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<small>Medical Devices Quality Management System</small>ISO 13485

Medical Devices Quality Management SystemISO 13485

Who is concerned?

Manufacturing or placing on the market medical devices, in-vitro diagnostic devices and active implantable devices; designing, developing or providing services related to medical devices

Framework

EU Directives separately govern three categories of medical devices: active implantable medical devices (EU Directive 90/385/EEC), medical devices in general (EU Directive 93/42/EEC) and in-vitro diagnostic medical devices (EU Directive 98/79/EEC). Each of the three directives provides that, in order for a manufacturer to place a medical device on the market, it develop and implement a comprehensive quality assurancesystem or production quality system according to the risk class of such product. The ISO 13485 standard specifies the requirements for a quality management system that can be used by an organization in the design, development, production, installation and maintenance of medical devices, as well as in the design, development and the provision of related services.

Your Benefits

To demonstrate the ability to supply medical devices and provide related services that meet customer requirements and comply with the applicable regulatory requirements.


To facilitate any qualification process with a manufacturer wishing to outsource, partially or totally, the production activities of a medical device.

Our Services

Benefiting from its long experience as a notified body for CE certification of medical devices, Certiquality provides companies in the medical devices business with certification services for quality management systems against the ISO 13485 standard.
Recognised to be a harmonised standard within the meaning of the EU Directives governing the placing on the market of medical devices, ISO 13485 may be used by manufacturers as a reference for the implementation of quality management systems which meet the regulatory procedures governing the design, production and placing on the market of medical devices.
Certification of a quality management system against ISO 13485 can be conducted simultaneously with the CE certification of a medical device, as this standard embodies the system requirements which complement the technical requirements at product level.
Companies producing medical devices may also easily integrate an ISO 13485 - compliant quality management system with the additional requirements set forth in standard ISO 9001 regarding: Customer and customer satisfaction; Continual improvement of organisational performance and processes.
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The Certification Process

  • an optional preliminary audit to assess the condition of the company’s management system against the requirements of the ISO 13485 standard;
  • a gap analysis will identify the system’s strengths and potential areas for improvement;
  • a certification audit, with the aim of assessing the compliance of the management system to the requirements of ISO 13485, through a documentary analysis and on-site findings;
  • issuance of the certificate of conformity;
  • annual surveillance audits and triennial renewal audits.

ISO 13485 audits can be combined with audits against the ISO 9001 standard or the requirements of EU Directive 93/42/EEC.

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