Medical Electrical Standards are constantly being changed and evolving and the amount of changes seems to be accelerating. All too often I hear clients complain that they didn’t know about a standard until way too late in the process and have had to redesign their product to meet regulatory requirements.

So how do you stay up-to-date on all these changes? Are you considering the implication of these standards when putting together your regulatory strategy? Do you know what standards are coming down the line and how they may impact your product design? Are these standards harmonized in different markets? Does your test lab always know what versions of standards you need to test too?

If you have a medical electrical device or a software as a medical device and your answer to any one or more of these questions is NO then this free 90 minute webinar is for you.

Take Aways from this Webinar:

• What medical electrical and related standards are being updated now and how they interact with each other.
• What is the schedule for the IEC 60601 Amendment Projects and what other standards (i.e. ISO 14971, IEC 62366-1, IEC 62304) will impact the project?
• Overview of the recently released Wireless Coexistence Standards for US.
• Why you may need to redesign your product to meet the EMC Standard IEC 60601-1-2:2014 (4th Ed.).
• How does testing under the CB Scheme impact your testing and regulatory strategies?
• Resources to keep track of standards from both a regulatory and standards development perspective

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

• Medical Device Executives
• QA/RA Professionals at all levels
• Compliance Engineers
• Quality Engineers
• Design Engineers
• Project Management Engineers
• Senior Staff involved in management reviews per ISO 13485 for the standards update section

If you want to learn more about the IEC 60601-1 certification process you can read an article on the greenlight.guru blog of a presentation I gave awhile back on this process.

ABOUT THE PRESENTER:

This webinar is being lead by me (Leo Eisner), “The 60601-1 Guy”, founder and principal consultant at Eisner Safety Consultants and moderated by Jon Speer of greenlight guru.

Leo is a licensed professional engineer in safety engineering, a certified Quality System lead auditor, an expert in product safety for medical electrical devices (IEC 60601 series of standards) and an expert in CE marking for the medical device EU Directives.

Eisner Safety Consultants has helped countless clients thru the Product Safety and Regulatory maze over the 20 year history of the company. Leo has 30 years experience in product safety. Leo ran the Compliance Engineering Group at Karl Storz and was a Senior Product Safety engineer at TÜV Product Service.

Speed your time to market by following the step-by-step instructions that I will discuss in this free, 90 minute webinar, so you can obtain your product certification to IEC 60601-1 series of standards quicker.

I will walk you through the steps to success for product testing by a certification agency (like UL, TÜV, BSI, Intertek, etc.) to the IEC 60601-1 series of standards on medical electrical equipment and systems.
Learn from the expert the mistakes others have made that have slowed down their certification process (and how you can avoid them).
Take proactive steps so your product doesn’t need to get redesigned after testing starts.

Take Aways from this Webinar:

• The IEC 60601-1 standards series & if they apply to your product.
• What you need to know to classify your products to the IEC 60601-1 series.
• What is an isolation diagram and how does that help me with my design?
• Understanding the importance of the Risk Management File and Essential Performance requirements.
• Determine the applicable tests for your device.
• What are the marking and labeling requirements for the device?
• Know your critical components.
• What pre-tests to run and what’s not worth testing?
• What samples are needed for testing?
• Resources to help with this process and ways to reduce the paperwork off your backs.  Get your free sample of Our Annual Standards Trends Report. Learn more about our Annual Standards Trends Report service.

If you want to get a prelude to this webinar listen to the podcast that discusses some of the Take Aways of this presentation.

About the presenter:

This webinar is being lead by Leonard “The 60601-1 Guy” Eisner, founder and principal consultant at Eisner Safety Consultants.

Leo is a licensed professional engineer in safety engineering, a certified Quality System lead auditor, an expert in product safety for medical electrical devices (IEC 60601 series of standards) and an expert in CE marking for the medical device EU Directives.

