Electromagnetic emissions from electronic article surveillance (EAS) systems, microwaves and other technologies have been shown to interfere with medical devices such as pacemakers. In an effort to ...

Georgia Tech recently began testing whether RFID systems cause any negative effects on medical devices such as implants. Image courtesy of Georgia Tech, Gary Meek Despite the surge in RFID use, the ...

John Halamka, CIO at both CareGroup Inc. and Harvard Medical School, is testing radio frequency identification technology — on himself. An RFID chip that is the size of two grains of rice and encased ...

Lumetrics's OptiGauge noncontact system uses reflected light from the probe to measure all layers of this breast implant. Like other products, implantable medical devices are tested to determine ...

News reports linking implanted RFID transponders to tumors in lab mice are erroneous and misleading, according to Applied Digital Solutions, a manufacturer of implantable RFID tags, and two of its ...