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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>

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>

=== 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>
+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>
-=== 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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