Apple warns the iPhone 12 to stay away from pacemakers because the iPhone body and accessories can create electromagnetic interference between the iPhone body and medical devices, and when the iPhone 12 is near a medical device such as a pacemaker, the device goes into? Pause? not working state, which can be life-threatening to the patient itself.
Apple warned in its latest manual not to bring accessories like the iPhone 12 and magsafe too close to medical devices like pacemakers and defibrillators, to avoid electromagnetic interference between them, which can affect patients. In early January, the Journal of Cardiac Research published a medical study in which three doctors found that when the iPhone 12 was near a patient's pacemaker, the device immediately went into ? pause? state to stop working. It is hoped that the patients in question will be cautious not to place the iPhone 12 and the device in question too close together. In fact, this idea is not a recent discovery, as early as many years ago, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has suggested that electronic devices can have a magnetic field effect on medical equipment, and is not the only company that Apple will have this statement, a number of domestic and foreign electronic device manufacturers have relevant instructions in the user manual.
The article caused a lot of heated debate in many quarters as soon as it was published, and Apple was the first to respond. Apple said, please let the iPhone and magsafe and other accessories and medical equipment to maintain a safe distance (spacing of not less than 15 centimeters, wireless charging time distance of not small fish 30 centimeters). And iPhone12 although other models than before contain more magnets, but the impact of the generation will not be more than previously other devices, if you find the iPhone and magsafe and other accessories affecting medical equipment, do not because of electromagnetic interference between each other to affect the safety of life, once you find that you must stop using in time to avoid the medical equipment to stop working.
In fact, as early as 2009, Apple proposed that cell phone electronic equipment will produce electromagnetic interference on medical equipment, and electronic equipment manufacturers will also be in the use of the book to make the corresponding instructions. Medical professionals also basically tell patients and family members who have pacemakers that they must be careful to keep a distance from electronic devices in their daily lives. Therefore, patients and their families should immediately stop using electronic devices and contact their doctors to find a solution if they find that electronic devices are interfering with the use of the relevant medical equipment. Nowadays, electronics are an essential part of life, and not having them can cause a lot of inconvenience, so we hope that science will be more advanced and that there will be medical devices that are not affected by electronics.