K080988 · Biotronik, Inc. · DQY · May 7, 2008 · Cardiovascular
Device Facts
Record ID
K080988
Device Name
SCOUTPRO CS LEAD INTRODUCER SYSTEM
Applicant
Biotronik, Inc.
Product Code
DQY · Cardiovascular
Decision Date
May 7, 2008
Decision
SESE
Submission Type
Special
Regulation
21 CFR 870.1250
Device Class
Class 2
Attributes
Therapeutic
Indications for Use
The ScoutPro CS Lead Introducer System facilitates lead implantation in the left of the heart via the coronary sinus. The ScoutPro accessories are used in conjunction with the ScoutPro CS Lead Introducer System to facilitate lead implantation in the left of the heart via the coronary sinus.
Device Story
ScoutPro family of introducer systems and accessories facilitates coronary sinus lead implantation. System components include guiding catheters, dilators, peel-away sheaths, guidewires, needles, syringes, hemostatic valves, and slitter tools. Modifications involve a new shaping process and an additional supplier for internal braided PEBAX tubing for 8F guiding catheters. Devices are used by clinicians in a clinical setting to access the coronary sinus venous system and guide lead placement. Output is physical access to the target vessel, enabling lead delivery. Benefits include improved procedural access for left-heart lead placement.
Clinical Evidence
No clinical data provided; bench testing only.
Technological Characteristics
Introducer system components including guiding catheters, dilators, and sheaths. Materials include PEBAX for braided tubing. Mechanical device; no energy source or software. Sterilization method not specified. Technical specifications for tubing and slitter tools remain consistent with previously cleared predicate devices.
Indications for Use
Indicated for patients requiring coronary sinus lead implantation for cardiac rhythm management. Used to facilitate access to the coronary sinus venous system and placement of leads in the left side of the heart.
Regulatory Classification
Identification
A percutaneous catheter is a device that is introduced into a vein or artery through the skin using a dilator and a sheath (introducer) or guide wire.
BIOTRONIK's ScoutPro Modifications to Accessories (K072329)
Submission Summary (Full Text)
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# Modifications to ScoutPro Accessories
Special 510(k) Premarket Notification
MAY - 7 2008
# 510(K) SUMMARY
Name and Address of Sponsor:
BIOTRONIK, Inc. 6024 Jean Road Lake Oswego, OR 97035
Establishment Registration Number:
1028232
Device Name:
Proprietary Name: Classification: Classification Name: Product Code:
Proprietary Name: Classification: Classification Name: Product Code:
Proprietary Name: Classification: Classification Name: Product Code:
ScoutPro 8F Class II (21 CFR 870.1250; 870.1310; 870.1330} Wire, Guide, Catheters, Percutaneous DQY, DRE, DQX
ScoutPro 7F Class II (21 CFR 870.1250; 870.1310; 870.1330) Wire, Guide, Catheters, Percutaneous DQY, DRE, DQX
ScoutPro Slitter Tool Advanced Class II (21 CFR 870.1250; 870.1310; 870.1330) Wire, Guide, Catheters, Percutaneous DQY, DRE, DQX
#### General Description:
The ScoutPro family of introducer systems and accessories is specifically used for the placement of coronary sinus leads. It is designed to assist with introducing leads into the vessels of the left side of the heart via the coronary sinus. The system also facilitates access to the coronary sinus venous system as well as probing the coronary sinus. The following ScoulPro accessories are subject to this Special 510(k):
The following ScoutPro 8F accessories were cleared under 510(k) #K060655 on April 4, 2006:
The basic set ScoutPro 8F contains the following components:
- 1 hemostatic valve .
- 2 guiding catheters "BIO1" and "BIO2" .
- � 1 dilator for the quiding catheter
- . 1 peel-away sheath 11F with dilator
- 1 guidewire .
- . 1 needle
- t 1 svringe
- 2 slitter tools 4.9 F and 6.3 F for different lead sizes .
ScoutPro Sheath "Hook" contains the following components:
- 1 quiding catheter "Hook" .
- 1 dilator for the guiding catheter. �
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ScoutPro Sheath "Multi-Purpose Hook" contains the following components:
- 1 quiding catheter "Multi-Purpose Hook" .
- 1 dilator for the guiding catheter .
ScoutPro Sheath "Amplatz 6.0" contains the following components:
- . 1 guiding catheter "Amplatz 6.0"
- 1 dilator for the guiding catheter .
