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Dr. Norman Estrin is a recognized authority in the medical device and cosmetic industries.  He has had over 30 years of experience in directing scientific and technical and regulatory programs in these industries.  He is Regulatory Affairs Certified (“RAC”) by the Regulatory Affairs Professional Society. Dr. Estrin is the founder of ESTRIN CONSULTING GROUP, INC. (ECG).  ECG offers cost-effective, experienced consulting to medical device firms on FDA- related issues.  Its Services include preparing 510(k) and other FDA submissions, regulatory strategy development and acting as agent and official correspondent for non-U.S. medical device companies.

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If you  have questions related to the contents of this column, please write to Dr Norman Estrin at yourFDAconsultant@medisourceasia.com and he will try to answer you.  This column is for you and we welcome your suggestions on how to improve it.

Questions related to the Column

FDA Regulations & Your Business

Q1.

510 submissions for the product has been on the market prior to May 28 1976
Just read your articles on 510 submissions Perhaps you can answer this question. You mention that a 510(k) need not be submitted if the product has been on the market prior to May 28 1976 . How would you go about proving this to the FDA?

-Shelly
Nov. 05 , 2005

-Reply from Dr. Norman Estrin

Q2.

About regulations regarding storage and archiving of radiological images

What are the applicable regulations regarding companies that use, but do not manufacturer, devices classified under 21 CFR 892 2010 or 892.2020? Specifically the storage and archiving of radiological images. Are there specific regs that cover this type of service operation?

Tony Proctor , June 24 , 2004

-Reply From Dr Norman Estrin

Q3.

Radiological images and 820

Do companies that provide the service of storing medical radiological images fall under 820? 

Tony Proctor , June 24 , 2004

-Reply From Dr Norman Estrin

Q4.

Are the Companies called Distributors?

They do not manufacture either the image storage equipment, communications equipment or the software but simply use this equipment to archive images. Other companies hold the registration. Are these companies considered distributors?

 

Tony Proctor , June 24 , 2004

-Reply From Dr Norman Estrin

Q5.

About regulatory control for software as Class I Medical Device
Also, at what point does software used in concert with a medical device come under regulatory control? I realize that stand-alone software is mostly Class 1 if the device can function without it, however what characteristics deem software a "medical device"? Does simply containing patient information constitute a medical device? If the software interfaces at ANY level with a device, is it a device?

Tony Proctor , June 24 , 2004

-Reply From Dr Norman Estrin

Q6.

About Medical Purpose Claims

Thanks for your helpful device series. My question is a device- esp. class I- is one that intended for a "medical purpose"- has FDA clarified what kinds of claims are "medical purpose" claims?

-Robert_Reinhard

Dated 14-04-2004

-Reply from Dr. Norman Estrin

Q7.

About Registration for Cosmetic Dentistry Products

We are a company located in Millbrae, California, specialized in the products for cosmetic dentistry. We have contracted two products for manufacturing in China: plasmas arc dental curing light and LED dental curing light. In order to bring in the products for our distribution in the US Do we as an American company have to register the two products?

-Philip Cheng, California

Dated 17-02-2004

-Reply from Dr. Norman Estrin

Q8.

About Validation

I being working for a company for a few years as production supervisor, we re-pack just class I devices, by my boss instructions, we send just one product of 25 products, every three months for the sterilization audit, we never send the other products to the Lab, when I asked, he told me the we just need to validate the worse product and it will cover the other products, is this correct? Thank you very much for your time.

 

- Mymstg

Dated 22-01-2003

-Reply from Dr. Norman Estrin

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