Experts from the Orthopaedic Surgical Manufacturers Association (OSMA) are concerned about the up-classification of some spinal fusion devices from class IIb under the former medical devices directive to class III under the new Medical Device Regulation, based on an interpretation of Rule 8 of the MDR by the guidance document MDCG 2021-24.
For some products, this up-classification has already resulted, or will result, in “significant burden, both administrative and evidentiary,” which is...
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