{"id":1188,"date":"2025-01-01T15:44:31","date_gmt":"2025-01-01T06:44:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biocongroup.net\/?page_id=1188"},"modified":"2025-01-02T17:36:29","modified_gmt":"2025-01-02T08:36:29","slug":"classification","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/biocongroup.net\/en\/home\/regulations\/classification\/","title":{"rendered":"Medical Device Classification in Korea"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1188\" class=\"elementor elementor-1188\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2b025a7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2b025a7\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-69f8960\" data-id=\"69f8960\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-64158b6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"64158b6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Medical Device Classification in Korea<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-cd49648 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"cd49648\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-535b906\" data-id=\"535b906\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4793fa6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4793fa6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>According to the \"Criteria and Procedures for the Classification and Designation of Medical Devices\" in Appendix 1 of the Medical Device Act Enforcement Rules of South Korea, medical devices are classified into four categories as follows. 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