SynthetMR announced that they have received their EU Medical Device Regulation (MDR) certificat This is a nececessary step to continue to provide the European market with SyMRI 12.1 after May 2024. With this new certificate, SyntheticMR will also be able to release new products on the European market, which are significantly different from already existing products, such as SyMRI 3D. The EU MDR regulate the worldwide production as well as the distribution of medical devices on the EU market.

The MDR replaces MDD that was the former directive requirements for medical devices in the EU, with higher requirements on safety and performance. The MDR has existed since March 2017 and the QA/RA and R&D teams at SyntheticMR has since then, put a lot of work into implementing the new MDR regulations.