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Assess the relationship between AI-specific regulatory frameworks and patient safety in orthopaedic devices.

April 3, 2026Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research1 citations

Few FDA Approved AI/ML Orthopaedic Devices Have EU MDR Equivalents or Peer-Reviewed Validation

ABAisling Bracken SWSean Paul Whelehan KMKhalid Merghani

Key Points

Assess the relationship between AI-specific regulatory frameworks and patient safety in orthopaedic devices.
Examined FDA approval processes for AI/ML devices
Investigated EU MDR regulations for equivalence
Proposed future comparisons of recall rates across jurisdictions
Identified a lack of EU MDR equivalents for approved AI/ML orthopaedic devices
Found uncertainty in patient risk under current regulatory pathways
Suggested that AI-specific frameworks may enhance device reliability

Abstract

As the level of patient risk under the current regulatory pathways remains uncertain, future research should compare AI/ML-enabled device recall rates across jurisdictions to assess whether AI-specific regulatory frameworks improve patient safety and device reliability.

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Bracken et al. (Tue,) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69cf5ea85a333a821460d3c3 https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1097/corr.0000000000003788

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