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CE MARKING AND CONFORMITY

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  The CE marking is a significant indicator that the product complies with European legislation and allows the free movement of products within the European market. When a manufacturer affixes the CE marking to a product, he declares, under his sole responsibility, compliance with all the legal requirements necessary to affix the CE marking, and thus gives rise to the product being able to be sold in the space European economy, Switzerland and Turkey. This also applies to products made in third countries that are sold in the European Economic Area (EEA), Switzerland and Turkey.  Clinical Evaluation Consultants  The CE marking does not indicate that the product has been manufactured in the EEA, but rather that the product is evaluated before being placed on the market and meets the Union's safety, health and environmental protection requirements. This means that the manufacturer verifies that the product meets all the essential requirements of the Directives that apply to ...

Medical Device Clinical Evaluation Report SERVICE

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  A   CER (Clinical Evaluation Report)   is a document that can be prepared for a medical device that is being considered for marketing in the United States market (also called Premarket Approval or PMA). This means that the report may be required when a new medical device is entered into the U.S. market, certain changes are made to a medical device, or an indication for use of a medical device is added. In this blog, I'll summarize what you should know about the CER process and provide a series of links to resources with more information on how they are used in the U.S. market. Medical device clinical evaluation reports (CERs) are an important document submitted to the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) when seeking regulatory approval for a medical device. Medical device makers must submit one or more CERs that address all of the required points in their premarket submission, or PMA (Premarket Approval). The information included in a CER varies by the...

Clinical Evaluation Report For Medical Device

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  A blog that discusses the role of   clinical evaluation reports (also known as CE reports) in informing decision-making in medical device and drug development. Clinical evaluation reports are one of the most important elements in the medical device world. Its your source to learn about real world clinical trials. CE reports form one of the fundamental pillars supporting the evaluation of medical device and drug products and their safe and effective use. What are clinical evaluation reports? Clinical evaluation reports are documents that provide information about the design, development, and testing of medical devices. These documents may include: Design specifications:  Clinical Evaluation Consultants  Information about the design and development process of a device; this includes the materials used and their properties. Product data sheets: Information about a specific product that helps users understand how to use it safely and effectively. Evaluation report...

CLINICAL EVALUATION REPORT FOR MEDICAL DEVICES

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  The manufacturer of a medical device must produce a   clinical evaluation report, CER, to document the clinical evaluation and its result. MEDDEV Guideline 2.7 / 1 rev.4 defines Clinical Evaluation Report as a procedure that involves the collection, estimation, analysis, and evaluation of available clinical data to support the compliance of the medical device with the Essential Requirements. The  clinical evaluation report   or CER must contain sufficient information to be read and understood by an independent agent. You must provide sufficient detail to understand the search criteria adopted by the evaluators, the available data, the assumptions made, and all the conclusions reached. WHAT MUST CONTAIN IN A CER The report must describe the differenClinical Evaluation Reportt stages of the clinical evaluation: Stage 0, the scope of clinical evaluation: - explains the scope and context of the assessment, the technology on which the medical de...

DOES YOUR CLINICAL EVALUATION MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE MDR 2017/745 REGULATION?

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  We are currently witnessing a change in the regulations for medical devices. The current Medical Devices Directive (93/42/EEC) and Active Implantable Medical Devices Directive (90/385/ECC) will be replaced by the European Medical Device Regulation 2017/745 (MDR) next May 2021. As we have already commented in other entries, for a medical device to be marketed in the European Union, it must comply with the CE marking according to the requirements of this new regulation. This will introduce major changes to the way medical device manufacturers gain access to the European market, including the way  Clinical Evaluation Report  of the medical device is carried out. WHAT ELEMENTS MUST A CLINICAL EVALUATION HAVE TO COMPLY WITH THE REGULATIONS? Medical device regulations do not specify exactly how a clinical evaluation should be structured. But it does make clear the elements that must be taken into account. Therefore, having the experience of having carried ...

CER CLINICAL EVALUATION REPORT

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  The manufacturer of a medical device must produce a   clinical evaluation  report, CER, to document the   clinical evaluation   and its result. The MEDDEV Guideline 2.7/1 rev.4 defines clinical evaluation as a procedure that involves the collection, estimation, analysis and evaluation of available clinical data to support compliance of the medical device with the Essential Requirements. The  clinical evaluation report  or CER must contain sufficient information to be read and understood by an independent agent. You must provide enough detail to understand the search criteria adopted by the evaluators, the data available, the assumptions made, and any conclusions reached. WHAT SHOULD A CER CONTAIN It is important that the report describes the different stages of the clinical evaluation: Stage 0, scope of clinical evaluation: – explains the scope and context of the evaluation, the technology on which the medical device is based, the...