Medical Device Definition
A medical device in Malaysia means any instrument, apparatus, implement, machine, appliance, implant, in vitro reagent or calibrator, software, material, or other similar or related article intended by the manufacturer to be used, alone or in combination, for human beings for the purpose of
(i) diagnosis, prevention, monitoring, treatment, or alleviation of disease;
(ii) diagnosis, monitoring, treatment, alleviation of, or compensation for an injury;
(iii) investigation, replacement or modification, or support of the anatomy or of a physiological process;
(iv) support or sustaining life;
(v) control of conception;
(vi) disinfection of medical device; or
(vii) providing information for medical or diagnostic purposes by means of in vitro examination of specimens derived from the human body, which does not achieve its primary intended action in or on the human body by pharmacological, immunological, or metabolic means, but that may be assisted in its intended function by such means.
Medical Device Classification System
International Classification |
Risk Level |
Examples |
Class A |
Low risk |
Surgical retractors/tongue depressors |
Class B |
Low–moderate risk |
Hypodermic needle/suction equipment |
Class C |
High- Moderate ris |
Lung ventilator / orthopedic implants |
Class D |
High risk |
Heart valves / implantable defibrillator |