No. GalaPsy Pro is not classified as a medical device in the Russian source, and the organisation does not need a medical licence to use it.
The source defines medical devices as instruments, apparatus, equipment, materials or other products, including software required for their intended use, that the manufacturer intends for use in people to:
- diagnose, prevent, monitor, treat or alleviate disease;
- diagnose, monitor, treat, alleviate or compensate for injury or disability;
- investigate, replace or modify anatomy, or support physiological functions;
- control conception.
GalaPsy is patented in Russia as a method for an eye movement desensitisation session using virtual reality and artificial intelligence technologies (2025 patent; IPC A61B5/16, G16H20/00, G06T13/40, G06F111/18). The source describes it as an automated version of an EMDR-based psychological correction method.
GalaPsy Pro comprises a VR headset and the software described in the patent.