medical device

German translation: Medizinprodukt

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English term or phrase:medical device
German translation:Medizinprodukt
Entered by: Nadia Mondi

14:40 Nov 25, 2009
English to German translations [PRO]
Medical - Medical: Pharmaceuticals
English term or phrase: medical device
It is not intended an electrical device but a sort of medicine, drug, to be taken orally, that neither is a real drug, nor a food supplement.
Nadia Mondi
Italy
Local time: 19:45
Medizinprodukt
Explanation:
If it is used in the sense of EU directives or CE marking.

eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CONSLEG... in German and English

Richtlinie 93/42/EWG über Medizinprodukte

COUNCIL DIRECTIVE 93/42/EEC of 14 June 1993 concerning medical devices
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Melanie Nassar
United States
Local time: 20:45
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4 +10Medizinprodukt
Melanie Nassar
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Info
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Medizinprodukt


Explanation:
If it is used in the sense of EU directives or CE marking.

eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CONSLEG... in German and English

Richtlinie 93/42/EWG über Medizinprodukte

COUNCIL DIRECTIVE 93/42/EEC of 14 June 1993 concerning medical devices


Melanie Nassar
United States
Local time: 20:45
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 23
Grading comment
Thank you everybody

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Monika Elisabeth Sieger
18 mins
  -> Danke, sivara

agree  Marga Shaw: Absolutely!
23 mins
  -> Danke, Marga

agree  Thayenga
46 mins
  -> Danke, Thayenga

agree  Jutta Scherer
49 mins
  -> Danke, Jutta

agree  CArcher
51 mins
  -> Danke, Claudia

agree  PPaulus
1 hr
  -> Danke, Petra

agree  Gabriele Beckmann
1 hr
  -> Danke, Gabriele

agree  IP-Chemist
8 hrs
  -> Danke, IP-Chemist

agree  Friedrich Reinold
16 hrs

agree  Harald Moelzer (medical-translator): http://www.dict.cc/?s=medical device
22 hrs
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Reference comments


11 mins peer agreement (net): +5
Reference: Info

Reference information:
A medical device is a product which is used for medical purposes in patients, in diagnosis, therapy or surgery. If applied to the body, the effect of the medical device is primarily physical, in contrast to pharmaceutical drugs, which exert a biochemical effect. Specific regional definitions of medical device vary slightly as detailed below.

European Union Definition
Directive 2007/47/ec of the European Parliament and of the council of 5 September, 2007, which amended the Council Directive 93/42/EEC of 14 June, 1993 concerning medical devices, defines a medical device as 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, intended by the manufacturer to be used for human beings. Devices are to be used 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
This includes devices that do 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.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medical_device

Die Richtlinie 93/42/EWG des Rates vom 14. Juni 1993 über Medizinprodukte ist eine EG-Richtlinie und wird in Deutschland und Österreich kurz als Medizinprodukterichtlinie bezeichnet. International spricht man von der Richtlinie als Medical Device Directive (MDD) unter Directive 93/42/EEC.

Medizinprodukte im Sinne der Richtlinie sind alle einzeln oder miteinander verbunden verwendeten Instrumente, Apparate, Vorrichtungen, Stoffe oder anderen Gegenstände, einschließlich der für ein einwandfreies Funktionieren des Medizinprodukts eingesetzten Software, die vom Hersteller zur Anwendung für Menschen für folgende Zwecke bestimmt sind:
• Erkennung, Verhütung, Überwachung, Behandlung oder Linderung von Krankheiten;
• Erkennung, Überwachung, Behandlung, Linderung oder Kompensierung von Verletzungen oder Behinderungen;
• Untersuchung, Ersatz oder Veränderung des anatomischen Aufbaus oder eines physiologischen Vorgangs;
• Empfängnisregelung,

http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richtlinie_93/42/EWG_über_Mediz...

Kim Metzger
Mexico
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 36

Peer comments on this reference comment (and responses from the reference poster)
neutral  Jutta Scherer: So you think "Medizinprodukte" would be the right term?
7 mins
agree  Melanie Nassar: I see you were much faster than me, but Medizinprodukt is what the asker is looking for, given the added context.
14 mins
agree  Susanne Schiewe
17 mins
agree  Monika Elisabeth Sieger
27 mins
agree  Marga Shaw
33 mins
agree  CArcher
1 hr
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