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Various medical equipment and the companies that produce them have come into scrutiny due to anti-consumer practices.

=Examples=

==Examples==

===Echographs===

~~Echographs~~

===MRI===

===CT-Scanners===

~~MRI~~

====Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation====

[[Terumo Cardiovascular]] blocks 3rd party repair of the Advanced Perfusion System 1 Heart Lung Machine.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Maxwell |first=Thomas |date=23 Jan 2025 |title=Medical Device Company Suddenly Stops Hospitals From Fixing Machines Themselves |url=https://gizmodo.com/medical-device-company-stops-hospitals-from-fixing-machines-themselves-2000554096 |url-status=live |access-date=16 Mar 2025 |website=[[Gizmodo]]}}</ref>

===Ventilators===

Ventilators were affected by lack of a right to repair, notably during the Covid 19 pandemic.<ref>https://www.wyden.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/wyden-markey_auto_privacy_letter_to_ftc.pdf</ref>

CT-~~Scanners~~

===Software===

A study was conducted in Cambridge in relation to software-dependent medical devices and how they would benefit from right to repair.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lindgren |first=Lars |last2=Kesselheim |first2=Aaron S. |last3=Kramer |first3=Daniel B. |date=8 Mar 2023 |title=The Right to Repair Software-Dependent Medical Devices |url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-law-medicine-and-ethics/article/abs/right-to-repair-softwaredependent-medical-devices/F08B93DD92327BAA34D4D67476A424C9 |url-status=live |access-date=16 Mar 2025 |website=[[Cambridge University Press]]}}</ref>

~~Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation~~

~~#[[Terumo Cardiovascular]] blocks 3rd party~~ repair ~~of the Advanced Perfusion System 1 Heart Lung Machine<ref>https://gizmodo~~.~~com/medical-device-company-stops-hospitals-from-fixing-machines-themselves-2000554096~~</ref>

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~~Ventilators~~

~~#https://www~~.~~thelancet~~.~~com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140~~-~~6736(21)00445-1/fulltext~~

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~~Software~~

https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-law-medicine-and-ethics/article/abs/right-to-repair-softwaredependent-medical-devices/F08B93DD92327BAA34D4D67476A424C9

[[Category:Echographs]]

==References==

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 Various medical equipment and the companies that produce them have come into scrutiny due to anti-consumer practices.
-=Examples=
+==Examples==
+===Echographs===
-Echographs
+===MRI===
+===CT-Scanners===
-MRI
+====Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation====
+[[Terumo Cardiovascular]] blocks 3rd party repair of the Advanced Perfusion System 1 Heart Lung Machine.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Maxwell |first=Thomas |date=23 Jan 2025 |title=Medical Device Company Suddenly Stops Hospitals From Fixing Machines Themselves |url=https://gizmodo.com/medical-device-company-stops-hospitals-from-fixing-machines-themselves-2000554096 |url-status=live |access-date=16 Mar 2025 |website=[[Gizmodo]]}}</ref>
+===Ventilators===
+Ventilators were affected by lack of a right to repair, notably during the Covid 19 pandemic.<ref>https://www.wyden.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/wyden-markey_auto_privacy_letter_to_ftc.pdf</ref>
-CT-Scanners
+===Software===
+A study was conducted in Cambridge in relation to software-dependent medical devices and how they would benefit from right to repair.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lindgren |first=Lars |last2=Kesselheim |first2=Aaron S. |last3=Kramer |first3=Daniel B. |date=8 Mar 2023 |title=The Right to Repair Software-Dependent Medical Devices |url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-law-medicine-and-ethics/article/abs/right-to-repair-softwaredependent-medical-devices/F08B93DD92327BAA34D4D67476A424C9 |url-status=live |access-date=16 Mar 2025 |website=[[Cambridge University Press]]}}</ref>
-Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
-#[[Terumo Cardiovascular]] blocks 3rd party repair of the Advanced Perfusion System 1 Heart Lung Machine<ref>https://gizmodo.com/medical-device-company-stops-hospitals-from-fixing-machines-themselves-2000554096</ref>
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-Ventilators
-#https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(21)00445-1/fulltext
-#
-Software
-https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-law-medicine-and-ethics/article/abs/right-to-repair-softwaredependent-medical-devices/F08B93DD92327BAA34D4D67476A424C9
 [[Category:Echographs]]
+==References==
 <references />