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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On May 20, 2021, FDA published a document (“Safety of Metals and Other Materials Used in Medical Devices”) requesting input regarding the best methods to use in conveyance of material information for a broader range of medical devices to both...
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To ensure patient safety, medical device manufacturers are required by the Food and Drug Administration and other regulatory bodies to perform biocompatibility evaluations on their devices per standards, such as the AAMI-approved ISO 10993-1:2018 (ANSI/AAMI/ISO 10993-1:2018). However, some of these...
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The delay gives medical device engineers the chance for a gap analysis and an optimized testing plan, says an expert chemist and toxicologist. The year 2020 was already going to be an “exciting” one for medical device companies, thanks to...
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