Meaning to close by folding or bringing together is from mid-14c. Sense of to set (someone) free (from) (c.1500) is obsolete except in dialectal phrases such as to get shut of. Colloquial shut-eye for sleep is from 1899. To shut (one's) mouth desist from speaking is recorded from 1340.
Medical Device Regulation Act. Medical Device Amendments of 1976. An Act to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to provide for the safety and effectiveness of medical devices intended for human use, and for other purposes. Enacted by.
The Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH) is the component within the FDA that is responsible for this program. The FDA's legal authority to regulate both medical devices and electronic radiation-emitting products is the Federal Food Drug & Cosmetic (FD&C) Act. The FD&C Act contains provisions, that is, regulatory requirements, that define FDA's level of control over these products. To fulfill the provisions of the FD&C Act that apply to medical devices and radiation-emitting products, the FDA develops, publishes and implements regulations.