RE: Those Two Announcements20 Feb 2023 18:32
For others please see extract from FDA website.
What Is a De Novo Classification Request?
The De Novo request provides a marketing pathway to classify novel medical devices for which general controls alone, or general and special controls, provide reasonable assurance of safety and effectiveness for the intended use, but for which there is no legally marketed predicate device. De Novo classification is a risk-based classification process.
Devices that are classified into class I or class II through a De Novo classification request (De Novo request) may be marketed and used as predicates for future premarket notification [510(k)] submissions, when applicable.
The FDA issued a final rule to establish new regulations implementing the medical device De Novo classification process under the FD&C Act (section 513(f)(2) (21 U.S.C. 360c(f)(2)), which provides a pathway for certain new types of devices to obtain marketing authorization as class I or class II devices. The final rule provides criteria for De Novo classification requests, including requirements related to the format and content of De Novo requests, as well as processes and criteria for accepting, granting, declining, and withdrawing De Novo requests.