Meaning to close by folding or bringing together is from mid-14c. Sense of to set (someone) free (from) (c.1500) is obsolete except in dialectal phrases such as to get shut of. Colloquial shut-eye for sleep is from 1899. To shut (one's) mouth desist from speaking is recorded from 1340.
Medical Device Regulation Act. Medical Device Amendments of 1976. An Act to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to provide for the safety and effectiveness of medical devices intended for human use, and for other purposes. Enacted by.
A Medical Device (MD) is defined in Directive (93/42/EEC) as: Any instrument, apparatus, appliance, material or other article, whether used alone or in combination, including the software necessary for the proper application, intended by the manufacturer to be used for human beings for the purpose of :