Articles / Assassination by pacemaker: Australia needs to do more to regulate internet-connected medical devices
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Assistant Professor, School of Law, University of Canberra | Associate Professor of Law, Bond University
In the future, people are going to be just a little bit cyborg. We’ve accepted hearing aids, nicotine patches and spectacles, but implanted medical devices that are internet-connected present new safety challenges. Are Australian regulators keeping up?
A global recall of pacemakers has sparked new fears and splashy headlines about hacked medical devices. But the next 20 years of medicine will normalise the use of intelligent implants to control pain, provide data for diagnostic purposes and supplement ailing organs, which means we need proper security as well as access in case of emergency.
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Assistant Professor, School of Law, University of Canberra | Associate Professor of Law, Bond University
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