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This topic includes links to software safety guidance from other safety related industries that have useful information that could be applied to medical device software. All of these and sometimes others are in the document library section of the website.
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The link provided contains an academic presentation on good records management in general both paper and electronic. It identifies a number of standards that may be of value in establishing a good records management system. Records Management Standards Presentation 101706
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Sherman Eagles, a Medtronic Standards representative and co-chair of the AAMI software committee, gave a presentation on changes and new developments in software standards at the Nov 2006 Advamed conference. This presentation is at the link provided. It addresses the withdrawal of ISO/IEC 60601-1-4 and the incorporation of Programmable Electronic Medical Systems (PEMS) into the...
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http://www.fda.gov/cdrh/oivd/presentations/042004-callaghan-software.html#footnote_2
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AAMI Standards Conference Software Session 2005 including 4 FDA presentations The following are all included in the pdf at the following link: AAMI Standards Conference Software Session 2005 Review of Software in Premarket Submissions (new guidance for CDRH and CBER) – David S. Buckles FDA CDRH ODE Cybersecurity for Networked Medical Device Containing (OTS) Off-the-Shelf Software...
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This content is only available to Premium Level or higher subscribers.  See our Subscribe page for information on subscriptions. At AAMI’s International Standards Conference on March 11 2003 FDA’s CDRH Software Compliance Expert and AAMI Software Committee co-chair (John Murray) gave a presentation on FDA’s software message and the role standards can play to benefit industry and...
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Earlier this month FDA recognized UL 1998 for software. It followed up in the second half of the month by publishing new supplmentary information sheets for all recognized software standards that explains the recognition and how each could be used to reduce software documentation in submissions. Subscribers to SoftwareCPR.com can login, go to the Library...
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With the permission of AAMI attached is a pdf of the AAMI newsletter article summarizing the software session of the March 2000 International Software Standards Conference. AAMI 300 software article
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At a half-day breakout session on the AAMI Medical Device Software Standard, the HIMA Conformance Assessment Tool, UL 1998, the FDA Off-the-shelf software guidance, and other software standards and policy initiatives for the medical device industry was presented as part of the annual AAMI International Standards Conference. FDA and several industry speakers participated. John Murray,...
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FDA CDRH Office of Device Evaluation standards recognition statement for ” IEC 60601-1-4:1996, Medical electrical equipment – Part 1: General requirements For safety; 4. Collateral Standard: Programmable electrical medical systems”. FDA did not choose to recognize this standard for software submissions or even outright for risk management. They did issue a recognition statement explaining their...
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We are pleased to announce our SoftwareCPR® Partner, Dr. Peter Rech, will lead the international working group meeting of IEC TC62/SC62D/MT23 Infusion Pumps as its Convenor. The meeting will be hosted by AAMI at the AAMI headquarters from April 22nd to 25th, 2024, in Arlington, VA. The meeting will be dedicated to the maintenance of...
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I (Mike Russell) attended the neXus conference on medical device standards this year. Below are some observations and suggested takeaways from the talks I heard and the panel I was on. Remember, these are just selected highlights, not everything said 🙂 Session: Reducing Submission Rejections and Recalls with Software Standards This year’s conference added a third...
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SoftwareCPR® partner Mike Russell is attending the AAMI/FDA neXus medical device standards conference this week in Washington D.C., and chairing a panel. This year’s conference has added a third standards success track: application. Accordingly, Mike is chairing a panel session today on “Reducing Submission Rejections and Recalls with Software Standards.” In addition to his experience...
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62304 Public Training Course Course Dates:  June 5-7, 2024 CANCELLED COST: 3 Full Days for $2,900.00 (50% refundable through January 31, 2024. Fully transferable at any time.) Limited number of Early Bird discount coupons (worth $895)  available on a first come-first serve basis.  Use coupon code: (thats three-zero-letter p-letter e-letter r) Early bird discount available...
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I cannot agree more … “The more you can divide up the behavior of your app into components, the more effectively you can test that the behavior of your code meets the reference standards in all particulars as your project grows and changes. For a large project with many components, you’ll need to run a large number of tests to test...
