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Android for medical device?!
By Lord 666 on 11/22/2011 9:59:14 PM , Rating: 3
Way too sketchy. Especially after proof of concept for hacking a diabetic pump into overdrive was released this year. Even look at the scada hacks recently.

For a true and transparent solution, it would require transdermal monitoring and for A1C trending into the SAME app that also does administering and able to export to endo provider.

Yes, I agree treatment adherence for chronic illness is making huge strides with smartphones, but android is the wrong mobile os for security concerns.

Ps - good luck

RE: Android for medical device?!
By MrTeal on 11/23/2011 10:14:27 AM , Rating: 2
It is a little sketchy, but it's the direction that most devices seem to be going in.

Honestly I'd be more afraid of the increased integration of WiFi and Internet into things like vehicles. The idea of being able to do things like start your car, monitor your speed, fuel usage and levels and whatever else over the internet is cool, but if they ever implemented it poorly and create an attack vector into the ECU that would be a huge risk.

RE: Android for medical device?!


RE: Android for medical device?!
By Samus on 11/24/2011 1:36:17 AM , Rating: 2
The device only holds 400 units. If someone were to burst that into you, it probably wouldn't be as much a medical emergency it being hacked to not administer the insulin and having the app tell you it is.

Either way, the hacker would face attemted manslaugher charges at the least.

RE: Android for medical device?!
By Dubb on 11/26/2011 2:36:51 AM , Rating: 2
400 units is a week's worth of insulin for the average type 1. 2-3 weeks worth for some. Easily fatal, and fairly quickly unless it's caught soon AND is pretty slow acting insulin (pumps usually use fast acting insulin).

At my insulin to carb ratio (varies per person), counteracting a dose of 400 units would require ingesting 4 kg of pure sugar, or taking several glucagon shots.

If it was hacked to not deliver insulin, it would be noticed in a few hours, unless they were able to hack the blood sugar monitoring device as well, and those must be calibrated regularly with old-fashioned finger sticks. It would be treated as a malfunction and the user would switch to his/her backup treatment regiment, which is bothersome but unlikely to be a medical emergency.


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