K172496 · Togo Medikit Co., Ltd. · FOZ · Mar 23, 2018 · General Hospital
Device Facts
Record ID
K172496
Device Name
SUPERCATH 5 (26G)
Applicant
Togo Medikit Co., Ltd.
Product Code
FOZ · General Hospital
Decision Date
Mar 23, 2018
Decision
SESE
Submission Type
Traditional
Regulation
21 CFR 880.5200
Device Class
Class 2
Indications for Use
The Supercath 5 is intended to access a vein or artery and to administer fluids. The Supercath 5 is designed for single use, and is designed to minimize inadvertent needlesticks and to reduce accidental needlesticks.
Device Story
Supercath 5 (26G) is an intravascular catheter for venous or arterial access and fluid administration. Device features an introducer needle with a side-notch for rapid visual confirmation of vessel entry via blood flashback. Includes a manual safety system where an activation button retracts the metallic needle into a safety cover to prevent needlestick injuries. Optional built-in check valve assists in reducing blood flashback during needle retraction. Used by healthcare professionals in clinical settings. Device is single-use, EO-sterilized, and provided with a 19mm effective length. Benefits include reduced risk of accidental needlesticks and blood exposure for the clinician.
Clinical Evidence
No clinical data. Substantial equivalence demonstrated via bench testing, including tensile strength, leakage, flow rate, simulated clinical use, and package integrity, alongside biocompatibility testing (cytotoxicity, sensitization, reactivity, systemic toxicity, genotoxicity, implantation, haemocompatibility).
Technological Characteristics
Materials: Polyurethane, Polycarbonate, Stainless steel. Dimensions: 26G, 19mm effective length. Sterilization: Ethylene Oxide (ISO 11135-1, SAL 10^-6). Standards: ISO 10555-1, ISO 594-1, ISO 594-2, ISO 10555-5, ISO 11607-1, ASTM F1980. Features: Side-notch for flashback, manual safety retraction mechanism, optional check valve.
Indications for Use
Indicated for patients requiring venous or arterial access for fluid administration. Designed for single use.
Regulatory Classification
Identification
An intravascular catheter is a device that consists of a slender tube and any necessary connecting fittings and that is inserted into the patient's vascular system for short term use (less than 30 days) to sample blood, monitor blood pressure, or administer fluids intravenously. The device may be constructed of metal, rubber, plastic, or a combination of these materials.
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March 23, 2018
TOGO Medikit Co., Ltd. Daisuke Nagamizu Manager, Regulatory Affairs Section, Quality Assurance Department 17148-6 Aza Kamekawa Oaza Hichiya Hyuga City, Miyazaki 883-0062 JAPAN
Re: K172496
Trade/Device Name: Supercath 5 (26g) Regulation Number: 21 CFR 880.5200 Regulation Name: Intravascular Catheter Regulatory Class: Class II Product Code: FOZ Dated: February 8, 2018 Received: February 12, 2018
Dear Daisuke Nagamizu:
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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Tina Kiang -S
Tina Kiang, Ph.D. Acting Director Division of Anesthesiology, General Hospital, Respiratory, Infection Control, and Dental Devices Office of Device Evaluation Center for Devices and Radiological Health
Enclosure
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# Indications for Use
510(k) Number (if known) K172496
Device Name Supercath 5 (26G)
Indications for Use (Describe)
The Supercath 5 is intended to access a vein or artery and to administer fluids. The Supercath 5 is designed for single use, and is designed to minimize inadvertent needlesticks and to reduce accidental needlesticks.
Type of Use (Select one or both, as applicable)
| <div> <span style="font-size:14px">☑</span> Prescription Use (Part 21 CFR 801 Subpart D) </div> |
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| <div> <span style="font-size:14px">☐</span> Over-The-Counter Use (21 CFR 801 Subpart C) </div> |
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TOGO MEDIKIT CO., LTD
17148-6, Aza Kamekawa, Oaza Hichiya, Hyuga City
Miyazaki Prefecture 883-0062, Japan
TELEPHONE: +81-982-53-8027
FACSIMILE: +81-982-53-8008
# 510(k) Summary: K172496
#### Owner/Company name, address a.
TOGO MEDIKIT CO., LTD. 17148-6 Aza Kamekawa, Oaza Hichiya Hyuga City, Miyazaki, 883-0062, Japan
Phone: 011-81-982-53-8027 011-81-982-53-8008 Fax: qc@togomedikit.co.jp Email:
#### Official Correspondent b.
MEDIKIT CO., LTD. 1-13-2 Yushima, Bunkyo-ku Tokyo, 113-0034, Japan
| Phone: | 011-81-3-3839-0492 |
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| Fax: | 011-81-3-3839-0644 |
| Email: | global@medikit.co.jp |
#### Device information C.
| Device Name: | Supercath 5 (26G) |
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| Regulation Number: | 21 CFR 880.5200 |
| Classification Name: | Catheter, Intravascular, Therapeutic, Short-term less than 30 days |
| Product Code: | FOZ - Intravascular Catheter |
#### d. Predicate device
| Device Name: | Supercath 5 |
|----------------|------------------------------|
| 510(k) Number: | K140419 |
| Product Code: | FOZ - Intravascular Catheter |
#### Date prepared e.
August 14, 2017
#### f. Indications for Use
The Supercath 5 is intended to access a vein or artery and to administer fluids. The Supercath 5 is designed for single use, and is designed to minimize inadvertent needlesticks and to reduce accidental needlesticks.
