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  • 1.  Design Controls - Software as a Medical Device

    Posted 16-Aug-2011 19:15
    Is the code of a  FPGA that is assembled into a medical device PCB has to be treated as  'software' according to FDA definition or can it be treated as part of hardware?

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    Varda Swery
    Signostics Ltd
    Torrensville
    Australia
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  • 2.  RE:Design Controls - Software as a Medical Device

    Posted 17-Aug-2011 09:38
    FDA considers all programming including that which tranfers into firmware/ROM, FPGA, etc. to be reviewable as software. 
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    Glen Emelock
    Senior Partner
    The CRO Group, Inc.
    Melrose MA
    United States
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  • 3.  RE:Design Controls - Software as a Medical Device

    Posted 17-Aug-2011 10:28
    Is it possible for you to ask that question in English rather than IT gobbledygook?
    Thanks
    Siegfried

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    Siegfried Schmitt
    PAREXEL
    Braintree, Essex
    United Kingdom
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