# Medical devices containing radioactive material (implanted, ingested, or fitted) · FAA (air transport) — Flying with restricted items: FAA, TSA and IATA baggage and air cargo rules

For Medical devices containing radioactive material (implanted, ingested, or fitted), authority is FAA (air transport); restriction type is restricted; scope is carry-on only; not allowed in checked bags; conditions is For implanted or externally fitted medical devices containing lithium batteries, the quantity limits for portable electronic devices apply, recorded from its source on 2026-08-10.

- **Item or substance:** Medical devices containing radioactive material (implanted, ingested, or fitted)
- **Authority:** FAA (air transport) _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Restriction type:** restricted _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Scope:** carry-on only; not allowed in checked bags _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Conditions:** For implanted or externally fitted medical devices containing lithium batteries, the quantity limits for portable electronic devices apply.

## What the source says

> Heart pacemakers that contain radioactive materials or lithium batteries and radiopharmaceuticals that have been ingested, injected, or implanted. For medical devices containing lithium batteries that are implanted or externally fitted, or carried by passengers and crew, the quantity limits for Portable Electronic Devices apply.

## Source

- https://www.faa.gov/hazmat/packsafe/medical-devices

Last verified: 2026-08-10. Review by: 2027-08-10.
Part of [Flying with restricted items: FAA, TSA and IATA baggage and air cargo rules](https://referencesource.org/air-travel-item-restrictions/).