of what happens naturally). We have had patients that they recieve an pacemaker or pacemaker/icd combo and they have done the Ironman triathlon without any issues.