Medical Device Concerns

Comments discuss the proprietary nature, software reliability issues like JavaScript and firmware problems, regulatory challenges, and risks associated with medical devices, including potential life-threatening failures.

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dmd Jan 14, 2020 View on HN

Sorry, no. Very proprietary medical device. (And, really, you wouldn't want it. Really. shudders)

selimthegrim Apr 15, 2024 View on HN

Please tell me this doesn’t happen in medtech too

gte910h Apr 24, 2011 View on HN

It's a medical device. It's not a imposition in that case.

julienreszka Apr 27, 2019 View on HN

there are non invasive devices are you aware of that?

mertd Jan 4, 2022 View on HN

Maybe don't fake "medical devices" till you make it.

realusername Oct 7, 2016 View on HN

Because it's not any good, it's a medical device

vitaminCPP Dec 24, 2025 View on HN

Please don't use js in medical devices.

ok_dad Oct 2, 2022 View on HN

Those aren't medical devices.

jandrese Jan 22, 2024 View on HN

Medical devices with shit firmware are hardly uncommon. I can totally believe someone crashed one with a device like this.

arkades Jun 19, 2015 View on HN

No, it's a medical device, which falls squarely under their remit.