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‘Face recognition thermometer’ … Performance verification is bad for rogue medical devices too
Forced investigation after 13 days of YTN report … “Server logs protection”
“It is an illegal medical device, but it has an inflated performance …
Installation of multi-use facilities such as government offices … Continues to sell even after discontinuation measures
YTN reported that the ‘facial recognition thermometer’ installed in government offices and multi-use facilities across the country is an unlicensed medical device with messy performance.
In this regard, the Ministry of Food and Pharmaceutical Safety initiated a large-scale seizure and search of the manufacturer, and although the company knew it was illegal, it began to verify if the product was sold by inflating the price and performance.
This is the exclusive report from reporter Son Hyo-jeong.
[기자]Promoted ‘face recognition thermometer’ to measure body temperature quickly and accurately in 0.3 seconds from a distance of 1m.
However, the reality was completely different.
It was an illegal medical device that was not approved by the authorities, the body temperature measurement was not accurate, and even the facial recognition performance was stupid.
YTN has reported intensively on this content in a total of 6 episodes of the 4th.
In this regard, the Weihai Normal Investigation Team of the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety, which initiated the investigation, seized and searched the manufacturer’s headquarters.
It’s been 13 days after the first report on YTN.
The investigators are said to have secure server records, including sales documents stored on the company’s computer.
It is known that the Central Dangerous Crimes Investigation Team of the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety analyzed the data obtained through this seizure and search to see if the company had inflated the performance of the ‘facial recognition thermometer’ despite the fact that the company knew that it was an illegal medical device.
In addition, it is expected to investigate whether cheap parts made in China were imported and sold at high prices by misleading them as if they were domestic products.
This product has been installed in major multipurpose facilities including government offices such as police and district offices.
In particular, it was revealed that the company sold the product even after the Ministry of Food and Pharmaceutical Safety took steps to stop the sale on the 20th of last month for violating the Medical Devices Law.
[○○소방서 : 일주일 정도 전에 구매 요청을 해서 그때 (8월) 31일 와서 설치하고 갔어요. 두 대 구매했어요.] [○○교육청 관계자 : 저희는 본사를 통해서 연락했어요. 여기가 공공기관인데 만약에 (단속) 사실이 있었다고 하면 저희가 구매하겠어요? 안 하죠, 당연히.]However, the company representative claimed that it was just a product that added security features to the thermal imaging camera, and said that he did not know that it should be registered as a medical device.
[‘얼굴 인식 업체’ 대표 : 검역 목적의 스크린용으로는 저는 의료기기 아니라고 판단하고요.]The Ministry of Food and Pharmaceutical Safety, which has entered into a forced investigation, is investigating the illegality not only of the company in question, but also 70 other companies that have sold similar thermometers.
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