Medical Devices

The content below is for guidance only and you should not take it as a substitute for legal advice. We encourage you to consult your legal counsel for any concerns about the laws and regulations concerning your product. VegaVend reserves the right to remove any listing it considers to be inappropriate for sale for any reason.

All listings and products must comply with all applicable laws and regulations.

Examples of Prohibited Listings

• Used medical devices
• Products that require a prescription, sale by a registered pharmacist, or a medical professional’s supervision or direction for their use.
• Silicone implants
• Products intended to restrain the movement of a person with disability, dementia or other medical condition
• Contact lenses, including cosmetic lenses without prescription.
• Devices which claim to predict the gender of unborn babies
• Zappers
• Catheters
• Orthopaedic nails and plates
• Intra-aortic balloon pumps
• Electronic acupuncture
• Eye electromagnets
• Surgical equipment devices including; dental hand pieces, drills and dermatomes
• Incubators
• Blood warmers
• Surgical Lasers
• Ultrasound devices for diagnostic purposes
• X-Ray sources
• Pacemakers
• Defibrillators
• Phototherapy Devices
• Magnetic resonance equipment
• Pulp testers
• Apnea monitors
• Feeding pumps
• Jet injectors for vaccination
• Infusion pumps
• Anaesthesia machines
• Dialysis equipment
• Blood pumps
• Needles
• Syringes with needles
• Contraceptive IUDs
• Clinical IVDs
• Hearing Aids
• Prescription eyewear
• Bone Saws
• Scalpels
• Tracheal tubes
• Vaginal pessaries
• Surgical retractors
• Reamers
• Drill bits
• Neuro-endoscopes
• Refractors
• Excavators
• Surgical pumps
• X-Ray film
• Dental burs
• Blood bags used for collection, storage and transfusion
• CPAP systems and masks
• Fetal dopplers
• Nebulisers
• Rife machines
• Orgone accumulators
• Electro Physiological Feedback Xrroid (EPFX) or Quantum Xrroid Consciousness Interface(QXCI)

Note: Vendors who list prohibited items or content can have their selling permissions removed, either temporarily or permanently.

Related VegaVend Help Pages

• Restricted Products: Drugs, Drug Paraphernalia & Dietary Supplements
• Requesting approval to sell in restricted categories

Additional Useful Information

• EU
  • European Commission website with information on EU regulations on medical devices: https://single-market-economy.ec.europa.eu/single-market/european-standards/harmonised-standards/medical-devices_en
• UK
  • Website of the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), http://www.mhra.gov.uk/#page=DynamicListMedicines
  • UK General information: https://www.gov.uk/topic/medicines-medical-devices-blood/medical-devices-regulation-safety
  • UK helpdesks: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/contact-mhra
  • Brexit guidance can be found here: Regulating medical devices in GB and NI from 1 January 2021

Business Companion website, which contains guidance on UK product compliance rules: https://www.businesscompanion.info/en/get-started