The guidelines recommend that in patients carrying either a pacemaker or an ICD the device ... The application of a magnet to Medtronic devices does not affect charge time and consequently would ...

During the surgery, a clinical magnet, model 9466 (Medtronic Inc., Minneapolis, MN, USA) was placed over the generator. The patient was later transferred to the intensive care unit for recovery.

(Courtesy of Medtronic) At the time, pacemakers were “crude devices,” with wires coming out of the person’s body and “they were susceptible like anything that uses wall power,” said ...

Christensen, Clayton M. "We've Got Rhythm! Medtronic Corp.'s Cardiac Pacemaker Business (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 698-056, March 1998.