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It is anticipated in 2019 IEC 60601-1 edition 3 + Amendment 2 will be published & around 2024 we anticipate that 4th ed. of IEC 60601-1 will be published.

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• EU MDR & RoHS-2
• IMDRF Update
• Brazil
• China CFDA & China RoHS-2
• Russia
• Home Health Care Articles
• Standards Update
  • So much is going on with ISO 13485:2016 (links to details below) – “Medical Devices. Quality Management Systems. Requirements for Regulatory Purposes”.   Also, we keep adding to the post on ISO 13485:2016 is Now Available – Start Planning Your Transition.  Come and find all the great resources we link you with and also read the post to learn the steps to start your transition planning..
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FDA – Are you aware of the many issues with  FDA? Here are some of the relevant issues to keep up on

1) FDA Device Regulations, a few of which are coming later in 2016.  The FDA has a transparency initiative known as the Transparency Results Accountability Credibility Knowledge Sharing (TRACK).  The database shows what is expected for upcoming proposed and final rule making.  A couple of the items on that list are noted here. The dates in the db don’t guarantee the release of those rules. More information on the process the FDA follows to issue Rules & Regulations.

a) Use of Symbols in Labeling

Abstract “The purpose of this rule is to allow for the inclusion in device labeling of stand-alone symbols established as part of a standard developed by a national or international standards development organization, provided that such symbols are explained in a symbols glossary that is included in the labeling for the medical device. The rule also revises prescription device labeling regulations to authorize the use of the symbol statement “Rx only” on the labeling of prescription devices.”  One of the standards referenced is AAMI/ANSI/ ISO 15223–1:2012, Medical Devices— Symbols to be Used With Medical Device Labels, Labeling and Information to be Supplied, Part 1, General Requirements. The proposed rule announcement was published in the Federal Register on April 19, 2013.  The final rule is scheduled for March 2016 but as mentioned above the dates may not always be met.

b) Declaration of Labeling for Home-Use Devices

Abstract: “The purpose of the proposed rule is to require certain medical device establishments listing home-use medical devices to submit, in electronic format, the label and package insert of such certain medical devices listed with FDA. FDA intends to make the information from the submitted labeling accessible by the public through a focused Internet site.”  This is in the proposed rule stage and is expected to be issued around May 2016 if on time.

c) Radiology Devices; Designation of Special Controls for the Computed Tomography X-Ray System

Abstract: “The proposed rule would establish special controls for the computed tomography (CT) X-ray system. A CT X- ray system is a diagnostic X-ray imaging system intended to produce cross-sectional images of the body through use of a computer to reconstruct an image from the same axial plane taken at different angles. High doses of ionizing radiation can cause acute (deterministic) effects such as burns, reddening of the skin, cataracts, hair loss, sterility, and, in extremely high doses, radiation poisoning. The design of a CT X-ray system should balance the benefits of the device (i.e., the ability of the device to produce a diagnostic quality image) with the known risks (e.g., exposure to ionizing radiation). FDA is establishing proposed special controls, which are necessary to provide reasonable assurance of the safety and effectiveness of a class II CT X-ray system.” This is in the proposed rule stage and is expected to be issued around July 2016 if on time.

2) FDA continues to issue lots of Draft & Final Guidances.  Here are some relevant ones since our last update in Jan 2016:

a) Draft Guidance (Issued on January 26, 2016) – Design Considerations and Pre-market Submission Recommendations for Interoperable Medical Devices – Draft Guidance for Industry and Food and Drug Administration Staff

b) Draft Guidance (Issued on February 3, 2016) – Applying Human Factors and Usability Engineering to Medical Devices – Guidance for Industry and Food and Drug Administration Staff

c) Draft Guidance (Issued on February 3, 2016) – Human Factors Studies and Related Clinical Study Considerations in Combination Product Design and Development

d) Draft Guidance (Issued on February 3, 2016) – Linked with Item 2)b) Guidance. This Guidance provides a List of the Highest Priority Devices for Human Factors Review per FDA.  As this is a draft Guidance this list is not final but one I would highly recommend you follow, if you are submitting a product that is on this list, for a regulatory approval thru the FDA. – List of Highest Priority Devices for Human Factors Review – Draft Guidance for Industry and Food and Drug Administration Staff

