K102749 · Quanta System Spa · GEX · Dec 10, 2010 · General, Plastic Surgery
Device Facts
Record ID
K102749
Device Name
QUANTA CYBER TM 150W
Applicant
Quanta System Spa
Product Code
GEX · General, Plastic Surgery
Decision Date
Dec 10, 2010
Decision
SESE
Submission Type
Traditional
Regulation
21 CFR 878.4810
Device Class
Class 2
Attributes
Therapeutic, 3rd-Party Reviewed
Indications for Use
The Cyber Tm 150W and its fiber optic delivery system are intended for use in surgical procedures using open, laparoscopic and endoscopic incision, excision, resection, ablation, vaporization, coagulation and hemostasis of soft tissue in use in medical specialties including: Urology, Gastroenterology, Thoracic and Pulmonary, Gynecology, ENT, Dermatology, Plastic Surgery, General Surgery.and Arthroscopy
Device Story
Cyber Tm 150W is a surgical laser system for soft tissue procedures. Input: electrical power; Output: 2.01μm continuous wave (CW) laser light (5-150W) delivered via optical fibers (Sidefire or bare). System comprises rack-mounted laser source, cooling chillers, power supply, and beam delivery optics. Operated by physicians in OR/clinic settings. Controlled via touch-screen PC on orientable arm. Laser energy facilitates incision, excision, resection, ablation, vaporization, coagulation, and hemostasis. Clinical benefit: precise tissue removal and hemostasis across multiple surgical specialties. Output viewed directly by surgeon during procedure; clinical decision-making based on real-time visualization of tissue interaction.
Clinical Evidence
Bench testing and animal studies performed. Animal study compared 120W vs 150W application on tissue. Results showed no significant difference in lateral coagulation width or axial coagulation depth. Ablation crater depth showed no significant difference at 5 and 10mm/s, with increased depth at 1mm/s for 150W. Carbonization patterns were similar between power levels.
Technological Characteristics
Tm:YAG laser source; 2.01μm wavelength; 5-150W power output. Rack-mounted system with dual chillers, power supply, and optical bench. Delivery via SMA-connected optical fibers (Sidefire 600μm; bare 200-1000μm). Includes 650nm aiming beam. Controlled by touch-screen PC. Safety features: emergency stop, key-switch, interlock connector, circuit breaker. Class II device.
(1) A carbon dioxide laser for use in general surgery and in dermatology is a laser device intended to cut, destroy, or remove tissue by light energy emitted by carbon dioxide.(2) An argon laser for use in dermatology is a laser device intended to destroy or coagulate tissue by light energy emitted by argon.
Predicate Devices
Quanta System Cyber Surgical Laser Family (K090962)
Submission Summary (Full Text)
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| Title: | 510(k) SUMMARY<br>Quanta System Cyber Tm 150W | K102749<br>DEC 10 2010 |
|----------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------|
| Submitter: | Quanta System SpA<br>via IV Novembre,116<br>21058 Solbiate<br>Olona VA / Italy | |
| Contact: | Dr. Isabella Carrer<br>Medical Division Manager | |
| Date Prepared: | October 5, 2009 | |
| Device Trade Name: | Quanta System Cyber Tm 150W | |
| Common Name: | Laser surgical instrument for use in general surgery and<br>dermatology | |
| Classification Name: | Instrument, surgical, powered, laser | |
| Predicate Devices: | - Quanta System Cyber Surgical Laser Family<br>(K090962); | |
| Intended Use / | 2.01μm Applications: | |
| Indications for Use: | The Cyber Tm 150W and its fiber optic delivery system<br>are intended for use in surgical procedures using open,<br>laparoscopic and endoscopic incision, excision, resection,<br>ablation, vaporization, coagulation and hemostasis of<br>soft tissue in use in medical specialties including:<br>Urology, Gastroenterology, Thoracic and Pulmonary,<br>Gynecology, ENT, Dermatology, Plastic Surgery,<br>General Surgery.and Arthroscopy | |
| | <b>Urology</b> | |
| | Open and endoscopic surgery (incision, excision, | |
resection, ablation, vaporization, coagulation and hemostasis) including:
- Urethral Strictures
- -Bladder Neck Incisions (BNI)
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- Ablation and resection of Bladder Tumors, Uretheral Tumors and Ureteral
- Tumors. -
- Ablation of Benign Prostatic -Hypertrophy (BHP),
- Transurethral incision of the prostate (TUIP)
- Laser Resection of the Prostrate -(HoLRP)
- Laser Enuculeation of the Prostate -(HoLEP)
- Laser Ablation of the -Prostate(HoLAP)
- Condylomas a
- Lesions of external genitalia -
## Gastroenterology
Open and endoscopic gastroenterology surgery (incision, excision, resection, ablation, vaporization, coagulation and hemostasis) including:
- Appendectomy .
