Module 14 2022
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Module 14: Design Development and Certification of Medical Devices 23 - 25 March 2022
LOCATION: TOPRA OFFICE AND ONLINE Module Leader(s) : Dr Helen Erwood and Jason Collins
Date: 23 rd - 25 th March 2022 DAY ONE: Wednesday 23 rd March 2022
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13.00 13.30
Registration and coffee
Housekeeping and Introduction Overview of the regulatory environment MDR, IVDR and Notified Body changes
Helen Erwood and Jason Collins ESPL Regulatory Helen Erwood ESPL Regulatory
13.30 – 14.00
Lecture 1: Principles of the Design and Development of Medical Devices: • An overview and introduction to the design and development “toolkit”. • The importance of ISO standards in device development (ISO13485 / ISO14971 / ISO10993 etc.) Case Study 1: The Design and Development Target • How the target product profile (TPP) fits into the design programme • Relevance of the Essential Requirements checklist to design and development of a new device Refreshment Break
14.00 – 14.45
14.45 - 15.15
15.15 -16.15
Jason Collins ESPL Regulatory
Lecture 2: Risk Assessment: what is it? •
16.15 - 17.15
Helen Erwood ESPL Regulatory
A practical look at how this fits into device design and development
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DAY TWO: Date : Thursday 24 th March 2022
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Review of Day 1
09.00 – 09.05
Jason Collins ESPL Regulatory
Lecture 3: The influence of materials in Medical Device Design
09.05 - 10.00
Helen Erwood / Chris Erwood Jason Collins
Refreshment break
10.00 – 10.30
Lecture 4: Design Planning and Design Control • INPUTS and OUTPUTS When should DESIGN CONTROL take effect? Interactive Session: Statistical Considerations in Medical Device Clinical Investigations Lecture 5: Rapid Prototyping – the Challenges of Designing and Testing Prototypes Interactive session: Packaging for Medical Devices • Factors to consider in packaging design • How packaging helps to maintain product integrity Lunch
10.30 – 11.15
Jonathon Bradshaw Philips Medisize A/S
11.15 – 12.00
Denise Lee Metronomia
12.00 – 13.00
13.00 – 13.45
Jonathon Bradshaw Philips Medisize A/S
Helen Erwood ESPL Regulatory
13.45 – 14.30
Refreshment Break
14.30 - 15.00
Lecture 6: Human factors and usability testing during development • Human factors studies
Greg Thay Thay Medical Limited
15.00 - 15.45
Lecture 7: Diverging approaches to MD requirements – EEA and UK
15.45 – 16.30
Monir El Azzouzi Easy Medical Device
Case study 2: Inputs, Outputs and Design Control
Jonathon Bradshaw Greg Thay Helen Erwood
16.30 – 17.15
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DAY THREE
Date: Friday 25 th March 2022
Helen Erwood ESPL Regulatory
Introduction/overview of the day: Review of case study 2
09.00 – 09.30
Lecture 8: Certification: Documenting data to Support New Device files • Reporting design and development data for regulatory assessment. Are requirements really different globally? •
09.30 – 10.15
Jason Collins ESPL Regulatory
Refreshment break
10.15 – 10.45
Lecture 9: Biological Assessments Relevant to Medical Devices
10.45 – 11.30
Stuart Freeman Farino Consulting
Lecture 10: Notified Body Expectations • Common Issues with design and development data
11.30 – 12.15
Kevin Madden BSi
LUNCH
12.15 – 13.00
Lecture 11: Sterilisation of Medical Devices: The trials and tribulations of trying to sterilise the unsterilisable!