### The following ScoutPro 7F accessories were cleared under 510(k) #K060807 on April 24, 2007:
The basic set ScoutPro 7F contains the following components:
- . 1 hemostatic valve
- 2 guiding catheters "MPEP" and "BIO2" .
- 1 dilator for the guiding catheter .
- 1 peel-away sheath 10F with dilator .
- . 1 guidewire
- 1 needle .
- 1 syringe �
- 2 slitter tools 4.9 F and 6.3 F for different lead sizes .
- ScoutPro 7F Sheath "Hook" contains the following components: .
- 1 guiding catheter "Hook" ರ
- 1 dilator for the guiding catheter o
- ScoutPro 7F Sheath "Multi-Purpose Hook" contains the following components: .
- 1 guiding catheter "Multi-Purpose Hook" ం
- 1 dilator for the guiding catheter o
- ScoutPro 7F Sheath "Amplatz 6.0" contains the following components: .
- 1 guiding catheter "Amplatz 6.0" o
- 1 dilator for the guiding catheter o
- ScoutPro Hemostatic Valve .
- ScoutPro Slitter Tool .
The following ScoutPro accessory was cleared under 510(k) #K071665 on July 18, 2007:
- ScoutPro Slitter Tool Advanced .
The following ScoutPro accessories were cleared under 510(k) #K072329 on March 25, 2008:
- ScoutPro 7F Sheath "Extended Hook" contains the following components: .
- 1 guiding catheter "Extended Hook" o
- 1 dilator for the guiding catheter 0
- ScoutPro 7F Sheath "Extended Hook Right" contains the following components: .
- 1 guiding catheter "Extended Hook Right" o
- 1 dilator for the guiding catheter ্
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- ScoutPro 7F Sheath "MPEP" contains the following components. .
- o 1 guiding catheter "MPEP"
- o 1 dilator for the guiding catheter
- ScoutPro 7F Sheath "BIO2" contains the following components: .
- 1 guiding catheter "BIO2" o
- 1 dilator for the guiding catheter ಂ
- . ScoutPro Guidewire
#### Device Modifications:
All ScoutPro 8F guiding catheters will utilize a new shaping process and an additional supplier of the internal braided tubing, made out of PEBAX. No changes have been made to the chemical or physical composition of the PEBAX, only the supplier of the tubing. The additional supplier for the braided tubing will be Quan Emerteq, while the original ScoutPro 8F guiding catheters were supplied by TFX Medical. Both suppliers may be used in the future and they both receive the PEBAX raw material and manufacture the tubes to the same specifications. As with the material from the original supplier, BIOTRONIK receives the tubes, adds the white tip and grip, and creates the shape.
These changes affect the ScoutPro 8F guiding catheters "BIO1" and "BIO2" included in the ScoutPro 8F kit, as well as the separately available "Hook," "Multipurpose Hook" and "Amplatz 6.0." The same shaping process and additional supplier of the PEBAX was cleared for the ScoutPro 7F guiding catheters in #K072329, dated March 25, 2008.
The usage of the ScoutPro 8F kit as well as all the ScoutPro 8F guiding catheters remains unchanged and the product characteristics such as indications for use, contraindications, and functions are identical to the previously cleared ScoutPro accessories in submission #K060655, cleared on April 4, 2006. Therefore, the previously cleared versions will serve as predicate devices for the modified products included in this Special 510(k).
Minor modifications were made to the ScoutPro accessories since the last 510(k) clearance including an update to the non-lingual labeling and technical manuals, a change in the tensile test procedure and a clarification of the blade angle for the ScoutPro Slitter Tool Advanced.
#### Predicate Devices:
BIOTRONIK proposes the following delivery systems cleared through 510(k) notification as the predicate devices for the modified ScoutPro 8F guiding catheters and accessories described in this Special 510(K):
- BIOTRONIK's ScoutPro 8F (#K060655, cleared on April 4, 2006) .
- BIOTRONIK's ScoutPro 7F (#K060807, cleared on April 24, 2006) .
- BIOTRONIK's ScoutPro Slitter Tool Advanced (#K071665, cleared on July 18, 2007) .
- BIOTRONIK's ScoutPro Modifications to Accessories (#K072329, cleared on March 25, 2008) .