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Crisis Prevention and Recovery, LLC / SoftwareCPR, Tampa, FL USA – (November 22, 2022) “We are pleased to announce that our Partner and General Manager, Brian Pate, has been selected  for membership on the UL 1998 Standards Technical Panel for Software (STP), with oversight of UL 1998 standard, Software in Programmable Components.  Brian will provide stakeholder input to...
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Crisis Prevention and Recovery, LLC / SoftwareCPR, Tampa, FL USA – (November 15, 2022) “We are pleased to announce that our partner, Dr Peter Rech, has been reappointed to serve the next 3 years as convener for IEC technical committee 62/SC 62D/MT23 Infusion Pumps.  In this role, Dr Rech will be responsible for organizing and administering...
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Just a few thoughts on metrics … specifically software metric.  A software metric defines a standard way of measuring some attribute of the software development process or an attribute of a software component. A software metric allows us to compare and evaluate one process or component with another, and plan to improve quality of a...
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ISO 14971:2019 Medical Device Risk Management, A Software Organization’s Perspective Public Training Course DATES:  Jan 9-11, 2023 Includes “how to” for application of IEC 62304 for software risk management! COST: 3 Full Days for $2,995 DISCOUNTS: 3 or more students from same company: 10% discount (off full registration) November 2022 Early Registration:  $2,395 Register at...
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IEC 62304 and Emerging Standards for Medical Device and Health IT Software DATES:  June 6-10, 2022 (New date) Clock time each day:  10 am – 3 pm US EDT (one hour break from 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm US Eastern time) COST: 5 short days for $2,200.00 – Multi-student discount available for 3 or more students...
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The virtual AAMI/FDA/BSI International Conference on Medical Devices (the ISC) will be presented from 10:30 a.m. to 3:15 p.m. (EDT), Monday-Wednesday 18-20 October 2021. As always, the ISC will be a dynamic review of recent changes and a look to what’s ahead in health tech standards and regulation, but this year each day will have...
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IEC 62304 and Emerging Standards for Medical Device and Health IT Software DATES:  Oct 19-21, 2021 Clock time each day:  8:30 am – 4:30 pm US Pacific COST: 3 Full Days for $2,100.00 (Early Bird discount: $1595 thru September 1, 2021) Special FDA / Government rate:  $500 (contact us at training@softwarecpr.com to qualify) Multi-student discounts available....
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Most medical device manufacturers use many, many software programs, systems, or services to automate quality system This software is not to be confused with product software – that is, software that runs as part of a medical device.  Medical device in this context could be custom hardware devices or Software as a Medical Device (SaMD)....
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The FDA released a guidance document on the non-clinical testing and clinical considerations of ‘Implanted Brain-Computer Interface (BCI) Devices for Patients with Paralysis or Amputation’. The document can be downloaded from the FDA website. One point of particular interest comes from the software section, where the FDA states that “We generally consider the software for...
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The FDA’s Office of Science and Engineering Laboratories (OSEL) works to promote the innovation and development of new lifesaving medical devices. Their goal is to use the latest science to expedite the development of medical devices. The FDA would like to bring awareness to the 20 research programs that are in place for the advancement...
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The Medical Device Coordination Group (MDCG) published the ‘Guidance on Standardization for Medical Devices’ (MDCG 2021-5) on April 16, 2021. Though none of the information presented is new material, it does provide a consolidated reference point perhaps most useful to those new to the industry. It is comprised of four sections and intended to explain...
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(April 6, 2021)— Ginny Kwan Gattinger has joined Crisis Prevention and Recovery LLC (DBA SoftwareCPR®) as a Partner. Ginny is a regulatory affairs professional specializing in software-based products with over 10 years of experience in the regulated industry including medical devices, pharmaceuticals and biotechnology. Ginny has developed regulatory strategies for a variety of SiMD/SaMD and...
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IEC 62304 and Emerging Standards for Medical Device and Health IT Software DATES:  April 6-8, 2021 Clock time each day:  8:30 am – 4:30 pm US EDT COST: 3 Full Days for $2,100.00 (Early Bird discount extended! $1795 thru April 3rd) Multi-student discounts available. Register at EventZilla:  https://events.eventzilla.net/e/2021-softwarecpr–iec-62304-and-emerging-standards-and-fda-expectations-for-medical-device-and-health-it-software-2138790469 This 62304 Public Training Course provides a...
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This content is only available to our Premium subscribers. See our Subscribe page for information on subscriptions. ISO 14971 was updated and released in 2019.  We previously discussed the internal debate regarding ISO 14917 in this post ISO 14971 versus the EU Commission. There are several items to consider with the new update: Section 10.1 – “The manufacturer...
