Brussels, 22/12/2005 (Agence Europe) - Based on the results of a broad consultation which was launched on 5 April 2005, the Commission presented its text for the revision of directives 93/42/EEC on medical devices and 90/385/EEC on active implantable medical devices, on 22 December. The problem was to satisfy public requirements whilst applying higher safety standards to around 10,000 products, from bandages, glasses, prosthetic limbs and dental implants to software used to interpret and...