St Jude Medical introduces cyber security updates for medical devices

St Jude Medical will be introducing a series of new cyber security updates to make its medical technology less susceptible to tampering.

Updates are being introduced for the company's Merlin remote monitoring system, which is used with implantable pacemakers and defibrillator devices, and include fixes to complement existing measures and further reduce the already extremely low cyber security risks.

Seven software updates have been issued for the Merlin@home transmitter alone in the last three years, with the latest software update to Merlin@home introduced this week. It includes additional validation and verification between the Merlin@home device and Merlin.net service.

To date, no cyber security incidents related to a St Jude Medical device have been reported, nor is the company aware of any of its devices or systems in clinical use being intentionally and specifically targeted.

Phil Ebeling, vice-president and chief technology officer at St Jude Medical, said: "We've partnered with agencies such as the US Food and Drug Administration and the Department of Homeland Security Industrial Control Systems Cyber Emergency Response Team unit, and are continuously reassessing and updating our devices and systems."

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