Wednesday, April 27, 2022

Active implantable medical devices

 

Active implantable Medical Device’ are those devices which require source of Electrical Energy or any source of power other than that generated by the human body or by gravity. Due to increasing investments in the innovations & R&D sector Medical Industry are giving more focus to Active implantable Medical Devices’ to develop compact design, User-friendly & efficient medical devices without compromising the safety of the patient. Active Medical Device manufacturers must ensure that their device should meet the EU-MDR 2017/745 requirements before placing the device in the European market. 

Active implantable Medical devices:

Active Medical Devices are classified as per ‘Rule 9 – Rule 13’ according to EU-MDR 2017/745 Annexure VIII: Classification Rules. New Rule has been introduced under the Active Medical Devices which is related to the ‘Software based Medical devices’. This includes Software itself a medical device and the medical device that incorporates the software.  

EN 60601 series of standards is widely accepted for Active Medical Devices and compliance with these standards is one of the essential requirement for selling the device in the European market. So the Additional testing need to be performed on the Active Medical devices to address the safety and effectiveness. 

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UKCA marking for medical devices


UKCA marking for medical devices. 

The UK medical devices, are regulated by the Medicine and Healthcare product Regulatory Agency (MHRA). If a medical device manufacturer wants to place their product in Great Britain then they need to have UKCA marking meaning UK product marking. UKCA stands for UK Conformity Assessed, UKCA marking is a substitute for the EU requirement of CE marking. The guidance provides information that includes; getting devicecertified, conformity marking, and registering the device with MHRA.One thing to note here is that as per the Northern Ireland protocol, rules to place a device in Northern Ireland market differ from Great Britain. UKCA is product marking needed for the placement of medical devices in the UK market. The term medical device here also includes in vitro diagnostic medical devices and active implantable medical devices. For the Northern Ireland market CE mark or UKNI mark is required for the placement of medical devices in the Northern Ireland market. 

Exemptions: One should not put a UKCA mark on the product if, 

  • The product is exclusively for clinical investigation and meets the requirement as far as possible. 
  • an in vitro diagnostic medical device (IVD) for performance evaluation 
  • a non-compliant device used in exceptional circumstances (humanitarian grounds) 
  • Custom made device that meets the requirement in UKMDR 2002 

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