Pinnacle3® Radiation Therapy Planning System is a software package intended to provide planning support for the treatment of disease processes. Pinnacle3® Radiation Therapy Planning System incorporates a number of fully integrated subsystems, including Pinnacle3 Proton, which supports proton therapy planning. The full Pinnacle3® Radiation Therapy Planning System software package provides planning support for the treatment of disease processes, utilizing photon, proton, electron and brachytherapy techniques. Pinnacle3® Radiation Therapy Planning System assists the clinician in formulating a treatment plan that maximizes the dose to the treatment volume while minimizing the dose to the surrounding normal tissues. The system is capable of operating in both the forward planning and inverse planning modes. Plans generated using this system is used in the determination of the course of a patient's radiation treatment. They are to be evaluated, modified and implemented by qualified medical personnel.
Device Story
Pinnacle3 is a software-based radiation therapy planning system. It imports medical images (CT, MR, PET, SPECT) via DICOM. Clinicians use the system to visualize anatomy, contour regions of interest, and generate treatment plans for photon, proton, electron, and brachytherapy. The system supports forward and inverse planning, including Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT) and Intensity Modulated Proton Therapy (IMPT). Key features include automated image registration (Syntegra), deformable image registration (DIR), model-based segmentation, and auto-planning templates. The system calculates dose distributions to maximize tumor coverage while sparing healthy tissue. Output plans are exported to oncology information systems or linear accelerators for delivery. Used in clinical settings by qualified medical personnel; the system assists in clinical decision-making by providing optimized dose distributions and anatomical visualization, ultimately aiming to improve treatment accuracy and efficiency.
Clinical Evidence
No clinical data. Bench testing only. Software verification testing demonstrated that IMPT and DIR features perform as intended and meet acceptance criteria. Risk management activities confirmed residual risks are acceptable.
Technological Characteristics
Software-based planning system; runs on Oracle Server/UNIX workstations; networked via LAN/WAN. Supports DICOM 3.0. Features include proton dose computation, IMRT/DMPO/SmartArc optimization, deformable image registration, and auto-segmentation. Complies with IEC 62304 (software life cycle) and ISO 14971 (risk management).
Indications for Use
Indicated for planning support for the treatment of disease processes in patients requiring radiation therapy, including photon, proton, electron, and brachytherapy techniques.
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.
Predicate Devices
Pinnacle3® Radiation Therapy Planning System (K130992)
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Philips Medical Systems (Cleveland), Inc. % Michelle Godin, MS, RAC Sr. Manager, Regulatory Affairs 5520 Nobel Drive FITCHBURG WI 53711
Re: K170086
Trade/Device Name: Pinnacle Radiation Therapy Planning System Regulation Number: 21 CFR 892.5050 Regulation Name: Medical charged-particle radiation therapy system Regulatory Class: II Product Code: MUJ Dated: January 6, 2017 Received: January 10, 2017
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## Indications for Use
510(k) Number (if known)
K170086
Device Name
Pinnacle3® Radiation Therapy Planning System
Indications for Use (Describe)
Pinnacle3 Radiation Therapy Planning System is a software package intended to provide planning support for the treatment of disease processes. Pinnacle3@ Radiation Therapy Planning System incorporates a number of fully integrated subsystems, including Pinnacle' Proton, which supports proton therapy planning. The full Pinnacles® Radiation Therapy Planning System software package provides planning support for the treatment of disease processes, utilizing photon, proton, electron and brachytherapy techniques.
Pinnacle3 Radiation Therapy Planning System assists the clinician in formulating a treatment plan that maximizes the dose to the treatment volume while minimizing the dose to the surrounding normal tissues. The system is capable of operating in both the forward planning and inverse planning modes. Plans generated using this system is used in the determination of the course of a patient's radiation treatment. They are to be evaluated, modified and implemented by qualified medical personnel.
