Regulation

What do UTS, EUDAMED and FDA registration mean?

For medical devices, reliability starts with being listed in the official registries of the markets where the product is sold. CranioWell products are UTS-registered; our baby ear corrector is also listed in EUDAMED.

  • UTS registered
  • EUDAMED (ear set)
  • Turkish R&D
Hacettepe Teknokent building, home of the CranioWell R&D center

Official registries in Türkiye and Europe

These systems support traceability from manufacturing to the patient and are overseen by health authorities.

  • UTS (Product Tracking System): Required for medical devices sold in Türkiye. As of 2024, roughly 518,000 devices are registered.
  • EUDAMED (European Database on Medical Devices): The EU’s official medical-device database covering manufacturers, importers, notified bodies and device identifiers.

CranioWell products are registered in UTS. Because our baby ear corrector is sold in Europe, it is also registered in EUDAMED.

UTS – EUDAMED – FDA comparison

FeatureUTS (Türkiye)EUDAMED (EU)FDA (USA)
Legal basisTurkish Medical Device Regulation (EU MDR-aligned)EU MDR 2017/745Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act
ScopeDevices sold in TürkiyeDevices sold in the EUDevices for the US market
Approx. registrations518,000 devicesHundreds of thousands (modules rolling out)175,000 devices
PurposeTraceability, patient safetySafety, performance, transparencySafety and effectiveness review
Foreign devicesRequired for sale in TürkiyeRequired for sale in the EURequired for sale in the US
Ear corrector setUTS registeredEUDAMED registeredNot started yet
HKM Pro helmetUTS registeredRegistration plannedNot started yet

What FDA approval actually means

FDA oversight applies to the US market. An “FDA-approved” claim alone does not mean a device may be sold in Türkiye or the EU. Sale in Türkiye requires UTS registration; sale in the EU requires EUDAMED registration.

CranioWell’s regulatory approach

We treat UTS, EUDAMED and FDA pathways as complementary, not interchangeable. Local manufacturing and regional registration duties are handled together, with traceability and compliance prioritized for infant-care devices.