The Midmark M3 UltraFast™ Automatic Sterilizer can be used in medical, dental, and veterinary offices, hospitals, clinics, nursing homes, laboratories, and other facilities to sterilize heat and moisture stable reusable items (including dental handpieces) that are compatible with steam sterilization.
Device Story
Table-top steam sterilizer for medical/dental instruments. Uses saturated steam at high temperature/pressure to neutralize bio-organisms. Components: water reservoir, oscillatory pump, electric boiler, ASME-certified pressure vessel, surface heaters for drying, removable door/tray assembly, solenoid valve. Operator loads instruments onto tray; unit automatically closes door via claws, performs sterilization cycle, and opens door. Drying achieved via surface heaters and atmospheric venting. Controlled by proprietary electronic system with PC board, LCD, and membrane switch. Provides audible/visual notifications; monitors water levels. Used in clinics/labs by staff to process reusable items. Benefits: fast, automated sterilization and drying of heat-stable instruments.
Clinical Evidence
Bench testing only. Five studies conducted by SPSmedical Supply Corporation: thermal profile, total kill endpoint (Geobacillus stearothermophilus), and efficacy validation for Unwrapped, Pouches, and Low Temp cycles. All cycles validated to 10^-6 Sterility Assurance Level (SAL) for loads up to 2.4 lbs, including dental handpieces.
Technological Characteristics
Table-top steam sterilizer. Materials: plastic and steel case, formed sheet metal tray. Pressure vessel: ASME Section VIII, Div 1 certified. Energy: electric boiler, surface heaters. Connectivity: standalone. Sterilization: saturated steam. Control: proprietary electronic system with PC board, LCD, and membrane switch. Drying: surface heating with atmospheric venting.
Indications for Use
Indicated for sterilization of heat and moisture stable reusable items, including dental handpieces, in medical, dental, veterinary, clinical, and laboratory settings. Compatible with steam sterilization. No specific age or gender restrictions.
Regulatory Classification
Identification
A steam sterilizer (autoclave) is a device that is intended for use by a health care provider to sterilize medical products by means of pressurized steam.
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The information required by 21 CFR § 807.92 is listed below:
Submitter:
Midmark Corporation 60 Vista Drive PO Box 286 Versailles, OH 45380-0286
Contact Persons:
Gary Benning R & D Engineer, Dental New Product Development Phone: (937) 526-8357 Fax: (937) 526-8316 Email: gbenning@midmark.com
Gene Harshbarger Regulatory and Quality Systems Manager Phone: (937) 526-8297 Fax: (937) 526-8316 Email: gharshbarger@midmark.com
Date Submitted:
Device Names:
Ch. 1 Introduction
Claimed Equivalence:
Claimed equivalence w/ respect to performance w/ similar cycle parameters:
Company: Product: 510(k):
10Mar2009
Proprietary: Common:
Company:
Product:
510(k):
SciCan, Inc. STATIM 7000 K072466
Steam Sterilizer
Classification: FLE: Sterilizer, Steam
SciCan, Inc.
K915054
STATIM 2000
## Device Description:
The M3 UltraFast™ Automatic Sterilizer is a small table-top steam sterilizer that uses saturated steam at high temperature and pressure to kill infectious bio-organisms.
The device is composed of a water reservoir, an oscillatory pump, a small electric boiler, an ASME certified pressure vessel, surface heaters for drying, a removable door/tray assembly, an electric gear motor for opening and closing the door/tray, and a solenoid valve for venting. The
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action of all of these components is coordinated by an integral proprietary design electronic control system, which includes a PC board, an LCD display, and a user interface membrane switch. The entire device is enclosed by a plastic and steel case. External to this device is a condensation tank, which is connected to the back of the unit, via a plastic tube,
Three different fully automatic pre-programmed sterilization cycles with parameters specific to the different load characteristics provide fast and easy use for efficient instrument processing. This sterilizer provides both audible and visual notification upon cycle completion and will dry the load in accordance with the CDC guidelines. A programmable dry cycle allows the user to customize the dry times from 20-60 minutes. This sterilizer has integrated technology to let the operator know if they have low water in the reservoir, or a full external condensing tank eliminating the need to continually monitor water levels.
### Intended Use:
The Midmark M3 UltraFast™ Automatic Sterilizer can be used in medical, dental, and veterinary offices, hospitals, clinics, nursing homes, laboratories, and other facilities to sterilize heat and moisture stable reusable items (including dental handpieces) that are compatible with steam sterilization.
## Differences in Intended Use from Predicate Devices:
The Midmark M3 UltraFast™ Automatic Sterilizer has three standard sterilization cycles, and all three of these cycles are capable of sterilizing dental handpieces (validated by third party efficacy testing). This differs from the predicate devices, the SciCan STATIM 2000 and STATIM 7000, which only have two of their three standard cycles approved for use with dental handpieces.
This difference in intended use does not affect the safety or effectiveness of the Midmark M3 UltraFast™ when used as labeled.
## Technological Comparisons:
The design of the Midmark M3 UltraFast™ differs from the predicate device, the SciCan STATIM 2000, in two key areas: The pressure vessel, and the method of drying.
