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Also right to repair obviously can't apply to an implanted device. Those devices are hermetically sealed and disposed of after explant.



Medtronic insulin pumps are routinely hacked by their owners:

https://www.google.com/amp/s/medicalxpress.com/news/2019-06-...

Sorry for the Google amp link.

There’s also this kind of medical device hacking (again not black hat):

https://hackaday.com/2020/07/15/diy-dongle-breathes-life-int...

And open-source ventilator software:

https://hackaday.com/2020/03/30/professional-ventilator-desi...


Right to repair isn't exactly supporting homebrew software although it'd help to have schematics.




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