Comments on: When Cell Phones Become Medical Devices

By: Tim Gee

Tim Gee — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 20:14:03 +0000

You’re spot-on that an app on a smartphone that acquires data from a medical device (or wireless physiological sensor) could meet the definition of an MDDS. Now that the final rule is published, this will likely impact some manufacturers.

By: ISO 62304: The Harmonized Standard for Medical Device Software Development | Bob on Medical Device Software

Sat, 05 Jun 2010 22:31:15 +0000

[...] home use, most notably software that runs on mobile devices. I’ve discussed this before in When Cell Phones Become Medical Devices. As noted more recently in FDA oversight may extend throughout health IT: … an FDA director [...]

By: Andres Heuberger

Andres Heuberger — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 14:47:19 +0000

Thank you for the great post. Combined with today's WSJ article, there is a lot of attention being paid to this topic. (We just covered it and linked to a couple of your posts from Medical Translation Insight .)

By: Is FDA Watching Over Cell Phones as Medical Devices? | Medicalcenterinfo.com Blogs

Fri, 24 Jul 2009 16:23:55 +0000

[...] of medical devices seems to be happening, reports this Bob on Medical Device Software post, When Cell Phones Become Medical Devices. According to the post: Mobile devices are quickly becoming the conduit of choice for collecting [...]