title: [The "Global Medical Device Nomenclature": a standard nomenclature for medical devices].
abstract: The Global Medical Device Nomenclature is the first European nomenclature available for medical devices. The purpose of a medical device nomenclature system is to facilitate identifying, medical devices. It is a registry composed by 7000 generic terms (preferred terms) for describing and identifying medical devices in an unambiguous manner. Terms are built according to pre-established rules and are assigned with a unique code and a definition. GMDN is the result of a collaborative international work own by the European community also used in USA, Japan or Australia. The main goal of GMDN is to facilitate regulatory data exchange on vigilance.
authors.affiliation: Pharmacie centrale, hôpitaux de Paris, agence générale des équipements et produits de Santé.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ventura
authors.forename: P-Y
authors.initials: PY
authors.lastname: Chambrin
mesh_terms: D004864:Equipment and Supplies; D012042:Registries; D009626:Terminology as Topic