Safety Evaluation of Medical Devices
Edition: 2 edition
Publisher: CRC
Published: December 4, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 576
ISBN-13: 9780824706173
Subjects: Medical laboratory testing & techniques; Testing; Life Sciences - Biology - General; Medical Instrumentation; Medical; Medical / Nursing; Science/Mathematics; Allied Health Services - Medical Technology; Biotechnology; Technology / Engineering / Chemical & Biochemical; Biocompatible Materials; Toxicity testing; Instruments & Supplies; Biocompatibility; Biomedical materials
First sentence: The medical device industry in the United States and worldwide is immense in its economic impact (sales in 1998 were $138 billion worldwide, and $59 billion in the United States, $34 billion in the European Community, and $23 billion in Japan; in 1998, the U.S. medical equipment trade surplus was $8.7 billion), scope (between 87,000 and 140,000 different devices are produced in the United States by approximately 8200 different manufacturers employing some 311,000 people; it is believed that approximately 1000 of these manufacturers are development-stage companies without products yet on the market), and importance to the health of the world's citizens (Nugent, 1994; the Wilkerson Group, 1999).
Notes: Second Edition