e) Draft Guidance (Issued on February 9, 2016) – Display Devices for Diagnostic Radiology – Draft Guidance for Industry and Food and Drug Administration Staff

f) Final Guidance (Issued on March 7, 2016, the draft of this document was issued on January 27, 2015) – Medical Devices and Clinical Trial Design for the Treatment or Improvement in the Appearance of Fungally-Infected Nails – Guidance for Industry and Food and Drug Administration Staff

g) Draft Guidance (Issued on March 7, 2016) – Clinical Considerations for Investigational Device Exemptions (IDEs) for Neurological Devices Targeting Disease Progression and Clinical Outcomes – Draft Guidance for Industry and Food and Drug Administration Staff

h) Final Guidance (Issued on March 22, 2016, the draft of this document was issued on June 29, 2015) – Assessment of Radiofrequency-Induced Heating in the Magnetic Resonance (MR) Environment for Multi-Configuration Passive Medical Devices – Guidance for Industry and Food and Drug Administration Staff

3) FDA national evaluation system for medical devices announcement on 4 April 2016: “Establishing a national evaluation system for medical devices is one of CDRH’s 2016-2017 strategic priorities. A national evaluation system is a collaborative system that monitors, links, and analyzes real-world data from many different sources—including clinical registries, electronic health records and medical billing claims— across the medical device landscape with the goal of better understanding how medical devices perform. By harnessing such real-world data using state-of-the-art techniques, such a system will provide information that not only contributes to regulatory decisions, but also promotes device innovation, and importantly provides timely and meaningful information directly to patients and their physicians.

Today, as an outcome of a cooperative agreement with FDA1, the Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy published its vision on a coordinating center for such a system. “Better Evidence on Medical Devices: A Coordinating Center for a 21st Century National Medical Device Evaluation System” describes expectations for a national evaluation system’s Coordinating Center (you may recall that the planning board called for a Coordinating Center in its February 2015, “Strengthening Patient Care: Building a National Postmarket Medical Device Surveillance System”). The Coordinating Center will guide the future development and implementation of a national system.

Today’s publication is an important step toward building a national evaluation system. For more information about a national evaluation system, please visit the FDA’s National Evaluation System webpage.”

4) FDA on 4 April 2016 published in the Federal Register their latest updates to the list of Recognized Consensus Standards with some new additions, some updates and some withdrawals.  This is List 041 as published in the Federal Register and has some important updates that include finally adding in the IEC 61010-1 Lab Equipment standard among many other changes.  As of April 5, 2016 the Recognized Standards database has not been updated with these new standards updates.

5) Updated FDA Web Page on “Interference between CT and Electronic Medical Devices“. Last Updated on 31 March 2016.

6) Updated FDA Web Page on “eMDR System Enhancements“. Last Updated on 31 March 2016.

Part of the Standards Reconnaissance Database Service will include a listing of current FDA CDRH Guidances Final & Draft plus we will be adding in the Canadian and Europe Guidances, as well. We will be launching this stage 2 in the next month or so. Learn more about this db.  If you would like a live demo of the db please contact me directly at Leo@EisnerSafety.com.

EU  

Updates on the Draft EU Medical Device and the In-Vitro Diagnostic Regulations

This is a moving target but there are some really good resources for updates on these draft Regulations and my favorite sources to find out info on this topic are Erik Vollebregt’s Blog called www.medicaldeviceslegal.com, the MedTech Europe website (MedTech Europe is an alliance of European medical technology industry associations. It currently has two members: EDMA, representing the European in vitro diagnostic industry; and Eucomed, representing the European medical devices industry), and BSI’s updated white paper on “The proposed EU regulations for medical and in vitro diagnostic devices: An Overview of the likely outcomes and consequences for the market” (You need to fill out a form to download the White Paper but it is totally worth it). Anything new with Erik’s & MedTech Europe’s sites of late:

1) On Erik’s site he has done a post titled “Medical devices M&A – data protection” and it focuses on data protection in the EU is a major issue that needs to be addressed seriously and hopefully early enough on in a company’s history so when you are at the Mergers and Acquisition stage you aren’t trying to gigger with it at this late date as it could devalue your sale of your company.
2) In our previous Global Update MedTech Europe wrote about Advocacy activities related to the MD & IVD Regulations. It also looks at the past and future work to be done.

EU RoHS-2 – Courtesy GreenSoft Technology, Inc.