Leo has helped countless clients thru the Product Safety and Regulatory maze over his career. He has 30 years experience in product safety. Leo ran the Compliance Engineering Group at Karl Storz Imaging and was a Senior Product Safety engineer at TÜV Product Service. Prior to that Leo worked in a cross section of groups at U.L. for 9 years.

About greenlight.guru

greenlight.guru is the only Quality Management Software built exclusively for the unique needs of medical device companies, allowing you to bring safer devices to market faster while reducing risk and ensuring compliance. Visit their home page to learn more.

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Eisner Safety Consultants provides affordable, on-time product approvals via safety & regulatory agencies to medical device companies. We provide assistance with U.S., Canadian, European, & other international regulations. Click here to learn more about our services we offer.

Eisner Safety Consultants has teamed up with greenlight.guru, a specialized electronic Quality Management System (eQMS) platform specifically designed for small to mid-size Medical Device companies. greenlight.guru will reduce your quality management system overhead, a web based system, which is easy and practical to use, will minimize your paper trail, and consequently your need for excessive consultant hours allowing you to focus on your product and getting to market. greenlight.guru and Eisner Safety Consultants are both well equipped with our specialized expertise and know how to get your device to market, and more importantly – STAY in market!

IEC 60601-1 is the gold standard for electrical medical devices around the world. IEC 60601 is a challenge for many companies that are developing electronic medical devices.  It’s wise to have a guide to help you understand and work through the process, and in this podcast I discuss with Jon Speer some guidance you can use.

You need to understand why this standard series is important when developing your electrical medical products for your regulatory submissions. You need to know what they are (join our webinar on the 15 Steps to Get IEC 60601-1 Approval on Dec 13, 2016 to get more details) and understanding how to incorporate them as part of your design and development process at the beginning rather at the end of the process.

Listen Now:

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In the Podcast Leo & Jon discuss:

● What makes the 60601 process different from the other regulatory compliance processes.

● Some of the details on the differences between creating a device for the ER vs. for home use and for use in other types of facilities.

● Tips on preparing for success when creating a timeline for getting through the 60601 process, as well as some of the steps involved.

● Differences between different types of safety labs and the criteria that’s vital to understand to help you make the right choice.

● What to do early in the process of product design and development to be sure you’re on the right track long before you get to the production phase.

● Why it’s vital to keep the 60601 standard in mind, not only when it comes to meeting the standards, but also when it comes to patient safety.

● The Annual Standards Trend Reports (click to get a sample report now & our new pricing) and how you can benefit your company and save money and time.

“Give yourself a buffer. There will be bumps in the road… guaranteed.”  “Some labs know medical very well, and there are a lot that don’t.” – Leo Eisner

A recommendation I tell my clients: When it comes to developing products to the IEC 60601 series of standards is that you need to know your product well enough to determine what standards apply early in the development process – from there you’ll know how much preparation and testing it will take.  If this is something you don’t have the expertise or the bandwidth for we can do it for you.  One tool I recommend for my clients is we can provide you with our Annual Standards Trend Reports (click for a sample report & our new pricing) so you are strategically positioned for the changes that are coming, the new standards in development and for the recently released standards you didn’t even know exist.  View a sample of our Annual Standards Trend Reports & our new pricing.  The Annual Standards Trend Reports can to help you navigate the standards that apply to you and save you a lot of money and time.

About The Global Medical Device Podcast:

The Global Medical Device Podcast powered by greenlight.guru is where today’s brightest minds in the medical device industry go to get their most useful and actionable insider knowledge, direct from some of the world’s leading medical device experts and companies.

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Near the end of writing this article I had an unfortunate incident that I personally had to use a home use medical devices for 3 weeks of IV antibiotics (syringe pump – like an infusion pump but with a syringe instead of an IV bag) after a knee joint infection that I had to have emergent surgery & stay in the hospital for 2 days in Early June 2016.  I was out of work for about a month and so I got a close birds eye view of why the medical device and wellness device markets are exploding.  This explosion of interest comes from several factors including the “Super aging” of societies around the globe, Internet of Things (IoT), the portability of devices, the growth of wearable technologies and other factors discussed in the article.

