Any instrument, apparatus, appliance, software, material or other article, whether used alone or in combination, including the software intended by its manufacturer to be used specifically for diagnostic and/or therapeutic purposes and necessary for its proper application.

A MEDICAL DEVICE is intended by the manufacturer to be used for human beings for the purpose of:

• diagnosis, prevention, monitoring, treatment or alleviation of disease
• diagnosis, monitoring, treatment, alleviation of or compensation for an injury or handicap
• investigation, replacement or modification of the anatomy or of a physiological process
• control of conception

and which does not achieve its principal intended action in or on the human body by pharmacological, immunological or metabolic means, but which may be assisted in its function by such means.

For further information on MEDICAL DEVICES, see the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) website at: Medical devices regulation and safety.

A subtype of MEDICAL DEVICE is:

• MACHINE.

This class is also known by these names:

Context	Alias
plural	MEDICAL DEVICES