A medical device is used for medical purposes on the body, aimedat diagnosis, treatment, or surgery. A medical device can bedifferentiated from a pharmaceutical product, which is also usedfor diagnosis or treatment, because a medical device does not havea biochemical impact and the effect is only physical. A medicaldevice may have a pharmaceutical component. For example, an IVwould be a medical device, but drugs that are put into a patient’sbody through the IV is a pharmaceutical.Medical devices are regulated by the Food and DrugAdministration. Regulation by the FDA entails reviewing theevidence about the medical device to ensure that it is safe andseems to work as it is supposed to. Approval may be easier if a newmedical device is essentially the same as or similar to a prior,approved med