- Polyps -
- Biopsy -
- Gall Bladder calculi -
- Biliary/Bile duct calculi -
- -Ulcers
- Gastric ulcers -
- Duodenal ulcers -
- Non Bleeding Ulcers -
- Pancreatitas -
- Hemorrhoids -
- Cholecystectomy -
- Benign and Malignant Neoplasm -
- Angiodysplasia =
- Colorectal cancer -
- Telangiectasias -
- Telangiectasias of the Osler-Weber--Renu disease
- Vascular Malformation -
- Gastritis -
- Esophagitis -
- Esophageal ulcers -
- Varices -
- Colitis
- Mallory-Weiss tear -
- Gastric Erosions
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#### Gynecology
Open and laparoscopic gynecological surgery (incision. excision, resection.
ablation, vaporization, coagulation and hemostasis)
- Intra-uterine treatment of submucous fibroids, benign endometrial polyps,
- and uterine septum by incision. excision, ablation and or vessel
- coagulation -
- -Soft tissue excision procedures such as excisional conization of the cervix
### ENT
Endoscopic endonasal surgery (incision, excision, resection, ablation,
vaporization, coagulation and hemostasis of soft tissue) including:
- Endonasal/sinus Surgery -
- Partial turbinectomy -
- Polypectomy -
- Dacryocystorhinostomy -
- Frontal Sinusotomy -
- Ethmoidectomy -
- Maxillary antrostomy -
- Functional endoscopic sinus surgery
- Lesions or tumors of the oral, nasal. -
- glossal, pharyngeal and laryngeal
- Tonsillectomy -
- -Adenoidectomy
#### General Surgery
Open laparoscopic and endoscopic surgery (incision, excision, resection, ablation, vaporization, coagulation and hemostasis) including:
- Cholecystectomy -
- Lysis of adhesion -
- Appendectomy 1
- Biopsv -
- Skin incision -
- Tissue dissection -
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- Excision of external tumors and lesions
- Complete or partial resection of internal organs, tumors and lesions
- Mastectomy -
- Hepatectomy -
- Pancreatectomy -
- Splenectomy -
- Thyroidectomy -
- Parathyroidectomy -
- Herniorrhaphv -
- Tonsillectomy .
- Lymphadenectomy -
- Partial Nephrectomy -
- Pilonidal Cystectomy ﺳ
- Resection of lipoma -
- Debridement of Decubitus Ulcer -
- Hemorrhoids
- Debridement of Statis Ulcer -
- Biopsy -
#### Arthroscopy
-
Arthroscopy/Orthopedic surgery (excision, ablation and coagulation of soft and cartilaginous tissue)
- Ablation of soft and cartilaginous tissue in Minimal Invasive Spinal
- Surgery including -
- Percutaneous Laser Disc -Decompression/Discectomy
- Foraminoplasty -
- Ablation and coagulation of soft vascular and non vascular tissue in
- minimally invasive spinal surgery.
The Cyber Tm 150W is a surgical laser instrument for use in general surgery and dermatology. The Cyber Tm 150W is:
| Technological |
|------------------|
| Characteristics: |
| Models | Wavelength | Laser Power |
|----------|------------|-------------|
| Cyber Tm | 2.01μm | 150W |
- Cyber Tm is intended for use in surgical procedures using open, laparoscopic and
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endoscopic incision, excision, resection, ablation, vaporization, coagulation and hemostasis of soft tissue in use in medical specialties including: Urology, Gastroenterology, Thoracic and Pulmonary, Gynecology, ENT, Dermatology, Plastic Surgery, General Surgery and Arthroscopy
The device consists of a rack that houses the cooling units (2 chillers), the laser source and the power supply. Above the rack, into a cover-proof light, the laser head and optical bench with the beam delivery optics and the power meter are housed.
