It's so sad to me to see that this only has 5 points over 8 hours, and no comments.
This is remarkably well-written, goes into a very reasonable amount of depth (only eliding context-specifically sensitive material) and demonstrates an appropriate level of thoroughness. Most importantly it highlights the critical significance of further research into medical devices.
Last time I happened to be in an ER triage unit I remember noting that the blood pressure monitors decidedly weren't networked, and they verified the pulse measurements manually (by counting) as well.
It's clear that BP/pulse is such an important measurement that strict redundancy is the standard, but IMO it would be awesome to see the same attitude applied to the manufacturing stages of all devices in medical environments.
This is remarkably well-written, goes into a very reasonable amount of depth (only eliding context-specifically sensitive material) and demonstrates an appropriate level of thoroughness. Most importantly it highlights the critical significance of further research into medical devices.
Last time I happened to be in an ER triage unit I remember noting that the blood pressure monitors decidedly weren't networked, and they verified the pulse measurements manually (by counting) as well.
It's clear that BP/pulse is such an important measurement that strict redundancy is the standard, but IMO it would be awesome to see the same attitude applied to the manufacturing stages of all devices in medical environments.