EU AI Act & MDR Certification

May 30, 2025

Carmen Bellebna, our Head of Regulatory Affairs at deepeye Medical, was invited by Monir El Azzouzi to join the latest episode of the Easy Medical Device podcast!

🎧 Episode #337: “Navigating the EU AI Act & MDR Certification: deepeye Medical’s Success Story”

🕒 Duration: 43 minutes

📺 Watch here:

Carmen walks through our journey of aligning deepeye® TPS, an AI-based decision support software for nAMD therapy with both the EU AI Act (Regulation (EU) 2024/1689) and EU MDR (Regulation (EU) 2017/745) requirements.

She shares first-hand insights into:

✅ What the EU AI Act means for AI-driven medical devices

✅ How we harmonized AI system design with MDR clinical benefit and safety criteria

✅ Challenges in technical documentation, conformity assessment, and notified body interactions

✅ Practical advice for building a compliant QMS tailored for AI-powered softwareThis episode is a must-listen for anyone working at the intersection of AI, MedTech, and EU regulatory frameworks.

You’ll learn:

00:0005:10 Introduction to deepeye Medical & guest Carmen Bellebna

05:1015:25 What the EU AI Act (Regulation (EU) 2024/1689) entails and its key risk-based obligations

15:2524:45 Aligning AI systems with EU MDR requirements for SaMD and clinical benefit

24:4533:30 Challenges faced by deepeye: technical documentation, conformity assessment, and notified-body interactions

33:3042:50 Practical takeaways: building a compliant AI-driven medical device QMS