The European Medical Device Nomenclature (EMDN) is the nomenclature of use by manufacturers when registering their medical devices in the EUDAMED database.
Founded on pre-established criteria and requirements and based on orientations provided by the Medical Device Coordination Group (MDCG), the European Commission decided in favour of the use of the ‘Classificazione Nazionale Dispositivi medici’(CND) as the basis for the EMDN.
The first version of the EMDN is integrated in EUDAMED and can be viewed on EUDAMED public site. The 2025 version, following the annual public consultation via the EMDN submission platform was subsequently released in January 2025.
Access to the EMDN
The entirety of the EMDN is accessible to all stakeholders, free of charge. It can hence be utilised by a non-exhaustive list of stakeholders such as manufacturers, patients, research organisations, practitioners, hospitals, pharmacies etc.
The EMDN can be accessed and downloaded in pdf and excel format. Download EMDN (download full list)
SMEMDN project
The SMEMDN project (Supporting the maintenance of the European Medical Device Nomenclature), under the leadership of the Italian Ministry of the Health (beneficiary), with the collaboration of the Friuli Venezia Giulia Region (affiliated entity), builds on the experience gained from the past five years of EMDN implementation at European level and further enhance the activities carried out for the EMDN. In particular the aim is to support the:
- in the periodic update of the EMDN
- in the communication with Member States’ authorities and stakeholders regarding needs for information and clarification on the nomenclature
- in making available tools to support the use of the EMDN, including trainings
- in the support the Commission in its collaboration with the World Health Organisation
EMDN Helpdesk
The EMDN Helpdesk service is ready to respond to your request on the European Medical Device Nomenclature.
The service, which is part of the SMEMDN project co-funded by the European Commission, aims to provide users with information on the nomenclature structure (category/groups/types) as well as any useful information to enable manufacturers to choose the appropriate EMDN code(s) for their medical devices and in vitro diagnostic medical devices.
- To access the EMDN helpdesk platform, please consult the user manual.
- Technical malfunctions of the platform can be reported to the email address: SMEMDN
regione [dot] fvg [dot] it (SMEMDN[at]regione[dot]fvg[dot]it)
Trainings
The SMEMDN project foresees the development of three trainings on EMDN for regulators and stakeholders.
First training (2024)
The first training took place on 12 November 2024 and provided an overview on the EMDN, its update procedure, the relevant available support tools and good practices on EMDN submissions. The training materials are available, alongside the training recordings:
- Part I.1- SMEMDN Project Supporting the maintenance of the European Medical Device Nomenclature
- Part I.2 - Overview of EMDN Project
- Part I.3 - From the Italian CND classification to the European Medical Device Nomenclature (EMDN) principles and features
- Part I.4 - Informative support to the EMDN - web access, FAQ and Helpdesk platform
- Part II - How to choose the EMDN code examples of real usage of the nomenclature
- Part III.1 - Description of the procedure
- Part III.2 - Good & bad EMDN update requests how to submit a valid request
Videos
- Part I - Intro, Overview of EMDN Project, Basic principles (from CND2EMDN) and Important tools (guidance, helpdesk)
- Part II - How to choose the EMDN code and first Q&A Session
- Part III - The EMDN update procedure, how to submit a valid request & Second Q&A