There is a huge need to support those at home that are sick, injured, has an acute issue or chronic illness that want a comfortable life and would rather stay at home then be in a sterile hospital or other clinical setting any longer than they have too.  I know I was ready to get home after 2 days in the hospital, even though I had to rest at home, I was much more comfortable at home than in the hospital setting.  So, now I can appreciate how important it is to have these medical and wellness devices evaluated for the proper environment and proper standard(s) and to meet national regulations.   One of the issues that is important to this conversation is the blurry line between home use medical devices and wellness devices.  FDA has written guidances for both Home Use Medical Devices and Wellness Devices to clarify from their perspective.  There, also is a newer IEC System Committee called Active Assistive Living (SyC AAL) that is looking at the gaps in standards and other IEC technical documents for home use medical devices and non-medical devices (Some being wellness devices).  The article goes into detail on this SyC AAL and also looks at the medical electrical device standards focused around Home Use Medical Electrical Devices.

Enjoy the article and if you have interest in or need help with the IEC 60601-1 series, home use medical electrical devices or the SyC AAL please email Leo Eisner at Leo at EisnerSafety dot com, or call Leo at +1 (503)-244-6151. Leo is the Principal Consultant of Eisner Safety Consultants.

A reminder that FDA Guidances and Recognized Consensus Standards are voluntary.  But I remind my clients’ that if you don’t use these voluntary documents for premarket submissions you make your life and the reviewer’s life a lot harder, typically.  So, I recommend, in most cases, to use these voluntary documents to speed up the process, in the long run.  In the short run, you may need to do more testing but if you don’t you risk the chance of your product not being accepted by the FDA.

The Guidance goes on to say that “the review of EMC information in a submission is based on the risk associated with EMC malfunction or degradation of the device under review, as well as the use of appropriate FDA-recognized standards or appropriate consensus standards.”  The Guidance indicates that manufacturers typically reference in premarket submissions Recognized consesnsus national (US) and international standards such as IEC 60601-1-2²) (3rd or 4th edition) Medical Electrical Equipment EMC standard, device specific Particular Standards such as IEC 60601-2-XX, and lastly they reference other consensus standards for electrically-powered deevices that include information on EMC such as ISO 14708³ for active implantable medical devices.

The Guidance continues with a listing of details that FDA is expecting manufacturer’s provide in their premarket submissions, so the medical device EMC information is clear and consistent information for the submission, and are consistent with the specifications included in the standards, as referenced above, that are applied to the premarket submission.  The Guidance points to the FDA Recognized Consensus Standards database located at http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfStandards/search.cfm.

The rest of the Guidance, Section II “EMC Information”, details the list of items the FDA is expecting of the manufacturer’s for premarket submissions.  And of course the FDA leaves an opening for a broad statement at the end of the section that says: “Additional information not outlined above may be requested by FDA depending on intended use and intended use environment for specific active medical devices (e.g. implantable portions of active devices) to demonstrate the device’s claims regarding electromagnetic compatibility (EMC).”

If you need help with this FDA Draft Guidance or with IEC 60601-1-2 edition 3 or edition 4 or you are interested in our new Eisner Safety Consultants Standards Reconnaissance Database please 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).

^{Footnotes cited from FDA Draft Guidance Document issued on 2 Nov 2015 titled: “Information to Support a Claim of Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) of Electrically-Powered Medical Devices”}

