This document provides an overview of medical device regulation and approvals required for studies involving medical devices. It defines what constitutes a medical device and outlines the classification system for devices based on risk. Class I devices have the lowest risk while Class III are highest. Clinical investigations and intent to commercialize a device requires approval from the MHRA and ethics board. The roles of the MHRA, notified bodies, and ethics committees are described. Research using medical devices in both clinical and non-clinical settings requires various levels of approval depending on the study.
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2. Medical Devices
What is a medical device
Approvals required for studies involving medical
devices
Who and how are they regulated
3. What is a medical device
Medical Device covers all products, except
medicines, used in healthcare for the diagnosis,
prevention, monitoring or treatment of illness or
disability
4. Examples of medical
devices
Implants
Dressings
Patient Monitoring equipment
X ray systems
Wheelchairs
Hearing Aids
Devices for blood glucose measurements
5. Examples of products that can be both a
medical device and non medical device
Personal protective equipment
Who are you protecting?
what is the principal stated purpose of the product by the
manufacturer?
Rubber/latex gloves
Marigolds = general purpose so not medical device
surgical gloves = medical device
6. Stand alone software
Software which is not incorporated in another
medical device but has a medical purpose
Directly controls apparatus (radiotherapy)
Provides immediate decision triggering information
(blood glucose meters)
Provides support for healthcare professional (ECG
interpretation)
7. Decision tree for
standalone software
Is it a computer programme?
Does the programme perform an action on data?
Is it for the benefit of an individual patient - will it
evaluate patient data to support or influence the
medical care provided to that patient?
8. Words associated with a medical device
amplify, analysis, interpret, alarms, calculates,
controls, converts, detects, diagnose,
measures, monitors
Software that applies some sort of automated
reasoning - calculation, dose calculation,
algorithm, clinicians guide
APPs as medical devices
9. Software that provides personalised guidance
makes use of information entered by the
patients, provided by point of care devices or
obtained via health records, if it affects the
treatment of the patient
If the software performs a calculation or interprets
data and the healthcare provider does not review
the raw data = medical device
10. Intention to place on
market
Research with the intention to commercialise the
device or
place on the market make available in return for
payment or free of charge, with a view to distribution,
use or both
Requires MHRA approval
12. In house manufacture
No intention to put on the market or place into
service under the manufacturers name
There is no transfer of ownership of the product or
intention to give to another NHS Trust
Not covered by medical device regulations but may
be covered by general research requirements if
used in a hospital
Any data gathered cannot be used in a future MHRA
submission
13. Working with
Addenbrookes
If the Chief Investigator is an Addenbrookes employee
or a researcher based at the Clinical School then this
MAY be considered in house manufacture
R&D approval
Clinical Engineering approval
Electronic safety standards must be met
Evidence of liability cover
14. Research in a clinical
setting
Any study recruiting participants from the NHS, using
patient data or patient tissue requires NRES ethics
approval and R&D approval
Any study using NHS facilities in a study requires R&D
approval
Any study using NHS staff as participants in a study
requires R&D approval and University ethics approval
15. Research with patients
Sponsorship
Confirmation of Funding
Appropriate peer review
Favourable ethical opinion letter
Confirmation of insurance for your study
Confirmation of honorary research contracts
Appropriate agreements with third parties
16. Research Ethics
Proof of concept studies recruiting a small number of healthy
volunteers internal ethics approval - but considered on a
case by case basis.
Studies recruiting a large group of healthy volunteers - no
longer a proof of concept study MHRA assumption that
there is an intention to commercialise or put on market
NRES ethics approval and MHRA approval
Clinical Investigation studies of medical device NRES
ethics approval and may require MHRA approval
17. Insurance
Whatever the setting, if you are using a medical device
in any type of research, it is important to ensure that
appropriate insurance is in place
Insurance contact: Victoria Hollamby
Victoria.Hollamby@admin.cam.ac.uk
18. Medical devices and
regulation
Devices are categorised into classes according to
the degree of risk inherent in the device
Class I - low risk apps, standalone software
Class 11a and 11b medium risk
Class III high risk
The conformity assessment and the CE mark
depend on the Class of the product
19. Classification
Depends upon a series of factors including:
How long the device is intended to be in continuous
use
Whether or not the device is invasive
Whether the device is implantable or active
Whether or not the device contains a substance
20. Non invasive device
Class I - In contact with injured skin provide
mechanical barrier, eg plasters, wound gauze
Class IIa - Intended to manage micro-environment of
wound control moisture at wound, eg hydrogel
dressings. Not for extensive wounds
Class IIb - Intended for wounds which breach dermis
and heal only by secondary intent severe burns eg
temporary skin substitute
21. Class I
If you are satisfied that your medical device complies
with the requirements in the MDD, you must write a
statement to declare this Declaration of Conformity
As 11th February 2015 new online application system
for Class I devices, (Device Online Registration
System, DORS) .
22. Class IIa and IIb
Safety and performance needs to be adequately
demonstrated may need clinical investigation if
insufficient existing clinical data
23. Devices requiring clinical
investigation
Device is implantable or Class III medical device
Introducing new concept of device into medical
practice
Existing device modified so a novel feature may have
important phsyiological effects or it affects clinical
performance and safety of the device
24. Devices requiring clinical
investigation
Devices incorporating materials previously untested in
humans
Device, either CE marked or non CE marked, being
proposed for a new purpose or function
In vitro and/or animal testing of device cannot mimic
the clinical situation
New manufacturer, especially of a high risk device
25. Medical Device Directives
90/385/EEC Active Implantable Device Directive
(AIMDD) covers all powered implants or partial
implants that are left in the human body pacemaker
93/42/EEC Medical Device Directive (MDD) covers
most other medical devices
98/79/EC In-vitro Diagnostics Device (IVD) covers
any device which is a reagent, instrument, appparatus,
for use in-vitor for examination of speciments from the
human body - hepatitis B testing kits