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BIOPHAN RECEIVES PATENT TO IMPROVE DEVICE SAFETY
Biophan Technologies recently received a patent for a Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Interference Immune Device. The device is an electronic circuit that can sense unwanted electrical energy in a medical device and create an offsetting signal that effectively cancels it.
The device could negate unwanted energy produced when a patient with a pacemaker, defibrillator or nerve stimulator is placed in a MRI machine, reported Biophan. A spike in energy by exposure to a MRI could result in an increased heart rate of up to 300 beats per minute. The resulting loss of blood pressure could be fatal, the company said.
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