K160564 · Gordian Surgical, Ltd. · GAM · Nov 17, 2016 · General, Plastic Surgery
Device Facts
Record ID
K160564
Device Name
TroClose1200
Applicant
Gordian Surgical, Ltd.
Product Code
GAM · General, Plastic Surgery
Decision Date
Nov 17, 2016
Decision
SESE
Submission Type
Traditional
Regulation
21 CFR 878.4493
Device Class
Class 2
Attributes
Therapeutic
Indications for Use
The TroClose1200™ bladeless trocar is intended for use in a variety of gynecologic, general and urologic endoscopic procedures to create and maintain a port of entry and to facilitate the delivery of absorbable sutures and anchors through soft tissues of the body during endoscopic/ laparoscopic surgery. The trocar may be used with or without visualization for primary and secondary insertions.
Device Story
TroClose1200™ is a combined bladeless trocar and surgical closure system; used in gynecologic, general, and urologic endoscopic procedures. System comprises a bladeless obturator and a cannula; cannula pre-loaded with two absorbable PGLA sutures attached to absorbable PLGA anchors. Obturator includes two pushers for anchor deployment. Device creates abdominal port of entry; maintains CO2 pneumoperitoneum; facilitates fascial closure. Surgeon inserts trocar; deploys anchors via pushers; sutures allow closure of abdominal wall fascia. Device is single-use/single-patient; provided sterile via EtO. Benefits include integrated closure mechanism within the trocar, reducing procedural steps compared to separate trocar and closure devices.
Clinical Evidence
No human clinical data. Evidence includes bench testing (mechanical, degradation per ASTM F1635-11, USP suture standards, biocompatibility per ISO 10993, sterilization per ISO 11135) and GLP animal studies (acute and sub-chronic). Animal studies compared TroClose1200™ against neoClose® and Versaport™ V2, demonstrating comparable functionality for trocar and closure performance.
Technological Characteristics
Bladeless trocar system; materials include biocompatible medical-grade polymers. Sutures: PGLA; Anchors: PLGA. Energy: None (mechanical). Connectivity: None. Sterilization: EtO (ISO 11135). Testing standards: ASTM F1635-11 (degradation), USP <881>/<871> (suture/needle strength), ISO 10993 (biocompatibility).
Indications for Use
Indicated for patients undergoing gynecologic, general, or urologic endoscopic/laparoscopic procedures requiring a port of entry and subsequent closure of soft tissues.
Regulatory Classification
Identification
An absorbable poly(glycolide/l-lactide) surgical suture (PGL suture) is an absorbable sterile, flexible strand as prepared and synthesized from homopolymers of glycolide and copolymers made from 90 percent glycolide and 10 percent l-lactide, and is indicated for use in soft tissue approximation. A PGL suture meets United States Pharmacopeia (U.S.P.) requirements as described in the U.S.P. “Monograph for Absorbable Surgical Sutures;” it may be monofilament or multifilament (braided) in form; it may be uncoated or coated; and it may be undyed or dyed with an FDA-approved color additive. Also, the suture may be provided with or without a standard needle attached.
Special Controls
*Classification.* Class II (special controls). The special control for this device is FDA's “Class II Special Controls Guidance Document: Surgical Sutures; Guidance for Industry and FDA.” See § 878.1(e) for the availability of this guidance document.
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Food and Drug Administration 10903 New Hampshire Avenue Document Control Center - WO66-G609 Silver Spring, MD 20993-0002
November 17, 2016
Gordian Surgical Ltd. % Dr. Susan Alpert Regulatory Consultant and U.S. Agent 200 Park Avenue, Unit 111 Minneapolis, Minnesota 55415
Re: K160564
Trade/Device Name: TroClose1200™ Trocar System Regulation Number: 21 CFR 878.4493 Regulation Name: Absorbable Poly(Glycolide/L-Lactide) Surgical Suture Regulatory Class: Class II Product Code: GAM, GCJ Dated: October 10, 2016 Received: October 17, 2016
Dear Dr. Alpert:
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.
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Sincerely yours,
# Jennifer R. Stevenson -A
For Binita S. Ashar, M.D., M.B.A., F.A.C.S. Director Division of Surgical Devices Office of Device Evaluation Center for Devices and Radiological Health
Enclosure
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# Indications for Use
510(k) Number (if known) K160564
Device Name TroClose1200TM
Indications for Use (Describe)
The TroClose1200™ bladeless trocar is intended for use in a variety of gynecologic, general and urologic endoscopic procedures to create and maintain a port of entry and to facilitate the delivery of absorbable sutures and anchors through soft tissues of the body during endoscopic/ laparoscopic surgery.
