Re: Labeling when selling demo equipment
It is very common for certain qualified medical device sales reps to demonstrate a unit in a department setting and on patients. One company I worked for required registered respiratory therapists for applications people and many went into sales, so they had the qualifications.
There are two sources of equipment here: 1) always company owned units, such as sales demonstration (demo) units, service loaners (for hospital use while their unit is being serviced), rental or lease-return units, and 2) customer returns for whatever reason – maybe dissatisfaction. All these items are commonly sold off.
Agree that many countries do not allow importation of used devices, and there are brokers galore to sell old/used items to. But in the US this scenario is not uncommon: 1. Sales or applications rep show equipment, 2. hospital gets proposal, 3. it's too much money, 4. company discounts but not enough, 5. previously used device is offered at a substantial discount 6. hospital accepts proposal.
So the hospital knows what they are buying, and I am just trying to understand if there are labeling requirements for the device. These are not singe-use devices being re-used.