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)