FDA won’t regulate medical device data systems, citing low threat risk to patients

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a guidance saying it will not regulate medical device data systems and systems related to medical image storage, as they don’t pose a high risk to patients.

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The guidance defines a medical device data system as “a hardware or software product that transfers, stores, converts formats and displays medical device data.” Per the new guidance, the FDA does not intend to enforce regulatory control compliance to certain MDDS, medical image storage devices and medical image communication devices, including registration and listing, premarket review, postmarket reporting and quality system regulation.

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