Design and development verification: Verification shall be performed in accordance with planned arrangements to ensure that the design and development outputs have met the design and development input requirements. Records of the results of the verification and any necessary actions shall be maintained. 7.3.6 Design and development validation: Design and development validation shall be performed in accordance with planned arrangements to ensure that the resulting product is capable of meeting the requirements for the specified application or intended use. Design validation shall be performed under defined operating conditions on initial production units, lots, or batches or their equivalence. Design validation shall include software validation and risk analysis, where appropriate validation shall be completed prior to the delivery or implementation of the product. Records of the results of validation and any necessary actions shall be maintained. As part of design and development validation, the manufacturer shall perform clinical evaluations and/or evaluation of performance of the medical device or in vitro diagnostic medical devices. Note 1 : If a medical device or in vitro diagnostic medical devices can only be validated following assembly and installation at point of use, delivery is not Central Drugs Standard Control Organization, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Govt. of India. considered to be complete until the product has been formally transferred to the customer. Note 2 : Provision of the medical device for purposes of clinical evaluations and/or evaluation of performance is not considered to be delivery.