Hacker News with Generative AI: Medical Devices

Tariffs Are About to Hit Lifesaving Medical Equipment (motherjones.com)
For millions of disabled people, essential health devices known as durable medical equipment, or DME—think of CPAP machines or in-home dialysis equipment—help them both remain at home and stay alive.

Medical Devices, Healthcare, Policy, Economics

6 points by josefresco 8 days ago | 0 comments

What a Wrongful Death Lawsuit Reveals About America's Largest Oxygen Provider (propublica.org)
Lincare, a giant respiratory-device supplier with a long history of fraud settlements and complaints about dismal service, is facing its latest legal challenge: a lawsuit that claims its failures caused the death of a 27-year-old man with Down syndrome.

Lawsuits, Healthcare, Medical Devices, Fraud

11 points by hn_acker 47 days ago | 3 comments

FDA issues early alert for Baxter's Spectrum infusion pump (medicaldevice-network.com)
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued an early alert over a ‘potentially high-risk’ issue with certain Baxter Sigma Spectrum and Spectrum IQ infusion pumps.

FDA, Medical Devices, Healthcare, Safety

39 points by iancmceachern 49 days ago | 46 comments

Chinese medical devices in health systems across US; gov., hospitals are worried (cnbc.com)

Medical Devices, Healthcare, China, United States, Government

12 points by rntn 61 days ago | 0 comments

ExThera Claimed Its Device Could Cure Cancer. But Patients Died (nytimes.com)

Medical Devices, Healthcare, Cancer, Scientific Misconduct

7 points by tysone 93 days ago | 0 comments

Hands-on Assignment – Therac-25 (2007) (web.mit.edu)
Now that you have had a bit more experience with systems and a better understanding of concurrency issues, we revisit the Therac-25.

Software Engineering, Medical Devices, Case Studies

106 points by luu 93 days ago | 57 comments

Battery-Free Bioelectronic Implants (chemistryworld.com)
Spurred by advances in energy-harvesting materials, a new generation of advanced implantable biomedical devices is emerging that does away with the bulky battery.

Bioelectronics, Medical Devices, Materials Science

42 points by Brajeshwar 160 days ago | 14 comments

Heart rate variability differs between smartwatch and clinical testing (wvutoday.wvu.edu)
New West Virginia University research finds heart rate variability — the time between heartbeats — reported on smartwatches and rings is different from what’s recorded in clinical settings.

Health, Wearable Technology, Research, Medical Devices

112 points by zdw 198 days ago | 74 comments

LsCs is a cross platform C++ GUI library focused on Medical Devices (lscs-software.com)
LsCs is a cross platform GUI library forked from CopperSpice focusing on Desktops and Embedded systems.

C++, GUI, Medical Devices, Cross-Platform, Software Libraries

43 points by jandeboevrie 216 days ago | 45 comments

Why People Are Breaking Open Their Mounjaro Pens (theatlantic.com)

Health, Pharmaceuticals, Medical Devices, Obesity

16 points by mooreds 229 days ago | 2 comments

Dexcom starts selling its new over-the-counter glucose monitor in the U.S. (sandiegouniontribune.com)

Health, Diabetes, Technology, Medical Devices

35 points by bookofjoe 237 days ago | 72 comments

Many FDA-approved AI medical devices are not trained on real patient data (medicalxpress.com)