March 21, 2022
Six steps to assess the situation and determine how to move forward… Each medical device present or coming on the market needs to have a demonstrated biocompatibility to protect users from potential biological risks arising from its intended clinical use....
See BlogDecember 7, 2021
Understanding the sterility assurance level To understand how steam sterilization processes are validated, it is important to understand some key concepts about sterilization. The purpose of sterilization is to inactivate microbiological contaminants, thereby rendering products sterile[1]. The kinetics of inactivation...
See BlogNovember 30, 2021
ISO 17664:2017[1] as well as FDA[2] state that if a medical device is intended to be sterilized, at least one validated sterilization method must be specified in the IFU. Consequently, if devices are intended to be steam sterilized, at least...
See BlogAugust 8, 2019
Colorants are often added to the substrates and material components of medical devices with the primary intent of improving the usability of the devices. For instance, color coding can assist users in matching devices or sizes together when multiple options...
See BlogNovember 27, 2018
Medical devices marketed in the European Union are required to comply with a set of medical device directives called the “medical devices regulation” or MDR for their Conformité Européenne (CE) marking and marketing in Europe. Over the past decades, the...
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