K122686 · Roche Diabetes Care AG · FPA · Nov 16, 2012 · General Hospital
Device Facts
Record ID
K122686
Device Name
ACCU-CHEK ULTRAFLEX INFUSION SET
Applicant
Roche Diabetes Care AG
Product Code
FPA · General Hospital
Decision Date
Nov 16, 2012
Decision
SESE
Submission Type
Special
Regulation
21 CFR 880.5440
Device Class
Class 2
Attributes
Therapeutic
Indications for Use
The ACCU-CHEK Ultraflex is an infusion set for the subcutaneous infusion of insulin administered with microdosage insulin pumps.
Device Story
ACCU-CHEK Ultraflex is a single-use, disconnectable subcutaneous infusion set; facilitates insulin delivery from external microdosage insulin pumps to patient tissue. Device features soft cannula perpendicular to adhesive; stainless steel introducer needle for insertion. Used by patients with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus. System interfaces with pumps via luer connections; enables continuous insulin infusion. Benefits include reliable subcutaneous delivery of prescribed insulin therapy.
Clinical Evidence
No clinical data was required to support the device modification. Substantial equivalence was demonstrated through non-clinical bench testing, including soft cannula length confirmation, introducer needle length confirmation, insertion force testing, and system functional verification.
Technological Characteristics
Single-use, ethylene oxide sterilized, disconnectable infusion set. Components: soft cannula, stainless steel introducer needle, tubing, and luer connector. Cannula lengths: 6mm, 8mm, 10mm. Tubing ID/OD: 0.39mm x 1.46mm. Priming volumes: 69μl to 163μl depending on tube length. Interfaces with external insulin pumps.
Indications for Use
Indicated for patients with insulin dependent diabetes mellitus requiring subcutaneous insulin infusion via microdosage insulin pumps.
Regulatory Classification
Identification
An intravascular administration set is a device used to administer fluids from a container to a patient's vascular system through a needle or catheter inserted into a vein. The device may include the needle or catheter, tubing, a flow regulator, a drip chamber, an infusion line filter, an I.V. set stopcock, fluid delivery tubing, connectors between parts of the set, a side tube with a cap to serve as an injection site, and a hollow spike to penetrate and connect the tubing to an I.V. bag or other infusion fluid container.
Special Controls
*Classification.* Class II (special controls). The special control for pharmacy compounding systems within this classification is the FDA guidance document entitled “Class II Special Controls Guidance Document: Pharmacy Compounding Systems; Final Guidance for Industry and FDA Reviewers.” Pharmacy compounding systems classified within the intravascular administration set are exempt from the premarket notification procedures in subpart E of this part and subject to the limitations in § 880.9.
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K122686
510(k) Summary Page 1 of 2
ACCU-CHEK®Ultraflex Infusion Set
# 510(k) Summary
| Date of Summary: | August 29, 2012 |
|-------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Submitter: | Roche Diabetes Care AG<br>Kirchbergstrasse 190<br>CH-3401 Burgdorf, Switzerland<br>NOV 16 2012 |
| Contact Person: | Catherine Green<br>Regulatory Affairs Manager<br>Roche Diabetes Care AG<br>Kirchbergstrasse 190, CH-3401 Burgdorf, Switzerland<br>Tel: +41-34-424 2272, catherine.green@roche.com |
| Device Trade Name: | ACCU-CHEK® Ultraflex Infusion Set |
| Device Common Name: | Subcutaneous infusion set |
| Classification name: | Intravascular administration set |
| Regulation Number: | 21 CFR 880.5440 |
| Product Code and Class: | FPA, Class II |
| Predicate Device | K101196 ACCU-CHEK Ultraflex Infusion Set |
## Device Description
The ACCU-CHEK Ultraflex is an ethylene oxide sterilized, single-use, disconnectable infusion set with soft cannula perpendicular to the adhesive, for transfusion of insulin into the subcutaneous tissue. The infusion set includes a stainless steel introducer needle to facilitate insertion of the soft cannula into the dermis. The unit is designed to interface with commercially available insulin infusion pumps with suitable luer connections. The insulin infusion pump systems are designed to control the delivery of U100 insulin as prescribed by a health care professional. The system (infusion set, insulin infusion pump, and insulin) is indicated for patients with insulin dependent diabetes mellitus.
## Intended Uses
The ACCU-CHEK Ultraflex is an infusion set for the subcutaneous infusion of insulin administered with microdosage insulin pumps.
