I used to work in this field. One device we worked with, which would reside in an OR ,we wanted to be able to push updates to it and receive bug tracking information through the Internet, but pretty much everyone knew that the hospitals would never let it be connected to the Internet. I can’t really cite any statistics, just know that it was something that company talked about quite a bit as it limited us. All the software updates had to be performed by technicians who came in with USB sticks or laptops that they connected to the devices. It could be very time consuming, and of course the hospitals would rather be using their ORs for surgeries and not have a technician in there updating their devices.
