K133385 · Broncus Medical, Inc. · LLZ · Feb 26, 2014 · Radiology
Device Facts
Record ID
K133385
Device Name
LUNGPOINT ATV PLANNING AND NAVIGATION SOFTWARE
Applicant
Broncus Medical, Inc.
Product Code
LLZ · Radiology
Decision Date
Feb 26, 2014
Decision
SESE
Submission Type
Traditional
Regulation
21 CFR 892.2050
Device Class
Class 2
Attributes
Software as a Medical Device
Indications for Use
The LungPoint software is intended to display images of the anatomy to aid the physician in guiding endoscopic tools or catheters during navigation through the same anatomy. The LungPoint software is indicated for displaying images of the tracheobronchial tree to aid the physician in quiding endoscopic tools or catheters in the pulmonary tract to a location in the tracheobronchial tree or lung tissue, and to enable marker placement within soft lung tissue. It does not make a diagnosis and is not for pediatric use. When under fluoroscopy guidance, the software enables users to segment previously acquired 3D CT datasets and overlay and register these 3D segmented data sets with live fluoroscopy X-ray images of the same anatomy in order to support catheter/device navigation. The 3D segmented data set can be displayed with a color map annotation received from an external source. The LungPoint tools (needle, balloon dilator, and sheath) are used with a bronchoscope, navigated by the LungPoint Software.
Device Story
LungPoint ATV is a software-based navigation system for bronchoscopy. It inputs 3D CT datasets and live fluoroscopic X-ray images. The software performs airway tree segmentation and centerline calculation; it registers 3D CT-segmented anatomy with live 2D fluoroscopy to provide real-time visual guidance. The system displays a path to preselected targets (lymph nodes/lesions) on a 3D reconstruction. Used in clinical settings by physicians to guide endoscopic tools (needles, balloon dilators, sheaths) during procedures. The output assists the physician in navigating to target sites for tissue sampling or marker placement. It does not provide a diagnosis. Benefits include improved precision in accessing soft lung tissue targets.
Clinical Evidence
Bench testing included software verification and validation against defined requirements. Preclinical study performed in healthy canines to characterize safety and performance in accessing implanted targets in soft lung tissue. Study demonstrated successful navigation and access to target sites with no safety issues observed. No clinical data in humans provided.
Technological Characteristics
Software-based image processing system. Features airway tree segmentation, centerline calculation, and 3D-to-2D image registration. Integrates 3D CT datasets with live fluoroscopic X-ray images. Supports color map annotations from external sources. Operates as a navigation aid for endoscopic tools.
Indications for Use
Indicated for adult patients requiring endoscopic tool or catheter guidance within the tracheobronchial tree or lung tissue for tissue sampling, assessment, therapy, or marker placement. Not for pediatric use. Does not provide diagnostic information.
Regulatory Classification
Identification
A medical image management and processing system is a device that provides one or more capabilities relating to the review and digital processing of medical images for the purposes of interpretation by a trained practitioner of disease detection, diagnosis, or patient management. The software components may provide advanced or complex image processing functions for image manipulation, enhancement, or quantification that are intended for use in the interpretation and analysis of medical images. Advanced image manipulation functions may include image segmentation, multimodality image registration, or 3D visualization. Complex quantitative functions may include semi-automated measurements or time-series measurements.
Special Controls
*Classification.* Class II (special controls; voluntary standards—Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM) Std., Joint Photographic Experts Group (JPEG) Std., Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) Test Pattern).
Predicate Devices
LungPoint Planning and Virtual Bronchoscopic Navigation (VBN) System (K112051, K093423)
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133385
### 510(k) Summary
## Date of Summary
January 3, 2014
## 510(k) Applicant
Broncus Medical, Inc. 1400 N. Shoreline Blvd, Suite A8 Mountain View, California 94043 Phone: (650) 428-1600 FAX: (650) 428-1542
| Contact Person: | Robin Bush |
|-----------------|-------------------|
| Phone: | (650) 428-1600 |
| Fax: | (650) 428-1542 |
| e-mail: | rbush@broncus.com |
## Device Overview
| Trade Name: | LungPoint® ATV Planning and Navigation Software |
|----------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
| Common Name: | Picture Archiving and Communications Systems |
| Classification Name: | System, Image Processing, Radiological |
| Regulation Number: | 21 CFR 892.2050 |
| Product Code: | LLZ |
## Predicate Device
The predicate devices for this premarket submission include:
| Trade Name | 510(k) Submitter | 510(k) Number |
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------|
| LungPoint Planning and<br>Virtual Bronchoscopic<br>Navigation (VBN) System | Broncus Medical,<br>Inc.* | #K112051, #K093423, |
| EP Navigator | Philips Medical | #K101311 |
## Device Description
The LungPoint Software is a software device, providing navigation guidance to help the physician plan and proceed to a predefined target site in the bronchial tree and surrounding soft lung tissue by providing a path, which is displayed on a 3D reconstruction of a CT scan. The LungPoint Software provides guidance to targets in the lung preselected by the physician. In doing so, the software provides guidance to lymph nodes or lesions to enable
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tissue sampling. It can also facilitate the return to the location that had previously been treated for assessment or continued therapy, or to enable marker placement in soft lung tissue.
The software system consists of multiple modules that closely interact with each other to perform the overall product's functions. Each module is designed to perform a specific function such as airway tree segmentation, centerline calculation, etc and relies on outputs of other module(s) to perform its function. All modules share the same data structure defined in the Modules Interface section that is shared as binary and text files.
The software consists of two key programs: Planning and Procedure. The procedure program contains two separate procedural options, depending on the complexity and location of the lesion in the lung: (a) Virtual Bronchoscopic Navigation (VBN) and (b) Navigation with fluoroscopic guidance.