The trocar may be used with or without visualization for primary and secondary insertions.
| Type of Use (Select one or both, as applicable) | |
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| <span> ✓ Prescription Use (Part 21 CFR 801 Subpart D) </span> | <span> Over-The-Counter Use (21 CFR 801 Subpart C) </span> |
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## 510(k) SUMMARY
(As required by 21 C.F.R. § 807.92)
# TroClose1200™
#### Company:
GORDIAN SURGICAL Ltd. Misgav Industrial Park P.O.Box 499 Karmiel 2161401, ISRAEL. Fax: + 972 72 260 7200
#### Contact Person:
Dr. Susan Alpert, M.D. Mobile: 612 202 7019 E-MAIL: drsusanalpert@gmail.com
Date Prepared: October 10, 2016
| Trade Name: | TroClose1200™ |
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| Common Name: | Trocar with Closure Device |
| Classification Name: | Absorbable poly(glycolide/l-lactide) surgical suture |
| Regulation Number: | 21 CFR §878.4493 |
| Product Code: | GAM (absorbable PGLA suture) , GCJ (Endoscope and accessories) |
#### Predicate Devices
Primary Predicate Device- Closure Device- neoClose® (K123280) (21 CFR §876.1500, product code GCJ)
Secondary Predicate Device- Trocar- Versaport™ V2 Bladeless Trocar (K130435) (21 CFR §876.1500, product code GCJ).
#### Intended Use / Indications for Use
The TroClose1200™ bladeless trocar is intended for use in a variety of gynecologic, general and urologic endoscopic procedures to create and maintain a port of entry and to facilitate the delivery of absorbable sutures and anchors through soft tissues of the body during endoscopic/ laparoscopic surgery. The trocar may be used with or without visualization for primary and secondary insertions.
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## Device Description
The TroClose1200™ is a Trocar system comprised of an Obturator and a Cannula including preloaded sutures. It includes a bladeless Obturator, designed to allow penetration and positioning at the required site within the abdomen, and several single use Cannulas, which serve as working channels for the procedure. The Cannulas are pre-loaded with two absorbable PGLA sutures, each attached to an absorbable PLGA anchor. The deployment of the anchors and sutures ("closure device) is achieved by utilizing two pushers within the Obturator as a deployment mechanism.
The TroClose1200™, as one unit, consists of the following components:
- . An Obturator, which is the part of a trocar that allows the insertion of the trocar (after routine scalpel-made incision). An Obturator is for single patient use. For this purpose, the Company's Obturator is bladeless, similar to the predicate Obturator. In addition, the Company's Obturator has a set of 2 pushers that deploy (the closure device's deployment mechanism) the anchors with sutures attached from the Cannula for later closure.
- A Cannula, which is the part of a trocar that establishes the working channel through which the surgeon introduces surgical tools while keeping the CO2 in the abdominal lumen. The Cannula is for single use and is similar to the predicate trocar Cannula. In addition, the Company's Cannula has 2 absorbable anchors attached to absorbable threads, at 180° to each other, as the closure device, which is similar to the predicate closure device. The thread (suture) is made of absorbable PGLA and the anchors are made of absorbable PLGA and is designed to close the access port by suturing the abdominal wall's fascia.
GORDIAN 's TroClose1200™ is manufactured from routinely used medical device biocompatible materials.
Like its' predicates, this disposable device is provided sterile (by EtO) and intended for single patient (Obturator) and single use (Cannula) only.
# Technological Characteristics/ Principals of Operation
Gordian's Single Patient Use / Single Use TroClose1200™ has similar technological characteristics, and use the same principles of operation as the predicates. The only technological differences between the TroClose1200™ and its predicates are: (1) the Trocar predicate has a marketing feature for optics (2) the trocar predicate has a greater variety of sizes, (3) the closure device predicate's anchor is narrower and longer than the TroClose1200™ anchor and has a slightly different configuration design (4) the deployment timing of the anchors in the TroClose1200™ is at the beginning of the laparoscopic procedure as the TroClose1200™ has both the closure device and trocar in the same device while the predicate closure device deployment is at the end of the procedure, (5) the TroClose1200™ operation has two additional
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steps consisting of pulling and pushing an applicator for coking and deployment of the anchors and sutures, (6) the trocar predicate device has an additional indication of "thoracic", and (7) the TroClose1200™ uses more common PGLA sutures presenting knot-pull tensile strength with a minimum and average of 38.2N, while the neoClose® uses PGA sutures presenting knot-pull tensile strength with a minimum and average of 26.3N.
# Performance Data
As for the predicate devices, both under 21 CFR 876.1500 and product code GCJ, no applicable performance standards have been promulgated under Section 514 of the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act for the device and similar devices regulated under this regulatory number and product code.
For the TroClose1200™ regulation and product code (21 CFR878.4493 and product code GAM) performance tests were done also according to SUTURE and included mechanical tests and degradation testing according to ASTM F1635-11, knot-pull tensile strength (per absorbable sutures USP monograph instructions), needle attachment strength (per absorbable sutures USP monograph instructions), biocompatibility testing according to ISO 10993, sterilization according to ISO 11135, and a GLP animal studies. These tests demonstrated that the TroClose1200™ is substantially equivalent to its predicates, by successfully achieving its intended use, which is the same as the predicates.
