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> A medical device manufacturer has threatened to sue a group of volunteers in Italy that 3D printed a valve used for life-saving coronavirus treatments. The va
by ardy42 7y ago
> A medical device manufacturer has threatened to sue a group of volunteers in Italy that 3D printed a valve used for life-saving coronavirus treatments. The valve typically costs about $11,000 from the medical device manufacturer, but the volunteers were able to print replicas for about $1 (via Techdirt).
What's the name of the manufacturer?
- enilakla 7y agoRight. I'm wondering the same. Enough bad pr and this will change quickly.
- majewsky 7y agoNo it won't. What are we gonna do, stop buying from them? We are not their customers to begin with, hospitals' procurement departments are.
- ardy42 7y ago> No it won't. What are we gonna do, stop buying from them? We are not their customers to begin with, hospitals' procurement departments are. You're wrong. We're not living in some capitalist cartoon. Even the greediest CEO doesn't want to be a villain in a lifesaving story like this.
- 29athrowaway 7y agoINTERSURGICAL S.P.A. https://patents.google.com/patent/EP1852137B1/en https://patents.google.com/patent/EP1852137B1/en