"Plug And Play" Medical Systems Raise Complicated Regulatory Questions
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
FDA, device makers and others are struggling to identify the best way to regulate "interoperable" medical systems - such as an iPhone that receives blood glucose data - with some suggesting that a separate classification scheme might be needed
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