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“The Bleeding Edge” on Netflix introduced me to this idea. It’s kind of terrifying that a huge amount of our medical system is built upon this.
by adamtaylor_13 3y ago
“The Bleeding Edge” on Netflix introduced me to this idea. It’s kind of terrifying that a huge amount of our medical system is built upon this.
- oezi 3y agoThe flipside of this is that running clinical trials for any kind of modification to existing devices wouldn't be ethical as well. You need to find a compromise between making it hard enough for companies not to compromise safety and easy enough for innovations to occur. Medical versions of normal items such as PCs or monitors can routinely cost 10x as much, just because the paper work to show their safety is huge.
- adamtaylor_13 3y agoAgreed. But then if a parent patent is recalled or otherwise labeled as dangerous, all child patents should need to reapply and cite why they shouldn’t be recalled as well. Currently there is NO process for that. (As of the last time I watched that documentary, admittedly)