Medtronic
Medical & mobility · Last assessed Jun 9, 2026
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The letter is the published assessment. Missing factor evidence is labeled; it does not become a zero.
Why this grade
Medtronic is one of the large medical-device OEMs operating under the service-contract model that PIRG and biomedical technicians (BMETs) document as broadly repair-restrictive: refusal to release full service manuals, password/service-key gating of diagnostics, and calibration software required to activate spare parts but withheld from independents. Medtronic does run a public manuals portal (manuals.medtronic.com), but those are largely device/clinical manuals rather than the board-level service documentation and calibration tooling independents need, and its implantable/surgical/pump lines are heavily software-locked. Grade rests mainly on category-wide evidence; Medtronic name-specific public evidence is thinner than for Philips, hence low confidence.
Sources
Methodology & scope
Five dimensions are scored 0–100 and weighted equally: parts availability, schematic access, repairability, OEM pricing and software freedom. The letter scale is A (90–100), B (80–89), C (70–79), D (60–69), F (below 60).
This assessment was last assessed Jun 9, 2026. Its assessment scope is Medical & mobility and is not a claim about every device the maker ships.
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Manufacturer response
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What makes up the grade
- Parts Availability
- 25 / 100
- Schematic Access
- 30 / 100
- Repairability
- 25 / 100
- OEM Pricing
- 30 / 100
- Software Freedom
- 25 / 100
Grade history
No grade changes are recorded.
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