New Release Helps Companies Deliver
Safety-Certified Medical Devices to Market Faster
WATERLOO, ON, April 28,
2022 /PRNewswire/ -- BlackBerry Limited (NYSE:
BB; TSX: BB) today announced the release of the QNX® Hypervisor 2.2
for Safety, the latest edition of the company's safety-certified,
real-time embedded hypervisor product, designed to enable the
healthcare industry to deliver safe, secure medical devices and
applications to market faster.
In addition to being certified to the latest ISO 26262 ASIL D
standard for automotive and IEC 61508 SIL3 for electronic
systems, the QNX Hypervisor 2.2 for Safety is recognized
with the highest functional safety standard for medical device
software – IEC 62304 Class C compliance – from the independent
auditors at TÜV Rheinland. The new release comes at a time of
increased U.S. regulatory scrutiny following the revelation of
numerous medical device security vulnerabilities as of late,
with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) releasing draft
cybersecurity guidance on medical devices alongside the
introduction of two new pieces of legislation – the Protecting and
Transforming Cyber Health Care (PATCH) Act and the Healthcare
Cybersecurity Act, all of which seek to proactively strengthen
cybersecurity healthcare protections and protect lives.
"Medical device manufacturers operate in an environment filled
with intense market pressures, stringent safety regulations and
concerns about cyberthreats," said Grant
Courville, Vice President, Products and Strategy at
BlackBerry QNX. "BlackBerry QNX solutions are used in more than 50
types of medical devices and with the release of the QNX Hypervisor
2.2 for Safety, embedded developers have a software foundation that
they can continue to count on which has been specifically designed
for safety, security and reliability, enabling them to overcome
many challenges at once."
"At a time when embedded device developers are in a race to
adopt the latest technologies to meet feature demands while
balancing mixed criticality functions, the safe interoperation of
an array of operating systems has never been so important. The
latest release of the QNX Hypervisor for Safety brings together
pre-certifications across key industry standards including IEC
62304 Class C for medical with additional support needed for
high-performance computing. This solution can help deliver
responsive user experiences and better time to market while giving
organizations confidence that they can achieve their safety goals,"
said Chris Rommel, Executive Vice
President, IoT & Industrial Technology at VDC
Research.
With the QNX Hypervisor 2.2 for Safety, medical device
manufacturers and other embedded system suppliers are empowered
with ultimate design flexibility and scalability to consolidate
multiple systems with mixed criticality and different operating
environments onto a single hardware platform, reducing both the
initial development and long-term costs of ownership for a wide
variety of embedded systems in industries such as industrial,
automotive, transportation, heavy machinery, rail and robotics and
more.
Medical device companies globally trust BlackBerry QNX software
for a broad range of life-critical and graphics-rich medical
applications including surgical robots, infusion pumps and
pacemakers. BlackBerry QNX has a broad portfolio of embedded
system software designed for mission-critical implementations,
including the QNX® Hypervisor and the QNX® Neutrino® Real-time
Operating System, in addition to middleware and development tools.
Safety-certified variants of the QNX® OS for Safety are also
available.
For more information on BlackBerry QNX products and engineering
services for embedded systems, please visit BlackBerry.QNX.com.
About BlackBerry
BlackBerry (NYSE: BB;
TSX: BB) provides intelligent security software and services
to enterprises and governments around the world. The company
secures more than 500M endpoints
including 195M vehicles. Based
in Waterloo, Ontario, the company
leverages AI and machine learning to deliver innovative solutions
in the areas of cybersecurity, safety and data privacy
solutions, and is a leader in the areas of endpoint security,
endpoint management, encryption, and embedded systems.
BlackBerry's vision is clear - to secure a connected future
you can trust.
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