Helen Erwood ESPL Consulting
13.00 - 13.45
Interactive session: Digital Health and Software a different development approach and a look at machine learning
13.45 – 14.30
Chris Erwood ESPL Consulting
Refreshment Break
14.30 – 15.00
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Lecture 12: Post-marketing Design/Development Activities • Clinical follow-up • Life Cycle Management of device design: optimisation after launch Case Study 3: Post- Marketing Design Changes Including Packaging and Sterilisation
15.00 – 15.45
Natasha Bankowski Phoenix Laboratories
15.45 – 16.30
Helen Erwood / Jason Collins ESPL Regulatory
16.30
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Principles of the design and development of medical devices
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AN OVERVIEW OF: ● GOOD DESIGN PRACTICE in DESIGN and DEVELOPMENT processes – Identifying a NEED – PLANNING the design process – EXPEDITING the process – experimental DESIGN – Design CONTROLS PRINCIPLES OF THE DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF MEDICAL DEVICES
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PRINCIPLES OF THE DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF MEDICAL DEVICES
AN OVERVIEW OF: ● The REGULATORY FRAMEWORK – ISO standards – Notified body expectations – Guidances: EU / UK, FDA, IMDRF
● DOCUMENTING data and decisions
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PRINCIPLES OF THE DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF MEDICAL DEVICES
NOTE: ● MUCH OF WHAT WE WILL LOOK AT IN THIS LECTURE WILL BE EXPANDED IN FURTHER DETAIL IN SPECIFIC SUBJECT LECTURES THROUGHOUT THE COURSE
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GOOD DESIGN PRACTICE
IDENTIFY THE UNMET NEED (I): ● What will the device do? – Is this a recognised unmet need? – Understand the disease state / physical condition
● Who is the user? – Patient? – Home carer? – Healthcare provider?
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IDENTIFY THE UNMET NEED (II): ● How will it help support the patient? – Will it be used with other devices?
● Are there existing devices available that have a similar role? – …but which do not fulfil the required function completely?
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GOOD DESIGN PRACTICE
WHAT WILL THE PRINCIPLE BENEFIT BE? ● Better procedures – More efficient procedure – More effective use of facilities ● Reduced time in hospital – Moves patient care from clinic to home ● Patient is back to work and play faster – Patient can self-treat / self-monitor – Patient has more independence / mobility
DEFINE WHAT SUCCESS IS!
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GOOD DESIGN PRACTICE: ONGOING TRENDS IN MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY…
Diagnostics that guide therapies From lab to desktop From clinic to home Reduced input from healthcare providers Patients direct their own healthcare
Direct-to-patients apps Minimise hospital stay Better outcomes at lower cost Evidence-based outcomes
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GOOD DESIGN PRACTICE: Device discovery: the innovation process
From Durfee / Iaizzo 2016
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GOOD DESIGN PRACTICE
DESIGN FEASIBILITY ● First step in the design process – BRAINSTORMING – LOOKING AT CONCEPTS
● OFTEN CALLED A PRODUCT INITIATION REQUEST – A PROCESS FOR FORMALLY DOCUMENTING AN IDEA
● Assessment by a MULTIDISCIPLINARY team
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GOOD DESIGN PRACTICE - DESIGN PLANNING
● Time schedule ● Milestones
• Goals and objectives • Organisational responsibilities • Tasks • Resources
● COMMUNICATIONS! …when notifications should occur
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DESIGN PLANNING ● TOOLS
– GANTT CHARTS / PERT CHARTS – CHECKLISTS – STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES
● TIMESCALES – ? If everything works out how long will it take (best case) – ? What’s the most likely duration? (most probable) – ? If almost everything goes wrong how long will it take (worst case)
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The “Waterfall” flow chart (you will see this again!_)
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DESIGN INPUTS ● What are they? – PHYSICAL AND PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS THAT ARE THE BASIS FOR PRODUCT DESIGN
– THE INTENTIONS FOR YOUR DEVICE
– THEY ARE NOT SOLUTIONS
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DESIGN INPUTS ● Must be UNAMBIGUOUSLY: – COMPREHENSIVE – REALISTIC – DEFINED
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DESIGN INPUTS ● Must identify; – CRITICAL FUNCTIONALITY – PERFORMANCE – SAFETY AND RELIABILITY
– …taking into account the users’ needs and the intended use
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DESIGN INPUTS – considerations ● TARGET PRODUCT PROFILE (TPP) – Instructions for Use (IFU) – Usability / human factors studies ● Device CLASSIFICATION and guidances – EU, USA, IMDRF etc
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DESIGN INPUTS – considerations ● ERGONOMIC requirements ● GENERAL SAFETY AND PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS CHECKLIST – Identify the ISO STANDARDS relevant to the device
