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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

Main article: 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

A study was conducted in Cambridge in relation to software-dependent medical devices and how they would benefit from right to repair.^[2]

References

↑ Maxwell, Thomas (23 Jan 2025). "Medical Device Company Suddenly Stops Hospitals From Fixing Machines Themselves". Gizmodo. Retrieved 16 Mar 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
↑ Lindgren, Lars; Kesselheim, Aaron S.; Kramer, Daniel B. (8 Mar 2023). "The Right to Repair Software-Dependent Medical Devices". Cambridge University Press. Retrieved 16 Mar 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[1] Maxwell, Thomas (23 Jan 2025). "Medical Device Company Suddenly Stops Hospitals From Fixing Machines Themselves". Gizmodo. Retrieved 16 Mar 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[2] Lindgren, Lars; Kesselheim, Aaron S.; Kramer, Daniel B. (8 Mar 2023). "The Right to Repair Software-Dependent Medical Devices". Cambridge University Press. Retrieved 16 Mar 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

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