<sup>1. According to International definitions, “disturbance” is the cause and “interference” is the effect. In the US, “interference” is often used interchangeably for both cause and effect though more often for the cause. 
2. IEC 60601-1-2: 2007 [3rd Ed.]:Medical Electrical Equipment – Part 1-2: General Requirements for Safety – Collateral Standard: Electromagnetic Compatibility – Requirements and Tests, IEC 60601-1-2:2014 [4th Ed.], Medical Electrical Equipment, Part 1 2: General Requirements for Basic Safety and Essential Performance – Collateral Standard: Electromagnetic Disturbances – Requirements and Tests, AAMI/ANSI/IEC 60601-1-2: 2007 [3rd Ed.]:Medical Electrical Equipment – Part 1-2: General Requirements for Safety – Collateral Standard: Electromagnetic Compatibility – Requirements and Tests, and AAMI/ANSI/IEC 60601-1-2: 2014 [4th Ed.]:Medical Electrical Equipment – Part 1-2: General Requirements for Safety – Collateral Standard: Electromagnetic Disturbances – Requirements and Tests 
3. ISO 14708-3 Implants for surgery — Active implantable medical devices — Part 3: Implantable neurostimulators</sup>

This post discusses Health Canada’s most current List of Recognized Standards for Medical Devices effective 31 Aug 2015.

Health Canada updated their list of Recognized Standards for Medical Devices on August 31, 2015.  The changes included additions, updates and removals to the listing.  Part of the update was adding the Canadian National Version of IEC 60601-1, edition 3.1 (or 3rd edition + Amendment 1) which is the Canadian National Standard CAN/CSA C22.2 No. 60601-1:14 (issued in 2014).  It includes some Canadian National Deviations in the standard.  To find out more detail about this standard please refer to a blog post  I wrote back in 2014 on the topic.  The IEC 60601-1:2012-Ed.3.1 was also added to this Listing.

Several other changes of significance to the list of Recognized Standards for Medical Devices include.  This is a partial list of changes so refer to the list for more details:

1. The addition of the previous version of IEC 60601-1-11:2010-Ed. 1.0 Medical electrical equipment – Part 1-11: General requirements for basic safety and essential performance – Collateral Standard: Requirements for medical electrical equipment and medical electrical systems used in the home healthcare environment. For those that subscribe to the Eisner Safety Consultants Standards Reconnaissance Database you would know that the current version of IEC 60601-1-11 was updated in 2015.  This version of the standard is not on the Health Canada List of Recognized Standards for Medical Devices as of yet.
2. The removal of ISO 9919:2005 Medical electrical equipment – Particular requirements for the basic safety and essential performance of pulse oximeter equipment for medical use.  This standard has a replacement which was placed on the list previously which is ISO 80601-2-61:2011-Ed.1.0, Medical electrical equipment – Part 2-61: Particular requirements for basic safety and essential performance of pulse oximeter equipment.  In the Foreword of the ISO 80601-2-61:2011 it says “This first edition of ISO 80601-2-61 cancels and replaces the second edition of ISO 9919:2005, which has been revised to harmonize it with the third edition of IEC 60601-1:2005.” So, the ISO 9919 standard has now been replaced by ISO 80601-2-61.  To find out more details about this standard in regard to the FDA & Health Canada Recognized Standards Lists you may want consider subscribing to the Eisner Safety Consultants Standards Reconnaissance Database.  We provide you with the FDA & Health Canada information about each standard that is in the database.  This way you don’t have to search an extra databases as this information is all in one place for each standard.  
3. The list added another older standard IEC 62366:2007 Medical devices – Application of usability engineering to medical devices.  The more recent version is IEC 62366-1:2015 Medical devices – Part 1: Application of usability engineering to medical devices.  The Foreword of the most recent standard indicates “This first edition of IEC 62366-1, together with the first edition of IEC 62366-2, cancels and replaces the first edition of IEC 62366 published in 2007 and its Amendment 1 (2014).”  The summary of changes noted here is part of the information we provide in each of the current versions of the standards for our paid subscribers for the Eisner Safety Consultants Standards Reconnaissance Database
4. The Canadian and the International versions of IEC 60601-1, 2nd edition have been removed from the list including: CSA C22.2 NO. 601.1 M90 (R2006) Medical electrical equipment – Part 1: General requirements for safety (adopted amendment 2:1995 to IEC 601-1:1990) and IEC 60601-1:1988-Ed.2.0 Medical electrical equipment – Part 1: General requirements for basic safety + IEC 60601-1/Amd.1:1991 + IEC 60601-1/Amd.2:1995 + IEC 60601-1/Cor.1:1995.

