It was a matter of time before these applications and devices came under the scrutiny of the FDA.
Health tools for smart phones that monitor blood sugar levels or work as stethoscopes may face the same scrutiny from regulators as heart stents or ultrasound machines.
These mobile medical applications pose a potential risk and may have to meet Food and Drug Administration medical-device quality standards before they can be sold for use with smart phones such as Apple’s iPhone, according to draft guidelines issued Tuesday.http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/07/20/BUKM1KC7CE.DTL
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