#### Indications for Use:
The ScoutPro CS Lead Introducer System facilitates lead implantation in the left of the heart via the coronary sinus.
The ScoutPro accessories are used in conjunction with the ScoutPro CS Lead Introducer System to facilitate lead implantation in the left of the heart via the coronary sinus.
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| Name and Address of Manufacturer: | BIOTRONIK GmbH & Co. KG<br>Woermannkehre 1,<br>12359 Berlin, Germany<br>011-49-30-689-05-1210 |
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| Manufacturer's Registration Number: | 9610139 |
| Name and Address of Contract Manufacturer: | BIOTRONIK AG<br>Ackerstraße 6<br>8180 Bülach, Switzerland<br>011-41-44-864-5169 |
| Contract Manufacturer's Registration Number: | 8043892 |
| Contact Person(s) and Phone Number: | Jon Brumbaugh<br>Vice President, Regulatory Affairs and Compliance<br>Phone (888) 345-0374<br>Fax (503) 635-9936<br>jon.brumbaugh@biotronik.com |
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Food and Drug Administration 9200 Corporate Boulevard Rockville MD 20850
MAY - 7 2008
BIOTRONIK, Inc. c/o Mr. Jon Brumbaugh Vice President, Regulatory Affairs and Compliance 6024 Jean Road Lake Oswego, OR 97035
Re: K080988
> ScoutPro 8F, ScoutPro 7F, ScoutPro Slitter Tool Advanced Regulation Number: 21 CFR 870.1250; 870.1310; 870.1330 Regulation Name: Wire, Guide, Catheters, Percutaneous Regulatory Class: Class II (two) Product Code: DQY, DRE, DQX Dated: April 4, 2008 Received: April 7, 2008
Dear Mr. Brumbaugh:
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 have 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 device, subject to the general 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 (PMA), it may be subject to such additional controls. Existing major regulations affecting your device can be found in the Code of Federal Regulations, Title 21, Parts 800 to 898. In addition, FDA may publish further announcements concerning your device in the Federal Register.
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Please be advised that FDA's issuance of a substantial equivalence determination does not mean that FDA has made a determination 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 Act's requirements, including, but not limited to: registration and listing (21 CFR Part 807); labeling (21 CFR Part 801); good manufacturing practice requirements as set forth in the quality systems (QS) regulation (21 CFR Part 820); and if applicable, the electronic product radiation control provisions (Sections 531-542 of the Act); 21 CFR 1000-1050. This letter will allow you to begin marketing your device as described in your Section 510/k) premarket notification. The FDA finding of substantial equivalence of your device to a legally marketed predicate device results in a classification for your device and thus, permits your device to proceed to the market.
If you desire specific advice for your device on our labeling regulation (21 CFR Part 801), please contact the Center for Devices and Radiological Health's (CDRH's) Office of Compliance at (240) 276-0120. Also, please note the regulation entitled, "Misbranding by reference to premarket notification" (21CFR Part 807.97). For questions regarding postmarket surveillance. please contact CDRH's Office of Surveillance and Biometrics' (OSB) Division of Postmarket Surveillance at 240-276-3474. For questions regarding of device adverse events (Medical Device Reporting (MDR)), please contact the Division of Surveillance Systems at 240-276-3464. You may obtain other general information on your responsibilities under the Act from the Division of Small Manufacturers, International and Consumer Assistance at its toll-free number (800) 638-2041 or (240) 276-3150 or at its Internet address http://www.fda.gov/cdrh/industry/support/index.html.
Sincerely yours.
Dana R. Buchner
A Bram D. Zuckerman, M.D. Director Division of Cardiovascular Devices Office of Device Evaluation Center for Devices and Radiological Health
Enclosure
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# Indications for Use
510(k) Number (if known):
080988
Device Name:
ScoutPro 8F CS Lead Introducer System ScoutPro Sheath "Hook" ScoutPro Sheath "Multi-Purpose Hook" ScoutPro Sheath "Amplatz 6.0"
Indications for Use:
The ScoutPro CS Lead Introducer System facilitates lead implantation in the left of the heart via the coronary sinus.
The ScoutPro accessories are used in conjunction with the ScoutPro 8F CS Lead Introducer System to facilitate lead implantation in the left of the heart via the coronary sinus.
Prescription Use V (Part 21 CFR 801 Subpart D) AND/OR
Over-The-Counter Use (21 CFR 801 Subpart C)
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