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Comment by schuetze

Agreed. BiPaP to ventilator already seemed like a somewhat questionable transformation, and now we're going

CPAP ----questionable software hackery ----> BiPaP --- questionable hardware hacking ---> Ventilator

This is hubris. Ventilators are not iPhones circa 2010. It's irresponsible for non-medical researchers to not only pursue, but also disseminate, these jailbreaks. A significant portion of medical device RnD is related to creating technology that is hard to misuse and won't result in accidental death, and I just don't see that here.

parent schuetze 6 years ago

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