Compliance Corner: Design Creep Can Turn Your Model T Into The Batmobile, FDA Investigator Warns
Executive Summary
Intertwining design changes and document control is vital for manufacturers – especially for those whose creeping changes to a medical device can turn it into an altogether different product that requires a new 510(k) or PMA from the US FDA. Longtime agency investigator Laureen Geniusz weighs in on what she has seen in the field and offers other nuggets of design change advice.