The Bulk of RoHS-2 Exemptions Expire This July: Be Prepared!

Renewal Requests Submitted for Large Number of EU RoHS-2 Exemptions

IMDRF Update  

IMDRF Offers Progress Updates at March Meeting in Brazil – Excellent update by RAPS Regulatory Focus which discusses the various updates by the Regulators including on the Medical Device Single Audit Program (MDSAP) and it’s progress, presentations on the topic of Software as a Medical Device, and current work summary for IMDRF (See below listing).

Current IMDRF work items include:

1. Medical Device Single Audit Program (MDSAP)

2. National Competent Authority Report (NCAR)

3. Software as a Medical Device (SaMD): Clinical Evaluation

4. Regulated Product Submission (RPS)

5. Patient Registries

6. Adverse Event Terminology

7. Good Regulatory Review Practices – Competence and Training Requirements for Pre-market Reviewers and Product Specialist

 Brazil IEC 60601-1-9 required End of 2016 Are You Ready?

Refer to our recently released blog post dated 6 April 2016. 

China  

CFDA – (China Food & Drug Administration) – Articles Courtesy CIRS-MD

Summary of Medical Device Guidelines of 2015 in China – In order to standardize the supervision and strengthen the guidance of medical device registration, CFDA had conformed and released a series of Medical Device Guideline in 2015. These guidances will help you prepare your submission dossier and for registration evaluation. What to include inside Guideline? and What guidelines did CFDA release?

“Guideline for Medical Device Good Supply Practice On-site Inspection”Interpretation – In order to strengthen the supervision and management of medical device distribution, standardize and guide the Good Supply Practice (GSP’s) on-site inspection, CFDA has formulated the Guideline for Medical Device Good Supply Practice On-site Inspection, issued Oct.15th , 2015. How to deal with the on-site inspection, and what is the criteria of inspection result determining?

“Administration Regulations for Instruction and Label of Medical Device” Interpretation – CFDA has put Administration Regulations for Instruction and Label of Medical Device (click on the Documents tab to get the regulations text) into effect on 2014.10.01, and issued the interpretation of this regulation to help enterprises to have better understanding of this regulation on 2015.02.05. What are the requirements of medical device instruction and label and their content? what are the contents forbidden in the instructions and labels?

“Administrative Measures for Quality Supervision on the Use of Medical Devices” – On Oct 23th, 2015, China Food and Drug Administration (CFDA) has promulgated Administrative Measures for Quality Supervision on the Use of Medical Devices to strengthen the management of the use of medical devices. According to the regulation, medical device use parties shall set up appropriate quality management system, which includes two aspects: one involves purchase, acceptance check and storage; another one involves use, maintenance and transfer.

CFDA 2015 Medical Device Regulatory Data Analysis – CFDA has released the 2015 Food And Drug Regulatory Statistical Annual Report, which announced the objective data about health food, drug, medical device and cosmetic. The data involved with manufacture, distribution, registration, and so on. This article discusses medical device regulatory data from 2012 to 2015 which involved with the number of Medical Device Registration during 2011~2015, as well as medical device manufacturers and distributors.

Final China RoHS-2 Regulation Published – Courtesy GreenSoft Technology, Inc. 

Russia   

Recently I found an English version of the Roszdravnadzor* website (Federal Service for Surveillance in Healthcare).

*”Roszdravnadzor executes the state supervision over observance of the Russian Federation legislation regarding the state supervision over quality and safety of medical practice, compliance to the procedures of healthcare provision and the standards of medical care by institutions and individual medical practitioners.

Home Health Care Articles Courtesy of HomeCare magazine

The Homecare Technology Race

Keeping Seniors in Their Homes with Technology

The Future of Home Health

Standards Updates  

ISO 13485:2016 – Medical devices. Quality management systems. Requirements for regulatory purposes

This segment has been update since the Publication of the ISO 13485:2016 standard.

The standard has been published as an International Standard. It was published late February but the official date on the ISO version of the Standard is March 1, 2016.
A white paper  by the Working Group WG1 of the Technical Committee TC210 proposed that there be a three (3) year transition period.  From what I have seen this seems like it will be followed but I would recommend that you check with your Notified Body or Certification Body that you are using for your Quality System Certificate to ensure you are on the same time schedule they are.

