K051055 · Carl Zeiss Surgical GmbH · JAD · May 23, 2005 · Radiology
Device Facts
Record ID
K051055
Device Name
INTRABEAM SYSTEM
Applicant
Carl Zeiss Surgical GmbH
Product Code
JAD · Radiology
Decision Date
May 23, 2005
Decision
SESE
Submission Type
Special
Regulation
21 CFR 892.5900
Device Class
Class 2
Attributes
Therapeutic
Indications for Use
The INTRABEAM® System is intended to be used for radiation therapy treatment.
Device Story
INTRABEAM® System is an X-ray radiation therapy control unit; modification of PRS400 System. Components include PRS500 Control Console, XRS 4, Workstation Software, User Terminal, and accessories. Radiologist, physicist, or technologist uses Workstation Software to perform pre-treatment verification, treatment planning, and delivery. System logs procedure variables and events; provides data for saving/printing. Used for intracavity or intraoperative radiotherapy to deliver prescribed radiation doses to tumor beds or treatment margins. Benefits include precise localized radiation delivery.
Clinical Evidence
Bench testing only. Testing included functionality (integration of hardware, firmware, and accessories), safety, electrical safety, electromagnetic compatibility, environmental testing, and mechanical stress testing.
Technological Characteristics
X-ray radiation therapy system. Includes PRS500 Control Console, XRS 4, User Terminal, and spherical applicators. System utilizes workstation software for control and display. Connectivity includes verification and treatment accessories. Operates as a radiation therapy control unit.
Indications for Use
Indicated for radiation therapy treatments. INTRABEAM® Spherical Applicators are indicated for use with the INTRABEAM® System to deliver a prescribed dose of radiation to the treatment margin or tumor bed during intracavity or intraoperative radiotherapy treatments.
Regulatory Classification
Identification
An x-ray radiation therapy system is a device intended to produce and control x-rays used for radiation therapy. This generic type of device may include signal analysis and display equipment, patient and equipment supports, treatment planning computer programs, component parts, and accessories.
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KOSIOSI
# 510(k) Summary Carl Zeiss Surgical GmbH INTRABEAM® System
MAY 2 3 2005
#### 1. SPONSOR
Carl Zeiss Surgical GmbH Carl Zeiss Strasse 4-54 D-73446 Oberkochen Germany
| Contact Person: | Michael Haisch, Director, Quality Management |
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| Telephone: | +49-7364-20-2555 |
April 20, 2005 Date Prepared:
## 2. DEVICE NAME
| Proprietary Name: | INTRABEAM® System |
|----------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
| Common/Usual Name: | X-Ray Radiation Therapy Control Unit |
| Classification Name: | X-ray Radiation Therapy Systems and Accessories |
## 3. PREDICATE DEVICES
PRS400 System (K980526 and K992577)
## 4. DEVICE DESCRIPTION
The INTRABEAM® System described in this Special 510(k) is a modification and enhancement of the PRS400 System cleared under K980526 and K992577. The INTRABEAM® System consists of the PRS500 Control Console, the XRS 4, the Workstation Software, the User Terminal, the verification accessories, and the treatment accessories. The PRS500 Control Console provides all low-level operational control and safety functions of this System. The User Terminal with Workstation Software is the primary interface between the System and the user. The Software provides the high level control and display functions of the System. With the INTRABEAM® System, the radiologist, physicist, or technologist uses the Workstation Software on the User Terminal to set up the PRS500 Control Console (perform the pre-treatment verification and treatment planning), perform the treatment to completion, log all procedure variables and events, and after completion of the treatment, save and/or print treatment and performance data.
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## 5. INTENDED USE
The INTRABEAM® System is intended to be used for radiation therapy treatment.
## TECHNOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS AND SUBSTANTIAL EQUIVALENCE 6.
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Equivalence of the INTRABEAM® System with the PRS 400 System is based on intended use, indications for use, technological characteristics, system specifications, and operational characteristics.
## 7. TESTING
The INTRABEAM® System was systematically tested to demonstrate that the modifications did not adversely affect safety and effectiveness. Testing described in this premarket notification included functionality (integration testing of hardware, firmware, and accessories), safety, electrical safety, electromagnetic compatibility, environmental testing, mechanical stress testing, and validation testing.
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Food and Drug Administration 9200 Corporate Boulevard Rockville MD 20850
Carl Zeiss Surgical GmbH c/o Rosina Robinson, RN, MEd, RAC Senior Staff Consultant Medical Device Consultants, Inc. 49 Plain Street NORTH ATTLEBORO MA 02760
MAY 2 3 2005
Re: K051055
R031055
Trade/Device Name: Carl Zeiss Surgical GmbH INTRABEAM® System Regulation Number: 21 CFR §892.5900 Regulation Name: X-ray radiation therapy system Regulatory Class: II Product Code: JAD Dated: April 25, 2005 Received: April 26, 2005
Dear Ms. Robinson:
We have reviewed your Section 510(k) premarket notification of intent to market the device referenced above and have determined the device is substantially equivalent (for the indications for use stated in the enclosure) to legally marketed predicate devices marketed in interstate commerce prior to May 28, 1976, the enactment date of the Medical Device Amendments, or to devices that lave been reclassified in accordance with the provisions of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (Act) that do not require approval of a premarket approval application (PMA). You may, therefore, market the do not require apperal controls provisions of the Act. The general controls provisions of the Act include requirements for annual registration, listing of devices, good manufacturing practice, labeling, and prohibitions against misbranding and adulteration.
If your device is classified (see above) into either class II (Special Controls) or class III (Premarket Aporaval), it may be subject to such additional controls. Existing major regulations affecting your Apple rary, it ifaly of Federal Regulations, Title 21, Parts 800 to 898. In addition, FDA may publish further announcements concerning your device in the Federal Register.
Please be advised that FDA's issuance of a substantial equivalence determination does not mean that I reaso or arrison that your device complies with other requirements of the Act or any Federal statutes and regulations administered by other Federal agencies. You must comply with all the I cacial states and regaring, but not limited to registration and listing (21 CFR Part 807); labeling Act 3 requirements, modialing practice requirements as set forth in the quality systems (QS) (21 CFR Part 820); and if applicable, the electronic product radiation control provisions (Sections 531-542 of the Act); 21 CFR 1000-1050.
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Sincerely yours,
Nancy C. Hodgdon
Nancy C. Brogdon Director, Division of Reproductive, Abdominal, and Radiological Devices Office of Device Evaluation Center for Devices and Radiological Health
Enclosure
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510(k) Number (if known): K051055
Device Name: Carl Zeiss Surgical GmbH INTRABEAM® System
Indications for Use:
The INTRABEAM® System is indicated for radiation therapy treatments. The INTRABEAM® Spherical Applicators are indicated for use with the INTRABEAM® System to deliver a prescribed dose of radiation to the treatment margin or tumor bed during intracavity or intraoperative radiotherapy treatments.
Prescription Use X (Part 21 CFR 801 Subpart D) AND/OR
Over-the-Counter Use (21 CFR 807 Subpart C)
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