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Design Controls/Product Realization

ISO13485_2003
(Product Realization)

QSR Part 820

element:
Design and
development
planning
(820.30-b)

Each manufacturer shall establish and maintain

plans that describe or reference the design and
development activities and define responsibility
for implementation.

7.1 Planning of Product

Realization
7.3.1 Design and
Development planning

The plans shall identify and describe the

interfaces with different groups or activities that
provide, or result in, input to the design and
development process.

7.1 Planning of product realization

The organization shall plan and develop the processes
needed for product realization. Planning of product
realization shall be consistent with the requirements of
the other processes of the quality management
system (see 4.1).
7.3.1 The organization shall establish documented
procedures for design and development.

The plans shall be reviewed, updated, and

approved as design and development evolves.

The organization shall plan and control the design and

development of product.
During the design and development planning, the
organization shall determine
a) the design and development stages,
b) the review, verification, validation and design transfer
activities (see Note) that are appropriate at each
design and development stage, and
c) the responsibilities and authorities for design and
development.
The organization shall manage the interfaces between
different groups involved in design and development to
ensure effective communication and clear assignment of
responsibility.
Planning output shall be documented, and updated as
appropriate, as the design and development
progresses (see 4.2.3).
NOTE Design transfer activities during the design and
development process ensure that

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ISO13485_2003
(Product Realization)

QSR Part 820

element:
Design input
(820.30-c)

Each manufacturer shall establish and maintain

procedures to ensure that the design
requirements relating to a device are appropriate
and address the intended use of the device,
including the needs of the user and patient.
The procedures shall include a mechanism for
addressing incomplete, ambiguous, or
conflicting requirements.

7.2.1 Determination of
requirements related to
the product (From
Customer Section)
7.3.2 Design and
development inputs
(From Design and
Development)

The design input requirements shall be

documented and shall be reviewed and approved
by a designated individual(s). The approval,
including the date and signature of the
individual(s) approving the requirements, shall
be documented.

7.2.1 Determination of requirements related to the

product
The organization shall determine
a) requirements specified by the customer, including the
requirements for delivery and post-delivery
activities,
b) requirements not stated by the customer but necessary
for specified or intended use, where known,
c) statutory and regulatory requirements related to the
product, and
d) any additional requirements determined by the
organization.
7.3.2 Design and development inputs
Inputs relating to product requirements shall be
determined and records maintained (see 4.2.4). These
inputs
shall include
a) functional, performance and safety requirements,
according to the intended use,
b) applicable statutory and regulatory requirements,
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c) where applicable, information derived from previous
similar designs,
d) other requirements essential for design and
development, and
e) output(s) of risk management (see 7.1).

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ISO13485_2003
(Product Realization)

QSR Part 820

element:
Design output
(820.30-d)

Each manufacturer shall establish and maintain

procedures for defining and documenting design
output in terms that allow an adequate
evaluation of conformance to design input
requirements.

7.3.3 Design and

Development Outputs

Design output procedures shall contain or make

reference to acceptance criteria and shall ensure
that those design outputs that are essential for
the proper functioning of the device are
identified.

Design review
(820.30-e)

Design output shall be documented, reviewed,

and approved before release. The approval,
including the date and signature of the
individual(s) approving the output, shall be
documented.
Each manufacturer shall establish and maintain
procedures to ensure that formal documented
reviews of the design results are planned and
conducted at appropriate stages of the device's
design development.

7.2.2 Review of
requirements related to
the product
7.3.4 Design and
Development Review

The procedures shall ensure that participants at

each design review include representatives of all
functions concerned with the design stage being
reviewed and an individual(s) who does not
have direct responsibility for the design stage
being reviewed, as well as any specialists
needed.
The results of a design review, including
identification of the design, the date, and the
individual(s) performing the review, shall be
documented in the design history file (the DHF).
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ISO13485_2003
(Product Realization)

QSR Part 820

element:
Design verification
(820.30-f)

Each manufacturer shall establish and maintain

procedures for verifying the device design.

