SMART quality & compliance
Medical Devices under the EU´s Changing Regulatory Framework
Some of the earliest known medical devices were being used in dental procedures between 7,500-9000 years ago in a Neolithic farming community from the Mehrgarh site (Indus Valley) in what is today, western Pakistan. Excavations of the site’s graveyard point to a 1,500-year-old farming community employing a long tradition of early dental techniques, as specifically observed in the molars of 9 adults from the area.[i] Flint-tipped bow drills used in early enamel drilling techniques consisted of assemblages of bone, shell, calcite, turquoise, lapis[ii], and other stones. Medical devices are products or equipment intended generally for medical use. [iii] Whilst there…
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