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Active devices that are software and programmed
Body
Is the device intended for one or more of the following?
- Diagnose or screen for a disease or condition that:
- would NOT lead to the death of a person, or a severe deterioration in the state of a person’s health without urgent treatment, or
- is NOT a serious disease or serious condition,
- does NOT pose a risk to public health
- Monitor the state or progression of a disease, condition or parameter that does not indicate whether:
- the person or another person may be in danger (but not immediate danger), or
- there may be a moderate risk to public health
- Specify or recommend a treatment or intervention, where the treatment or intervention, or its absence:
- would not cause harm to a person, or
- does NOT pose a risk to public health
- Provide information as therapy to a person that may cause harm to the person (not serious harm, death, or a severe deterioration in the state of the person’s health)
- Administer or exchange energy to or from a patient (where the energy is non-hazardous)
- Supply energy that will be absorbed by a patient’s body (other than a device that is intended only to illuminate the patient’s body in the visible spectrum)
- Image in vivo distribution of radiopharmaceuticals in a patient
- Used to allow direct diagnosis or monitoring of vital physiological processes of a patient (other than those that could result in immediate danger to the patient)
- Used to administer or remove medicine, body liquids or other substances (that are non-hazardous) to or from a patient.
Question
Is the active medical device intended to be used for any of the above purposes?