7.3.5 Design and

Development
verification

7.3.5 Design and development verification

7.3.5 Design and

development Validation

7.3.6 Design and development validation

Design verification shall confirm that the design

output meets the design input requirements.

Design validation
(820.30-g)

The results of the design verification, including

identification of the design, method(s), the date,
and the individual(s) performing the verification,
shall be documented in the DHF.
Each manufacturer shall establish and maintain
procedures for validating the device design.

Verification shall be performed in accordance with

planned arrangements (see 7.3.1) to ensure that the
design and development outputs have met the design and
development input requirements.
Records of the results of the verification and any
necessary actions shall be maintained

Design validation shall be performed under

defined operating conditions on initial
production units, lots, or batches, or their
equivalents.

Design and development validation shall be performed in

accordance with planned arrangements (see 7.3.1)
to ensure that the resulting product is capable of meeting
the requirements for the specified application or
intended use.

Design validation shall ensure that devices

conform to defined user needs and intended
uses and shall include testing of production units
under actual or simulated use conditions.

Validation shall be completed prior to the delivery or

implementation of the product (see Note 1).
Records of the results of validation and any necessary
actions shall be maintained (see 4.2.4).

Design validation shall include software

validation and risk analysis, where appropriate.
The results of the design validation, including
identification of the design, method(s), the date,
and the individual(s) performing the validation,
shall be documented in the DHF.
Design transfer
(820.30-h)

Design transfer. Each manufacturer shall

establish and maintain procedures to ensure that
the device design is correctly translated into
production specifications.

7.3.3 Design and

Development Outputs

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ISO13485_2003
(Product Realization)

QSR Part 820

element:
Design changes
(820.30-i)

Design History File

(820.30-j)

Each manufacturer shall establish and maintain

procedures for the identification, documentation,
validation or where appropriate verification,
review, and approval of design changes before
their implementation.
Each manufacturer shall establish and maintain a
DHF for each type of device. The DHF shall
contain or reference the records necessary to
demonstrate that the design was developed in
accordance with the approved design plan and
the requirements of this part.

7.3.7 Control of design

and development
changes

7.3.1 Design and

Development planning

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Subpart sections to Be Aware of

ISO13485_2003
QSR
element:
Document Controls
(820.40)

Process Validation
(820.75)

4.2.3 Control of
documents

a) Where the results of a process cannot be fully

verified by subsequent inspection and test, the
process shall be validated with a high degree of
assurance and approved according to
established procedures. The validation activities
and results, including the date and signature of
the individual(s) approving the validation and
where appropriate the major equipment
validated, shall be documented.

4.2.4 Control of records

7.5.2 Validation of
processes for production
and service provision

(b) Each manufacturer shall establish and

maintain procedures for monitoring and control
of process parameters for validated processes to
ensure that the specified requirements continue
to be met.
(1) Each manufacturer shall ensure that
validated processes are performed by qualified
individual(s).
(2) For validated processes, the monitoring and
control methods and data, the date performed,
and, where appropriate, the individual(s)
performing the process or the major equipment
used shall be documented.
(c) When changes or process deviations occur,
the manufacturer shall review and evaluate the
process and perform revalidation where
appropriate. These activities shall be
documented.
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ISO13485_2003
QSR
element:
Production and
process controls
Automated
Processes
(820.70 -I)

Statistical
techniques
(820.250)

(i)Automated processes. When computers or

automated data processing systems are used
as part of production or the quality system, the
manufacturer shall validate computer software
for its intended use according to an established
protocol. All software changes shall be
validated before approval and issuance.
These validation activities and results shall be
documented.
(a) Where appropriate, each manufacturer shall
establish and maintain procedures for
identifying valid statistical techniques required
for establishing, controlling, and verifying
the acceptability of process capability and
product characteristics.

7.5.2 Validation of
processes for production
and service provision

Section 8
Measurement, Analysis
and Improvement

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