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Masks with magnets have potential adverse effects on individuals with various implanted medical devices or metallic objects in the body. CPAP masks with magnets can cause injury or death for people who use them, or in people near a person using a mask with magnets. Out of an abundance of caution, please screen yourself and your bed partners for all contraindications listed below before selecting a CPAP mask with magnets.

Implanted metallic medical devices or metallic objects in the body include:

Pacemakers
Implantable cardioverter defibrillators
Metallic stents (such as aneurysm, coronary, tracheobronchial, and biliary)
Neurostimulators (such as hypoglossal nerve stimulators)
Magnetic metallic implants, electrodes, and valves placed in the upper limbs, torso, neck, or
head
Cerebral spinal fluid shunts (such as ventriculoperitoneal shunts)
Aneurysm clips
Embolic coils
Intracranial aneurysm intravascular flow disruption devices
Metallic cranial plates, screws, burr hole covers, and bone substitute devices
Ocular implants (such as glaucoma implants and retinal implants; intraocular lenses
placed during cataract surgery are not impacted)
Certain contact lenses with metal
Implants to restore hearing or balance that have an implanted magnet (such as cochlear
implants, implanted bone conduction hearing devices, and auditory brainstem implants)
Magnetic denture attachments
Implantable ports and pumps (such as insulin pumps)
Metallic gastrointestinal clips
Certain metallic joint replacements
Devices labelled as Magnetic Resonance (MR) Unsafe
Magnetic metallic implants not labelled for MR or not evaluated for safety in a magnetic
field
Metallic splinters in the eye
Metallic shrapnel in the body