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These malfunctions depend on various parameters: frequency, transmitting power, modulation principle of the mobile phone system, distance between mobile phone and pacemaker, implantation depth, operating mode of the pacemaker as well as the interference immunity of the pacemaker.
For older pacemakers a safety distance of 6 inches (15 centimeters) is sufficient to avoid malfunctions, although some publications recommend less than 6 inches.
The malfunctions (inhibition, switch to the safety modus, i.e. stimulation with a fixed rate, and stimulation with a false signal) reported with pacemakers [ 1 ] - [ 18 ] due to the use of mobile phones may lead to discomfort and in rare cases to menacing situations for the pacemaker patient.
These include, but are by no means limited to, (i) comparisons of healthy and diseased tissue in order to understand malfunctions in regulation and identify genes essential for control, thus identifying target molecules for the development of novel therapeutics and (ii) the observation of changes in expression over time after addition of a drug to elucidate the mechanism of action of pharmaceuticals and predict their toxicology.
All in all, 102 nuclear power station "malfunctions" were recorded last year (23 more than in 1997), and there were 27 unscheduled power shut-offs in 1998 (compared with 18 in the year before).