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GOOD DESIGN PRACTICE
DESIGN INPUTS ● INTERNALLY IMPOSED GSP REQUIREMENTS – Based on market research – Clinical trials – Competitor products – Contractual requirements ● EXTERNALLY IMPOSED GSP REQUIREMENTS – CUSTOMER NEEDS – STATED AND IMPLIED – REGULATORY / STATUTORY – ENVIRONMENTAL requirements
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DESIGN INPUTS ● HUMAN FACTORS STUDIES – Nowadays more important than ever
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DOCUMENTING THE DEVICE DEVELOPMENT
DEVICE DEVELOPMENT INFORMATION IS USED: ● TO CONSTRUCT THE DESIGN HISTORY FILE ● TO SUPPORT PATENT ACTIVITIES
IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO RECORD: ● DESIGN DECISIONS ● DESIGN CONTROLS
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THE IMPORTANCE OF DOCUMENTING THE DEVICE DEVELOPMENT
● DESIGN DECISIONS – INVESTIGATIONS THAT WORKED – AND THOSE THAT DID NOT
– LEARNINGS FROM THE DATA GENERATED – And how they influenced the next steps – RISKS MITIGATED / NEW RISKS IDENTIFIED – To understand the WHOLE picture – STUDIES TO CONFIRM COMPLIANCE WITH REGULATORY STANDARDS – Mandatory requirement! – INNOVATIVE APPROACHES – What clever solutions have you used?
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TARGET PRODUCT PROFILE (TPP)
● ORIGINATES FROM PHARMACEUTICALS – Strategic development tool – Template described by US FDA (2007)
● Links the statements in the Instructions for Use…. …. with the supporting data
…. and identifies minimally acceptable data
● Used in parallel with the GSPR CHECKLIST
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IMDRF guidance 2019 ● Product name, address of manufacturer ● Intended purpose and intended user ● Performance intended by the manufacturer ● Residual risks (contraindications, warnings etc) ● Specifications required to use the device – (the expected degree of accuracy) http://www.imdrf.org/docs/imdrf/final/technical/imdrf-tech-190321-pl-md-ivd.pdf Start to prepare your initial IFU (1) .. and design aspects..
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Start to prepare your initial IFU (2) ..and design aspects..
● Identification of any medicinal substances / items of biological origin ● Details on preparatory treatment or handling required before it can be used (e.g. sterilisation). ● Training requirements for user ● How to verify if the device has been installed / set up properly – Maintenance requirements – Consumable components – Calibration requirements – Methods for eliminating risks encountered when installing, calibrating or servicing the device. ● Special storage / handling requirements
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Start to prepare your initial IFU (3) ..and design aspects..
● If sterile – what to do if the package is damaged ● Instructions for: – Sterilisation – if required. – Re-use / cleaning / disinfection / packaging – How to identify when the device can no longer be re-used.
● Information on use with other devices
● Radiation protection information
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● Warnings, precautions and limitations of use – Related to actual or foreseeable risks Start to prepare your initial IFU (4) ..and design aspects..
● How to dispose of the device and its components
● Information on when a lay person should consult a healthcare professional In the early stages of development, you will not have all the information that you need, but this should prompt you to identify a need within your DESIGN PLAN
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Your initial IFU
● In the early stages of development, you will not have all the information that you need, but this should prompt you to identify a need within your DESIGN PLAN
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GENERAL SAFETY & PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS (GSPR)
A CRITICAL REGULATORY / PLANNING DOCUMENT USED TO IDENTIFY: ● REQUIREMENTS RELEVANT TO THE DEVICE ● THE ISO AND OTHER REGULATORY STANDARDS APPROPRIATE TO THOSE REQUIREMENTS ● THE TYPE OF DATA (Later the actual data) THAT WILL CONFIRM COMPLIANCE WITH THE RELEVANT STANDARDS
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GENERAL SAFETY & PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS (GSPR)
• Annex 1 of the MDR
• See attachment in your notes
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GOOD DESIGN PRACTICE
Why are ISO standards so important? ● Internationally agreed standards that need to be followed for specific aspects of medical device design and control ● Some of the KEY STANDARDS: – ISO 13485: 2016 - QUALITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS – ISO 14971: 2019 - RISK MANAGEMENT – ISO 10993 series - BIOLOGICAL EVALUATION OF MEDICAL DEVICES – ISO 14155: 2011 - GCP – IEC/TR 80002 series and developing ISOs - MEDICAL DEVICE SOFTWARE – IEC 62366 series and associated ISOs: APPLICATION OF USABILITY ENGINEERING TO MEDICAL DEVICES – ISO 16142-1: 2016/2017 – General and additional specific essential principles – IVD medical devices
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ISO 10993
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DON’T FORGET!