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Our General Manager and Partner, Brian Pate, along with our expert affiliate, Mike Russell, will be teaching a one-day training course through Irish Medtech/Ibec (https://www.irishmedtechassoc.ie) for Ireland-based medical device and HealthIT companies on Thursday, November 19, 2020.   The course will be delivered virtually/online.  This course condenses the agile topics covered in our 3-day IEC 62304...
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The FDA recently announced the addition of 25 new tools to the Catalog of Regulatory Science Tools to help assess medical devices. CDRH catalogues regulatory science tools on this webpage to help improve the development and assessment of emerging medical technologies. Of the 25 tools added, some items of interest are: Laboratory Accuracy Evaluation of...
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Our internal cybersecurity expert Gwen contributed the following. The Use of LIS2 In Medical Devices LIS2-A2 is widely used in laboratory devices as a standard practice for Healthcare Delivery Organizations (HDOs). The LIS and LIS2 communication protocol standards published nearly two decades ago have often been used in medical device network systems due to their...
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62304 Public Training Course DATES:  September 22-24, 2020 (Registration is open through September 21, 2020 as seats remain.) COST: 3 Full Days for $2,100.00 Company Discount:  First two students at full price and then 10% off for any others (up to course size limit) This 62304 Public Training Course provides a clear understanding of the...
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Background of the Medical Software Functions Exclusion Most of those in the industry do not question whether the FDA has the authority to regulate software that qualifies as a device. However, there are many intricacies in the definitions of the 21st Century Cures Act – which, in 2016, amended the definition of medical devices in...
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The US FDA released a new guidance document communicating a new policy intended to expand the use a hospital based vital signs equipment to include home use.  This policy changes is in response to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Public Health Emergency.  You can download the guidance by clicking this link: Enforcement Policy for Non-Invasive...
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Kicking off the new year with regulatory and standards updates.  New public courses in 2020!
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) inspected your drug manufacturing facility, Tismor Health and Wellness Pty Limited, FEI 3008932054, at 19a Garema Cct, Kingsgrove, from May 20 to 24, 2019. This warning letter summarizes significant violations of current good manufacturing practice (CGMP) regulations for finished pharmaceuticals. See 21 CFR, parts 210 and 211. Because your...
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62304 Public Training Course DATES:  February 4-6, 2020 (REGISTRATION extended through January 18, 2020) COST: 3 Full Days for $2,595.00 (Registration extended through 1/18/2020) Volume Discount:  $450 off for 4 or more students from same company Register Now:  https://events.eventzilla.net/e/2020-softwarecpr-62304-and-emerging-software-standards-training-course–sunnyvale-ca-2138757731 This 62304 Public Training Course provides a clear understanding of the 62304 standard for medical device software,...
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The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) has approved a proposal to develop a standard for safety considerations in automated vehicle (AV) decision-making.  Purportedly, the “forthcoming IEEE standard will provide a useful tool to answer the question of what it means for an AV to drive safely,” according to the lead convener.  With technology...
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I am looking forward to teaching the IEC 62304 Course February 2020 with Brian Pate in Sunnyvale CA. https://events.eventzilla.net/e/2020-softwarecpr-62304-and-emerging-software-standards-training-course–sunnyvale-ca-2138757731 For 15 years I taught the AAMI Software Validation Course with Alan Kusinitz.  These days I have shifted gears to teach the SoftwareCPR 62304 course with Brian Pate. There is a major shift in my perspective between...
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Registration for our 62304 and Emerging Standards software course February 4-6, 2020, in Sunnyvale, CA is in full swing!  Onward to higher software quality – keep pressing forward!
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This content is only available to Premium subscribers.  See our Subscribe page for information on subscriptions. As more “software as a medical device” (SaMD) applications are developed and marketed, there has been an increased focus on what activities and documentation are required for compliance with US medical device regulations and applicable ISO standards.  Along with...
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IEC 62304 and other emerging standards for Medical Device and HealthIT Software

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

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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
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  •  Frequent release management
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2-days onsite (4 days virtual) with group exercises, quizzes, examples, Q&A.

Instructors: Mike Russell, Ron Baerg

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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.

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