- 1. Pressure Vessel: (This difference also applies to the STATIM 7000 also)
- The predicate device, the STATIM 2000, pressure vessel has an integral bulkhead for containing the forces generated by the steam. However, the liner of the pressure vessel responsible for containing the fluids (in their words, the "cassette") is removable. The operator, when loading and unloading the "cassette" full of instruments is actually inserting and removing the liner of the pressure vessel. Furthermore, this "cassette" is like a small metallic briefcase that the operator manually inserts into, and removes from, the unit.
Like the SciCan STATIM 2000, the Midmark M3 UltraFast™'s pressure vessel is rectangular. However, unlike the STATIM 2000, five of the six walls of the pressure
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vessel are integral to the M3 UltraFast™, with the door, or sixth wall, being removable. A light tray constructed of formed sheet metal is attached to this door. The operator loads the tray with items to be sterilized, and slides this door/tray assembly into the pressure vessel. Once a cycle is initiated, the unit automatically closes the door, via set of claws that are attached to the bulkhead and that engage the door/tray assembly. This fixes the door tightly to the pressure vessel. Once sterilization has ended, the unit automatically opens the door, again by action of the claws attached to the bulkhead.
It should be noted here that the Midmark M3 UltraFast™'s pressure vessel meets the requirements of the current ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code Section VIII, Division 1 and is stamped as such. The SciCan STATIM 2000 pressure vess clic, not currently certified to the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code.
## 2. Method of Drying:
At the end of a sterilization cycle, when the steam has been vented from the chamber, the predicate device, the SciCan STATIM 2000, begins drying its sterilized contents via an air pump arrangement which intakes air through a filter, pushes it through a boiler for warmth, then into the "cassette", and out through the tube that leads to the external condensation tank.
By contrast, the Midmark M3 UltraFast™ has thin surface heaters attached to the outside of the integral pressure vessel which can warm the inside of the pressure vessel. Because the removable door of the M3 UltraFast™ is automatically opened and closed at the end of sterilization, the chamber can be opened to the outside atmosphere. This combination of warming the chamber with a clear path for moisture to escape is a very effective method for drying the sterile load.
Because of these design differences – that the M3 UltraFast™ has an automatic door opening mechanism, as opposed to a removable liner; that the M3 UltraFast™ uses surface heaters to dry the load, as opposed to forced air - the safeguards, physical design, and control systems see necessarily different from one another. However, the general performance of the two devices (the STATIM 2000 and the M3 UltraFast™) once the chamber is closed, and through sterilization is nearly identical to one another.
## Non-Clinical Performance Data Summaries:
There are many similarities between the Midmark M3 UltraFast™ steam sterilizer, and its predicate devices, the SciCan STATIM 2000 and STATIM 7000, including its effectiveness at neutralizing micro-organisms.
In support of this claim, five studies were conducted on behalf of Midmark Corp. by a third party, SPSmedical Supply Corporation. These were:
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- 1. A thermal profile of the chamber during normal operation
- A total kill endpoint study using a micro-organism 2.
- Validation of the Unwrapped Cycle (Efficacy Test) 3.
- Validation of the Pouches Cycle (Efficacy Test) র্ব .
- Validation of the Low Temp Cycle (Efficacy Test) 5.
The data for these tests are included in the 510(k) materials, proper. However, a brief summary of the results are submitted for your inspection:
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## 1. Thermal Profile Study (SPS Document # 0604-46):
Test Objective: To demonstrate that steady state thermal conditions are maintained when using the Midmark M3 UltraFast™ Sterilizer
The results of thermal profile testing demonstrate that the Midmark M3 UltraFast™ Sterilizer can achieve and maintain steady state thermal conditions throughout all three preset cycles.
#### Total Kill Endpoint Testing (SPS Document # 0604-45): 2.
Test Objective: To demonstrate the total kill endpoint time of Geobacillus stearothermophilus spores when exposed to the Midmark M3 UltraFast™ Sterilizer. This data will be used for the development of the Unwrapped, Pouches, and Low Temp cycles.
The results of this test were meant to serve as a starting point for development of the validation of the three preset cycles. Based on the results of this study, validation testing for the unwrapped cycle started with the following parameters:
Temperature: Half-Cycle Time: Configuration: Maximum Load:
132°C (270°F) 1.75 minutes Unwrapped 2.4 lbs. (1.09 kg)
## 3. Unwrapped Cycle Validation (SPS Document # 0604-47):
Test Objective: To validate the Midmark M3 UltraFast™ Sterilizer Unwrapped Cycle for a 106 Sterility Assurance Level (SAL),
Based on the results of this study, the Midmark M3 UltraFast™ Sterilizer is validated to a sterility assurance level (SAL) of 106 for the Unwrapped Cycle. Repetitive testing has shown the following full cycle parameters to be safe and effective when sterilizing loads of no more than 2.4 lbs., including handpieces;
| Cycle Description: | Unwrapped |
|---------------------|---------------|
| Temperature: | 132°C (270°F) |
| Sterilization Time: | 3.5 minutes |
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## 4. Pouches Cycle Validation (SPS Document # 0604-48):
Test Objective: To validate the Midmark M3 UltraFast™ Sterilizer Pouches Cycle for a 10-6 Sterility Assurance Level (SAL).
