IEC 62304 Case Study

Rapid Compliance with the IEC 62304 Medical Software Standard

CLIENT

  • Small Medical Device Manufacturer (<200 employees)
  • Company Stage: Two hardware products launched; working on their first digital health product (SaMD)

CHALLENGES

  • Client had no experience with mobile or cloud software; relied 100% on development partner
  • Software development partner had no experience with medical devices and regulations; they were making undocumented and uncontrolled changes to the software late in development
  • Clinical testing was scheduled to begin soon and the project needed to be brought quickly into compliance

SOLUTION

  • Focused initially on software configuration controls and software change controls. Through frequent meetings with the client and their development partner, was able to quickly establish control processes and documentation for the product software
  • Replaced the client’s software development SOP with a procedure better able to support digital health products
  • Created cybersecurity SOP for client
  • Assisted product team with guidance and templates through multiple software releases to complete all necessary software and cybersecurity documentation

RESULTS

  • Client was able to proceed with clinical study and subsequent FDA submission and received approval for their first digital health product

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