Posted by Dave Soumis, 8/4/2009 6:00:57 AM

There was a guy from Ohio that started a website for such things, plus educational materials, publications, repair pointers, etc. The support he got, other than from a couple of us, was so low, he had to bow out and the site went away.

The only viable web presence that I know of is Biomedical talk listserve. http://www.biomedtalk.org/
I don't see EOL there, but perhaps Mike would add that to his site if you were to contact him.

Posted by vsarmiento, 8/4/2009 8:18:20 AM

It is indeed will make equipment budgeting a lot easier if a website addressing equipment obsolescence is readily available.   Since medical equipment now are mostly computer- based, software updates and /or upgrades are becoming to be the norm as offered by different manufacturers in terms of equipment support.   Unlike the old norm of declaring obsolescence where mainly based or determined by the availability of OEM replacement parts.

The initial equipment budgeting for the replacement determination process should begin right after the 1st year when the newly acquired equipment was installed. Computations of which are initially based on the expected usable life of the equipment, where equipment value are annually adjusted / updated based on equipment performance, service / maintenance history, equipment depreciation, technology development, etc.  

Instead of replacement, another option that is available that will contain cost at the same time breathing a new life to the equipment is, equipment re-manufacturing.  As an example, hospital beds which are highly expensive items to replace. This type of equipment can be sent back to the OEM for refurbishments and upgrades.  For a fraction of the original cost,  the OEM  can conduct a re-manufacturing process and the equipment will be given a new life and functionalities that carries another year of warranty period similar to a brand new  model.

Posted by Mary Coker, 8/5/2009 10:53:15 AM

META has had an searchable EOL database for several years now on their website that includes many of the actual letters which can be downloaded
Mymeta.org

Posted by Tom Drew, 8/5/2009 1:10:26 PM

I agree with Dave, that the BiomedTalk page might be a great place.  I don't want to dump additional work on Mike Kauffman, but it seems like a logical place, at least to start.

Posted by Chris Correll, 8/6/2009 8:36:41 AM

There is a fellow by the name of Jeremy Compton, a BMET that started a wikipedia homepage for all BMETs called BMETWiki. I believe that this would be a great place to update that information and its free too.  If you go to the main page under contents on the far right there is a link called "Medical Equipment Device Types". Next, pick a medical device you have in your equipment inventory. There you'll see different manufacturers and models and those obsolete manufacturers can be uploaded there. E.g. If you knew that HP Codemaster 100 defibrilator was obsolete then under Manufacturer HP in the model number section input the model "Codemaster 100 - OBSOLETE" there.

The site has other great things you can browse and learn from (i.e. videos, WikiBMET university, standards, manufacturers, upcoming events, etc) as well. I encourage everyone to go there and register. I've been updating videos, pictures, and it's been nice having one centralized spot to access.

Check it out!

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