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Contraindications/ when should the device not be used?Updated 3 months ago

Please read the User Manual carefully before use

The device should not be used:

• By people with an implanted electrical medical device, such as a pacemaker, defibrillator, deep brain stimulator 

• By people using body worn medical devices (e.g. insulin pumps, cardiac monitors) 

• By people with metallic implant in one hand, wrist, or lower arm – use the device only on the opposite side; For example, if you have a metallic implant in your right wrist, apply the device to your left wrist 

• By people who have suspected or diagnosed epilepsy or other seizure disorder 

• By people who are pregnant 

• On swollen, infected, inflamed areas of skin, open wounds or cancerous lesions 

• If there is impaired sensory awareness in the arm and / or hand 

• On any other part of the body other than the underside of the wrist 

• By children under the age of 12 years old 

• By children above the age of 12 years old without adult supervision 

• By a person with cognitive or communication impairments sufficient to prevent them from giving accurate and timely feedback 

• By people with a brain tumour

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