Some in-home medical devices and their gateways communicate directly with the patient to offer help and feedback. Other gateways are designed to be passive and effectively invisible.
As the population ages and the number of people requiring medical treatment rapidly...
■ UDI should be technology neutral.
■ The UDI database should use an existing, globally accepted data exchange process to share information about device safety.
■ Every manufacturer should maintain the uniqueness of its UDI code for a device worldwide.
■ Globally accepted...
The Global Harmonization Task Force (GHTF) is seeking public comment on its discussion paper “Unique Device Identification (UDI) System.” GHTF says that the goal of the document is to “pave the way for the establishment of UDI in the medical device sector.”...