OTHER REGULATORY INTERFACES
● THE MACHINES DIRECTIVE
● THE PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT DIRECTIVE
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DESIGN INPUTS ● RISK MANAGEMENT (ISO 14971) – AN ONGOING PROCESS – VERY IMPORTANT FROM THE START ● Identify
– PERCEIVED risks – IDENTIFIED risks ● MITIGATE THE RISKS – Secondary assessments to mitigate further? – Feedback to the IFU
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DESIGN OUTPUTS
● US LEGISLATION 21CFR 820.3 (g): – “Design output means the result of a design effort at each design phase and at the end of the total design effort..”
– “The total finished design output consists of the device, its packaging and labeling, and the device master record” (DMR)
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DESIGN OUTPUTS ● When?
– End of the feasibility process – Product performance specification (PPS) [also TPP] – Prior to performing biocompatibility testing – Development of test protocol or method (output) – .. Which is then used to conduct the testing (input) – Prior to conducting a Human Factors / User Study – Manufacture of prototype (output)
– At the end of the design transfer phase – These outputs serve as inputs to manufacturing and product realisation
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DESIGN OUTPUTS ● Regulated under ISO 13485 / ISO 9001 / 21CFR 820.30(d) ● Design outputs must – Meet design input requirements – Provide information for product realisation – Contain or refer to acceptance criteria – Identify critical device characteristics essential to the safe and proper use of the device. – Including handling, storage, maintenance etc.
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DESIGN OUTPUTS ● OUTPUTS MUST ALSO BE VERIFIED AS SUITABLE! – Before becoming final product specifications and production.
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TYPICAL DESIGN OUTPUTS (1) ● Bill of materials (BOM) ● Engineering drawings ● Test methods and protocols ● QA specifications / inspection procedures ● Product specifications ● Assembly procedures ● Installation and servicing procedures
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TYPICAL DESIGN OUTPUTS (2) ● Component and materials specifications ● Equipment calibration and preventive maintenance requirements ● Results of risk analysis ● Results of biocompatibility testing ● Prototypes for verification and / or validation ● Results of verification.
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DESIGN VALIDATION ● Validation
– Confirmation by examination and provision of evidence that the particular requirements for a SPECIFIC INTENDED USE can be consistently met. ● DESIGN validation – Confirmation that the device meets the user needs and intended uses. – Did I make the right product and can I prove it?
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TYPICAL VALIDATION STUDIES • Clinical studies / clinical evaluations •
Simulated use testing / Human Factors testing
• Information on substantially equivalent devices
• Transit trails to determine packaging stability
Stability studies
• Performance and functional tests
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Literature searches
Biocompatibility tests
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• Review of labelling for USABILITY and ease of understanding • Review of product packaging and its role in protection
• Software validation (beta testing)
Risk analysis from the user perspective
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DESIGN TRANSFER ● A critical part of product realisation – …and often poorly done.
● The manufacturing function must be involved in the design phase – To avoid failures in design transfer
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DESIGN CHANGE: IMPROVEMENT AND OPTIMISATION ● Must be properly documented ● Supported by a change management process, including: – Request form – Engineering change order
● ALL CHANGES reflected in the DESIGN HISTORY FILE
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DESIGN CONTROLS
WHAT ARE THEY?
