device Archives - In Compliance Magazine

FDA Clarifies Definition of “Device”

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently issued a guidance document to clarify the agency’s use of the term “device” in its regulations. The guidance, titled “Referencing the Definition of ‘Devic... Read More...

Self Healing Implants | In Compliance Magazine

Tiny Biotech Devices Use Electrical Impulses to Heal Organs

Researchers from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) are developing tiny devices that can be implanted in the body that use electrical impulses to monitor infected or damaged organs. The dev... Read More...

Fundamentals of Electrostatic Discharge – Part Five: Device Sensitivity and Testing

The models and test procedures used to characterize, determine, and classify the sensitivity of components to ESD.

Online Retailer Assessed $35 Million for Selling Signal Jammers

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has proposed a monetary forfeiture of $34.9 million against a Chinese online retailer for allegedly marketing signal jamming devices to U.S. consumers. In a N... Read More...

Medical Devices | In Compliance Magazine

EU Commission Updates List of Standards for Medical Device Directive

The Commission of the European Union (EU) has issued a revised and updated list of standards that can be used to demonstrate conformity with the essential requirements its Directive 93/42/EEC concerning medical... Read More...

Battery-Free Mobile Devices Draw Power from Ambient Backscatter

University of Washington researchers recently presented a paper at the Association for Computing Machinery’s Special Interest Group on Data Communication 2013 conference in Hong Kong that explains how they have... Read More...

FCC extends comment deadline for proposed U-NII device changes

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has extended the deadline for comments on its proposed expansion of spectrum available for so-called Unlicensed National Information Infrastructure (U-NII) devices. U... Read More...

FCC proposes changes affecting U-NII devices in 5 GHz band

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has proposed making additional unlicensed spectrum available in the 5 GHz band to facilitate public access to higher speed broadband connections. In a Notice of Propo... Read More...

EU Commission updates list of standards for Medical Device Directive

The Commission of the European Union (EU) has issued a revised and updated list of standards that can be used to demonstrate conformity with the essential requirements its Directive 93/42/EEC concerning medical... Read More...

EU Commission issues new standards list for In Vitro Diagnostic Medical Devices Directive

The Commission of the European Union (EU) has published an updated list of standards that can be used to demonstrate compliance with the essential requirements of its Directive 98/79/EC, dealing with in-vitro d... Read More...

Tagged device