Regulation for Registration of Medical Devices Article 37
The product name of a medical device shall comply with the following regulations:1.A product name shall not use pharmaceutical name, trademark, or name of manufacturer from others, unless trademark awarded or authorization obtained.2.A product name shall not be the same as other medical device, or involved in counterfeiting or insinuation.3.Product name shall not involve in misrepresentation, overstatement, or leading people in improper association with medical device and/or efficacy.4.Chinese product name shall not contain any character in any other language or in numbers, unless phrases used contain meaning directly related, or English trademarks contains special meaning and approved by the central health competent authority.5.The Chinese and English names of medical devices exclusively for export shall not be the same as those of domestically manufactured medical devices.6.A product name shall not be in other improper situations as a name of medical device.The precedence of medical device names that are identical or similar shall be determined on the basis of the precedence of trademarks, company names, or other identifiable names.The central health competent authority may review the name of a medical device already approved for sale in accordance with regulations of the foregoing two paragraphs.
中文原文 醫療器材查驗登記審查準則第37條
醫療器材品名,應符合下列規定:
一、品名不得使用他人藥物商標或廠商名稱。
但已取得商標或授權使用者,不在此限。
二、品名不得與其他廠商醫療器材品名相同,或涉及仿冒或影射情事。
三、品名不得涉有虛偽、誇大或使人對醫療器材與效能產生不當聯想或混淆。
四、中文品名不得夾雜外文或數字,但具直接意義或英文商標具特殊意義經中央衛生主管機關核定者,不在此限。
五、外銷專用醫療器材之中英文品名不得與國產醫療器材之中英文品名相同。
六、不得有其他不適合為醫療器材名稱之情形。
醫療器材品名相同或近似之標準,應依商標、廠商名稱或其他可資辨別名稱之順位認定之。
已核准上市之醫療器材許可證,中央衛生主管機關得依前二項規定,重新審查核定其品名。
一、品名不得使用他人藥物商標或廠商名稱。
但已取得商標或授權使用者,不在此限。
二、品名不得與其他廠商醫療器材品名相同,或涉及仿冒或影射情事。
三、品名不得涉有虛偽、誇大或使人對醫療器材與效能產生不當聯想或混淆。
四、中文品名不得夾雜外文或數字,但具直接意義或英文商標具特殊意義經中央衛生主管機關核定者,不在此限。
五、外銷專用醫療器材之中英文品名不得與國產醫療器材之中英文品名相同。
六、不得有其他不適合為醫療器材名稱之情形。
醫療器材品名相同或近似之標準,應依商標、廠商名稱或其他可資辨別名稱之順位認定之。
已核准上市之醫療器材許可證,中央衛生主管機關得依前二項規定,重新審查核定其品名。