Testing Medical Technology

Public health protection supersedes public health needs all the time. In determining whether a new medical technology can be used for human application, speed is the key rather than haste. Since deciding on any medical technology cannot be based purely on insights and ideas due to its possible effects, proof for safety and efficacy through rigorous testing is required.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (USFDA) has recently modified its procedures for the approval process by actively guiding inventors and researchers in formulating testing protocols that would meet the set licensing demands thereby shifting the focus from a test of trials to a test of the product themselves. Considerations are generally based on ethics, moral and religious implications and social impact aside from health and safety grounds.