# Intended Use / Indications for Use
The LungPoint software is intended to display images of the anatomy to aid the physician in guiding endoscopic tools or catheters during navigation through the same anatomy.
The LungPoint software is indicated for displaying images of the tracheobronchial tree to aid the physician in quiding endoscopic tools or catheters in the pulmonary tract to a location in the tracheobronchial tree or lung tissue, and to enable marker placement within soft lung tissue. It does not make a diagnosis and is not for pediatric use.
When under fluoroscopy guidance, the software enables users to segment previously acquired 3D CT datasets and overlay and register these 3D segmented data sets with live fluoroscopy X-ray images of the same anatomy in order to support catheter/device navigation. The 3D segmented data set can be displayed with a color map annotation received from an external source.
The LungPoint tools (needle, balloon dilator, and sheath) are used with a bronchoscope, navigated by the LungPoint Software.
# Technological Characteristics
The technological characteristics in the candidate LungPoint ATV Software are substantially equivalent to those in the predicate devices.
During guided navigation, the technology used is synchronization of virtual animation with the real bronchoscopic video via image matching. A fluoroscopic guidance module has been added to the previously cleared LungPoint VBN Software. This module overlays acquired and segmented 3D CT anatomical image data onto live fluoroscopic X-ray images of the same anatomy to enable fluoroscopic guidance of endoscopic accessories to the target.
# Performance Data
Software verification and validation testing was performed to ensure that the LungPoint ATV Software successfully fulfilled the requirements defined in the Software Requirement Specifications (SRS). Each verification test protocol included detailed descriptions of dependencies, execution instructions, required input, expected output, and pass/fail criteria.
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In addition, a preclinical study was performed in healthy canines to characterize the safety and performance of the LungPoint ATV Planning and Navigation Software in accessing implanted targets in soft lung tissue. The study demonstrated the LungPoint ATV software met its intended use for navigating and accessing target sites, with no safety issues observed.
All testing results met the pre-determined acceptance criteria that were established in the test protocols. Based on the testing, the LungPoint ATV software performs as intended, and it was confirmed that no new questions of safety or effectiveness were identified during testing.
# Comparison to Predicate Device
Design verification and validation testing confirmed that no new questions of safety or effectiveness were identified during testing, and that the LungPoint ATV Planning and Navigation Software performs as intended.
Fusing or superimposing selected 3D cross-sectional images of the targeted anatomy onlo live 2D fluoroscopy images has been utilized in predicate devices cleared by FDA. Use of live fluoroscopy guidance makes the procedure as safe as the predicate, since the CT images are overlaid onto the live fluoroscopic images and multiple, user-definable image views are available to confirm the positioning of endoscopic tools or catheters and the navigation path during guided navigation. Use of live fluoroscopy guidance is a new feature for the LungPoint ATV software, but it is not new technology and it poses no new risks nor does it create different questions of safety and effectiveness.
## Conclusion
The LungPoint ATV Planning and Navigation Software is substantially equivalent to the predicate devices cited, which have been cleared under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, when considering each product's intended use, product code, principles of operation, and technological characteristics. The minor differences between the LungPoint ATV Software and the predicate devices raise no new issues of safety or effectiveness, and the LungPoint ATV Software is as safe, as effective, and performs as well as or better than the predicate devices.
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### DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES
Public Health Service
Food and Drug Administration 10903 New Hampshire Avenue Document Control Center - WO66-G609 Silver Spring, MD 20993-0002
#### February 26, 2014
Broncus Medical Inc. Robin Bush Consulting Director, Regulatory Affairs 1400 N. Shoreline Blvd., Bldg A. Suite 8 MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA 94043
Re: K133385
> Trade/Device Name: Lungpoint ATV planning and navigation software Regulation Number: 21 CFR 892.2050 Regulation Name: Picture Archiving and Communications Systems Regulatory Class: Class II Product Code: LLZ Dated: January 24, 2014 Received: January 27, 2014
Dear Robin Bush:
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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If you desire specific advice for your device on our labeling regulation (21 CFR Part 801 and Part 809), please contact 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. Also, please note the regulation entitled. "Misbranding by reference to premarket notification" (21 CFR Part 807.97). For questions regarding the reporting of adverse events under the MDR regulation (21 CFR Part 803), please go to
http://yyw.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/ResourcesforYou/Industry/default.htm.
Sincerely vours,
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for
Janine M. Morris Director, Division of Radiological Health Office of In Vitro Diagnostics and Radiological Health Center for Devices and Radiological Health
Enclosure
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#### DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Food and Drug Administration
### Indications for Use
Form Approved: OMB No. 0910-0120 Expiration Date: December 31, 2013 See PRA Statement on last page.
#### 510(k) Number (if known) K133382
#### Device Name
1
LungPoint ATV Planning and Navigation software
#### Indications for Use (Describe)
The LungPoint® ATV Planning and Navigation Software for displaying images of the tracheobronchial tree to aid the physician in guiding endoscopic tools and cathere in the pulmonary tract to a location in the or lung tissue, and to enable marker placement within soft lung tissue. It does not make a diagnosis and is not for pediatric use.
When under fluoroscopy guidance, the software enables users to segment previously acquired 3D CT datasets and register these 3D segmented data sets with live fluoroscopy X-ray images of the same anatomy in order to support cathereldevice navigation. The 3D segmented data set can be displayed with a color map annotation received from an external source.
The LungPoint tools (necdle, balloon dilator, and sheath) are used with a bronchoscope, navigated by the LungPoint Software.
Type of Use (Select one or both, as applicable)
2 Prescription Use (Part 21 CFR 801 Subpart D)
Over-The-Counter Use (21 CFR 801 Subpart C)
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