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Various medical equipment and the companies that produce them have come into scrutiny due to anti-consumer practices. | Various medical equipment and the companies that produce them have come into scrutiny due to anti-consumer practices. | ||
=Examples= | == Examples == | ||
=== Echographs === | |||
=== MRI === | |||
=== CT-Scanners === | |||
==== 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> | |||
=== 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> | |||
=== 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>https://doi.org/10.1017/jme.2023.28</ref> | ||
[[Category:Echographs]] | [[Category:Echographs]] | ||
== References == | ==References== | ||
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Various medical equipment and the companies that produce them have come into scrutiny due to anti-consumer practices.
Examples
Echographs
MRI
CT-Scanners
Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
Terumo Cardiovascular blocks 3rd party repair of the Advanced Perfusion System 1 Heart Lung Machine[1]
Ventilators
Ventilators were affected by lack of a right to repair, notably during the Covid 19 pandemic[2]
Software
A study was conducted in Cambridge in relation to software-dependent medical devices and how they would benefit from right to repair[3]