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All medical devices are regulated by Medicines Control Council (MCC).
Medical Device Definition
A medical device means any instrument, appliance, material, machine, apparatus, implant or diagnostic reagent a) used or purporting to be suitable for use or manufactured or sold for use in -i) the diagnosis, treatment, mitigation, modification, monitoring or prevention of disease, abnormal physical or mental states or the symptoms thereof; or ii) restoring, correcting or modifying any somatic or psychic or organic function; or iii) the diagnosis or prevention of pregnancy, and which does not achieve its purpose through chemical, pharmacological, immunological or metabolic means in or on the human body but which may be assisted in its function by such means; or b) declared by the Minister by notice in the Gazette to be a medical device, and includes any part or an accessory of a medical device. Medicines and Related Substances Control Act, Art. 1.
Classification of Medical Device
Classification |
Examples |
Risk Level |
A |
Absorbent pads, syringes without needles, non-sterile dressings |
Low |
B |
Adhesives for topical use, oxygen tubing and masks, bridges and crown |
Moderate-Low |
C |
Tubes for blood transfusion, urethral stents, intravenous cannulae |
Moderate-High |
D |
Cardiovascular catheters, angioplasty balloon catheters, pacemakers |
High |