The Cyber Tm includes a Tm:YAG Laser Source that emit a Cw laser light at 2.01pm wavelength with power adjustable from 5 to 150W.
An SMA connector allows the connection of an optical fiber in which the main beam and the 650nm aiming beam are launched. Sidefire fibers (600pm) and bare fibers (200, 365, 400, 550, 600, 800 and 1000um) are available for both laser source.
The emergency red push button , the key-switch and the operation status led are housed in the front part of the system.
The footswitch connector is housed in the back side of the system. A metal door closes the lower rack.
On the back panel are housed the magneto-thermal switch (circuit braker), the line cable with IEC309 /32A plug and a safety interlock connector. The rear panel also contains the power supply and chiller outlet grids cooling .
The device is controlled by a touch-screen PC mounted on a orientable arm.
Animal tests were performed to demonstrate the Performance Data consistent and predictable ablation and coagulation of different tissues used in the study.
> Quanta System Cyber Tm 150W is as safe and effective as the predicate devices. The Cyber Tm 150W has the same intended uses and similar indications, technological characteristics, and principles of operation as its predicate device. The minor technological differences between the Cyber Tm 150W and its predicate devices raise no new issues of safety or effectiveness. From a clinical point of view, comparing 120W vs 150W application on animal tissue it has been showed that:
> > lateral coagulation width and axial coagulation depth do not show any
Substantial Equivalence:
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significant difference – therefore the remaining tissue is affected in the same amount
- depth of the ablation crater: no significant differences when velocities of 5 and 10mm/s were used, while a significant increase of ablation depth at 1mm/s at 150W compared to 120W
- carbonisation of Tm:YAG laser power occurred at 150W in the same manner as could be observed at 120W
Thus, the Cyber Tm 150W is substantially equivalent.
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# DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES
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### Public Health Service
Food and Drug Administration 10903 New Hampshire Avenue Document Control Room -WO66-G609 Silver Spring, MD 20993-0002
Quanta System SPA % Regulatory Technology Services, LLC Mr. Mark Job 1394 25th Street, NW Buffalo, Minnesota 55313
DEC 1 0 2010
Re: K102749
Trade/Device Name: Quanta System Cyber Tm 150W Regulation Number: 21 CFFR 878.4810 Regulation Name: Lase surgical instrument for use in general and plastic surgery and in dermatology Regulatory Class: Class II Product Code: GEX Dated: November 27, 2010 Received: December 01, 2010
Dear Mr. Job:
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 (Act to not require approval of the Federal Food, Drug,
You may, therefore, market the device, subject to the secure approval application (PMA), You may, therefore, market the device, subject to the general controls provisions of PMA).
