MEDICAL DEVICE
Any instrument, apparatus, appliance, software, material or other article, whether used alone or in combination, including the software intended by its manufacturer to be used specifically for diagnostic and/or therapeutic purposes and necessary for its proper application.
Description
Any instrument, apparatus, appliance, software, material or other article, whether used alone or in combination, including the software intended by its manufacturer to be used specifically for diagnostic and/or therapeutic purposes and necessary for its proper application.
A MEDICAL DEVICE is intended by the manufacturer to be used for human beings for the purpose of:
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diagnosis, prevention, monitoring, treatment or alleviation of disease
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diagnosis, monitoring, treatment, alleviation of or compensation for an injury or handicap
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investigation, replacement or modification of the anatomy or of a physiological process
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control of conception
and which does not achieve its principal intended action in or on the human body by pharmacological, immunological or metabolic means, but which may be assisted in its function by such means.
For further information on MEDICAL DEVICES, see the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) website at: Medical devices regulation and safety.
A subtype of MEDICAL DEVICE is:
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MACHINE
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Attributes
Relationships
Each MEDICAL DEVICE
Key | Relationship | Class |
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must be used in one and only one | CLINICAL INTERVENTION |
Where Used
Type | Link | How used |
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Data Set | Aggregate Contract Monitoring Data Set | references in description MEDICAL DEVICE |
Data Element | CLINICAL INTERVENTION DATE (MEDICAL DEVICE IMPLEMENTATION) | references in description MEDICAL DEVICE |
Data Set | Devices Patient Level Contract Monitoring Data Set | references in description MEDICAL DEVICE |
NHS Business Definition | High Cost Device | references in description MEDICAL DEVICE |
NHS Business Definition | High Cost Tariff Excluded Device | references in description MEDICAL DEVICE |
NHS Business Definition | Implant | references in description MEDICAL DEVICE |
NHS Business Definition | Internet Enabled Therapy Integrated Software Engine | references in description MEDICAL DEVICE |
Class | MACHINE | references in description MEDICAL DEVICE |
Class | MEDICAL DEVICE | references in description MEDICAL DEVICE |
Attribute | MEDICAL DEVICE IDENTIFIER | references in description MEDICAL DEVICE |
Attribute | MEDICAL DEVICE MANUFACTURER | references in description MEDICAL DEVICE |
Attribute | MEDICAL DEVICE NAME | references in description MEDICAL DEVICE |
Attribute | MEDICAL DEVICE PROCUREMENT ROUTE | references in description MEDICAL DEVICE |
Attribute | MEDICAL DEVICE QUANTITY | references in description MEDICAL DEVICE |
Attribute | MEDICAL DEVICE SERIAL NUMBER | references in description MEDICAL DEVICE |
Attribute | MEDICAL DEVICE SIZE | references in description MEDICAL DEVICE |
Data Set | Patient Level Contract Monitoring Data Set | references in description MEDICAL DEVICE |
NHS Business Definition | Radiotherapy Machine | references in description MEDICAL DEVICE |
NHS Business Definition | Remote Monitoring | references in description MEDICAL DEVICE |
Data Element | UNIT PRICE (COMMISSIONER) | references in description MEDICAL DEVICE |
Data Element | UNIT PRICE (SUPPLIER) | references in description MEDICAL DEVICE |
Data Element | VALUE ADDED TAX CHARGED INDICATOR (CONTRACT MONITORING) | references in description MEDICAL DEVICE |
Attribute | VALUE ADDED TAX CHARGED INDICATOR FOR CONTRACT MONITORING | references in description MEDICAL DEVICE |
Also Known As
This class is also known by these names:
Context | Alias |
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Plural | MEDICAL DEVICES |