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Published Aug 11 2012 by Slashdot

Patient Just Wants To See Data From His Implanted Medical Device

An anonymous reader writes "Hugo Campos got an implanted cardiac defibrillator shortly after collapsing on a BART train platform. He wants access to the data wirelessly collected by the computer implanted in his body, but the manufacturer says No. It seems...

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...reader writes "Hugo Campos got an implanted cardiac defibrillator shortly after collapsing on a BART train platform. He wants access to the data wirelessly collected by the computer implanted in his body, but the manufacturer says No. It seems weird that a patient can't get access to data about his own heart. Hugo and several medical device engineers are responding to live Q/A on Sunday night on such topics via ACM MedCOMM webcast at ACM SIGCOMM."

Patient Just Wants To See Data From His Implanted Medical Device [Published Slashdot - Aug 11 2012]

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First reported May 22 2013 - Updated 12 hours ago - 2 reports

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First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 2 reports

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First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 2 reports

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First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 2 reports

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