These are just some of the changes that are of importance.  The below listings shows the August 31, 2015 Additions, Updates, and Removals to the Health Canada List of Recognized Standards for Medical Devices.  When there are updates to Regulatory Lists of Standards we will update the Eisner Safety Consultants Standards Reconnaissance Database listing as soon as possible so you are kept up to date on the changes to the standards of that specific Regulator. Currently we are monintoring the list of standards for FDA & Health Canada.  In the near future we will be adding in the European List of Harmonized Standards to this monitoring process.

Below are the 3 parts of the Health Canada list that have changed:

The Additions to the list of Recognized Standards include the following:

• ISO 5840-3:2013 Cardiovascular implants — Cardiac valve prostheses — Part 3: Heart valve substitutes implanted by transcatheter techniques
• ISO 14117:2012-Ed.1.0 Active implantable medical devices – Electromagnetic compatibility – EMC test protocols for implantable cardiac pacemakers, implantable cardioverter defibrillators and cardiac resynchronization devices
• IEC 60601-1:2012-Ed.3.1 Medical electrical equipment – Part 1: General requirements for basic safety and essential performance
• CAN/CSA-C22.2 NO. 60601-1:14 Medical electrical equipment – Part 1: General requirements for basic safety and essential performance
• IEC 60601-1-11:2010-Ed. 1.0 Medical electrical equipment – Part 1-11: General requirements for basic safety and essential performance – Collateral Standard: Requirements for medical electrical equipment and medical electrical systems used in the home healthcare environment
• IEC 60601-2-57:2011-Ed.1.0 Medical electrical equipment – Part 2-57: Particular requirements for the basic safety and essential performance of non-laser light source equipment intended for therapeutic, diagnostic, monitoring and cosmetic/aesthetic use
• IEC 62366:2007 Medical devices – Application of usability engineering to medical devices
• ISO 13408-1:2008 Aseptic processing of health care products – Part 1: General requirements
• ISO 13408-2:2003 Aseptic processing of health care products – Part 2: Filtration
• ISO 13408-3:2006 Aseptic processing of health care products – Part 3: Lyophilization
• ISO 13408-4:2005 Aseptic processing of health care products – Part 4: Clean-in-place technologies
• ISO 13408-5:2006 Aseptic processing of health care products – Part 5: Sterilization in place
• ISO 13408-6:2005 Aseptic processing of health care products – Part 6: Isolator systems
• ISO 13408-7:2012 Aseptic processing of health care products – Part 7: Alternative processes for medical devices and combination products
• ISO 14644-1:1999 Cleanrooms and associated controlled environments – Part 1: Classification of air cleanliness
• ISO 14644-2:2000 Cleanrooms and associated controlled environments – Part 2: Specifications for testing and monitoring to prove continued compliance with ISO 14644-1
• ISO 14644-3:2005 Cleanrooms and associated controlled environments – Part 3: Test methods
• ISO 14644-4:2001 Cleanrooms and associated controlled environments – Part 4: Design, construction and start-up
• ISO 14644-5:2004 Cleanrooms and associated controlled environments – Part 5: Operations
• ISO 14644-6:2007 Cleanrooms and associated controlled environments – Part 6: Vocabulary
• ISO 14644-7:2004 Cleanrooms and associated controlled environments – Part 7: Separative devices (clean air hoods, glove boxes, isolators and mini-environments)
• ISO 14644-8:2012 Cleanrooms and associated controlled environments – Part 8: Classification of air cleanliness by chemical concentration (ACC)
• ISO 14644-9:2012 Cleanrooms and associated controlled environments – Part 9: Classification of surface cleanliness by particle concentration
• ISO 14644-10:2013 Cleanrooms and associated controlled environments – Part 10: Classification of surface cleanliness by chemical concentration
• ISO 14698-1:2003 Cleanrooms and associated controlled environments – Biocontamination control – Part 1: General principles and methods
• ISO 14698-2:2003 Cleanrooms and associated controlled environments – Biocontamination control – Part 2: Evaluation and interpretation of biocontamination data
• ASTM F2028-14 Standard Test Methods for Dynamic Evaluation of Glenoid Loosening or Disassociation

