For class III devices and for certain class IIb devices, a manufacturer should be able to consult voluntarily an expert panel, prior to that manufacturer's clinical evaluation and/or investigation, on its clinical development strategy and on proposals for clinical investigations.
I gcás feistí in aicme III agus i gcás feistí áirithe in aicme IIb, ba cheart do mhonaróir a bheith in ann dul i gcomhairle, ar bhonn deonach, le painéal saineolaithe, sula ndéanfadh an monaróir sin meastóireacht chliniciúil agus/nó imscrúdú, maidir le tograí le haghaidh imscrúduithe cliniciúla.