Agency
All medical devices are regulated by the Directorate General of Drug Administration (DGDA).
Medical Device Definition
Medical deviceTM means any instrument, apparatus, implement, machine, appliance, implant, reagent for in vitro use, software, material or other similar or related article, intended by the manufacturer to be used, alone or in combination, for human beings, for one or more of the specific medical purpose(s) of: diagnosis, prevention, monitoring, treatment or alleviation of disease, diagnosis, monitoring, treatment, alleviation of or compensation for an injury, investigation, replacement, modification, or support of the anatomy or of a physiological process, supporting or sustaining life, control of conception, disinfection of medical devices, providing information by means of in vitro examination of specimens derived from the human body; and does not achieve its primary intended action by pharmacological, immunological or metabolic means, in or on the human body, but which may be assisted in its intended function by such means shall be deemed to be a Device under the meaning of Section (3)b (ii), (iii) and (v) of the Drugs Act 1940
Classification of Medical Device
International Classification |
Examples |
Risk Level |
A |
Surgical retractors / tongue depressors |
Low |
B |
Hypodermic Needles / suction equipment |
Low - Moderate |
C |
Lung ventilator / bone fixation plate |
High - Moderate |
D |
Heart valves / implantable defibrillator |
High |