● A set of documented methods for ensuring that: – what you think you are developing is what you wanted to develop in the first place and – what finally comes off the production line is what the customer needs and wants, and – you can legally market and distribute it.
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Suggested further reading
● Baumgarten D: Brainstorming techniques to jumpstart device designs (available online, first issued 2013) ● Cambridge Consultants: Good Design Practice for medical devices and equipment 2 (https://www-edc.eng.cam.ac.uk/downloads/gooddesignpractice2.pdf ● Durfee WK, Iaizzo PA: Medical Device Innovation Handbook (available online) ● Busch et al: Optimizing the innovation and development process of medical devices - a study based on angiographic equipment (available online) ● Green Guru: Ultimate guide to design controls for medical device start-ups (2018) https://www.greenlight.guru/blog/design-controls ● Teixiera MB: Design Controls for the Medical Device Industry (2021) ● USFDA: Design Control Guidance for Medical Device Manufacturers (1997 - latest version 2018)
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RISK ASSESSMENT
Helen Erwood, Director RA, ESPL
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RISK ASSESSMENT
WHAT WE WILL LOOK AT:
● RISK ASSESSMENT
● RISK MANAGEMENT
– What they are and why they are important – Where they fit into the design and development of medical devices
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Medical Devices have a MEDICAL purpose: ● MEDDEV 2.1/1: MEDICAL DEVICES …the underlying principles
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MEDICAL DEVICES: …the underlying principles
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Inherent elements of RISK
● Use in / for patients ● Requires human intervention ● Design and performance ● Misuse and abuse
Let’s look at these..
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Inherent elements of RISK
● Use in / for patients – Underlying disease state / physical condition – Some immunocompromised – Requiring treatment or diagnosis ● Requires human intervention – Self-administered or given by healthcare provider – Usability / intuitive use?
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Inherent elements of RISK
● Design and performance – Day to day performance and reliability – Choice of materials – Manufacturing consistency ● Misuse and abuse – …the device may not be actually used as intended…
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RISK MANAGEMENT
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RISK MANAGEMENT
WHAT IS IT? ● The identification, understanding, control and prevention of failures that can result in HAZARDS when people use medical devices.
● When designing a new device, manufacturers are: – Expected to identify possible hazards – Under normal conditions – Under fault conditions – Calculate potential risks – Under both normal and fault conditions
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IF A RISK IS JUDGED TO BE UNACCEPTABLE…?
IT MUST BE ELIMINATED 0R REDUCED TO ACCEPTABLE LEVELS
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WHEN DEVICES FAIL…
Parker Wachman LLP
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WHEN DEVICES FAIL…
Scar capsules and failed breast implants
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RISK MANAGEMENT
● Not new – always been required by law – Within the medical device regulations – As a key feature of : – ISO 13485 : Quality Management Systems – ISO 14971…
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● Helps to assure safety of the device
● Contributes to the consistency of the manufacturing process.
● Identification of design problems before distribution eliminates costs associated with recalls.
● Offers a measure of protection from product liability damages
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STEPS IN THE RISK MANAGEMENT PROCESS
Risk Management plan
• Risk analysis • Risk evaluation
Risk Assessment
• Reduce and mitigate risk
Risk control
Evaluate overall residual risk
Risk management review
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THE RISK MANAGEMENT PROCESS
..here’s the fiull chart… Now let’s look at each of these…
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THE RISK MANAGEMENT PROCESS
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THE RISK MANAGEMENT PROCESS
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THE RISK MANAGEMENT PROCESS
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RISK ANALYSIS / RISK EVALUATION
Determine the level of risk High, medium, low Identify and list characteristics that could affect safety Identify associated hazards Arising from correct intended use And from foreseeable mis-use Determine the SOURCE or CAUSE of the hazard Assign a level of risk to each identified hazard Plus probability and severity
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RISK ANALYSIS / RISK EVALUATION
Determine the ACCEPTABILITY of each risk Eliminate or reduce each risk AS FAR AS POSSIBLE Re-design Process validation Process variability reduction Labelling / user education Evaluate the controls and solutions adopted (risk reduction measures) Re-assess the acceptability of each risk
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OVERALL RESIDUAL RISK
Evaluate the OVERALL risk for acceptability
DOCUMENT the process!
