Press Release: Medical devices: Commission consults public to improve public health and safety

The European Commission on 20 May 2005 launched a consultation inviting the public to comment on its draft proposal to amend the rules on medical devices (MDD) and on active implantable medical devices (AIMDD). The Commission was considering to relax confidentiality to allow certain information on all devices to be publicly available, thus improving transparency. Medical devices comprise any instrument, appliance, software, etc. used for the purpose of disease prevention (e.g. vaccine-delivery devices), screening (e.g. mammography for breast cancer), diagnosis (e.g. use ultrasound system) or treatment or alleviation of disease.

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