Intended Purpose

Manufacturers of medical devices must monitor their products on the market. The European Medical Device Regulation requires manufacturers to systematically and actively collect information on product use after it has been placed on the European market.

The quality management system is an essential component of a medical device manufacturer. The European Medical Device Regulation (MDR) has increased the importance of quality management even further.

Medical device manufacturers must provide a technical documentation for their products. The technical documentation is a compilation of all relevant documents for a product.

Software like a medical app that has a medical purpose is legally a medical device. This article gives an overview of the path from a software to a medical device with CE-marking.

Manufacturers of medical devices must carry out a clinical evaluation of their products in order to be allowed to market them in Europe. To do this, the manufacturer must use clinical data to check whether the medical device is safe and efficient.