Type of Use (Select one or both. as applicable)
Prescription Use (Part 21 CFR 801 Subpart D)
Over-The-Counter Use (21 CFR 801 Subpart C)
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# 510(k) Summary
This 510(k) summary of safety and effectiveness information is prepared in accordance with 21 CFR 807.92.
| Date Prepared: | January 6, 2017 |
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| Manufacturer: | Philips Medical Systems (Cleveland), Inc.<br>5520 Nobel Drive<br>Fitchburg, WI 53711 |
| Contact Person: | Michelle Godin, MS, RAC<br>Phone: 774.331.7499<br>Email: michelle.godin@philips.com |
| Device Name: | Pinnacle3® Radiation Therapy Planning System |
| Software Release: | Version 16.0 |
| Classification: | Classification Name: Accelerator, Linear, Medical<br>Classification: 21 CFR 892.5050<br>Regulation Classification Panel: Radiology<br>Device Class: II<br>Product Code: MUJ |
| Predicate Device: | Trade Name: Pinnacle3® Radiation Therapy Planning System<br>Manufacturer: Philips Medical Systems (Cleveland), Inc.<br>510(k) Clearance: K130992<br>Classification Name: Accelerator, Linear, Medical<br>Classification: 21 CFR 892.5050<br>Regulation Classification Panel: Radiology<br>Device Class: II<br>Product Code: MUJ |
The Pinnacle3® Radiation Therapy Planning System (hereafter Pinnacle3® Device Description: RTP System) provides radiation treatment planning for the treatment of benign or malignant diseases. When using the Pinnacle3® RTP System, qualified medical personnel may generate, review, verify, approve, print and export the radiation therapy plan prior to patient treatment. The Pinnacle3® RTP System can provide plans for various radiation therapy modalities including utilizing photon, proton, electron and brachytherapy techniques.
> The Pinnacle3® RTP System is a software package that runs on an Oracle Server and is accessed through one (or more) client(s) or an Oracle UNIX workstation. The software package consists of a core software module
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(Pinnacle3) and optional software features, which are available through a licensing scheme. The device has network capability to other Pinnacle® RTP System workstations, thin client, and to both input and output devices via local area network (LAN) or wide area network (WAN).
Image data is imported from CT, MR, PET, PET-CT and SPECT devices using a DICOM-compliant interface. A qualified medical professional uses the Pinnacle3® RTP System for functions such as viewing and analyzing the patient's anatomy, and generating a radiation therapy plan. The following are examples of tasks that may be performed by clinicians when using the base features of the Pinnacle3® RTP system:
- Perform proton, photon, and electron physics modeling, dose algorithm and machine commissioning.
- Evaluate the treatment plan based on radiation-sensitive structures and the tumor.
- Combine both geometric and dosimetric planning on the same ● platform, including CT simulation data and plans.
- . Configure beam variables such as energy, geometry, and beam modifiers such as blocks, wedges, multi-leaf collimators, bolus, aperture and compensators.
- Visualize the beam on a display, initiate the dose computation, and set the weight of each beam.
- Obtain dose values at any Points of Interest (POI).
- Evaluate Digitally Reconstructed Radiographs (DRRs) . on Pinnacle3® RTP or remote system using DICOM Secondary Capture (SC) Export.
Once complete, the Pinnacle3® RTP System has the ability to transfer the finished plan to other devices used in the therapy process such as an Oncology Information System (OIS), Linear Accelerator (Linac), and/or 3rd Party QA systems.
The following optional Pinnacle3® RTP System features are available to assist the clinician with the radiation therapy planning process. These features are an integrated part of the Pinnacle3® RTP System and represent a subset of the optional features available to the user via licensing. Corresponding instructions for use such as User Guides or Release Notes are also provided to the clinician for each optional feature.
## Pinnacle3 Proton
Pinnacle3 Proton provides support for Uniform Scanning and Double Scatter proton delivery devices. The system allows machine modeling and commissioning for machine definition. The system allows the user to utilize a commissioned machine for treatment planning purposes. The feature includes proton dose computation, and each beam is shaped using an aperture and a compensator.
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### Intensity Modulated Proton Therapy (IMPT):
IMPT provides support for Spot Scanning proton delivery devices. The system allows machine modeling and commissioning for machine definition. The system allows the user to utilize a commissioned machine for treatment planning purposes. The feature includes proton dose computation, and the beam dose is shaped by optimizing the relative weights applied to a spot pattern.
