WASHINGTON (AP) -- Federal health regulators will begin tracking millions of medical devices, from pacemakers to hip replacements, using a new electronic system designed to protect patients by ...

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German stamps will soon be kitted out with individual matrix codes to help stop letters getting lost in the mail, national postal company Deutsche Post said Tuesday. Customers will be able to use the ...

Unique code to identify make%2C manufacture date and lot number Public safety advocates have urged tracking system for years FDA will begin phasing in new system in 2014 WASHINGTON — Federal health ...

Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced a final rule for the unique device identification system (UDI) that, once implemented, will provide a consistent way to identify medical devices.