Beanie Bo

Right to repair in the medical industry

I feel like if we want more people to care about these issues, we should branch further out from tech companies and really focus on other hardware and equipment in other industries. Anyway... link dump!

Louis' video on ventilators (mostly general info and needs more specific incidents) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqGiGgRSCI4

FDA report that med OEM's are basically gaslighting the dangers of right to repair https://www.fda.gov/media/113431/download

How ventilator OEM locks (may) have led to more sick and dead during the COVID pandemic https://www.techdirt.com/2020/04/10/manufacturers-refuse-to-allow-hospitals-to-fix-ventilators-that-are-last-hope-many-covid-19-patients/

COVID ventilators https://www.vice.com/en/article/hospitals-need-to-repair-ventilators-manufacturers-are-making-that-impossible/

AdvaMed gaslighting about the dangers of right to repair https://www.advamed.org/2022/04/28/the-fallacy-of-right-to-repair-for-medical-devices/

General article with multiple case studies from Proto magazine of Massachusettes General Hospital https://protomag.com/policy/who-has-the-right-to-repair-medical-equipment/ Beanie Bo (talk) 16:42, 20 September 2025 (UTC)