Hacker News with Generative AI: Medical Devices

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 23 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 25 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 38 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 70 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 70 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 136 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 175 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 193 days ago | 45 comments

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

Health, Pharmaceuticals, Medical Devices, Obesity

16 points by mooreds 206 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 213 days ago | 72 comments

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