I.-The placing on the market, putting into service and making available on the market of in vitro diagnostic medical devices and their accessories shall comply with the provisions of Regulation (EU) 2017/746 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017 and with the provisions of this Title.
II.-In vitro diagnostic medical device means: any medical device which consists of a reagent, reagent product, calibration material, control material, kit, instrument, apparatus, equipment, software or system, used alone or in combination, intended by the manufacturer to be used in vitro in the examination of samples from the human body, including donated blood and tissues, solely or principally for the purpose of providing information on one or more of the following:
a) Concerning a physiological or pathological process or state;
b) Concerning congenital physical or mental defects;
c) Concerning predisposition to a condition or disease;
d) Enabling the determination of whether a given treatment is safe for and compatible with potential recipients;
e) Enabling the prediction of response or reactions to a treatment;
f) Enabling therapeutic measures to be defined or monitored.
Sample containers are also deemed to be in vitro diagnostic medical devices.
III. -In vitro diagnostic medical device accessory means any article which, although not itself an in vitro diagnostic medical device, is intended by its manufacturer to be used with one or more given in vitro diagnostic medical devices specifically to enable the latter to be used in accordance with its or their intended purpose or specifically and directly to assist in the medical functioning of the in vitro diagnostic medical device or devices in accordance with its or their intended purpose.