CONTINUE TO MONITOR
Were your original assumptions correct? Do the risks remain acceptable throughout the life cycle of the device?
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RISK ASSESSMENT … is an iterative process..
RISK = PROBABILITY +SEVERITY
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Risk Management activities in more detail ISO 14971
This is far too small, so let’s go through it step by step…
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Risk Management activities – ISO 14971
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Risk Management activities – ISO 14971
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Risk Management activities – ISO 14971
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The relationship between HAZARD sequence of events,
HAZARDOUS SITUATION and HARM
(from ISO/IEC Guide 63:2019)
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HUMAN FACTORS…
HUMAN ERROR IS THE CAUSE OF MOST ACCIDENTS… ● Some sources state that human error is the cause in 90% of accidents!
● In the medical device environment, such errors can cause serious injury or death
● THE DESIGN TEAM MUST HAVE A GOAL OF ENSURING THAT ANY DEVICE IS EASY AND SAFE TO USE.
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Human factors studies are therefore a very important factor in risk assessment
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Use-related hazards and why they arise…
Use of the device requires: physical, perceptual or cognitive abilities that exceed the abilities of the user
The use environment affects operation of the device this is not properly recognised or understood by the user.
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Use-related hazards and why they arise…
The use environment impairs the ability of the user to use the device in such a way that the user cannot interact with it
The device is inconsistent with the user’s expectation or intuition about how the device operates.
The device is used in a way that was not anticipated .. Or as anticipated but inappropriately.
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Use-related hazards…
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THE BEST WAY TO CONTROL ERRORS IS TO STOP THEM BEFORE THEY OCCUR
• By designing the MEDICAL DEVICE so that the error will not occur in the first place
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• The US FDA identifies 4 steps for this: 1. Identify anticipated / unanticipated use-related hazards 2. Describe how hazardous use scenarios occur 3. Develop and apply strategies to control use-related hazards 4. Demonstrate safe and effective device use (simulated use testing) THE BEST WAY TO CONTROL ERRORS IS TO STOP THEM BEFORE THEY OCCUR
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4 common problems to avoid… (according to the US FDA)
1. Ignoring ISO 14971: 2019 ● Reduction of risks “as far as possible” and not ALARP ● Establish risk control measures for ALL risks and not just for those that are unacceptable. ● Perform a risk / benefit analysis for all risks ● Risk reduction must go beyond the information provided to the user. 2. Treating risk management and design controls as distinct processes.
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4 common problems to avoid… (according to the US FDA)
3. USING FMEA AS A RISK MANAGEMENT MODEL FOR MEDIAL DEVICES ● This is effective for measuring failure modes and reliability but it doesn’t fully align with ISO 14971. – Use ISO 14971 as the basis of your risk management process
4. Treating risk management as a checklist item ● It’s much broader than that!
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Conclusions
1. RISK ASSESSMENT AND RISK MANAGEMENT ARE KEY ACTIVITIES FROM THE VERY START OF ANY DESIGN PROCESS ● ..and the process must be continued throughout the life cycle of a product
