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There should be something similar to the FDIC for medical device manufacturers. If you're a customer of a bank and the bank goes under, the FDIC will step in to
by _fat_santa 4y ago
There should be something similar to the FDIC for medical device manufacturers. If you're a customer of a bank and the bank goes under, the FDIC will step in to ensure continuity of operations and youre eventually taken up by another bank that buys the assets.
For a company that makes medical devices, part of the bankrupcy process should be a 3rd party company coming in and taking over support and maintenance of the devices. Although this would be very challenging, one of the things that makes it possible with banks is at a high level,the business is the same. With medical devices it would be much much more difficult to find a suitable company to come in and take over operations.
At the very least this story is why we need Right to Repair laws. If not having another company step in to takeover support, at least make the device such that it can be repaired by an independent party
- ClumsyPilot 4y agoThe software industry is fucked from the get-go - you sjould have the right to inspect all software im your body. After all, you have the right to read all patents. The idea that someone could have code bugs in my body, or a virus running on an implant, or put in functionality I didnt asl for, is basically about as abhorrent as slavery.
- bombolo 4y agoSecurity researchers have shown they can kill people with peacemakers if they get close enough to them.
- enraged_camel 4y agoDid you mean "pacemakers"?
- bombolo 4y agoyes, sorry
- antifa 4y agoYou can kill anyone if you get close enough.
- bombolo 4y agoLeaving no obvious trace of what has happened