Glossary

Informed consent [MDR]

MDR

‘Informed consent’ means a subject's free and voluntary expression of his or her willingness to participate in a particular clinical investigation, after having been informed of all aspects of the clinical investigation that are relevant to the subject's decision to participate or, in the case of minors and of incapacitated subjects, an authorisation or agreement from their legally designated representative to include them in the clinical investigation.

 

[Definition according to (EU) 2017/745 Article 2 No. 55]