K121663 · Elekta , Ltd. · IYE · Dec 5, 2012 · Radiology
Device Facts
Record ID
K121663
Device Name
CLARITY
Applicant
Elekta , Ltd.
Product Code
IYE · Radiology
Decision Date
Dec 5, 2012
Decision
SESE
Submission Type
Traditional
Regulation
21 CFR 892.5050
Device Class
Class 2
Indications for Use
Clarity® is indicated for use in external beam radiation therapy, to provide 3D ultrasound and hybrid imaging of soft-tissue anatomy to support radiation therapy simulation and planning, and to guide patient positioning prior to the delivery of treatment. Clarity® may also be used with an Autoscan Probe for transperineal ultrasound (TPUS) imaging, to continuously monitor the motion of the prostate and to accurately guide patient positioning during the delivery of treatment (i.e., intra-fractionally).
Device Story
Clarity® integrates diagnostic ultrasound with a real-time optical measurement system to track 3D probe position and reconstruct 3D soft-tissue images for radiation therapy. System components include an acquisition station (ultrasound console, computer, touch screen), optically-tracked hand-held or motorized (Autoscan) probes, a multimodality calibration phantom, and workstation computers for image fusion and review. Used in CT-Sim and treatment rooms by clinicians to define anatomical structures, approve positioning references, and monitor target motion. The Autoscan probe enables continuous transperineal ultrasound (TPUS) imaging of the prostate during treatment. The system calculates couch shifts to guide patient positioning and alerts clinicians if targets move outside predefined limits. Benefits include non-invasive, real-time localization and motion management, improving accuracy of radiation delivery.
Clinical Evidence
Bench testing included system verification, software validation, and localization accuracy verification using multimodality phantoms. Clinical performance for prostate motion tracking was demonstrated via side-by-side comparison with the Calypso® 4D Localization System and qualitative assessment of transperineal 3DUS images from continuous monitoring sessions with patients under simulated treatment conditions. A usability study with representative end-users evaluated critical tasks. Testing confirmed the device meets design and risk management requirements.
Technological Characteristics
System utilizes diagnostic ultrasound and optical tracking. Components: acquisition station, hand-held/motorized probes, multimodality phantom, and workstation. Connectivity: DICOM 3/RT protocol for hospital network integration. Software includes contouring and assisted segmentation tools. Standards: IEC 60601-1-2, IEC 60601-1-6, IEC 60601-2-37, IEC 62304.
Indications for Use
Indicated for patients undergoing external beam radiation therapy requiring soft-tissue imaging for simulation, planning, and patient positioning. Includes intra-fractional prostate motion monitoring using transperineal ultrasound.
Regulatory Classification
Identification
A medical charged-particle radiation therapy system is a device that produces by acceleration high energy charged particles (e.g., electrons and protons) intended for use in 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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## 510(k) Summary
# KIZJ663
Nov 14, 2012
#### DEC 0 5 2012
| Trade/Device Name: | Clarity® |
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| Common Name: | Patient positioning system, ultrasound |
| Regulation/Classification: | Medical charged-particle radiation therapy system<br>(21 CFR 892.5050, Product Code IYE)<br>Radionuclide radiation therapy system<br>(21 CFR 892.5750, Product Code IWB)<br>Radiation therapy simulation system<br>(21 CFR 892.5840, Product Code KPQ) |
| Regulatory Class: | Class II |
| Review Panel: | Radiology |
| Submitter/Manufacturer: | Elekta Ltd. |
| Establishment Registration No: | 3004747535 |
| Address: | 2050 Bleury, Suite 200<br>Montreal, Quebec H3A 2J5, Canada |
| | Tel: (+1) 514-840-9600 Fax: (+1) 514-840-9666 |
| Contact: | Tony Falco, PhD |
### Introduction
This 510(k) Summary has been prepared in accordance with 21 CFR 807.92. It summarizes device safety and effectiveness information to provide an understanding of the basis for a determination of substantial equivalence.
