HURRRy
Healthcare Users Rating & Review Registry
3. If you still cannot find the device forum, propose a new forum for this device. Start >.
2. Subject search - Search our Medical Device Classification System based on medical specialty and device type. Start below.
To search for a device review forum
1. In the table below, select a "Medical Specialty", and click "List" in the right column.
2. In the next screen (see example), select the "Regulation Number & Device Type" and "Product Code & Device Subtype", and click "Forums" in the right column.
3. In the next screen (see example), select a commercial product and click "Forum".
4. The next screen is a device review forum (see example) where you can rate, view, and exchange opinions on a particular commercial medical device, and the manufacturer may respond to your comments.
We organize medical devices based on the classification system of the US Food and Drug Administration (see USFDA webpage), that organizes around 600,000 commercial medical devices (updated at a rate of hundreds to thousands of new devices every day) into over 1,700 different generic types of devices in 19 medical specialties, as shown in the table below. Each device is identified by the following parameters:
1. The medical specialty of the device (e.g., 870 Cardiovascular, where 870 is the 3-digit "regulation citation number").
2. The device type within a medical specialty (e.g., 870.3610 Implantable Pacemaker Pulse Generator, where 870.3610 is the 7-digit "regulation number").
3. The device subtype within a device type (e.g., PNJ Leadless Pacemaker is a subtype in 870.3610, where PNJ is the 3-letter "product code").
4. Within a device subtype, a certain device is identified by the device name, manufacturer, and other details.
Search for a Device Review Forum
5. Ear, Nose, and Throat Devices
6. Gastroenterology and Urology Devices
7. General and Plastic Surgery Devices
8. General Hospital and Personal Use Devices
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Medical Specialty
(Click item to see USFDA's list of device types in each specialty)
List of Device Types Rated & Reviewed
(Click item to see our list of device review forums in each specialty)
Medical Device Classification System
To rate and review a medical device or to view its survey results, the first step is to search for the forum for the device.
1. Keyword search - Search the Global Unique Device Identification Database (GUDID) database of USFDA using device name, identifier, or company. Start >