Body extension and the law: medical devices, intellectual property, prosthetics and marginalisation (again)

Abbe Brown, Shawn Harmon, Rory O’Connor, Sita Popat, Sarah Whatley

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    Abstract

    This interdisciplinary paper, drawing on empirical and doctrinal research regarding artificial limbs and digital avatars, analyses two concepts which are argued to be core to the person – integrity and identity. From the perspective of a person who is a prosthetic user, the paper then evaluates the extent to which two legal regimes which are highly relevant to prosthetics, medical devices regulation (and its delivery) and intellectual property (and its power), engage with the person, integrity and identity with a focus on approaches taken to authority and control. The paper criticises the meaning which law generates regarding the person. It calls for new approaches to be taken by the legal regimes explored to the person, identity and integrity; and for a new multifaceted interdisciplinary driven approach to the person.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages161-184
    Number of pages24
    Volume10
    No.2
    Specialist publicationLaw, Innovation and Technology
    PublisherTaylor and Francis
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2018

    Bibliographical note

    This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in
    Law, Innovation and Technology
    on 27th September 2018, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/17579961.2018.1526853

    Copyright © and Moral Rights are retained by the author(s) and/ or other copyright owners. A copy can be downloaded for personal non-commercial research or study, without prior permission or charge. This item cannot be reproduced or quoted extensively from without first obtaining permission in writing from the copyright holder(s). The content must not be changed in any way or sold commercially in any format or medium without the formal permission of the copyright holders.

    Keywords

    • Person
    • integrity
    • Identity
    • intellectual property
    • medical devices

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