Querying the ARTG
The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) provides a searchable view of the Australian Register of Therapeutic Goods (ARTG). I used it to identify the number of pieces of complex medical equipment approved for supply in Australia.
Repair
Repair barriers affecting Australian Biomedical Engineers
There has long been a tension between biomedical engineers, who seek access to aintain and repair medical equipment, and manufacturers, who seek to prevent access to their devices in the name of safety, liability, and the protection of their intellectual property. This study attempts to understand what barriers to medical equipment repair and maintenance are being experienced by Australian biomedical engineers.
Reviewing the literature on right to repair
Academic Right to Repair literature has ballooned in recent years but little systematic attention has been paid to it. This is an attempt to review the literature and draw some conclusions about its shape and direction.