Translation of "Technology Institute for Medical Devices for Canada " (English → French) :

(7a) A multidisciplinary Medical Device Advisory Committee (MDAC) composed of experts and representatives of the relevant stakeholders should be set up to provide scientific advice to the Commission, the Medical Device Coordination Group (MDCG) and Member States on issues of medical technology, regulatory status of devices and other aspects of implementation of this Regulation as necessary.

- a broad base of medical device technologies, the medical device industry and the design and manufacture of medical devices;

- a broad base of in vitro diagnostic medical device technologies, the in vitro diagnostic medical device industry and the design and manufacture of in vitro diagnostic medical devices;

1. The Commission shall establish a multidisciplinary MDAC composed of experts and representatives of the relevant stakeholders in order to provide support, advice and expertise to the MDCG, the Commission and Member States on technical, scientific, social and economic aspects of regulating medical devices and in vitro diagnostic medical devices, such as in the field of medical technology, borderline cases involving medicinal products, human tissues and cells, cosmetics, biocides, ...[+++]food and, if necessary, other products, as well as further aspects of the implementation of this Regulation.

Hospitals and other health institutions should keep an electronic record of the medical devices on their premises and when these are used for high-risk operations include information on which device has been used on which patient.

Innovative approaches in areas such as public transport, the organization of public space and the protection of borders can be envisaged. Space, offers great scope for high technology innovation over time (in particular public investors in the application of Galileo [17] and GMES (Global Monitoring for Environment and Security), the Commission's flagship space programmes. These need to share their knowledge of the system and its scope for business with potential downstream users in the space and non-space sectors, to raise their awareness of potential space-based solutions). Transport, where the demand for energy efficiency provides grea ...[+++]t opportunities. Marine technologies and products allowing for new uses of the sea such as deep sea drilling, blue biotech exploitation, offshore mariculture and renewable energies, ocean space monitoring and surveillance technologies offer promising scope. Health, which has a huge growth potential for innovative products and services (including in particular e-Health, and the provision of customized solutions to allow elderly people to continue to live independently, pharmaceuticals and medical devices where innovation can bring direct benefits to patients and improve competitiveness), or well-being and culture (for instance creative content services, which gain a new dimension with the rollout of broadband networks, allowing citizens and businesses to access all kind of creative contents such as audiovisual, games, cultural information at home and in mobility) are examples of markets where the public sector has a role to play.