In order to get FDA clearance for you product, you need to comply with one or more of the following requirements:
- Establish and maintain a Medical Quality Management System, which complies with the GMP/QSR requirements
- Construct and submit an product clearance application file (510(k) or a PMA) file
- Contract a Regulatory Designated Agent in the EEUU
- Register your company with the FDA
- List your products with the FDA files
The actual requirements your product will need to comply with are subjected to the classification of your devices. This classification is based on the risk level established in Title 21 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) - FDA, Parts 862-892.
Here are some examples of medical devices and there correlation to product classification classifications:
Description |
CE Classification |
| Anesthesia machines |
II |
| Bioactive implantable devices |
II |
| Blood oxygen analyzers |
II |
| Bone cements, with antibiotic |
II |
| Brachytherapy devices |
II |
| Catheters, angioplasty balloon |
III |
| Catheters, with radioisotopes |
III |
| Collagen implants |
III |
| Condoms |
II |
| Contact lenses |
II |
| Contraceptive intrauterine devices (IUDs) |
III |
| Corrective glasses |
I |
| Crowns |
I |
| Defibrillators, external |
III |
| EEG and EMG Electrodes, non-invasive |
I |
| Electrodes, neurocortical |
II |
| Examination gloves |
I |
| Extracorporeal Circulation Devices |
II |
| Hemodyalizers. |
II |
| Hospital beds |
I |
| Incubators for babies |
II |
| Infusion cannula |
I |
| Infusion pumps |
II |
| Lenses, intra-ocular |
III |
| Lithotriptors |
II |
| Lung ventilators |
II |
| Muscle stimulators |
II |
| Nebulizers |
I |
| Needles, for syringes |
I |
| Prosthetic heart valves |
III |
| Scalpels |
I |
| Shunts, carotid artery |
III |
| Sterilizers for medical devices |
II |
| Stethoscopes for diagnosis |
I |
| Stomach pumping tubes |
I |
| Stretchers |
II |
| Sutures, absorbable |
II |
| Syringes without needles |
II |
| Ultrasound diagnostic equipment |
II |
| Vascular stents |
III |
| Wheelchairs |
I |
| More examples… |
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