The proposal from the white paper says:
This phase concerns the co-existence of the availability of accredited certification to ISO 13485:2003 and ISO 13485:2016. It is recommended to ISO TC 210 that this phase last for three years, during which time users will have to update their quality management systems to meet the requirements of ISO 13485:2016 to an accredited certificate. It is recommended that the users of ISO 13485:2003 work with their certification bodies or registrars to schedule an upgrade audit at a convenient time within the transition period.
It is recommended that:

Two years after the publication of ISO 13485:2016 all accredited certifications issued (new certifications or re-certifications) will be to ISO 13485:2016.
Three years after publication by ISO of ISO 13485:2016, any existing certification issued to ISO 13485:2003 will not be valid.

If you are ready to start planning your transition to ISO 13485:2016 enjoy our blog post on the subject with lots of additional resources that have been added since the original post.

Find out more about this standard from a presentation done back in Feb 2016.  You can get the recording and the slide deck.  You’ll learn how to prepare for the coming regulatory changes, get a general overview of the standard & its most significant changes, and a lot more. Our strategic partners greenlight.guru will ran this free Webinar titled “Understanding the Changes to ISO 13485:2016”. It was presented by Mark Swanson who is a member of the ISO 13485 working group. Click this link to get the on-demand recording.
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ANVISA (The Brazil National Health Surveillance Agency) issued the rule IN 4 on September 24, 2015  (that superseded the IN 11, dated December 16, 2014) which requires the standard ABNT NBR IEC 60601-1:2010 + Emenda IEC:2012 – the Portuguese translation of IEC 60601-1:2005 + Amendment 1:2012 (Edition 3.1 or 3rd edition + Amendment 1).  This standard is required for any new product seeking ANVISA approval since September 24, 2015 and going forward.

Before we get to the 60601-1-9 issue let’s talk a little about which version of 60601-1 applies.  If you have an INMETRO certificate that met 60601-1 3rd ed. you are ok until you have to rectify your product or your certificate expires.  If the Particular Standard 60601-2-XX  is still based on the 2nd ed. of 60601-1 then you still can use the 2nd edition of 60601-1.  But check the IN 4 before you move forward that way to make sure you are using the proper version of the applicable standards.  For the EMC standard you only need to deal with the 60601-1-2 3rd ed. which is equivalent to the 2007 edition of IEC 60601-1-2 and is the less stringent standard compared to 4th ed of 60601-1-2.

Along with 60601-1 there were a long list of other 60601 based standards in the Notice including the 60601-1-9 standard for “environmentally conscious design of medical electrical equipment”.  If you would like a copy of this notice please e-mail me at Leo@EisnerSafety.com.  I believe that Brazil is the first country that is mandating the use of 60601-1-9 . The full IEC standard title is “IEC 60601-1-9:2007 + Amendment 1:2013 Medical electrical equipment – Part 1-9: General requirements for basic safety and essential performance – Collateral Standard: Requirements for environmentally conscious design“.  The Brazilian version of the standard is ABNT NBR IEC 60601-1-9:2014 which is translated into Portuguese and the text is identical to IEC 60601-1-9:2007 + A1:2013.

ANVISA is requiring compliance to the standard by December 1, 2016 specifically for the clauses 4.1, 4.5.2 and 4.5.3 of the standard.  So, the documentation needed will include the identification of environmental aspects (clause 4.1), instructions for minimizing environmental impact during normal use (clause 4.5.2), and information for end of life management (clause 4.5.3). 

If you need help with IEC 60601-1, any in the Series of Standards or any National Version of these standards please email Leo Eisner at Leo@EisnerSafety.com, or call Leo at +1 (503)-244-6151. He is the Principal Consultant of Eisner Safety Consultants.

White Paper on The growing role of human factors and usability engineering for medical devices

This white paper is on “The growing role of human factors and usability engineering for medical devices”and is focused on “…applying knowledge of human capabilities and limitations Human Factors and Usability Engineering (HF/UE) contributes to the design of intuitive displays, controls, and other interfaces that substantially reduce the risk of user error.”  It is written by Bob North, Human Centered Strategies.

I have the distinct pleasure and honor of assisting BSI review this white paper as a member of the BSI Medical Devices White Paper Advisory Panel for this series of white papers.