The Updates to the list of Recognized Standards include the following:

• ISO 14708-2:2012 Implants for surgery – Active implantable medical devices – Part 2: Cardiac pacemakers
• IEC 60601-2-24:2012-Ed.2.0 Medical electrical equipment – Part 2-24: Particular requirements for the basic safety and essential performance of infusion pumps and controllers
  Note: Additional accuracy testing results for flow rates below 1 mL/h may be required depending on the pump’s intended use
• IEC 60825-1:2014-Ed.3.0 Safety of laser products – Part 1: Equipment classification and requirements
• CSA Z900.1-12 Cells tissues, and organs for transplantation: General requirements
• ASTM F1160-14 Standard Test Method for Shear and Bending Fatigue Testing of Calcium Phosphate and Metallic Medical and Composite Calcium Phosphate/Metallic Coatings
• ASTM F1377-13 Standard Specification for Cobalt-28Chromium-6Molybdenum Powder for Coating of Orthopedic Implants (UNS R30075)
• ASTM F1717-14 Standard Test Methods for Spinal Implant Constructs in a Vertebrectomy Model
• ASTM F1798-13 Standard Test Method for Evaluating the Static and Fatigue Properties of Interconnection Mechanisms and Subassemblies Used in Spinal Arthrodesis Implants
• ASTM F2943-14 Standard Guide for Presentation of End User Labeling Information for Musculoskeletal Implants

The Removals to the list of Recognized Standards include the following:

• ISO 9919:2005 Medical electrical equipment – Particular requirements for the basic safety and essential performance of pulse oximeter equipment for medical use
• ISO 21647:2004 Medical electrical equipment – Particular requirements for the basic safety and essential performance of respiratory gas monitors
  ISO 21647/Cor.1:2005
• ANSI/AAMI DF80:2003 Medical electrical equipment – Part 2-4: Particular requirements for the safety of cardiac defibrillators (including automated external defibrillators)
• ANSI/AAMI PC69:2000 Active implantable medical devices – Electromagnetic compatibility – EMC test protocols for implantable cardiac pacemakers and implantable cardioverter defibrillators
• ANSI/AAMI PC69:2007 Active implantable medical devices – Electromagnetic compatibility – EMC test protocols for implantable cardiac pacemakers and implantable cardioverter defibrillators
  ANSI/AAMI PC69/ERTA:2008
• CSA C22.2 NO. 601.1 M90 (R2006)
  Medical electrical equipment – Part 1: General requirements for safety (adopted amendment 2:1995 to IEC 601-1:1990)
• CSA C22.2 NO. 60601-1-2A-03 (R2006)
  Medical electrical equipment – Part 1-2: General requirements for safety – Collateral standard: Electromagnetic compatibility – Requirements and tests (Adopted Amendment 1:2004 to IEC 60601-1-2:2001)
• IEC 60601-1:1988-Ed.2.0
  Medical electrical equipment – Part 1: General requirements for basic safety
  IEC 60601-1/Amd.1:1991
  IEC 60601-1/Amd.2:1995
  IEC 60601-1/Cor.1:1995
• IEC 60601-1-2:2004-Ed.2.1
  Medical electrical equipment – Part 1-2: General requirements for safety – Collateral standard – Electromagnetic compatibility – Requirements and tests
• IEC 60601-1-4:2000-Ed.1.1
  Medical electrical equipment – Part 1-4: General requirements for safety – Collateral standard: Programmable electrical medical systems
• IEC 60601-1-6:2006-Ed.2.0
  Medical electrical equipment – Part 1-6: General requirements for basic safety and essential performance – Collateral Standard: Usability
• IEC 60601-2-10:1987-Ed.1.0
  Medical electrical equipment – Part 2-10: Particular requirements for the safety of nerve and muscle stimulators
  IEC 60601-2-10/Cor.1:1987
  IEC 60601-2-10/Amd.1:2001
• IEC 60601-2-25:1993-Ed.1.0
  Medical electrical equipment – Part 2-25: Particular requirements for the safety of electrocardiographs
  IEC 60601-2-25/Amd.1:1999
• IEC 60601-2-26:2002-Ed.2.0
  Medical electrical equipment – Part 2-26: Particular requirements for the safety of electroencephalographs
• IEC 60601-2-36:1997-Ed.1.0
  Medical electrical equipment – Part 2: Particular requirements for the safety of equipment for extracorporeally induced lithotripsy
• IEC 60601-2-47:2001-Ed.1.0
  Medical electrical equipment – Part 2-47: Particular requirements for the safety, including essential performance, of ambulatory electrocardiographic systems
• IEC 60601-2-51:2003-Ed.1.0
  Medical electrical equipment – Part 2-51: Particular requirements for safety, including essential performance, of recording and analysing single channel and multichannel electrocardiographs

