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'''Medical devices''' have some consumer issues that set them apart from many other common devices. Some devices are vital to a user’s life or ability to function, such as pacemakers, ventilators, or prosthetics. Ownership and payment may be more complex, with equipment owned by a care facility, or paid for by insurance. Some devices or supplies are only available with physician approval (e.g., oxygen concentrators, CPAP). Many devices fall under more careful regulation, such as by the Food and Drug administration, or Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA). Data collected by medical devices can be extremely personal, but users are often shut out from accessing it. There may also be issues with users getting control of their devices. Even when the device is implanted in a users body, others sometimes assert that they should have control, and the user should be denied autonomy.

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

Standard consumer issues, like right to repair, right to own, interoperability, privacy, and security also apply.

~~== Issues ==~~

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

* Right to repair - access to manuals, supplies and parts for maintenance and repair. (Wheelchairs, ventilators, etc.)

==Issues==

* Right to own - access to data from your personal device, ~~ability to~~ control your devices. (~~CPAP~~, ~~pacemaker~~)

* Interoperability - proprietary supplies/consumables. (Insulin, CGM)

*Right to repair - access to manuals, supplies and parts for maintenance and repair. (e.g., Wheelchairs, ventilators, etc.)

* Rug pull - loss of function/access to devices (including implanted devices). (Neural stimulators)

*Right to own -

**access to data from your personal device (e.g., CPAP, pacemaker, CGM).

**control of your devices. (e.g., Insulin pumps)

**Interoperability - proprietary supplies/consumables. (Insulin, CGM)

*Rug pull - loss of function/access to devices (including implanted devices). (Neural stimulators)

==Examples==

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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.

=== Neural stimulators ===

Implanted devices become inoperable when companies abandon them.

=== Pacemakers ===

Lack access to your data.

=== Artificial Pancreas (glucose level monitoring and insulin delivery). ===

==== Continuous Glucose Monitor (CGM) ====

==== Insulin pumps ====

=== Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP/APAP/BiPAP) ===

Data access. Control.

=== Wheelchairs ===

Repair.

===Software===

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+'''Medical devices''' have some consumer issues that set them apart from many other common devices.  Some devices are vital to a user’s life or ability to function, such as pacemakers, ventilators, or prosthetics.  Ownership and payment may be more complex, with equipment owned by a care facility, or paid for by insurance.  Some devices or supplies are only available with physician approval (e.g., oxygen concentrators, CPAP).  Many devices fall under more careful regulation, such as by the Food and Drug administration, or Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA).  Data collected by medical devices can be extremely personal, but users are often shut out from accessing it. There may also be issues with users getting control of their devices. Even when the device is implanted in a users body, others sometimes assert that they should have control, and the user should be denied autonomy.
-Various medical equipment and the companies that produce them have come into scrutiny due to anti-consumer practices.
+Standard consumer issues, like right to repair, right to own, interoperability, privacy, and security also apply.
-== Issues ==
+Various medical equipment and the companies that produce them have come into scrutiny due to anti-consumer practices.
-* Right to repair - access to manuals, supplies and parts for maintenance and repair.  (Wheelchairs, ventilators, etc.)
+==Issues==
-* Right to own - access to data from your personal device, ability to control your devices.  (CPAP, pacemaker)
-* Interoperability - proprietary supplies/consumables. (Insulin, CGM)
+*Right to repair - access to manuals, supplies and parts for maintenance and repair.  (e.g., Wheelchairs, ventilators, etc.)
-* Rug pull - loss of function/access to devices (including implanted devices).  (Neural stimulators)
+*Right to own -
+**access to data from your personal device (e.g., CPAP, pacemaker, CGM).
+**control of your devices.  (e.g., Insulin pumps)
+**Interoperability - proprietary supplies/consumables. (Insulin, CGM)
+*Rug pull - loss of function/access to devices (including implanted devices).  (Neural stimulators)
 ==Examples==
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 {{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.
+=== Neural stimulators ===
+Implanted devices become inoperable when companies abandon them.
+=== Pacemakers ===
+Lack access to your data.
+=== Artificial Pancreas (glucose level monitoring and insulin delivery). ===
+==== Continuous Glucose Monitor (CGM) ====
+==== Insulin pumps ====
+=== Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP/APAP/BiPAP) ===
+Data access.  Control.
+=== Wheelchairs ===
+Repair.
 ===Software===