#### Description of the device g.
The Supercath 5 (26G) is intended to access a vein or artery and to administer fluids. The Supercath 5 (26G) is designed for single use, and is designed to minimize inadvertent needlesticks and to reduce accidental needlesticks.
This device is a single-use and provided with ethylene oxide (EO) sterilization. Its shelf life is 3 years. The device is available in 26G and effective length of 19mm.
The introducer needle of the Supercath 5 (26G) has a side-notch to provide rapid visual confirmation of vessel entry. When the introducer needle is inserted into a vessel, blood passes through the side-notch and flows back along the inside of the catheter.
SUPERCATH 5 (26G) October 06, 2017
510(k) Summary PAGE 1 OF 3
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The Supercath 5 (26G) has a safety system. Pressing an activation button results in retracting the metallic introducer needle into a safety cover. This safety system enables to avoid needle-stick accident and further exposure of blood or body fluid attached to the introducer needle.
Some versions of the Supercath 5 (26G) have a built-in check valve which together with a healthcare professional's finger pressure on a blood vessel assists to reduce blood flashback during and after the retraction of the metallic introducer needle to the safety cover until the connection of an infusion or transfusion set to the catheter hub. The built-in check valve is not intended to stop bleeding completely.
#### Comparison to the Predicate device h.
The Supercath 5 (26G) is the line extension of the predicate device Supercath 5 cleared under K140419 (14 -24G). As shown in the table below, the subject device (2GG) has the same indications for use and the same design, material, and technological characteristics as the predicate device.
The primary difference between these devices is the gauge size. However, it is considered that this difference does not effect on the indications for use of the Supercath 5 (26G) because their general design, material, and technological characteristics are the same.
| Parameter | Subject device<br>Supercath 5 (26G) | Predicate device<br>Supercath 5 |
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| Whole device | | |
| Manufacturer | Togo Medikit Co., Ltd | Togo Medikit Co., Ltd |
| 510(k) Number | TBD | K140419 |
| Indications for Use | The Supercath 5 is intended to access a vein or artery and to administer fluids. The Supercath 5 is designed for single use, and is designed to minimize inadvertent needlesticks and to reduce accidental needlesticks. | The Supercath 5 is intended to access a vein or artery and to administer fluids. The Supercath 5 is designed for single use and for short-term use (less than 30 days), is designed to minimize inadvertent needlesticks and to reduce accidental needlesticks. |
| Single use/Reusable | Single use | Single use |
| Sterilization method | Ethylene Oxide | Ethylene Oxide |
| Shelf life | 3 years | 3 years |
| Dimensions | | |
| Gauge size | 26G | 14-24G |
| Physical Characteristics | | |
| Check valve | Optional | Optional |
| Wing | Optional | Optional |
| Side-notch | Included | Optional |
| Safety system | Included | Included |
| Materials | | |
| Outer needle | Polyurethane, Polycarbonate etc. | Polyurethane, Polycarbonate etc. |
| Inner needle | Stainless steel, Polycarbonate etc. | Stainless steel, Polycarbonate etc. |
| Packaging | | |
| Unit Package | Blister package | Blister package |
### Comparison table with the predicate device
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#### i. Sterilization and pyrogenicity
The Supercath 5 (26G) is EO sterilized and is intended for single-use. Following shows the information on the sterilization and its validation method of the device.
| Sterility Assurance Level (SAL): | 10-6 |
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| Sterilization method: | 20% Ethylene Oxide sterilization |
| Method used to validate the sterilization cycle: | ISO 11135-1 (half cycle) |
The Supercath 5 (26G) is labeled as nonpyrogenic. Endotoxin testing per "USP 30 Chapter <85> Limulus Amebocyte Lysate (LAL) Testing" is performed prior to release of each batch.
#### j. Biocompatibility
The following test data on biocompatibility was assessed to verify conformity to the ISO10993-1 and "FDA guidance on Use of International Standard ISO 10993-1" to demonstrate substantial equivalence to the predicate device.
- Cytotoxicity
- Sensitization
- Intracutaneous reactivity
- Systemic toxicity (acute)
- Material Mediated Pyrogenicity
- Systemic toxicity (subacute)
- Systemic toxicity (subchronic)
- Genotoxicity
- Implantation
- Haemocompatibility
#### k. Performance testing - Bench
The following performance data was assessed to verify conformity to standards (ISO10555-1, ISO594-1, ISO594-2, ISO10555-5, ISO11607-1 and ASTM F1980), and to demonstrate substantial equivalence to the predicate device.
- Overview
- Tensile Strength
- Leakage
- Flow rate
- Simulated clinical use
- Package integrity
#### l. Conclusion
Based on the discussion above, Togo Medikit concluded that the Supercath 5 (26G) was substantially equivalent to the predicate device.
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