As part of the procedure applicable to custom-made medical devices, the manufacturer must draw up documentation including the name and address of the manufacturer, the place or places of manufacture, information enabling the device concerned, the prescriber of this device and, where applicable, the care establishment concerned to be identified, as well as the characteristics indicated in the medical prescription. This documentation also includes a statement indicating that the device is intended for the exclusive use of a specific patient and including information enabling that patient to be identified. In addition, the manufacturer must certify that the device complies with the essential requirements and indicate, where applicable, the essential requirements that have not been fully met, together with the reasons for this.
This declaration must be attached to class II a, II b and III medical devices and to active implantable medical devices and made available to the patient identified by name, acronym or numerical code.
The manufacturer shall draw up documentation enabling the conformity of the medical device with the essential requirements to be assessed and shall take all necessary measures to ensure that the manufacturing process ensures compliance of the device with this documentation.
The manufacturer must authorize the assessment or, where appropriate, the verification of these measures.