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The two primary, state of the art, guidelines for medical device manufacturer QMS and related services today are the ISO 13485 standards and the US FDA 21 CFR 820 regulations. The two have a great deal of similarity, and many manufacturers adopt QMS that is compliant with both guidelines.
ISO 13485 Medical devices -- Quality management systems -- Requirements for regulatory purposes is a voluntary standard, [1] published by International Organization for Standardization (ISO) for the first time in 1996, and contains a comprehensive quality management system for the design and manufacture of medical devices.
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The intersection of technology and quality management software prompted the emergence of a new software category: Enterprise Quality Management Software (EQMS). EQMS is a platform for cross-functional communication and collaboration that centralizes, standardizes, and streamlines quality management data from across the value chain.
The development of the ISO 9000-3 standard [9] as well as the European Medical Devices Directive in 1993 [1] helped bring some harmonization of existing laws with medical devices and their associated software, and the addition of IEC 62304 in 2006 further cemented how medical device software should be developed and tested. [11]
ISO 14971 Medical devices — Application of risk management to medical devices is a voluntary consensus standard, [1] published by International Organization for Standardization (ISO) for the first time in 1998, and specifies terminology, principles, and a process for risk management of medical devices.
The ISO 10993 set entails a series of standards for evaluating the biocompatibility of medical devices to manage biological risk. These documents were preceded by the Tripartite agreement and is a part of the international harmonisation of the safe use evaluation of medical devices. [1]
3. Best medical devices ETF iShares U.S. Medical Devices ETF (IHI) This ETF tracks an index of U.S.-listed stocks of medical device companies, including Abbott Laboratories, Medtronic and Boston ...