Re: Status of uw-prism packaging for Debian

2014-08-19 Thread Ira Kalet
Hi Andreas, Answers to your extremely important questions below. On 08/18/2014 11:38 PM, Andreas Tille wrote: Hi Ira, On Mon, Aug 18, 2014 at 01:42:51PM -0700, Ira Kalet wrote: I had the good fortune at a recent social event to meet an attorney for one of the big multinational corporations i

Re: Status of uw-prism packaging for Debian

2014-08-18 Thread Andreas Tille
Hi Ira, On Mon, Aug 18, 2014 at 01:42:51PM -0700, Ira Kalet wrote: > > I had the good fortune at a recent social event to meet an attorney > for one of the big multinational corporations in the medical device > business, whose job is to look after FDA regulatory issues. He even > was familiar wi

Re: Status of uw-prism packaging for Debian

2014-08-18 Thread Ira Kalet
On 08/11/2014 08:03 AM, Ian Jackson wrote: Steve M. Robbins writes ("Re: Status of uw-prism packaging for Debian"): My guess is that the legality of distribution hinges on how the software is represented. For example, [1] defines "device" as: any article, inst

Re: Status of uw-prism packaging for Debian

2014-08-11 Thread Ian Jackson
Steve M. Robbins writes ("Re: Status of uw-prism packaging for Debian"): > My guess is that the legality of distribution hinges on how the software is > represented. For example, [1] defines "device" as: > > any article, instrument, apparat

Re: Status of uw-prism packaging for Debian

2014-08-10 Thread Steve M. Robbins
Hi, I'm tuning in late, but regarding Ira Kalet's question: > 3. Finally, there is still the issue of what the US FDA might say > about distribution within the US, We have to worry about more than just the US. Almost every country regulates the marketing of medical devices. > as software pr

Re: Status of uw-prism packaging for Debian

2014-08-10 Thread jonathon
On 8/1/2014 1:56 AM, Andreas Tille wrote: > What do you think? >From http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-1998-02-02/html/98-2498.htm and http://www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/Newsroom/PressAnnouncements/ucm369431.html I can't tell if 510(k) clearance would be required, or not. That is why you need to talk

Re: Status of uw-prism packaging for Debian

2014-08-01 Thread Paul Wise
On Fri, Aug 1, 2014 at 4:56 PM, Andreas Tille wrote: > I'm forwarding a part of a discussion to you legal experts for > clarification: I'm afraid debian-legal is mostly armchair lawyers. If you want to consult actual lawyers, it would be best to get legal advice from the SFLC, who we have gotten

Re: Status of uw-prism packaging for Debian

2014-08-01 Thread Andreas Tille
[Please keep Ira Kalet and the Debian Med mailing list in CC] Hello, I'm forwarding a part of a discussion to you legal experts for clarification: On Thu, Jul 31, 2014 at 11:15:49AM -0700, Ira Kalet wrote: > > > >>3. Finally, there is still the issue of what the US FDA might say > >>about distri