#### P3IMRT (Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy):
P3IMRT combines both forward and inverse planning functionality. The system determines a plan that satisfies the user's treatment goals through an optimization process. The user's treatment goals are specified as objectives and constraints based on dose distribution characteristics.
#### Direct Machine Parameter Optimization (DMPO):
DMPO is a method of performing IMRT where Multi-Leaf Collimator (MLC) settings are produced directly within the optimization process.
#### Smart Arc:
SmartArc is a method of performing IMRT for linear accelerators that are capable of delivering intensity modulated arc treatments.
#### Syntegra (also referred to as AutoFusion):
Syntegra automates multi-modality image registration and fusion by overlaying images from CT, MR, PET, PET-CT and SPECT devices using a DICOM-compliant interface. This feature provides clinicians with the ability to relate, interpret and contour an image's anatomic and functional information.
### Deformable Image Registration (DIR):
DIR provides the ability to create a Displacement Vector Field (DVF) based on a user-defined initial rigid registration between two CT images. DIR also introduces the tools that can be used to validate and approve the DVF, and the ability to apply the DVF to a CT image volume or a dose distribution.
### Model-Based Segmentation (MBS):
MBS is library of individual organ models that provide a starting point for the contouring of individual Regions of Interest (ROIs).
#### Atlas Auto-Segmentation:
Atlas is a collection of organs models that are specific to an anatomical region and provide a starting point for Autosegmentation of an image data set. Auto-segmentation uses an algorithm-based process that customizes the shape of each organ model into a set of ROIs that map to the patient anatomy.
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### Dynamic Planning:
Dynamic Planning provides the ability to transfer an entire treatment plan from one CT image to another. Also included is the ability to deform the ROIs from the original image to conform to the anatomy of the new image and the ability to store the ROIs and dose from the original plan in a read-only record that is viewable within the new plan.
#### Auto-Planning:
Auto-Planning automates a significant portion of the DMPO and SmartArc treatment planning process, providing major time and clinical efficiency gains to customers while also improving treatment plan quality and consistency. Auto-Planning includes the ability to customize, store, and apply templates that facilitate the planning and plan evaluation processes.
### AcQSim3:
AcQSim3 provides the tumor localization features that can be utilized at the time of scan acquisition or at the time of treatment. AcQSim3 is an integrated module that is accessible from within the Pinnacle3 planning application.
### Tumor LOC:
Tumor LOC provides the tumor localization features that can be utilized at the time of scan acquisition. Tumor LOC is accessible directly from the console system connected to a CT scanner, and is remotely connected to the Pinnacle3 patient database.
In addition to the above, the following software options are available to facilitate image and/or data import and export between radiation therapy devices such as the imaging camera, Pinnacle3® RTP System, and Record & Verify system. DICOM is the acronym for Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine and is an internationally recognized standard for transferring biomedical information such as images and data between devices or over a network.
### DICOM RT:
DICOM RT software is used to support both Structure Set and Radiation Therapy Plan import and export functions. Structure Sets describe regions and points of interest to other systems. Plan information includes beam geometry and delivery information.
### DICOM Image:
DICOM Image software is used to support image import and export to and from the Pinnacle3® RTP System workstation according to the NEMA DICOM standard, version 3.0. This functionality allows diagnostic imaging devices supporting the DICOM 3.0 standard to interface with the Pinnacle3® RTP System.
