Why can the ointment get a device name? The reason for this is the fact that it is not a medical device that can be used to produce a device?

The ointment can take the word "device" because the word "device" refers to medical equipment or health care products such as ointment batch number, not only medical equipment to take the word "device" production, including the use of the human body alone or in combination with the instruments, equipment, appliances, materials, or other items.

Pharmaceutical word is divided into three categories, its certificate of registration by the State Food and Drug Administration unified printing, the corresponding content by the approval of the registration of (food) drug supervision and management departments to fill in.

Pharmaceutical word classification: a class, class II and class III terminology management category, see the supervision and management of medical devices regulations have relevant provisions. Management from low to high.

Medical device, refers to the use of the human body, alone or in combination, instruments, equipment, apparatus, materials or other items, including the required software; its use on the human body surface and in vivo is not obtained by means of pharmacology, immunology or metabolism, but there may be involved in these means and play a certain supporting role; its use is intended to achieve the following intended purposes.

(i) prevention, diagnosis, treatment, guardianship, and mitigation of disease;

(ii) diagnosis, treatment, guardianship, mitigation, and compensation for injury or disability;

(iii) study, substitution, and regulation of anatomical or physiological processes;

(iv) pregnancy control.

Extended information:

The format of the word drug and device is as follows:

Registration numbers are organized The way is:

×(×)1(food) drug supervision and regulation of equipment (×2) word ××××3 No. ×4 × ×5 ××××6. Where:

×1 for the registration and approval department of the location of the abbreviation;

International Class III medical devices, overseas medical devices and medical devices in Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macao for the "country";

International Class II medical devices for the registration and approval of the department of the province, autonomous region, municipalities directly under the Central Government for the abbreviation;

International Class I medical devices for the registration and approval of the department of the province, autonomous region, municipalities directly under the Central Government for the abbreviation;

International Class I medical devices for the registration of the Approval department of the province, autonomous region, municipality directly under the central abbreviation plus the city-level administrative area where the abbreviation for × × 1 (without the corresponding city-level administrative area, only the province, autonomous region, municipality directly under the central abbreviation).

Reference:

Baidu Encyclopedia-Pharmaceuticals and Equipment Word