| No. | Category | Name of test |
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| 1. | Sterilization & Shelf life | Shelf life testing (packaging sealing after shelf life) |
| 2. | including packaging,<br>functionality and moisture<br>level testing | Sterilization validation including EtO residues (per ISO 11135) |
| 3. | | Packaging validation at time "0" (Per ISO 11607) |
| 4. | | Functionality Test |
| 5. | Bench study | Mechanical testing Obturator and Cannula detachment force Instrument Drag Forces into and from the Cannula Device marking durability Micro-laser welding Process Qualification Trocar Seal System Durability, demonstrated by Air Leak Performance |
| 6. | Tests per USP for<br>absorbable sutures | Knot pull tensile strength (test method as described in USP<881>) Needle attachment tensile strength (per USP<871> with the test method described in USP<881>)) Diameter (test method as described in USP<861>) Length (USP absorbable suture monograph) Degradation (per ASTM F1635-11) |
| No. | Category | Name of test |
| 7. | Anchors Strength | ○ Degradation profile (per ASTM F1635-11)<br>○ Creep test<br>○ Cyclic test |
| 8. | Biocompatibility (per ISO<br>10993 and Blue Book<br>Memorandum #G95-1) for<br>the entire final product<br>including sutures and<br>anchors unless otherwise<br>indicated | ○ Cytotoxicity (performed by NAMSA)<br>○ Irritation (performed by NAMSA)<br>○ Sensitization (performed by NAMSA)<br>○ Acute systemic toxicity (performed by NAMSA)<br>○ Pyrogenicity (performed by NAMSA)<br>○ Sub-chronic toxicity for sutures and anchors (via<br>rationale allowed by ISO 10993-1 and FDA Draft<br>guidance "Use of International Standard ISO -<br>10993-1 "Biological Evaluation of Medical Devices<br>Part 1- Evaluation and testing" issued on 23 Apr<br>2013).<br>○ Genotoxicity for anchors (via rationale allowed by<br>ISO 10993-1 and FDA Draft guidance "Use of<br>International Standard ISO -10993-1 "Biological<br>Evaluation of Medical Devices Part 1- Evaluation<br>and testing" issued on 23 Apr 2013) and as test<br>performed by NAMSA (by the suture manufacturer)<br>for the sutures.<br>○ Implantation for anchors (via rationale allowed by<br>ISO 10993-1 and FDA Draft guidance "Use of<br>International Standard ISO -10993-1 "Biological<br>Evaluation of Medical Devices Part 1- Evaluation<br>and testing" issued on 23 Apr 2013) and as test<br>performed by NAMSA (by the suture manufacturer)<br>for the sutures.<br>○ Chronic toxicity for sutures and anchors (via<br>rationale allowed by ISO 10993-1 and FDA Draft<br>guidance "Use of International Standard ISO -<br>10993-1 "Biological Evaluation of Medical Devices<br>Part 1- Evaluation and testing" issued on 23 Apr<br>2013). |
| | | ○ Carcinogenicity for sutures and anchors (via<br>rationale allowed by ISO 10993-1 and FDA Draft<br>guidance "Use of International Standard ISO -<br>10993-1 "Biological Evaluation of Medical Devices<br>Part 1- Evaluation and testing" issued on 23 Apr<br>2013). |
| | | ○ In-vitro Hemolysis Study for the sutures as test<br>performed by NAMSA (by the suture manufacturer). |
| No. | Category | Name of test |
| 9. | GLP Acute and sub-chronic animal studies | Acute GLP animal study testing TroClose1200™, neoClose®, Versaport™ V2 trocar and hand suturing. Sub-Chronic GLP animal study testing TroClose1200™ closure device vs. neoClose® closure devices used with Versaport™ V2 trocar. |
| 10. | Usability testing | Perform procedure after reading the IFU Device functionality Device ease of use |
The following table summarizes the non-clinical testing performed for the TroClose1200™ .
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Performance testing demonstrated that the functionality of the combined device to act as trocar and closure device is comparable to the two functions provided by separate devices.
# Substantial Equivalence
Gordian's TroClose1200™ has the same intended use with minor modifications (excluding thoracic use) and similar technological characteristics as its predicate devices. Both the TroClose1200™ and the predicate Obturators are bladeless and provide an airtight cannula as a working channel. They are made of similar commonly used materials. Both the TroClose1200™ and predicate closure devices use anchors with sutures, and are made from similar bioabsorbable materials.
The TroClose1200™ principles of operation are the same as other trocars for the trocar function, and the same principle of operation as other cleared devices for the closure device function. The trocar has similar sizes and dimensions as other trocars, and uses the same approach to establish the port of entry. The closure device uses the same principle of operation as the predicate device, deploying anchors with attached sutures into the port of entry, on both sides of the cannula.
Performance testing confirms that the minor differences in technological features compared to the predicates do not adversely impact performance. Thus, the TroClose1200™ is substantially equivalence to the predicates.
These minor differences do not present any new issues of safety or effectiveness as confirmed by the company's bench testing and the GLP acute and sub-chronic animal testing and usability testing. Thus, the TroClose1200™ is substantially equivalent to neoClose closure device by NeoSurgical Ltd., K123280 and to the Versaport™ V2 Bladeless Trocar by Covidien, K130435.
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