IEC 62304:2015 Medical Device Software Lifecycle ProcessesvsISO 26262:2018 - Functional Safety for Road Vehicles
See exactly how IEC 62304:2015 Medical Device Software Lifecycle Processes controls map to ISO 26262:2018 - Functional Safety for Road Vehicles. Pre-computed mappings, identified gaps, and coverage analysis.
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IEC 62304:2015 Medical Device Software Lifecycle Processes maps to ISO 26262:2018 - Functional Safety for Road Vehicles with 6% coverage across 8 directly mapped controls. Analysis of 132 IEC 62304:2015 Medical Device Software Lifecycle Processes controls identifies 150 compliance gaps, primarily concentrated in Clause 5: software development process – IEC 62304:2015 Medical Device Software Lifecycle Processes.
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Superseded batch representation – IEC 62304:2015 Medical Device Software Lifecycle Processes(7 mappings)
Clause 4: general requirements (quality system, risk management, safety classification, legacy software) – IEC 62304:2015 Medical Device Software Lifecycle Processes(1 mappings)
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What are the key differences between IEC 62304:2015 Medical Device Software Lifecycle Processes and ISO 26262:2018 - Functional Safety for Road Vehicles?
IEC 62304:2015 Medical Device Software Lifecycle Processes has 132 controls across its framework, while ISO 26262:2018 - Functional Safety for Road Vehicles covers 206 controls. Direct mapping analysis identifies 8 overlapping controls (6% coverage). The frameworks diverge most significantly in Clause 5: software development process – IEC 62304:2015 Medical Device Software Lifecycle Processes, where 63 IEC 62304:2015 Medical Device Software Lifecycle Processes controls have no direct ISO 26262:2018 - Functional Safety for Road Vehicles equivalent.
How many controls map between IEC 62304:2015 Medical Device Software Lifecycle Processes and ISO 26262:2018 - Functional Safety for Road Vehicles?
Of 132 total IEC 62304:2015 Medical Device Software Lifecycle Processes controls, 8 map directly to ISO 26262:2018 - Functional Safety for Road Vehicles controls, representing 6% coverage. The remaining 150 controls represent compliance gaps requiring additional documentation or compensating controls to satisfy both frameworks simultaneously.
What are the compliance gaps when mapping IEC 62304:2015 Medical Device Software Lifecycle Processes to ISO 26262:2018 - Functional Safety for Road Vehicles?
150 IEC 62304:2015 Medical Device Software Lifecycle Processes controls have no direct equivalent in ISO 26262:2018 - Functional Safety for Road Vehicles. The highest concentration of gaps is in Clause 5: software development process – IEC 62304:2015 Medical Device Software Lifecycle Processes with 63 unmapped controls. These gaps represent areas where additional controls, policies, or documentation must be created to achieve compliance with both frameworks.
Which control domains have the most gaps between IEC 62304:2015 Medical Device Software Lifecycle Processes and ISO 26262:2018 - Functional Safety for Road Vehicles?
The domain with the highest gap count is Clause 5: software development process – IEC 62304:2015 Medical Device Software Lifecycle Processes (63 gaps). Export the full domain-by-domain gap breakdown via the Professional tier to generate a prioritised remediation roadmap.
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