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Yeah I am not convinced by this. I see the virtue of simplicity, but it seems unlikely that strong magnetic fields will become less common in the 21st century.
by aftbit 6y ago
Yeah I am not convinced by this. I see the virtue of simplicity, but it seems unlikely that strong magnetic fields will become less common in the 21st century. It would be much better IMO to design some kind of standardized knocking scheme and require all device manufacturers to implement it after some flag day. We already have very strong regulation for medical devices, so it should be pretty easy to add "ICD shall be disabled only when presented with a . .. ... .... magnetic knocking message with the following timings".
- lmilcin 6y agoYou know people who wear this are mostly older and worse health? Do you want these people to explain their family what kind of "knocking protocol" they need to implement to save them or do you want to tell them to relay to their family to "just bring the fucking magnet and stick it here".
- aftbit 6y agoNo, I want the knocking devices that all implement the universal standard to be sold for $10 on Amazon, and for the patient to be sent home with 2 when they get their device implanted. I was under the impression that mostly medical care providers would be interacting with the device. If there are truly a significant number of cases where untrained people use strong magnets to disable malfunctioning implants, then perhaps my tradeoff is wrong.