Does the Apple watch not work?
> But if they had been under clinical trial already, there was a real possibility that real people out there would have been harmed severely (a 'bad' geriatric fall can become lethal).
How would that be different if they didn't have a device? They would have died anyway, right?
Maybe. If they think that the device will help them in their hour of need, then they may be taking chances they normally would not have. To have something remote brick and then not tell the people that it was bricked is a gigantic ethical violation.
> Does the Apple watch not work?
Not to a medically relevant level:
"Apple Watch cannot detect all falls. The more physically active you are, the more likely you are to trigger Fall Detection due to high impact activity that can appear to be a fall.”
If we pick apart disclaimers, I think we will find that nothing works. /gentle_sarcasm
All emails to the company were unanswered. All phone calls went to voicemail. Nothing could be done. She was 5 years into her PhD on this and had to restart the whole project (she wasn't much of a coder, more a clinical trials person).
In medicine, the SV mindset of 'move fast, break things' means that granny is breaking her hip and isn't going to last much longer. You CANNOT 'break things' in medicine. However, if you do get though clinical trials, hoooo baby! You essentially have a monopoly and will be rolling in it. MedTech investing is a lot like SV's VC investing, just a lot more careful.