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## Technological Characteristics
The modified ACCU-CHEK Ultraflex infusion set uses the same materials and design as the predicate device. The modified ACCU-CHEK Ultraflex infusion set provides a 6mm cannula length variant. The predicate device includes cannula lengths of 8mm and 10mm. There are no other significant differences between the modified ACCU-CHEK Ultraflex and the predicate ACCU-CHEK Ultraflex. The fundamental scientific technology, indications for use, intended use, materials, design, sterilization and packaging are identical between the proposed and predicate devices.
Dimensional characteristics of the predicate compared to the modified device are listed below. ·
| Feature | Predicate | Modified |
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|
| Cannula length | 8mm, 10mm | 6mm, 8mm, 10mm |
| Tube Length | 30, 60, 80, 110 cm | 30, 60, 80, 110 cm |
| Tubing ID/OD | 0.39 mm x 1.46 mm | 0.39 mm x 1.46 mm |
| Priming Volume<br>(average for tube set + 1<br>IU for priming head set) | 69μl, 104μl, 128μl, 163μl | 69μl, 104μl, 128μl, 163μl |
### Performance Standards
To date, no performance standards that affect this device have been finalized under Section 514 of the Act.
FDA has published a guidance document for review of intravascular administration sets entitled, Guidance on Premarket Notification for Intravascular Administrations Sets. FDA has also published a guidance document for review of external infusion pumps entitled. Guidance On The Content Of Premarket Notification [510(k)] Submissions For External Infusion Pumps and a draft update entitled, Guidance for Industry and FDA Staff - Total Product Life Cycle: Infusion Pump - Premarket Notification [510(k)] Submissions. FDA has published a guidance document for review of medical devices with sharps entitled, Supplementary Guidance on Premarket Notifications for Medical Devices with Sharps Injury Prevention Features: Guidance for Industry and FDA. Roche has evaluated this modified device according to the recommendations provided in these guidance documents and our internal system development guidelines and standard operating procedures.
### Testing Conclusions
Non-clinical testing of the modified ACCU-CHEK Ultraflex Infusion Set demonstrated that the device meets the requirements for its intended use. The data also demonstrates that the ACCU-CHEK Ultraflex Infusion Set is substantially equivalent to the predicate device. Non-clinical testing included: soft cannula length confirmation, introducer needle length confirmation, insertion force, and system functional verification testing.
Clinical testing was not required to validate the device modification or support substantial equivalence.
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### November 16, 2012
Ms. Catherine Green Regulatory Affairs Manager Roche Diabetes Care AG Kirchbergstrasse 190 Burgdorf, Switzerland CH-3401
Re: K122686
Trade/Device Name: ACCU-CHEK® Ultraflex Infusion Set Regulation Number: 21 CFR 880.5440 Regulation Name: Intravascular Administration Set Regulatory Class: II Product Code: FPA Dated: October 18, 2012 Received: October 19, 2012
Dear Ms. Green:
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.
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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); medical device reporting (reporting of medical device-related adverse events) (21 CFR 803); 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.
If you desire specific advice for your device on our labeling regulation (21 CFR Part 801), please go to
http://www.fda.gov/AboutFDA/CentersOffices/CDRH/CDRHOffices/ucm115809.htm for the Center for Devices and Radiological Health's (CDRH's) Office of Compliance. Also, please note the regulation entitled, "Misbranding by reference to premarket notification" (21CFR Part 807.97). For questions regarding the reporting of adverse events under the MDR regulation (21 CFR Part 803), please go to
http://www.fda.gov/MedicalDevices/Safety/ReportaProblem/default.htm for the CDRH's Office of Surveillance and Biometrics/Division of Postmarket Surveillance.
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 (301) 796-7100 or at its Internet address http://www.fda.gov/MedicalDevices/Resourcesfor You/Industry/default.htm.
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Enclosure
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### Indications for Use
510(k) Number (if known): K 122686
Device Name: ACCU-CHEK® Ultraflex Infusion Set
Indications For Use:
The ACCU-CHEK® Ultraflex is an infusion set for the subcutaneous infusion of insulin administered with microdosage insulin pumps.
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Chapman
Date: 2012.11.16 08:33:21 -05'00'
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·K 122686 510(k) Numbar:
Prescription Use X (Part 21 CFR 801 Subpart D) AND/OR
Over-The-Counter Use (21 CFR 801 Subpart C)
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