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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]

References

[1] ttps://gizmodo.com/medical-device-company-stops-hospitals-from-fixing-machines-themselves-2000554096

[2] ttps://www.wyden.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/wyden-markey_auto_privacy_letter_to_ftc.pdf

[3] ttps://doi.org/10.1017/jme.2023.28

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