#### Predicate Device Information
Clarity® is substantially equivalent to the following legally marketed devices in the United States:
- Clarity® OBP System (K111332, Jan 30, 2012; Product Codes: IYE, IWB, KPQ) Elekta Ltd. ●
- . Calypso® 4D Localization System (K060906, Jul 28, 2006 and K080726, May 14, 2008; Product Code IYE) - Calypso® Medical Technologies, Inc.
### Intended Use / Indications for Use
Clority® is indicated for use in external beam radiation therapy, to provide 3D ultrasound and hybrid imaging of soft-tissue anatomy to support radiation therapy simulation and planning, and to guide patient positioning prior to the delivery of treatment.
Clarity® may also be used with an Autoscan Probe for transperineal ultrasound (TPUS) imaging, to continuously monitor the motion of the prostate and to accurately guide patient positioning during the delivery of treatment (i.e., intra-fractionally).
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#### Device Description
Clarity® integrates medical diagnostic ultrasound and a real-time optical measurement system, which determines the 3D position of the ultrasound probes, to acquire and reconstruct 3D images of soft-tissue anatomy for use in external beam radiation therapy. During the course of treatment, non-ionizing 3D ultrasound imaging and optical tracking of couch position with Clarity® offers a noninvasive means for accurate localization of anatomical structures and patient positioning.
Clarity® comprises the following functional components:
- . The Clarity® Acquisition Station is configured around an ultrasound console, which may be suspended from an articulated arm or mounted on a cart, with an integrated computer system and high-resolution touch screen. Acquisition stations are placed in the CT-Sim room (Clority® Sim) and the treatment room (Clority® Guide), with a celling-mounted optical . measurement system and patient/couch position tracking tools.
- Each acquisition station is equipped with optically-tracked ultrasound probes; one or two hand-held probes for manual scanning and a motorized (Autoscan) probe for automated scanning. The user can select the probe and scanning method that is most appropriate for the given target anatomy and the patient's clinical presentation. The Autoscan probe includes a positioning apparatus that is specifically designed for transperineal imaging. The Autoscan probe remains in place during a CT-Sim scan and during radiation treatment; scanning is controlled from a remote console interface.
- . A multimodality phantom is used for image calibration to the room's coordinate system that is defined by the corresponding room lasers, and for daily verification of system integrity for sub-millimeter target localization accuracy within each room.
- One or more dedicated workstation computer systems, connected to the hospital's local . area network, are used for multimodality image fusion and review, soft-tissue structure definition, approval of patient positioning references, and review of treatment sessions.
- . A dedicated central server computer system (typically combined with a workstation) houses the patient database and provides for interoperability with other imaging and treatment planning/simulation systems using the DICOM 3/RT protocol.
The Clarity® software is designed to step the user through a radiation therapy workflow or "course." Different courses are defined (e.g., "Prostate", "General", "QC") to help classify patients in the database and to present the user with default choices and settings, tailored for the target anatomy (e.g., prostate, bladder, liver, uterus & cervix, breast, head & neck) and daily QC. Such configurations include probe type, scan settings, contouring and assisted segmentation tools, and alert values for target misalignments.
At the time of CT-Simulation, a 3D ultrasound (3DUS) scan is acquired with the patient in the planning position. At the Workstation, the planning CT is imported and fused with the 3DUS, the structure of interest is defined, and a baseline positioning reference is approved. The 3DUS may be exported via DICOM to a third-party virtual simulator or treatment planning system (TPS),
In the treatment room, a 3DUS scan is used to determine target displacement relative to the baseline planning-day position, and to guide patient positioning prior to treatment.
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When used with the Autoscan probe, Clarity® allows for continuous imaging of the prostate and surrounding anatomy to enable precise motion management during the delivery of treatment (i.e., intra-fractionally).
To assist with the clinical workflow, Clarity® can be configured to send calculated couch shifts to the operator at the couch control user interface.
