Tag: DEFIBRILLATOR

Headphone makers love to brag about the fancy magnets they use to drive their buds, but it turns out that hanging tiny focused magnetic fields around your neck can have unintended consequences -- a new study by Boston's Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center says that headphones can interfere with heart devices like pacemakers and defibrillators when held within an inch of the device. The ...

It's becoming more and more common to see portable defibrillator units hanging on the walls at places like airports and corporate offices. These small-ish devices are potential life-savers for those who suffer from irregular heartbeats. However, a device described in a patent could make those devices look a little -- large. Enter the cell phone defibrillator. The gizmo, which is just a concept at ...