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Revised Procedures for Adding Lens Finishing Laboratories to Approved Premarket Approval Applications for Class III Rigid Gas Permeable Contact Lenses for Extended Wear - Guidance for Industry and FDA Staff

FinalCenter for Devices and Radiological Health08/10/1998

Description

Document issued on: August 11, 1998This document supersedes document, "New Procedures for Adding Lens Finishing Laboratories Through Supplements to Approved Premarket Approval Applications for Rigid Gas Permeable Contact Lenses," May 9, 1985

Scope & Applicability

Product Classes

1
Class III Rigid Gas Permeable Contact Lenses

Subject of the guidance regarding lens finishing laboratories

Stakeholders

4
Lens Finishing Laboratories

Small, independent laboratories that manufacture and distribute RGP contact lenses

PMA Holder

Entity responsible for submitting supplements for approved devices

Manufacturer

Entity responsible for submitting NDINs

Importer

Must comply with registration if meeting facility/responsible person definitions

Regulatory Context

Attributes

1
Safety and Effectiveness

Cybersecurity is part of device safety and effectiveness

Identified Hazards

Hazards

1
Serious Injury

Event triggering MDR reporting

Related CFR Sections (5)

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See Also (8)

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