device software

Computer Modeling and Simulations for Device Regulatory Submissions Draft Guidance

01/11/2022

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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released a draft guidance, “Assessing the Credibility of Computational Modeling and Simulation in Medical Device Submissions” late December 2021. The draft guidance provides a framework for assessing if software modeling used to support medical device premarket submissions are credible. Regulatory submissions often lack adequate explanation of the rationale for the models’ credibility for the context of use (COU). The COU is the specific role and scope of the model used to address the “question of interest.”

Device Software Functions Draft Guidance: Comment Now!

01/04/2022

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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released a draft guidance “Content of Premarket Submissions for Device Software Functions.” The draft guidance clarifies documentation that is needed for a premarket submission for device software functions. The 21st Century Cures Act excluded certain software functions from the definition of device (see the guidance, “Changes to Existing Medical Software Policies Resulting from Section 3060 of the 21st Century Cures Act”). The draft guidance addresses these changes as well as the evolution of digital health and the recent FDA recognized consensus standards for software, which are standards that the FDA determines can support clearance or approval of a device.