The New ISO 10993-1: 2018 – What Now?

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Historically, biological safety evaluations for medical devices were comprised of an investigation into biocompatibility tests required to meet regulatory obligations. However, since 2009, the emphasis on a risk management process and characterization of materials continues to shift the biological safety paradigm. Put simply, the days of medical product manufacturers simply contracting with a testing laboratory, reviewing and accepting a recommended product evaluation plan is no longer a globally accepted practice.

In today’s world, there is continued interest in how an evaluation is conducted long before any biological tests are performed. And, with the release of ISO 10993-1:2018 in August 2018, there is a continued focus in biological safety planning and implementation processes, as well as the characterization of materials. Once again, medical device manufacturers are being asked to go beyond the simple process of identifying a set list of biocompatibility tests when evaluating a device’s biological safety.

This webinar, presented by Don Pohl (Principal Product Development Strategist, NAMSA), will take a look at the major changes introduced within ISO 10993-1:2018, and also discuss how manufacturers can efficaciously prepare for implementation of these new requirements.

Questions to be addressed include:

• – What are the changes to the General Principles Applying to Biological Evaluation of Medical Devices?
• – Is there clarification on when chemical characterization testing may or may not be needed?
• – What are the categorization changes and how does that affect the biological evaluation?
• – How do you use ISO 10993-1:2018 to create a gap analysis of the data you have and that which is needed by additional testing?

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