This nomenclature is a naming system for products which include those used for the diagnosis, prevention, monitoring, treatment or alleviation of disease or injury in humans.
Medical device experts from around the world (manufacturers, healthcare authorities and regulators) compiled the GMDN, based on the international standard ISO 15225.
[6] The GMDN is required by the UK's national medical device regulator, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency[7] The government agency responsible for medical device safety in Australia Therapeutic Goods Administration require the GMDN when registering a product within its ARTG system[8] The GMDN Agency has established long term cooperation with the IHTSDO.
[9] The Cooperation Agreement shall result in the use of the GMDN as the medical device component of SNOMED CT.
The following objectives were agreed: The Agreement will benefit patients across the world and all users of SNOMED CT and the GMDN in promoting comprehensive terminology based medical records, covering the needs of regulators, the medical device industry and healthcare professionals.