White Paper Series 

This is the last planned white paper in this series of white papers.  BSI said of the series that “…we are…producing a series of medical devices white papers. These will keep you up to date with regulations, developments and help you prepare for changes within your industry.”

The other white papers in the series you may be interested in reading, as they are very timely and current, are below:

• Negotiating the innovation and regulatory conundrum
• Engaging stakeholders in the home medical device market
• What you need to know about the FDA’s UDI system final rule
• Effective post-market surveillance; Understanding and conducting vigilance and post-market clinical follow-up
• The proposed EU regulations for medical and in vitro diagnostic devices: An overview of the likely outcomes and consequences for the market
• Generating clinical evaluation reports: A guide to effectively analysing medical device safety and performance

You can sign-up for future white papers or sign-up for their industry sectors newsletter.

If you need help with your EU CE Mark Medical Device Directive or IVD Directive Technical Files or Design Dossiers or preparing for your Notified Body Audit, email Leo Eisner directly at Leo@EisnerSafety.com, or call Leo at +1-(503)-244-6151. He is the Principal Consultant of Eisner Safety Consultants (bit.ly/EisnerSafetyConsultants).

Blog focus BSI’s 2^nd in a series of White Papers for Medical Device & IVD industries, on Generating clinical evaluation reports

White Paper on Generating clinical evaluation reports

This white paper is on “Generating clinical evaluation reports – A guide to effectively analysing medical device safety and performance” and is focused on “…guidance on how to satisfy important regulatory requirements e.g. the concept of equivalence and post-market clinical follow-up (PMCF).”  It is written by Dr Hassan Achakri, PhD, Director, International Clinical Affairs, Zimmer GmbH; Peter Fennema, Director, AMR Advanced Medical Research; and Dr Itoro Udofia, PhD, Orthopaedic & Dental Team Leader, BSI .

I have the distinct pleasure and honor of assisting BSI review this white paper as a member of the BSI Medical Devices White Paper Advisory Panel for this series of white papers.

White Paper Series and Future Topics to Come

BSI says of this series that “Throughout the year, we are going to be producing a series of medical devices white papers. These will keep you up to date with regulations, developments and help you prepare for changes within your industry.”

The additional white papers in the series will be on:

• The digital patient
• What medical device manufactures need to know about FDA’s Unique Device Identification Final Rule
• Post-market surveillance
• Usability engineering

You can sign-up for the whole series of white papers too (further down the webpage on BSI’s website). 

If you need help with your EU CE Mark Medical Device Directive or IVD Directive Technical Files or Design Dossiers, email Leo Eisner directly at Leo@EisnerSafety.com, or call Leo at +1-(503)-244-6151. He is the Principal Consultant of Eisner Safety Consultants (bit.ly/EisnerSafetyConsultants).

If you need additional support for IEC 60601-1, 3rd edition + A1 email Leo Eisner at Leo@EisnerSafety.com, or call Leo at +1-(503)-244-6151. Leo is the Principal Consultant of Eisner Safety Consultants (bit.ly/EisnerSafetyConsultants).

This posts discusses BSI’s article on the status of the draft ISO 13485:201X standard.  

Recently BSI published an e-newsletter and in it was an excellent article explaining the status of the next draft revision of ISO 13485 and some of the details of the draft standard. The development of this standard project is being managed under the ISO Technical Committee 210, Working Group 1.  The Committee Draft (CD) received over 500 comments and from that the committee published the Draft International Standard (DIS) on 20 Feb 2014.  So, now we are within the required 5 month voting period for comments with the period closing on 20 July 2014.  Note, that some National Committees may ask for feedback up to a couple weeks or more earlier than the 20 July 2014 deadline so get your comments in fast to your National Committee wherever in the world you are.  For most National Committees you or your company have to be members of that committee to submit comments. Note, that since this is at the DIS stage of the process these comments, unless really minor typos, typically will not have an impact on the 3rd revision of the standard but will probably have to wait til the next revision cycle of the standard as at DIS you can’t make any technical changes to the standard. This stage is fairly late in the process and so you aren’t typically allowed to make these types of changes based on how the process is structured in the ISO and IEC standards development process.

When is it anticipated this standard will be released?

The article goes on to say if things run smoothly you may be able to see the actual published standard by late 1st quarter 2015 or early 2nd quarter 2015.  It is expected that there would be some type of transition period established for this standard and this may be impacted by things like the publication of ISO 9001 which this standard relies on, supporting the existing European Medical device Directives and the upcoming Medical Devices Regulations.

