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No one can deploy fixes because each iteration has to go through draconian certifications.

That's actually not true. Another post on the same blog debunks that myth. It says that most updates will fall under the review threshold.
  See the post here

Seems like this was demonstrated four years ago, no?

Pacemakers and Implantable Cardiac Defibrillators: Software Radio Attacks and Zero-Power Defenses.
D. Halperin, T.S. Heydt-Benjamin, B. Ransford, S.S. Clark, B. Defend, W. Morgan, K. Fu, T. Kohno, and W.H. Maisel.
IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy, May 18-21, 2008.

See: http://www.secure-medicine.org/icd-study/icd-study.pdf

This has been known since at least 2008. The Economist has an interesting article about the FDA slowly moving towards open source medical devices to improve the overall security and reliability of software in medical devices.

The research report is online at http://www.secure-medicine.org. The FAQ and paper have much more information. In fact, I'd suggest linking to the FAQ in an UPDATE to the main article.

The research report is online at http://www.secure-medicine.org. The FAQ and paper have much more information. In fact, I'd suggest linking to the FAQ in an UPDATE to the main article.

The research report is online at http://www.secure-medicine.org. The FAQ and paper have much more information. In fact, I'd suggest linking to the FAQ in an UPDATE to the main article.