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April 20, 2022
Company: Varian Medical Systems Imaging Laboratory GmbH Date of Enforcement Report: 4/20/2022 Class II PRODUCT ARIA Radiation Therapy Management (RTM) VERSIONS 13.6, 15.1, 15.5, 15.6, 16.0, 16.1 Recall Number: Z-0942-2022 REASON Software issue for treatment plan and image management application may result in mismatch values which could result in treatment in the wrong location. RECALLING...
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Trying to understand Software Design Verification … A QA’s takeaway on reading the General Principles of Software Validation for the first time. FDA gives guidance in the General Principles of Software Validation guidance document, but in general: Testing at different levels: units, integrated units, software complete Testing types: negative, combinatorial, fault injection, risk controls challenge, boundary, corner cases, stress,...
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FDA has released a new draft of Premarket Cybersecurity in Medical Devices:  Quality System Considerations and Content of Premarket Submissions.  Per the scope, this 2022 FDA Premarket Cybersecurity Guidance “is applicable to devices that contain software (including firmware) or programmable logic, as well as software as a medical device (SaMD). The guidance is not limited to devices...
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SoftwareCPR Training Courses:

Risk Management (Public or Private)

Our newly updated ISO 14971:2019 Medical Device Risk Management, A Software Organization’s Perspective training course is now open for scheduling!

  • Coverage of ISO 14971:2019, IEC 62304; amd1, and IEC/TR 80002-1.
  • System level hazards analysis – mapping to software, cybersecurity, and usability
  • Why FMEA is incomplete for medical device risk management.
  • How to perform software hazards analysis.
  • And more!

3-days onsite with group exercises, quizzes, examples, Q&A.

Instructors: Dr. Peter Rech, Brian Pate

Next public offering:  TBD

 

Being Agile & Yet Compliant (Public or Private)

Our SoftwareCPR unique approach to incorporating agile and lean engineering to your medical device software process training course is now open for scheduling!

  • Agile principles that align well with medical
  • Backlog management
  • Agile risk management
  • Incremental and iterative software development lifecycle management
  •  Frequent release management
  • And more!

2-days onsite with group exercises, quizzes, examples, Q&A.

Instructors: Mike Russell, Ron Baerg

Next public offering:  TBD

 

Medical Device Cybersecurity (Public or Private)

This course takes a deep dive into the US FDA expectations for cybersecurity activities in the product development process with central focus on the cybersecurity risk analysis process. Overall approach will be tied to relevant standards and FDA guidance documentation. The course will follow the ISO 14971:2019 framework for overall structure but utilize IEC 62304, IEC 81001-5-1, and AAMI TIR57 for specific details regarding cybersecurity planning, risk characterization, threat modeling, and control strategies.

2-days onsite with group exercises, quizzes, examples, Q&A.

Instructor: Dr Peter Rech, 2nd instructor (optional)

Next public offering:  TBD

 

IEC 62304 and other emerging standards for Medical Device and HealthIT Software (Public or Private)

Our flagship course for preparing regulatory, quality, engineering, operations, and others for the activities and documentation expected for IEC 62304 conformance and for FDA expectations. The goal is to educate on the intent and purpose so that the participants are able to make informed decisions in the future.  Focus is not simply what the standard says, but what is meant and discuss examples and approaches one might implement to comply.  Special deep discount pricing available to FDA attendees and other regulators.

3-days onsite with group exercises, quizzes, examples, Q&A.

Instructor: Brian Pate, 2nd instructor (optional)

Next public offering:  TBD

 

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