Based on the results of this study, the Midmark M3 UltraFast™ Sterilizer is validated to a sterility assurance level (SAL) of 106 for the Pouches Cycle. Repetitive testing has shown the following full cycle parameters to be safe and effective when sterilizing loads of no more than 2.4 lbs., including handpieces wrapped in a cassette:
| Cycle Description: | Pouches |
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| Temperature: | 132°C (270°F) |
| Sterilization Time: | 5.5 minutes |
- 5. Low Temp Cycle Validation (SPS Document # 0604-49):
Test Objective: To validate the Midmark M3 UltraFast™ Sterilizer Low Temp Cycle for a 10th Sterility Assurance Level (SAL).
Based on the results of this study, the Midmark M3 UltraFast™ Sterilizer is validated to a sterility assurance level (SAL) of 106 for the Low Temp Cycle. Repetitive testing has shown the following full cycle parameters to be safe and effective when sterilizing loads of no more than 2.4 Ibs., including handpieces wrapped in a cassette:
Cycle Description: Low Temp Temperature: 121°C (250°F) Sterilization Time: 20 minutes
## Performance Data Conclusions:
The Midmark M3 UltraFast™ Automatic Sterilizer has been independently proven to be capable of sterilizing a mixed load, no greater than 2.4 lbs., including handpieces, when used according to its labeling, and intended use statement.
The differences between the Midmark M3 UltraFast™, and its predicate devices, the SciCan STATIM 2000 and STATIM 7000 represent product improvements. The M3 UltraFast™ is as safe and effective, and performs as well or better than the SciCan STATIM 2000 and STATIM 7000.
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Food and Drug Administration 9200 Corporate Boulevard Rockville MD 20850
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Midmark Corporation C/O Mr. Jay Y. Kogoma Responsible Third Party Official Intertek Testing Services 2307 East Aurora Road, Unit B7 Twinsburg, Ohio 44087
Re: K090670
Trade/Device Name: Midmark M3 UltraFast™ Automatic Sterilizer Regulation Number: 21 CFR 880.6880 Regulation Name: Steam Sterilizer Regulatory Class: II Product Code: FLE Dated: June 26, 2009 Received: July 1, 2009
Dear Mr. Kogoma:
This letter corrects our substantially equivalent letter of July 7, 2009.
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 (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 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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Sincerely yours,
Antara C. nutta
Susan Runner, DDS, MA Acting Division Director Division of Anesthesiology, General Hospital, Infection Control and Dental Devices Office of Device Evaluation Center for Devices and Radiological Health
Enclosure
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# Indications for Use
510(k) Number (if known): ¥096670
Device Name: _ Midmark M3 UltraFast™ Automatic Sterilizer
Indications for Use:
The Midmark M3 UltraFast™ Automatic Sterilizer can be used in medical, dental, and veterinary offices, hospitals, clinics, nursing homes, laboratories, and other facilities to sterilize heat and moisture stable reusable items (including dental handpieces) that are compatible with steam sterilization. Refer to Standard Cycle Parameters, in Table-1, on the following page, for detailed information:
Prescription Use (Part 21 CFR 801 Subpart D)
AND/OR
Over-The-Counter Use X (21 CFR 801 Subpart C)
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Concurrence of CDRH, Office of Device Evaluation (ODE)
Shula A Murphy
(Division Sign-Off) Tivision of Anesthesiology, General Hospital nfection Control, Dental Devices
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| | Sterilization | Dry | |
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| Cycle | Parameters | Time | Items to be Sterilized |
| Image: Unwrapped | Temperature:<br>270°F<br>(132°C)<br>Pressure:<br>27.1 PSI<br>(186 kPa)<br>Time:<br>3:30 minutes | Time:<br>40:00 minutes | ● Dental instruments / handpieces loose on a tray<br>or in an unwrapped cassette.<br>● Other items manufacturers recommend for<br>exposure at 270°F (132°C), loose on tray or in an<br>unwrapped cassette. |
| Image: Pouches | Temperature:<br>270°F<br>(132°C)<br>Pressure:<br>27.1 PSI<br>(186 kPa)<br>Time:<br>5:30 minutes | Time:<br>40:00 minutes | ● Dental instruments / handpieces in pouches,<br>wrapped, or in a wrapped cassette.<br>● Items manufacturers recommend for exposure at<br>270°F (132°C), in pouches, wrapped, or in a<br>wrapped cassette. |
| Image: Low Temp | Temperature:<br>250°F<br>(121°C)<br>Pressure:<br>15.0 PSI<br>(104 kPa)<br>Time:<br>20:00 minutes | Time:<br>60:00 min. | ● Rubber or plastic dental devices, dental<br>instruments / handpieces loose on tray, in<br>pouch, wrapped, or in a wrapped or unwrapped<br>cassette.<br>● Items manufacturers recommend for exposure at<br>250°F (121° C), loose on tray, in pouches,<br>wrapped, or in a wrapped or unwrapped cassette. |
Table-1: M3's Intended Use: Cycles and Load Types
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