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Enclosure
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| | Indications for Use Statement | |
|---------------------------|-------------------------------|--|
| 510(k) Number (if known): | K102749 | |
Device Name: Cyber Tm 150W
DEC 1 0 2010
Indications for Use:
## 2.01um Applications:
The Cyber Tm 150W and its fiber optic delivery system are intended for use in surgical procedures using open, laparoscopic and endoscopic incision, excision, resection, ablation, vaporization, coagulation and hemostasis of soft tissue in use in medical specialties including: Urology, Gastroenterology, Thoracic and Pulmonary, Gynecology, ENT, Dermatology, Plastic Surgery, General Surgery.and Arthroscopy
## Urology
Open and endoscopic surgery (incision, excision, resection, ablation, vaporization, coagulation and hemostasis) including:
- Urethral Strictures -
- Bladder Neck Incisions (BNI) ー
- Ablation and resection of Bladder Tumors, Uretheral Tumors and Ureteral
- Tumors. -
- Ablation of Benign Prostatic Hypertrophy (BHP). -
- Transurethral incision of the prostate (TUIP)
- Laser Resection of the Prostrate (HoLRP) -
- Laser Enuculeation of the Prostate (HoLEP) -
- Laser Ablation of the Prostate (HoLAP)
- Condylomas -
- Lesions of external genitalia -
## Gastroenterology
Open and endoscopic gastroenterology surgery (incision, excision, resection, ablation, vaporization, coagulation and hemostasis) including
- Appendectomy -
- Polyps -
- Biopsy -
- Gall Bladder calculi -
- Biliary/Bile duct calculi -
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Division of Surgicel, Orthopedic, Orthopedic,
Devices and retive Devices Division of Surgers
and Restorative Devices and Restorative Devices
510(k) Number K1027
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- Ulcers
- Gastric ulcers -
- Duodenal ulcers -
- Non Bleeding Ulcers -
- Pancreatitas -
- Hemorrhoids -
- Cholecystectomy -
- Benign and Malignant Neoplasm -
- Angiodysplasia -
- Colorectal cancer -
- Telangiectasias -
- Telangiectasias of the Osler-Weber-Renu disease -
- Vascular Malformation -
- Gastritis -
- Esophagitis -
- -Esophageal ulcers
- Varices I
- Colitis
- Mallory-Weiss tear
- Gastric Erosions
## Gynecology
Open and laparoscopic gynecological surgery (incision, excision, resection, ablation, vaporization, coagulation and hemostasis)
- Intra-uterine treatment of submucous fibroids, benign . endometrial polyps,
- and uterine septum by incision, excision, ablation and or vessel -
- coagulation
- Soft tissue excision procedures such as excisional conization of the cervix
#### ENT
Endoscopic endonasal surgery (incision, excision, resection, ablation, vaporization, coagulation and hemostasis of soft tissue) including
- Endonasal/sinus Surgery -
- Partial turbinectomy -
- Polypectomy -
tissue) including:
(Division Sign-Off)
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510(k) Number K102749
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A.
- Dacrvocystorhinostomy
- Frontal Sinusotomy
- Ethmoidectomy
- Maxillary antrostomy -
- Functional endoscopic sinus surgery -
- Lesions or tumors of the oral, nasal, glossal, pharyngeal and laryngeal
- Tonsillectomy
- Adenoidectomy
## General Surgery
Open laparoscopic and endoscopic surgery (incision, excision, resection, ablation, vaporization, coagulation and hemostasis) including:
- Cholecystectomy -
- Lysis of adhesion -
- Appendectomy
- Biopsy -
- Skin incision
- Tissue dissection
- Excision of external tumors and lesions
- Complete or partial resection of internal organs, tumors and lesions
- -Mastectomy
- Hepatectomy -
- Pancreatectomy -
- Splenectomy -
- Thyroidectomy ﮯ
- Parathvroidectomy a
- Herniorrhaphy .
- Tonsillectomy -
- Lymphadenectomy -
- Partial Nephrectomy ﮯ
- Pilonidal Cystectomy
- Resection of lipoma
- Debridement of Decubitus Ulcer
- Hemorrhoids
- Debridement of Statis Ulcer
- Biopsy
Mark A. Milburn
(Division Sign-Off) Division of Surgical, Orthopedic, and Restorative Devices
510(k) Number K102749
Arthroscopy
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Arthroscopy/Orthopedic surgery (excision, ablation and coagulation of soft and cartilaginous tissue)
- Ablation of soft and cartilaginous tissue in Minimal Invasive -Spinal
- Surgery including -
- Percutaneous Laser Disc Decompression/Discectomy -
- -Foraminoplasty
- Ablation and coagulation of soft vascular and non vascular tissue in
- minimally invasive spinal surgery. -
Prescription Use X Use (Part 21 C.F.R. 801 Subpart D) AND/OR
Over-The-Counter
(21 C.F.R. 807 Subpart C)
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Concurrence of CDRH, Office of Device Evaluation (ODE)
Mula A. Millican
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Division of Surgical, Orthopedic,
Division of Surgices Division of Surges
and Restorative Devices
K102749
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