While these cards can be helpful, they’re not necessary.
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Full Body Scanner
The TSA uses advanced imaging technology for full-body scans at airport checkpoints.
A full-body scanner won’t damage implantable devices such as pacemakers andimplantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs).
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However, your rig may set off the alarm.
Always tell security personnel if you have a pacemaker, ICD, or another internal medical unit.
The magnet inside the wand may momentarily interfere with your machine.
If you are directed to the full body scanner, there are no special precautions you better take.
Transportation Security Administration.TSA shares tips for travelers with disabilities, medical devices, medical conditions.
Federal Registrar.Passenger screening using advanced imaging technology.
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.Personal implants and medical devices.
In:Airport passenger screening using millimeter wave machines: compliance with guidelines.
The National Academies Press; 2017:56-62. doi:10.17226/24936
