June 7, 2022
With the update to ISO 10993-18, is an extractables study required for all medical devices regardless of contact type and duration of contact? In this article, Helin Räägel, Matthew R Jorgensen, and Thor Rollins from Nelson Labs share insights on...
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April 7, 2022
This eBook contains guidelines for planning, risk mitigation, testing, and compliance for the design and manufacture of medical devices. It provides a digest of pressing challenges and solutions for medical-device design, development, and testing with regard to biocompatibility and toxicology...
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Cytotoxicity endpoint is marked for all medical devices that contact the patient/user, regardless of type or duration of contact. A cytotoxicity test is an in vitro cell culture assay where the medical-device extract is placed in contact with mammalian fibroblast...
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It is D-day, or the Day of Application (DoA) for the Medical Device Regulation (MDR) EU 2017/745. Years of hard work have preceded this date to prepare for this new regulation. The key message of the MDR is to minimize...
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It is important to have an appropriate testing protocol in place for this relatively new medical technology. Medical devices have become increasingly complex over time and incorporation of “smart” features has become commonplace. These improvements may increase effectiveness of implantation,...
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