Brian Pate Joins UL 1998 STP

UL 1998

Crisis Prevention and Recovery, LLC / SoftwareCPR, Tampa, FL USA – (November 22, 2022) “We are pleased to announce that our Partner and General Manager, Brian Pate, has been selected  for membership on the UL 1998 Standards Technical Panel for Software (STP), with oversight of UL 1998 standard, Software in Programmable Components.  Brian will provide stakeholder input to the process as UL develops and maintains UL 1998 in order to maximize the standard’s effectiveness, applicability, and sustainability.  We applaud Brian’s continued involvement and support of standards development and service to the medical device industry – a continuation of our company’s commitment to standards and educational content for our medical device and pharmaceutical clients.”

For those involved in medical device product development, particularly devices with significant functionality provided by software, you may want to attend a 3-day training course taught by Brian and SoftwareCPR Partner, Dr. Peter Rech, January 9-11, 2023 in beautiful Tampa, Florida.  The course will focus on software hazards analysis with emphasis on SaMD – Software as a Medical Device.  Discounted registration is available through November 30th, 2022.  Register at this link:  https://events.eventzilla.net/e/2023-softwarecpr-public-training-course–iso-14971-medical-device-risk-management-a-software-organizations-perspective-2138576610

More course info at this link:  SoftwareCPR 14971 Risk Management Training Course – January 9-11, 2022

About the author

Allison joined SoftwareCPR in 2022, bringing along over ten years of passion for building teamwork and growth in organizations. This is established in part by the greatest University the South has to offer- Mississippi State.

SoftwareCPR Training Courses:

Being Agile & Yet Compliant (Public)

Our SoftwareCPR unique approach to incorporating agile and lean engineering to your medical device software process training course is now open for registration!

  • Agile principles that align well with medical
  • Backlog management
  • Agile risk management
  • Incremental and iterative software development lifecycle management
  •  Frequent release management
  • And more!

3 days virtual (Zoom) with group exercises, quizzes, examples, Q&A.

Lead Instructor: Mike Russell

Next public offerings:

  • Americas: 11-13 February 2025
  • EU/Eastern Europe/Middle East/Africa/Atlantic/eastern South America: 18-20 February 2025
  • Southern Central Northeastern Pacific: 24-26 February 2025
See our post titled: 1st Quarter 2025 Agile Compliant Courses Scheduled

 

IEC 62304 and other emerging standards for Medical Device and HealthIT Software

Our flagship course for preparing regulatory, quality, engineering, operations, and others for the activities and documentation expected for IEC 62304 conformance and for FDA expectations. The goal is to educate on the intent and purpose so that the participants are able to make informed decisions in the future.  Focus is not simply what the standard says, but what is meant and discuss examples and approaches one might implement to comply.  Special deep discount pricing available to FDA attendees and other regulators.

3-days onsite with group exercises, quizzes, examples, Q&A.

Instructor: Brian Pate

Next public offering:  TBD

Call or email now to schedule a private, in-house class. The fall schedule is filling up!

Email training@softwarecpr.com to request a special pre-registration discount.  Limited number of pre-registration coupons.

Registration Link:

TBD

 


 

Medical Device Cybersecurity (Public or Private)

This course takes a deep dive into the US FDA expectations for cybersecurity activities in the product development process with central focus on the cybersecurity risk analysis process. Overall approach will be tied to relevant standards and FDA guidance documentation. The course will follow the ISO 14971:2019 framework for overall structure but utilize IEC 62304, IEC 81001-5-1, and AAMI TIR57 for specific details regarding cybersecurity planning, risk characterization, threat modeling, and control strategies.

2-days onsite with group exercises, quizzes, examples, Q&A.

Instructor: Dr Peter Rech, 2nd instructor (optional)

Next public offering:  TBD

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