1. Acceptance of these Terms
By creating an account, starting a trial, purchasing a membership, accessing the customer portal, or otherwise using Device Compass, you agree to these Terms of Service and our Privacy Policy. If you do not agree, do not use the service.
2. The Service
Device Compass provides a searchable medical-equipment terminology and cross-reference resource intended for clinical engineering, healthcare technology management (HTM), biomedical equipment, and related professional use. The service may include device categories, manufacturers, models, model numbers, aliases, nicknames, departments, service specialties, lifecycle information, and other reference data.
We may add, remove, correct, reorganize, or update content and features over time. We do not guarantee that every device, model, manufacturer, alias, classification, or department relationship is complete, current, or error-free.
3. Eligibility and Accounts
You must be at least 18 years old and legally capable of entering into a binding agreement. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account credentials and for activity performed through your account. You may not share credentials in a way that defeats membership restrictions or permits unauthorized access.
You agree to provide accurate account and billing information and to promptly update information that materially affects your account.
4. Memberships, Trials, Billing, and Cancellation
Membership pricing, trial duration, renewal terms, and the amount due are displayed during Stripe Checkout before you enroll. The current founding-membership offer may include a 90-day free trial followed by recurring billing at $1.00 per month.
By starting a trial or subscription that requires a payment method, you authorize Stripe, our payment processor, to charge the payment method on file when the trial ends and on each renewal date unless you cancel before the applicable billing date.
You may manage or cancel your subscription through the Manage membership link in Device Compass. When cancellation is scheduled for the end of the billing period or trial, access generally continues through the displayed end date and then terminates. You may be able to reverse a scheduled cancellation before that date through the Stripe Customer Portal.
Except where required by law or expressly stated otherwise, fees already charged are non-refundable. We may change future pricing or membership terms with reasonable notice when required.
5. Acceptable Use
You may use Device Compass for lawful internal reference and professional purposes. You may not:
- attempt to bypass authentication, membership controls, rate limits, or other security measures;
- access another person’s account without authorization;
- interfere with, overload, probe, attack, or disrupt the service or its infrastructure;
- systematically scrape, crawl, harvest, export, reproduce, or republish substantial portions of the database without written permission;
- resell or commercially redistribute Device Compass data as a competing database or service;
- use the service to violate law, third-party rights, or applicable healthcare or information-security obligations; or
- upload or submit protected health information (PHI), patient-identifying information, passwords, payment-card details, or other sensitive information into search fields or support communications unless specifically requested through an authorized secure channel.
6. Intellectual Property and Third-Party Names
The Device Compass site, software, branding, database structure, original content, and related materials are owned by or licensed to Device Compass and are protected by applicable intellectual-property laws.
Manufacturer names, product names, model names, trademarks, and other third-party identifiers may appear solely for reference, identification, and interoperability purposes. Those marks remain the property of their respective owners. Their appearance does not imply sponsorship, endorsement, or affiliation unless expressly stated.
7. Professional and Medical-Equipment Disclaimer
Device Compass is an informational reference tool. It does not establish device ownership, maintenance responsibility, regulatory classification, risk level, clinical suitability, preventive-maintenance requirements, recall status, cybersecurity status, service procedures, or patient-care instructions.
Before making service, purchasing, regulatory, clinical, safety, or operational decisions, users should verify information against authoritative sources such as manufacturer documentation, approved service literature, FDA or other regulatory information, facility policy, and the organization’s CMMS/governance standards.
8. Third-Party Services
Device Compass relies on third-party service providers, including Stripe for billing and customer-portal services, Supabase for authentication/database infrastructure, Netlify for hosting/serverless infrastructure, and Google when a user chooses Google sign-in. Your use of those third-party services may also be governed by their terms and privacy policies.
9. Availability, Security, and Changes
We work to keep Device Compass available and secure, but uninterrupted availability is not guaranteed. Maintenance, provider outages, internet disruptions, security events, or other circumstances may temporarily limit access. We may modify or discontinue features when reasonably necessary.
10. Suspension and Termination
We may suspend or terminate access for nonpayment, abuse, security risk, unlawful conduct, material violation of these Terms, or conduct that threatens the service or other users. You may stop using the service at any time and may cancel a paid membership through the customer portal.
11. Disclaimer of Warranties
To the maximum extent permitted by law, Device Compass is provided “as is” and “as available,” without warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement, accuracy, completeness, or uninterrupted availability. Some jurisdictions do not allow certain warranty exclusions, so portions of this section may not apply to you.
12. Limitation of Liability
To the maximum extent permitted by law, Device Compass and Centurion Consulting Services LLC will not be liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, exemplary, or punitive damages, or for loss of profits, revenue, data, goodwill, business opportunity, or equipment availability arising from or related to use of the service.
To the maximum extent permitted by law, our aggregate liability for claims arising from the service will not exceed the greater of (a) $100 or (b) the amount you paid to Device Compass during the 12 months preceding the event giving rise to the claim.
13. Indemnification
To the extent permitted by law, you agree to indemnify and hold harmless Device Compass and Centurion Consulting Services LLC from third-party claims, losses, or expenses arising from your unlawful use of the service, violation of these Terms, or infringement of another party’s rights.
14. Governing Law
These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Idaho, United States, without regard to conflict-of-law principles. Subject to applicable law, disputes that cannot be resolved informally will be brought in an appropriate state or federal court in Idaho.
15. Changes to these Terms
We may update these Terms as the service, law, or business practices change. The revised version will be posted on this page with an updated effective date. If a change materially affects an active paid membership, we will provide notice when required by law.
16. Contact
Questions about these Terms may be sent to beta@thedevicecompass.com or through the support contact information displayed in Device Compass, Stripe Checkout, or the Stripe Customer Portal.