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ISO 13485: Medical devices quality management

The quality management standard regulators expect from medical device manufacturers and suppliers.

ISO 13485:2016 specifies quality management requirements for organisations involved in the life cycle of medical devices. We help design QMS processes for design and development, supplier controls, production, complaint handling and post-market surveillance.

Who it is for

  • Medical device and diagnostics manufacturers
  • Contract manufacturers and component suppliers
  • Software as a medical device developers

What you gain

  • Supports regulatory submissions in many markets
  • Design controls and traceability built in
  • Risk management aligned with ISO 14971

Your path to certification

  1. Gap assessment

    We compare what you do today with every requirement and control, then give you a prioritised gap report and a realistic timeline.

  2. Design and documentation

    Scope, policies, procedures, risk methodology and records, written to fit how your teams actually work, not a template binder.

  3. Implementation and training

    We help owners put controls in place, train the people who run them and start collecting evidence.

  4. Internal audit and management review

    An independent internal audit and a structured management review prove the system works before the certification body looks at it.

  5. Certification audit support

    We prepare you for Stage 1 and Stage 2 with your chosen accredited certification body and help close any findings quickly.

  6. Surveillance and continual improvement

    Optional managed support keeps evidence current through annual surveillance audits and the three-year recertification.

ISO 13485 questions

How is ISO 13485 different from ISO 9001?
ISO 13485 is aligned to regulatory requirements: it emphasises documented processes, design controls, risk management and traceability, and drops some ISO 9001 concepts such as continual improvement of customer satisfaction as a goal in itself.

Ready to start on ISO 13485?

Tell us which standard or customer requirement you are facing. In a free 30-minute call we will outline the gaps, a realistic timeline and what it will take to be audit-ready.