Medical devices why there are two types of date representation: the period of use or expiration date

One is the shelf life of a brand new medical device, which is generally longer; the other is the expiration date after it has been put into use.

Generally calculated from the factory date, of course, there are also calculated according to the number of times used. The actual use of such instruments as surgical scissors, clinical in order to save costs, will generally be used until damaged or bad use. Anyway, they will be sterilized after each use.

Medical devices are instruments, equipment, apparatus, in vitro diagnostic reagents and calibrators, materials, and other similar or related items used directly or indirectly in the human body, including the required computer software; their utility is mainly obtained by physical means, not by pharmacological, immunological or metabolic means, or although these means are involved but only play a supporting role; their purpose is the diagnosis, prevention, treatment and treatment of disease. purpose is the diagnosis, prevention, monitoring, treatment, or mitigation of disease; the diagnosis, monitoring, treatment, mitigation, or functional compensation of injury; the examination, substitution, regulation, or support of physiological structures or processes; the support or maintenance of life; the control of pregnancy; and the provision of information for medical or diagnostic purposes through the examination of specimens from the human body.