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Diagnostic Imaging with LINX™
Are you considering LINX™?
Patients with a LINX™ device can safely undergo a wide range of diagnostic imaging tests, including: X-Ray, ultrasound, PET scan, CT scan, and MRI under certain conditions.1 Patients considering LINX™ or already implanted with LINX™ should consult their health care provider with questions about diagnostic imaging after LINX™, including MRI testing.
Do you have a LINX™ device?
It’s important to know which version of the LINX™ device you have. Each version of the device must be scanned under specific MRI conditions. Scanning under different conditions may result in serious injury to you and/or interfere with the magnetic strength of and function of the device.
- Patients implanted with LINX™ PRIOR to May 22, 2015 have been implanted with the 0.7T device.
- If you were implanted with LINX™ AFTER May 22, 2015 please check your implant card. Blue card (below) for 1.5T device; White card (below) for 0.7T device.
- Contact the surgeon who performed your LINX™ procedure.
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Patients considering LINX™ or already implanted with LINX™ should consult their healthcare provider with questions about diagnostic imaging after LINX™, including MRI testing. PLEASE NOTE: In the event an MRI outside the compatibility of your device is required, and alternative diagnostic procedures cannot be used, the LINX™ device can be removed. |