14 15
Recommended separation distances between portable and
mobile RF communications equipment and the Biomet
®
SpinalPak
®
Non-invasive Spine Fusion Stimulator System
TheBiomet
®
SpinalPak
®
Non-invasiveSpineFusionStimulatorSystemisintendedforuseinan
electromagneticenvironmentinwhichradiatedRFdisturbancesarecontrolled.Thecustomerortheuser
oftheBiomet
®
SpinalPak
®
Non-invasiveSpineFusionStimulatorSystemcanhelppreventelectromagnetic
interferencebymaintainingaminimumdistancebetweenportableandmobilecommunicationsequipment
(transmitters)andtheBiomet
®
SpinalPak
®
Non-invasiveSpineFusionStimulatorSystem as recommended
below,accordingtothemaximumpoweroutputofthecommunicationsequipment.
Rated maximum
output power of
transmitter
W
Separation distance (meters)
according to frequency of transmitter
150kHzto80
MHz
d = 3.5 √ P
80MHzto800
MHz
d = 3.5 √ P
800MHzto2.5
GHz
d = 7 √ P
0.01 .35 .35 .7
0.1 1.1 1.1 2.21
1 3.5 3.5 7
10 11.06 11.06 22.13
100 35 35 70
Fortransmittersratedatamaximumoutputpowernotlistedabove,therecommendedseparation
distancedinmeters(m)canbeestimatedusingtheequationapplicabletothefrequencyofthe
transmitter,wherePisthemaximumoutputpowerratingofthetransmitterinwatts(W)according
tothetransmittermanufacturer.
NOTE1.At80MHzand800MHz,theseparationdistanceforthehigherfrequencyapplies.
NOTE2.Theseguidelinesmaynotapplyinallsituations.Electromagneticpropagationis
affectedbyabsorptionandreflectionfromstructures,objects,andpeople.
Table 4