Sunday, October 29, 2023

IEC 62304 Software Maintenance Process

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In today's blog, we are going to discuss about IEC 62304.


IEC 62304 states the requirements for Medical Device Software. Satisfying the requirements of IEC 62304 is an important task in order to ensure the safety of patients and efficacy of software used in treating the patients.


Therefore, it is important for Medical Device QA/RA Professionals to understand about Software Maintenance Process requirements as per Clause 6 of IEC 62304. 

 

Software Maintenance Process

The Software Maintenance is performed once the medical device software is released in the market. There are multiple reasons for performing maintenance activities which includes correcting issues & bugs and to keep up with the customer needs etc. IEC 62304 states the requirements for Medical Device Software Maintenance Process.

Software Maintenance Plan

The Software Maintenance Plan shall be established by the manufacturer of the medical device software. The Software Maintenance Plan shall address the following:

The Procedures for addressing the feedbacks once the medical device software is released into the market.

The Criteria for determining whether the feedback can be considered as a problem.

The Problem resolution process & Configuration Management Process.

The Procedures for evaluating and implementing the upgrades, bug fixes, patches, obsolescence of SOUP.

These requirements are applicable for Class A, B & C, medical device software.

 

Problem and Modification Analysis

 

Document and Evaluate Feedback:

The feedbacks of the market released medical device software shall be monitored, documented and evaluated by the manufacturer of the medical device software to determine the existence of problems in the released medical device software.

The Problems identified shall be recorded in Problem Report as per Problem Resolution Process specified in IEC 62304.

The Problem Report shall include deviations from specification and actual or potential adverse events.

The effects of the problem on the safety of the medical device software released into the market shall be evaluated in the Problem Report. The changes needed in the medical device software for addressing the problem shall also be evaluated in the problem report.

The requirement is applicable for Class A, B & C, medical device software.

 

Software Problem Resolution Process & Change Requests:

The Problem Resolution Process as per IEC 62304 shall be used by the manufacturer of the medical device software to address problem reports.

In addition to the Problem Resolution Process, each change requests raised to address the problem shall be analyzed by the manufacturer with respect to its effect on released medical device software and the systems with which it interfaces, and the organization.

Each change requests which modify the released medical device software shall be evaluated and approved by the manufacturer. The Change request means a documented specification about the change.

The Users and Regulators shall be communicated by the manufacturer about any problems in the released medical device software. The Users and Regulators shall also be communicated about the consequences of continued unchanged use of the software.

The requirement is applicable for Class A, B & C, medical device software.

 

Implementation of Modification

Software Development Process as per IEC 62304 need to be identified and repeated by the manufacturer of medical device software for implementing the required software modification.

Modifications made to the software shall be released by the manufacturer of medical device software. The release can be a full re-release of software system or only as a software item comprising of changes and tools to install the changes to an existing system.

The requirement is applicable for Class A, B & C, medical device software.


Now I hope you have acquired some basic knowledge about Software System Maintenance Process as per Clause 6 of IEC 62304. We will meet again with another valuable topic related to Biomedical Engineering, Medical Device, Healthcare.


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