If you need help withCAN/CSA C22.2 No. 60601-1:14 or IEC 60601-1, 3rd edition or edition 3.1 or you are interested in the Eisner Safety Consultants Standards Reconnaissance Database please 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).

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Topic: “Wearable Devices: How to Make Them Safe and Adhere to Regulations”

Presenters: Leo Eisner & Mary Weick-Brady of Eisner Safety Consultants and Bakul Patel of OC, CDRH, FDA

Session Leader: Seth Goldenberg, PhD, director, Global Regulatory Strategy, NAMSA

When: October 26, 2015 (Monday), 3:30PM – 5:00PM Eastern

Where: RAPS Regualtory Convergence Conference (Register to Join the Conference)

As the use of medical device wearables continues to grow, how does the medical device industry stay abreast of the proper regulations and standards that apply to these devices when seeking clearance? Industry and agency experts will discuss applicable regulations and standards and what is required for regulatory submissions for medical device wearables. Learn to better identify the applicable standards and regulations to consider for medical device wearables during regulatory submission.

If you need additional support for Wearable Medical Devices and Home Use Medical Devices 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).

Please welcome Mary Weick-Brady to our growing team that can support your medical device policy, regulatory, safety certification, and quality system needs. To find out more about her background and the rest of the Eisner Safety Consultants team members please check out our Associates web page.

If you need additional support for Wearable Medical Devices and Home Use Medical Devices 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).

Does your Medical Device Regulator or your Quality System require that you maintain a list of applicable standards to meet these requirements for your product lines?  How much time does it take to put this list together and how much effort does it take to keep the list updated? If this is a struggle for your organization to keep up with all the different data sources we have the solution for you at a reasonable price. A Standards Reconnaissance Subscription Service to help medical electrical device manufacturers keep up to date on all the changes that occur for these documents so you are prepared for future changes well ahead of the norm and you are able to stay up to date on your list of standards. The focus of this service will be on the documents for medical electrical equipment & systems (MEE&S = IEC TC 62, SC 62A – 62D) and home use medical electrical equipment & systems (Home Use MEE&S = IEC Active Assisted Living System Committee (IEC AAL SyC) and any other Home Use medical electrical equipment documents from the IEC TC 62, SC 62A – 62D including IEC 60601-1-11 Home Use Environment).

We plan to go live with the db by the end of Sept 2015.

Please reserve your spot by September 28, 2015 for this db subscription service.

