Regulatory Agency
The Food and Drug Administration (JFDA), under the Ministry of Health (MOH), regulates all medical devices in Jordan.
Medical Device Definition
Medical Device: every device, means, material, tool, item, reagent, and laboratory standard, whether used alone or in combination with others, including the software necessary for its use, and prepared by the manufacturer for use by humans to achieve any of the following purposes, and which does not achieve the desired goal of its use in/on a person body by pharmacological, immunological, or nutritional means, but his work can be helped by these means, and this is what distinguishes him from medicine.
- Diagnosis, prevention, monitoring, treatment, or mitigation of diseases.
- Diagnosis, monitoring, mitigation, and/or compensation for any injury or disability.
- Exposing, compensating, or adjusting the anatomical position.
- Pregnancy regulation.
- Sterilization of medical devices, surfaces, and surgical kits.
- Providing information for a medical or diagnostic purpose through laboratory tests of samples taken from the human body
Medical Device Classification System
Classification | Risk Level | Examples |
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Class I, Class Is, Class Im | Low risk | Cholesterol, uric acid test system; Surgical Instrument; Bandage, Surgical camera; Electric operating table, Patient scale |
Class IIa | Low–moderate risk | Pregnancy self-testing, Electric Hospital Bed, Surgical Lamp, Surgical Mask |
Class IIb | High- Moderate risk | Blood glucose self-testing, ECG, X-ray Unit, Syringe, Condom, Contact lens |
Class III | High risk | HIV Blood donor screening, Stent, Intraocular lens (IOL), Defibrillator, Pacemaker |
Regulatory Approval Process
Classification |
Approval process |
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Class I
Class IIa
Class IIb
Class III |
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Additional Information
Approval timeline |
2-4 months approximate |
License validity period |
10 years |
Fees |
$142, In case the Medical Device need analysis additional fees to be paid as: $211 |
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