The article mentions that you can view a copy of the draft on the BSI National Standards Body website or you can buy a copy as noted in the article. 

If you need additional support in the standards development process for a standard email Leo Eisner at Leo@EisnerSafety.com, or call Leo at +1-(503)-244-6151 as he is a Convener for an IEC/ISO, EN and ANSI/AAMI standard for IEC/ISO 80601-2-58 on Lens Removal and Vitrectomy Equipment. Leo is the Principal Consultant of Eisner Safety Consultants (bit.ly/EisnerSafetyConsultants).

BSI recently updated the white paper on Proposed EU Regulations for Medical Devices & IVD’s to reflect the latest EU vote in early April, enabling the commission to move forward with the legislation.

Refer to the previous blog post on BSI White Paper on Proposed EU Regulations for Medical Devices & IVD’s for additional details about the white paper and the Series of white papers.

You can sign-up for the whole series of white papers too (further down the webpage on BSI’s website). 

If you need help with your EU CE Mark Medical Device Directive or IVD Directive Technical Files or Design Dossiers, email Leo Eisner directly at Leo@EisnerSafety.com, or call Leo at +1-(503)-244-6151. He is the Principal Consultant of Eisner Safety Consultants (bit.ly/EisnerSafetyConsultants).

9 April 2014 – Today marks the beginning of a series of white papers that BSI has just released.  

White Paper on Proposed EU Regulations

This initial white paper is on the “The proposed EU regulations for medical and in vitro diagnostic devices” and is focused on “An overview of the likely outcomes and consequences for the market”.  It is written by some of the best authorities in the business, on this subject, Gert Bos of BSI Head of Regulatory and Clinical Affairs and Erik Vollebregt Partner at Axon Lawyers, that I personally know and trust. I have the distinct pleasure and honor of assisting BSI review this white paper as a member of the BSI Medical Devices White Paper Advisory Panel for this series of white papers.  

BSI states that this white paper reviews “the proposals for the new medical devices (MDR) and IVD regulations (IVDR) will provide a new regulatory framework for medical devices in the EU for the coming decades. Although crucial elements of the regulations are still subject to political debate, one thing is clear – the regulations will cause important changes for you. Use this white paper to find out how to prepare for these changes.”

White Paper Series and Future Topics to Come

BSI says of this series that “Throughout the year, we are going to be producing a series of medical devices white papers. These will keep you up to date with regulations, developments and help you prepare for changes within your industry.

The additional white papers in the series will be on:

• Generating clinical evaluation reports: A guide to effectively analyzing medical device safety and performance
• The digital patient
• What medical device manufactures need to know about FDA’s Unique Device Identification Final Rule
• Post-market surveillance
• Usability engineering

You can sign-up for the whole series of white papers too (further down the webpage on BSI’s website). 

If you need help with your EU CE Mark Medical Device Directive or IVD Directive Technical Files or Design Dossiers, email Leo Eisner directly at Leo@EisnerSafety.com, or call Leo at +1-(503)-244-6151. He is the Principal Consultant of Eisner Safety Consultants (bit.ly/EisnerSafetyConsultants).

On 30 April 2013 the Medicaldeviceslegal.com website via Axon Lawyers posted a really helpful new document for your use (free of charge and no request for info about you or your company).   The RAPS Dutch/Flanders chapter has been active in defining a list of EU legislation that does not directly regulate medical devices but covers them in its scope, like environmental design requirements for electronic devices.  From this listing Axon Lawyers expanded the document into an English language document that includes active links to the underlying legislative texts, the EU law summaries in the ScadPlus database, if available, and to the EU Commission web pages with explanation about the rules concerned.

Axon Lawyers mentioned that this list will always be in constant flux because these rules tend to be amended a lot.  So, the best place to download this chart is directly from their blog posting.  If you want to just download this version of the chart click here for now but check back with their website (Medicaldeviceslegal.com) to look for updates.  At this point they haven’t decided how they will distribute updates to this chart but I am sure they will figure something out and disseminate, as appropriate.  Stand tuned for more updates on this valuable resource and let’s again thank both the RAPS Dutch/Flanders chapter and Medicaldeviceslegal.com website for this resource they are sharing with us.