2. RISK MANAGEMENT IS PART OF NORMAL LIFE ● It’s something we do every day ● It’s required across all industries
3. The methods used for devices are no different to other industries.
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Example risk assessment form from UK HSE for retail activities
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Suggested further reading ● ISO 13485:2016 – Quality Management Systems ● ISO 14871:2019 + A11 2021 – Risk Management ● Teixiera MB: Design Controls for the Medical Device Industry (2021) ● USFDA: Design Control Guidance for Medical Device Manufacturers (1997 – LATEST VERSION 2018) ● Wiklund M et al: Medical Device Use Error - Root Cause Analysis (CRC Press 2016)
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Choice of materials for medical devices
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CHOICE OF MATERIALS FOR MEDICAL DEVICES
WHAT WE WILL LOOK AT: ● THE MAIN FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE CHOICE
● PROPERTIES OF MATERIALS
● MATERIALS TESTING
● OTHER FACTORS INFLUENCING CHOICE – USING VARIOUS EXAMPLES
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DESIGN FLEXIBILITY… MECHANICAL PROPERTIES ● These determine suitability for use for many types of device, e.g…. – Stiffness, robustness, yield strength – Behaviour under different environmental conditions.. Cold, hot, humid, altitude – Loading conditions: – Compression/tension FACTORS INFLUENCING CHOICE OF MATERIALS
– Continuous / cycled use – Repeated / single use
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FACTORS INFLUENCING CHOICE OF MATERIALS
DESIGN FLEXIBILITY… SURFACE PROPERTIES ● Very important in relation to:
– Friction – Bonding – Labelling – Printing – Persistence in / on the body
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FACTORS INFLUENCING CHOICE OF MATERIALS
DESIGN FLEXIBILITY… PHYSICAL PROPERTIES ● Such as: – Transparency – Density – Electrical conductivity – Whether it can be sterilised – without it being damaged
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FACTORS INFLUENCING CHOICE OF MATERIALS
DESIGN FLEXIBILITY… CHEMICAL PROPERTIES ● These influence:
– Resistance to degradation caused by various factors.. – Moisture, UV light, acidic / alkaline conditions, lubricants, solvents
– Corrosion resistance – Coating requirements
Diagram by Bruce Blausen
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FACTORS INFLUENCING CHOICE OF MATERIALS
DESIGN FLEXIBILITY… RHEOLOGICAL PROPERTIES ● Particularly during manufacture: – Melt temperature – Viscosity – Shrinkage – Component stability ● …and for medical device formulations
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FACTORS INFLUENCING CHOICE OF MATERIALS
BIOCOMPATIBILITY (ISO 10993) ● Potential effects in relation to use: – Long or short term – Implantability – Skin contact – Leachables and extractables – Interaction when co-administered with medicines
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FACTORS INFLUENCING CHOICE OF MATERIALS
SAFETY IN HANDLING ● Potential effects in relation to use
SHIELDING CAPABILITY ● e.g. radiotherapy
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FACTORS INFLUENCING CHOICE OF MATERIALS
STERILISATION, DISINFECTION AND CLEANING ● Effect of biocides / sterilisation processes on device materials – alcohol, bleach and peroxide
– sterilisation methods including autoclaving, gas plasma and Ethylene oxide (EtO). – Repeated exposure can cause many plastic medical devices to craze or crack, lose critical properties or change colour.
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FACTORS INFLUENCING CHOICE OF MATERIALS
STERILISATION, DISINFECTION AND CLEANING ● Metals – resistance to harsh cleaners and various sterilisation techniques, – increases weight and design restrictions. ● Semi-crystalline polymers - polypropylene, polyethylene, polyamides – lighter and easily moulded, better chemical resistance than amorphous polymers - polycarbonate and acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene.
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FACTORS INFLUENCING CHOICE OF MATERIALS
Substances that can influence the microenvironment
● Prevention of microbial adhesion
● Sequestration of microbial nutrients.