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| Indications for<br>Use: | The Indications for Use statement for the Pinnacle3® RTP System is as<br>follows. |
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| | Pinnacle3® Radiation Therapy Planning System is a software<br>package intended to provide planning support for the treatment of<br>disease processes. Pinnacle3® Radiation Therapy Planning System<br>incorporates a number of fully integrated subsystems, including<br>Pinnacle3 Proton, which supports proton therapy planning. The full<br>Pinnacle3® Radiation Therapy Planning System software package<br>provides planning support for the treatment of disease processes,<br>utilizing photon, proton, electron and brachytherapy techniques. |
| | Pinnacle3®<br>Radiation Therapy Planning System assists the<br>clinician in formulating a treatment plan that maximizes the dose<br>to the treatment volume while minimizing the dose to the<br>surrounding normal tissues. The system is capable of operating in<br>both the forward planning and inverse planning modes. Plans<br>generated using this system is used in the determination of the<br>course of a patient's radiation treatment. They are to be evaluated,<br>modified and implemented by qualified medical personnel. |
| | Based on the information provided above, the Indications for Use of the<br>Pinnacle3® Radiation Therapy Planning System remains unchanged from<br>the predicate device (K130992, June 14, 2013), thus demonstrating<br>substantial equivalence. |
| Fundamental<br>Scientific<br>Technology: | The Pinnacle3® RTP System provides radiation treatment planning support<br>for the treatment of disease processes, utilizing photon, proton, electron, and<br>brachytherapy techniques. |
| | The Pinnacle3 Proton feature supports intensity-modulated treatment<br>techniques on spot scanning delivery devices (Intensity Modulated Proton<br>Therapy). The Intensity Modulated Proton Therapy (IMPT) features<br>include physics modeling for spot scanning delivery, proton pencil beam<br>dose computation, proton pencil beam optimization, robust analysis, and<br>robust optimization. These features allow the user to create robust proton<br>plans that take full advantage of spot scanning proton delivery techniques. |
| | The Syntegra feature (the current image registration solution) now includes<br>Deformable Image Registration (DIR). The DIR software supports the<br>deformation of Computed Tomography (CT) image volumes and dose<br>volumes. The DIR features include CT image deformation, dose<br>deformation, and a variety of QA tools to evaluate the quality of the<br>deformation. These features allow the user to evaluate a prior treatment<br>against a new CT image to assist in the treatment decision process. |
| | The IMPT features are conceptually similar to proton features in the<br>predicate device, Pinnacle3® RTP System (Pinnacle3 Proton), with the main<br>differences pertaining only to the modeling and planning features necessary<br>to accommodate the machine characteristics. The features introduced with |
| Summary of<br>Non-Clinical<br>Performance<br>Data: | The Pinnacle® RTP System complies with the following international and FDA-<br>recognized consensus standards:<br><br>- Consensus Standard IEC 62304 (Edition 1.0, 2006) – Medical Device |
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DIR are a direct extension of existing functionality in the predicate device, Pinnacle3® RTP System (Syntegra).
Based on the information provided above, the Pinnacle30 RTP System is considered substantially equivalent to the predicate device (K130992, June 14, 2013) in terms of fundamental scientific technology.
- Software Software Life Cycle Processes. ● Consensus Standard ISO 14971 (2007, 2012) - Medical devices -Application of Risk Management to Medical Devices
Software verification testing has demonstrated that the IMPT and DIR features of the Pinnacle3® RTP System performs as intended in the specified use. The risk management activities show that all risks are sufficiently mitigated and that the overall residual risk is acceptable. No new concerns regarding safety or effectiveness have been raised by the introduction of the additional features to the Pinnacle3® RTP System.
Therefore, the Pinnacle3® RTP System is substantially equivalent to the predicate device (K130992, June 14, 2013) in terms of safety and effectiveness.
Summary of Clinical trials were not performed as part of the development of this product. Clinical Clinical testing on patients is not advantageous in demonstrating substantial Performance equivalence or safety and effectiveness of the device since testing can be Data: performed such that no human subjects are exposed to risk. Verification testing was performed as required per the risk analyses and demonstrated that no new risks were introduced with the modifications in this submission.
The Pinnacle3® RTP System is substantially equivalent to the predicate device Substantial Equivalence (K130992, June 14, 2013) in terms of design features, fundamental scientific Conclusion: technology, indications for use, and safety and effectiveness. A risk analysis was completed for the IMPT and DIR features of the proposed device, Pinnacle3® RTP System software version 16.0, and all hazards related to safety or effectiveness were mitigated as appropriate. Verification testing, specifically to address any safety or effectiveness concerns, was completed in compliance with Philips procedures and with the requirements specified in the international and FDA recognized consensus standards. The results of these tests demonstrate that the Pinnacle3® RTP System met the acceptance criteria and is adequate for its intended use.
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