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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 ===

===MRI===

=== CT-Scanners ===

===CT-Scanners===

==== Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation ====

====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>

[[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===

~~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>~~

At the beginning of the Covid 19 pandemic, ventilators were suddenly in very high demand. Digital rights management and lack of right to repair made the equipment shortage worse, and probably increased mortality.

=== Software ===

===Software===

A study was conducted in Cambridge in relation to software-dependent medical devices and how they would benefit from right to repair<ref>https://~~doi~~.org/~~10.1017~~/~~jme.2023.28~~</ref>

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>

[[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 ===
+===MRI===
-=== CT-Scanners ===
+===CT-Scanners===
-==== Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation ====
+====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>
+[[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===
-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>
+{{Main|Medical ventilator}}
+At the beginning of the Covid 19 pandemic, ventilators were suddenly in very high demand.  Digital rights management and lack of right to repair made the equipment shortage worse, and probably increased mortality.
-=== Software ===
+===Software===
-A study was conducted in Cambridge in relation to software-dependent medical devices and how they would benefit from right to repair<ref>https://doi.org/10.1017/jme.2023.28</ref>
+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>
 [[Category:Echographs]]
 ==References==
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