● Alteration of charge properties
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FACTORS INFLUENCING CHOICE OF MATERIALS: AESTHETICS
COLOUR ● VISUAL language used to encourage correct use – Important to make the device “appealing” – COLOUR CHANGE, to indicate functionality
FEEL ● TACTILE features used to encourage correct use – Difference in materials that are disposable and those that are not SOUND ● AURAL features used to encourage correct use – Materials used to make audible clicks to indicate successful operation
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FACTORS INFLUENCING CHOICE OF MATERIALS
COST $$$ ● Always an important factor ● Related to availability and supplier negotiation – Consider potential conflicts with performance and safety ● Cost per unit - affected by many factors – amount required per device – Additives needed, if any – Ease and speed of manufacture with the material – Also if secondary operations are required – Transport costs for shipping; weight and distance
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FACTORS INFLUENCING CHOICE OF MATERIALS
SUPPLY ● Availability (e.g. does it include a rare metal?) ● The extent of information and data that they can provide – For example: – Risk assessment information – FMEAs – Mould flow, fatigue, creep calculations for specific grades of material – Leachables and extractables ● Geographical location ● Viability of the manufacturer ● Sustainability
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REGULATORY STATUS ● Compliance with approved standards – For example pharmacopoeial grade polyolefins ● Materials containing “problem” ingredients – Safety concerns = HSE related factors – [Most recently in pharmaceutical packaging – nitrosamines..] ● Environmental factors – Disposal and waste management – Recycling – Transport and disposal of waste materials FACTORS INFLUENCING CHOICE OF MATERIALS
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ISO 10993 compliance for materials…
Biological evaluation of medical devices: • Evaluation and testing within a risk management process • Biocompatibility testing aspects • Framework for identification and quantification of potential degradation products • Identification and quantification of degradation products from polymeric medical devices, ceramics, metals and alloys • Establishment of allowable limits for leachable substances
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ISO 10993 compliance for materials…
Biological evaluation of medical devices: Chemical characterization of materials Physicochemical, morphological and topographical characterization of materials Nanomaterials
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ISO compliance for materials…
Other important standards ● ISO/TS 21726:2019(en)
Biological evaluation of medical devices — Application of the threshold of toxicological concern (TTC) for assessing biocompatibility of medical device constituents ● SCENIHR: The safety of medical devices containing dehp- plasticized pvc or other plasticizers on neonates and other groups possibly at risk ● ASTM F3268-18a: Standard Guide for in vitro Degradation Testing of Absorbable Metals ● ISO/TS 20721:2020(en): Implants for surgery — General guidelines and requirements for assessment of absorbable metallic implants
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Novel materials…
EXAMPLES: ORIGAMI ENGINEERING http://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/new-material-could- make-medical-devices-that-expand-collapse-180958454/
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NANOMATERIALS..
NANOTECHNOLOGY: • Designing and making anything whose use depends on specific structures at the NANOSCALE: • 100nm or less • Including devices or systems made by manipulating individual atoms or molecules which contain very small structures
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NANOMATERIALS..
NANOMATERIALS: • Materials with at least one external dimension that measures 100nm or less, or with internal structures measuring 100nm or less • Particles, tubes, rods, fibres
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NANOMATERIALS..
HOW THE REGULATORS RESPOND: • FDA
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NANOMATERIALS..
HOW THE REGULATORS RESPOND: • EU
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EU RECOMMENDATIONS:
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● CHOICE OF MATERIALS HAS A CRUCIAL IMPACT ON ALL ASPECTS OF THE FUNCTIONALITY / USABILITY OF A DEVICE IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO RECORD: ● The DESIGN DECISIONS underlying choice of materials, and… as previously discussed – INVESTIGATIONS THAT WORKED AND THOSE THAT DID NOT – LEARNINGS FROM THE DATA GENERATED – RISKS MITIGATED / NEW RISKS IDENTIFIED – STUDIES TO CONFIRM COMPLIANCE WITH REGULATORY STANDARDS – INNOVATIVE APPROACHES ● DESIGN CONTROLS Reminder! DOCUMENTING THE DESIGN PATHWAY
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Use of device materials for drug delivery
EXAMPLE - TREATMENT OF LIVER CANCER • Embolisation with device beads
• Chemoembolisation beads+chemotherapy
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Suggested further reading ● Cambridge Consultants: Good Design Practice for medical devices and equipment2 (available online) ● Davis JR, Handbook of Materials for Medical Devices, Publ ASM, 2003 • EU SCENIHR; Guidance on the Determination of Potential Health Effects of Nanomaterials Used in Medical Devices2015 http://ec.europa.eu/health/scientific_committees/emerging/docs/scenihr_o _045.pdf ● ISO 10993 – Biological evaluation of medical devices; in particular parts 1, 6, 7, 9 and 12-19. ● USFDA: https://www.fda.gov/science-research/nanotechnology- programs-fda/nanotechnology-guidance-documents
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Design Planning and Design Control
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Learning Outcomes
• The key distinctions between different types of design control, and their importance in delivering safe and effective medical devices.
• Understand how design control can be used effectively whilst promoting the growth of knowledge and design space.
• The role of effective design planning in ensuring appropriate inputs are developed.
• How design inputs are translated into design outputs through an iterative design process.
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