A web-based software interface is available with Clarity® for remote review of treatment session data and positioning references.
#### Comparison with Predicate Devices
With the release of software version 3.0, Clarity® offers 4D monitoring capability, expanding the indications for use of its predicate Clority® OBP System (K111332). This capability for monitoring irradiation target motion and guiding patient positioning during treatment (i.e., intra-fractionally) is substantially equivalent to that previously cleared for marketing with the Calypso® 4D Localization System (K060906, K080726). Both devices provide 3D localization information to assist with patient positioning prior to treatment and monitor the motion of the irradiation target during treatment, to alert the clinician if the target moves outside predefined limits.
The Calypso® 4D Localization System can monitor the irradiation target during treatment by detecting electromagnetic signals from passive markers that have been previously implanted in or near the treatment target. 4D monitoring with Clarity® is based on automatic image analysis and contouring of soft-tissue structures, such as the prostate, in transperineal 3DUS images, which are continuously acquired during treatment. This is an expanded capability over the predicate Clority® OBP System, in that the Clority® software is now able to identify the soft-tissue target and track its motion over successive 3DUS images.
The differences in technological characteristics between Clority® and the predicate devices do not raise different questions of safety and effectiveness.
#### Summary of Clinical & Non-Clinical Testing
Clority® has been developed and tested in compliance with regulatory guidance and recognized consensus safety standards, including but not limited to IEC 60601-1-2, IEC 60601-1-2, IEC 60601-1-6, IEC 60601-2-37, and IEC 62304. Software and system verification and bench testing have been conducted under typical and reasonably foreseeable use error and boundary conditions.
Localization accuracy and precifications have been verified with multimodality phantoms. Clinical performance for prostate motion tracking was demonstrated in a side-by-side comparison with the Colypso® 4D Locolization System and qualitative assessment of transperineal 3DUS images from continuous monitoring sessions with actual patients under simulated treatment conditions. Observational and performance data from a usability (simulated use) study with representative endusers and monitoring session data were evaluated to assure the safe and effective performance of critical tasks.
The test results demonstrate that Clarity® fulfills its design and risk management requirements, and is as safe and effective for its Intended use as the legally marketed predicate devices.
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Food and Drug Administration 10903 New Hampshire Avenue Document Control Center - WO66-G609 Silver Spring, MD 20993-0002
May 22, 2013
Elekta Ltd. % Mr. George Papagiannis, M. Eng. Regulatory Consultant, Medical Devices 2050 Bleury, Suite 200 Montreal, Quebec H3A 2J5 CANADA
Re: K121663
Trade/Device Name: Clarity® Regulation Number: 21 CFR 892.5050 Regulation Name: Medical charged-particle radiation therapy system Regulatory Class: Class II Product Code: IYE, IWB, and KPQ Dated: November 14, 2012 Received: November 15, 2012
Dear Mr. Papagiannis:
This letter corrects our substantially equivalent letter of December 5. 2012.
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. Please note: CDRH does not evaluate information related to contract liability warranties. We remind you, however, that device labeling must be truthful and not misleading.
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.
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
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Janine M. Morris, M.S. Director, Division of Radiological Health Office of In Vitro Diagnostics and Radiological Health Center for Devices and Radiological Health
Enclosure
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# Indications for Use
510(k) Number (if known): K121663
Device Name: Clarity®
Indications for Use:
Clarity® is indicated for use in external beam radiation therapy, to provide 3D ultrasound and hybrid imaging of soft tissue anatomy to support radiation therapy simulation and treatment planning, and to guide patient positioning prior to the delivery of treatment.
Clarity® may also be used with an Autoscan Probe for transperineal ultrasound (TPUS) imaging, to continuously monitor the motion of the prostate and to accurately guide patient positioning during the delivery of treatment (i.e., intra-fractionally).
Prescription Use X (Part 21 CFR 801 Subpart D) AND/OR
Over-The-Counter Use (21 CFR 801 Subpart C)
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510(k) K121663
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