MEDEVIS

Pacemaker programmer (An external device that enables a user to interrogate, test, analyse and program, noninvasively, one or more of the operating parameters (the programs) of an implanted cardiac pacemaker. It is able to read stored parameters in the pacemaker, providing historic and/or current information regarding performance, and may be used to upload new software into the pacemaker. It is a dedicated device, typically with an electronic wand with a communication antenna, connected to a port of a personal computer (PC) using dedicated software to drive the electronics of the wand to communicate with the implanted pacemaker.)

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WHO related resources

https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789241501538

Decommissioning

https://youtu.be/D7TycnSGGXc https://apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/330095

WHO resources on medical devices

Interagency list of priority medical devices for essential interventions for reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health WHO list of priority medical devices for cancer management WHO List of Priority Medical Devices for management of cardiovascular diseases and diabetes WHO List of Priority medical devices list for the COVID-19 response and associated technical specifications Package of eye care interventions Trauma and Emergency Surgery Kit (TESK) 2019 WHO medical devices website WHO priority medical devices website WHO essential in vitro diagnostic website

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Analyser, pacemaker