Legal Manufacturer Definition Medical Devices
How to comply with the legal requirements.
Legal manufacturer definition medical devices. A natural or legal person who manufactures or fully refurbishes a device or has a device designed manufactured or fully refurbished and markets that device under its name or trademark. Own brand labeller or private labeller are therefore considered as the legal manufacturer. This economic operator the own brand labeller meets the definition of manufacturer as set out in the medical devices directives. With the publication of europe s new medical device regulation eu 2017 745 and in vitro diagnostic regulation eu 2017 746 some companies that contract manufacture or relabel devices are wondering if they will be considered the legal manufacturer of the device they sell much of the confusion around this issue stems from the assumption that there can be only one legal manufacturer.
1 medical device means any instrument apparatus appliance software implant reagent material or other article intended by the manufacturer to be used alone or in combination for human beings for one or more of the following specific medical purposes. For the purposes of this regulation the following definitions apply. If you are manufacturing a medical device you must follow the specific directive for your type of. Manufacturer makes by chemical physical biological or other procedures any article that meets the definition of device in section 201 h of the federal food drug and cosmetic fd c act.
Definition of a medical device. Legal claimed manufacturer by european directive regulations the manufacturer is responsible for the design manufacturing packaging and sale of a product placed on the european market under his own name whether he is actually fulfilling those tasks or subcontracting them. Medical device classification pre market submission medical device registration and listing 510 k pma medical device labeling.