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Healthcare Companies Threaten Italians Who 3D Print Vital Ventilator Pieces Amid Shortage - YouTube
Channel: The Ring of Fire
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Two Italian volunteers working with a physicist
over in Italy have been able to 3D print,
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a vital component of a ventilator that then
saved 10 individual lives at a hospital in
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Italy.
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They used $1 worth of supplies to print this
ventilator piece, and the reason they had
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to do this was because the medical device
manufacturer had run out.
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There was a shortage.
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They did not have enough of these ventilator
pieces to keep people alive.
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So they did what they had to do.
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They improvised.
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The physicist helped them to take the measurements
of these ventilator pieces, able to 3D print
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them.
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They worked and they saved 10 lives and they
did it for a dollar a piece.
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And because of that, the medical device manufacturer
is now furious and threatening to sue these
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individuals because this healthcare company
has the patent on those and you're not allowed
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to print these out because we hold the patent.
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And their patent, by the way, the monopoly
that they have on this ventilator piece allows
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them to sell that piece that again, they 3D
printed for $1, but it's sold to hospitals
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for $11,000.
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So that's a savings if my math is correct,
of $10,999 per piece that these people saved.
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And this shows you how insane these patents
and these monopolies that healthcare con,
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companies all over the world hold.
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This should not be allowed.
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If anything, you can hold a patent, but you
can only hold it for five years after that
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game over.
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It doesn't matter if you try to tweak it,
which is what we see happen here in the United
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States.
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Healthcare companies, pharmaceutical companies,
medical device companies only get to hold
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their patent for about 10 years after that,
generics can come on the market.
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But if the original patent holder makes a
slight tweak to it that extends their patent
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and no generics are available.
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That has to stop.
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Three to five years tops, maybe even less
than that.
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Especially given what's happening with the
healthcare system across the planet right
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now.
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But to threaten to sue these individuals because
they spent $10 and saved 10 lives instead
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of you making over a hundred thousand dollars
for a piece that you didn't even have available.
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No, that's insane.
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And I've actually spoken to several lawyers
about this already and each one of them said,
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oh I would love to be a part of that suit
on behalf of the 3D printers, that is.
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Not the pharmaceutical company.
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I don't hang out with corporate lawyers, just
plaintiff's lawyers.
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So let me go ahead and send a message here.
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That's what this is about.
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This is about sending a message, not just
about this story.
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If you have a 3D printer, if you are somehow
able to help, because here in the United States
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as well, we are dealing with shortages.
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Shortages in masks, shortages in equipment.
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If you are able to help in any way possible,
please do it.
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We need it.
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If something goes sideways, if something goes
wrong, there are plenty, plenty of good trial
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lawyers in this country who are willing to
have your back.
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And I'm talking hall of fame trial lawyers
that would love to have your back if the pharmaceutical
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companies and the medical device companies
come after you.
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I can't guarantee anything, but that is based
on conversations that I've had with them.
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We have to help.
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There are certain laws here in the United
States that do allow for things like this
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in times of crisis and that is exactly what
it is.
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So again, if you are able to help, if you're
able to do anything, do it.
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We, the public, lawyers out there, we have
your back.
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If you can save lives for a dollar, I think
it's all within our, you know, personal responsibilities
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to make
that happen.
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