Some of the features will include [For Paid Subscribers unless noted otherwise]:

• Notification e-mails when changes occur (i.e. Change in transition information from FDA for a standard) and new records are entered into the db.
• Receive either 2 or 4 reports per year (depending on Subscription level) summarizing:
  • key issues of that report cycle for MEE&S or home Use MEE&S,
  • estimated timeline for the publication of draft standards & other relevant documents of significance, and
  • full listing of all the documents in your part of the db with status information.
• Access to our searchable db (depending on Subscription level access to the either the MEE&S or Home Use MEE&S part of the db or the whole db) on our dedicated db website if you are a paid subscriber. [Limited access for free level of service with 10 – 15 standards (pre-defined)]
• Print out db search results the way you want them
• Export db search results for your use (limited by the terms & conditions of the db)

There are several parts of this db [For Paid Subscribers unless noted otherwise]:

• Standards db – including information on the standards, technical reports, technical specifications, and publicly available specifications that are active or current, in draft or development which would include voting level documents such as New Work Proposals, Committee Drafts, etc., and withdrawn documents (The previous version of the active standard).
• List of standards publishers & associated country (this will cover 50+ countries) [includes free service level],
• List of Medical Device Regulators with their websites, if available, for a selection of countries including all the of EU & EFTA countries.  We plan to expand this to include all countries in the world by the end of Stage 2 (below),
• Guidance Documents – Guidance documents that the regulatory bodies use for their national regulatory systems. Like for the US, Canada, & Europe. They will be added sometime after going live by end of stage 2 or 3 (see below).

Once the db goes live you can check out how the db works by accessing the free level of service to view a few examples of current standards (about 10 to 15). With the free service level you will be able to use most of the db features set other than obtaining reports, the update notification service, but you will not have access to List of Medical Device Regulators db of Guidance documents db.

Pricing starts at only:

• $4,500/year for Base Entry Subscription (2 reports per year and select either MEE&S or Home Use MEE&S part of db),
• $6,500/year for Mid-Level Subscription (4 reports per year and full access to db), or
• $9,000/year & up for Premium Subscription (2 personalized reports for your company’s needs based on conversations with Leo Eisner, 2 reports per year from the Premium Subscription level, and full access to db)
  All payments to be paid in US$ only.

We plan to go live with the db by the end of Sept 2015. Since we will be releasing the db in stages the early adopters will get a discount (20%) for the first annual subscription cycle and additionally we will throw in extra months to your subscription commensurate with how early you subscribe.  The earlier you subscribe the more free months will be added to your first yearly subscription for no additional charge.

Please reserve your spot by September 28, 2015 for this db subscription service and to guarantee a discounted first year price and to obtain extra months added for free. To reserve your spot for the Base entry or the Mid-Level Subscriptions please arrange a $750.00 (US$) deposit and for the Premium Subscriptions please arrange a $1,500.00 (US$) deposit. Contact us to arrange for deposit.

There will be a couple stages for the release of information for the db.  We plan on continual updates over time to provide a really valuable resource and continually make it better. The first stage will be complete prior to the official release of the db which will include all the updated information for the IEC based MEE&S & Home Use MEE&S documents including updates on the small number of joint IEC/ISO documents.  Stage 2 will be initiated just before the release of the db, which will include updates for the US, EU, and Canadian versions of the IEC & IEC/ISO MEE&S and Home Use MEE&S documents and IEC/ISO joint documents. We plan to have stage 2 completed around Jan 2016.  Stage 3 will include updated information adding in the supporting medical device (non-medical-electrical) documents you need for your regulatory submissions such as ISO 10993 series of standards, ISO 15223-1, etc.  This stage will initiate with the non-medical-electrical standards for IEC and ISO and in the future we will add other Standards Developers.  We expect to start on stage 3 around Jan 2016 and have not yet scheduled it’s completion.

Please contact Leo Eisner to find out more details about this db. He can be reached by e-mail or phone at Leo@EisnerSafety.com and 503-244-6151 (Office) and 503-709-8328 (Cell).