A sector add-on over ISO 9001 — adds medical-device-specific quality requirements, design and development controls, risk management linkage to ISO 14971, and post-market surveillance.
Required for:
- EU CE marking under MDR (Reg. 2017/745) and IVDR (Reg. 2017/746)
- FDA registration in the US (21 CFR Part 820, now aligned with ISO 13485)
- Health Canada, TGA Australia, and most other jurisdictions
The first non-Annex-SL standard in the catalogue — the medical-device industry kept its own pre-existing structure rather than adopting the harmonised Annex SL.