Re: Pacemakers

[Laurie Taylor <laurie-taylor@uiowa.edu>]

Barbara, I believe you are right.  They were replaced by pacemakers powered
by chemical batteries (I think), anyway they were discontinued.  However,
it is not out of the question that a few individuals alive might still have
a Pu powered pacemaker in place.  

Laurie Taylor
The University of Iowa
laurie-taylor@uiowa.edu

At 06:15 PM 12/4/98 -0600, you wrote:
>In a message dated 12/4/98 3:01:31 PM Pacific Standard Time, magna1@jps.net
>writes:
>
><< Harry, most if not all are Pu powered and there are regulations in place,
> which do not work all the time, to retrieve the pacemakers when the user
> dies. >>
>
>My understanding was that the use of Pu in pacemakers was discontinued
over 10
>years ago...Anyone care to comment?
>
>Barbara L. Hamrick
>BLHamrick@aol.com
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