7. PATIENT SELECTION AND TREATMENT
7.2.
SPECIFIC PATIENT POPULATIONS
Pregnancy:
If there is a need to image the device, care should be taken to minimize radiation exposure
to the foetus and the mother.
Nursing Mothers:
Although appropriate biocompatibility testing has been conducted for this implant device,
there has been no quantitative assessment of the presence of leachables in breast milk.
Pediatric Patients:
This device has not been studied in patients younger than 18 years of age.
Geriatric Patients:
Most of the patients receiving this device in clinical studies were over the age of 60 years.
Handicapped and Disabled Patients:
Special care is needed in using this device for patients using an electrical wheel chair or
other electrical (external or implanted) devices.
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