Using a different Notified Body for ISO 13485 Certification & Device Certificate

Donatella

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My company manufactures class IIa medical devices following annex II of the MDD.
Our registrar of iso9000 and iso13485 is also our notified body for CE mark.
But our NB can't mark class III devices.
My question is if we can use the company certification to ISO9000 and iso13485 (released by our actual NB) to mark ce the class III device following Annex II but using a different NB that is authorized to certify class III device.
If the answer is yes what kind of activity we have to manage with this new NB? I think that this NB have only to make the examination of the design dossier of the Class III medical device.
 

Ronen E

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Re: Can I use different Notified Body for ISO 13485 certification & Device Certificat

Hello and welcome to the Cove :bigwave:

You may be right. Talk to the prospective NB(s). They may want to look at more than the class III device design dossier, depending on their policies, the specific NB you currently work with and other factors.

Cheers,
Ronen.
 

somashekar

Leader
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Re: Can I use different Notified Body for ISO 13485 certification & Device Certificat

My company manufactures class IIa medical devices following annex II of the MDD.
Our registrar of iso9000 and iso13485 is also our notified body for CE mark.
But our NB can't mark class III devices.
My question is if we can use the company certification to ISO9000 and iso13485 (released by our actual NB) to mark ce the class III device following Annex II but using a different NB that is authorized to certify class III device.
If the answer is yes what kind of activity we have to manage with this new NB? I think that this NB have only to make the examination of the design dossier of the Class III medical device.
You are good to work with the new NB for the class III device.
Discuss with that NB.
To authorise you to use the CE mark with the new NB number, they may need to do a MDD assessment (annex II) + the design examination the first time. Subsequently you can ask the new NB how they can maintain.
 
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Tatian

Re: Can I use different Notified Body for ISO 13485 certification & Device Certificat

Hello and welcome to the Cove :bigwave:

You may be right. Talk to the prospective NB(s). They may want to look at more than the class III device design dossier, depending on their policies, the specific NB you currently work with and other factors.

Cheers,
Ronen.
I'm in a similar situation, requiring a CE mark and already have ISO 13485 from another NB. The new NB is including full quality system and supplier audit as if I didn't have ISO 13485 certificate.

Shouldn't the notified body presume that quality systems which implement the relevant harmonized standards (EN ISO 13485:2012) conform to the requirements (MDD 93/42/EC item 3.3 and Blue Code item 5.1.6)? Although the certificate is issued as ISO 13485:2003 (not harmonized)?

"3.3. The notified body must audit the quality system to determine whether it
meets the requirements referred to in Section 3.2. It must presume that
quality systems which implement the relevant harmonized standards
conform to these requirements."
 
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Sarah Stec

Re: Can I use different Notified Body for ISO 13485 certification & Device Certificat

Shouldn't the notified body presume that quality systems which implement the relevant harmonized standards (EN ISO 13485:2012) conform to the requirements (MDD 93/42/EC item 3.3 and Blue Code item 5.1.6)? Although the certificate is issued as ISO 13485:2003 (not harmonized)?

The "presumption" you mention relates to the harmonized standards. So given that you don't have a quality system that conforms to the harmonized standard (because it conforms to 13485:2003 instead of :2012), the NB can't presume that your quality system complies.

The :2012 version of EN ISO 13485 clarified some provisions and gaps between the standard and the MDD. So, to your NB, it is possible that your ISO 13485:2003-compliant system does not actually comply with the requirements in the MDD. :bigwave:

Did they take any time at all off the overall duration?
 

Ronen E

Problem Solver
Moderator
Re: Can I use different Notified Body for ISO 13485 certification & Device Certificat

The "presumption" you mention relates to the harmonized standards. So given that you don't have a quality system that conforms to the harmonized standard (because it conforms to 13485:2003 instead of :2012), the NB can't presume that your quality system complies.

The :2012 version of EN ISO 13485 clarified some provisions and gaps between the standard and the MDD. So, to your NB, it is possible that your ISO 13485:2003-compliant system does not actually comply with the requirements in the MDD. :bigwave:

Did they take any time at all off the overall duration?

This is correct from a strictly formal perspective. To benefit the (automatic) presumption of conformity, the organization had to be certified to EN ISO 13485:2012.

On the other hand, this is a harsh and a little cynical approach, given that the normative contents of EN ISO 13485:2012 are identical to those of ISO 13485:2003. It's obvious that an organisation certified to the latter could have been just the same certified to the former, without any change or adjustment whatsoever.

I would have tried to negotiate with the prospective NB a formal certification to EN ISO 13485:2012 with just a "symbolic" audit (definitely not a full-scale one!), based on the existing ISO 13485:2003 certification. I am assuming that the registrar of the current ISO 13485:2003 certification is accredited to acceptable standards and that there is nothing wrong with the certificate, its validity etc.
 
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Tatian

No, they haven't take any time at all off the overall duration.

Apparently, It's basically up to them rather they accept it or not. Their response was that CE mark doesn't require ISO 13485 and that they have to check all quality system requirements of MDD. :mg:

And there is nothing wrong with the ISO certificate.
 
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