K172869 · Ge Hualun Medical Systems Co. , Ltd. · KPR · Oct 20, 2017 · Radiology
Device Facts
Record ID
K172869
Device Name
Discovery XR656 HD
Applicant
Ge Hualun Medical Systems Co. , Ltd.
Product Code
KPR · Radiology
Decision Date
Oct 20, 2017
Decision
SESE
Submission Type
Special
Regulation
21 CFR 892.1680
Device Class
Class 2
Attributes
Pediatric
Indications for Use
General Purpose Digital Radiographic Imaging System
Device Story
Discovery XR656 HD is a modular digital radiographic X-ray system comprising an overhead tube suspension, wallstand, table, X-ray generator, and wireless digital detectors. It captures X-ray images of various body parts; images are transmitted via WiFi (802.11) from cleared detectors to the system for processing, viewing, and storage via DICOM network. Operated by clinicians in routine radiography settings. Features include optional image pasting to stitch sequential radiographs. System updates from predicate include transition from UWB to WiFi for detector communication, modified detector housing geometry, and updated software for detector pairing, synchronization, and image processing for multiple matrix sizes. Benefits include improved workflow integration of cleared wireless detectors while maintaining diagnostic capabilities.
Clinical Evidence
Bench testing only. No clinical studies were required as the incorporated wireless detectors possess their own 510(k) clearances (K161942, K161966). Verification and validation testing included module, integration, performance, safety, and simulated use testing to confirm safety and effectiveness.
Indicated for generating digital radiographic images of skull, spinal column, chest, abdomen, extremities, and other body parts in patients of all ages. Used in routine radiography exams with patient sitting, standing, or lying (prone/supine). Includes optional image pasting for stitching radiographs. Not for mammographic applications.
Regulatory Classification
Identification
A stationary x-ray system is a permanently installed diagnostic system intended to generate and control x-rays for examination of various anatomical regions. This generic type of device may include signal analysis and display equipment, patient and equipment supports, component parts, and accessories.
Special Controls
*Classification.* Class II (special controls). A radiographic contrast tray or radiology diagnostic kit intended for use with a stationary x-ray system only is exempt from the premarket notification procedures in subpart E of part 807 of this chapter subject to the limitations in § 892.9.
Discovery XR656 With VolumeRad (Digital Tomosynthesis) (K132261)
Submission Summary (Full Text)
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GE HUALUN MEDICAL SYSTEMS CO. Ltd. % Kenny Ma Regulatory Affairs Manager No.1 YongChang North Road, Economic Technological Development Zone Beijing, 100176 Beijing CHINA
## Re: K172869
Trade/Device Name: Discovery XR656 HD Regulation Number: 21 CFR 892.1680 Regulation Name: Stationary x-ray system Regulatory Class: II Product Code: KPR, MOB Dated: September 14, 2017 Received: September 20, 2017
## Dear Kenny Ma:
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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Robert Ochs, Ph.D. Director Division of Radiological Health Office of In Vitro Diagnostics and Radiological Health Center for Devices and Radiological Health
Enclosure
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## Indications for Use
510(k) Number (if known)
K172869 Device Name Discovery XR656 HD
Indications for Use (Describe)
The Discovery XR656 HD is intended to generate digital radiographic images of the skull, spinal column, chest, abdomen, extremities, and other body parts in patients of all ages. Applications can be performed with the patient sitting, standing, or lying in the prone or supine position and the system is intended for use in all routine radiography exams. Optional image pasting function enables the operator to stitch sequentially acquired radiographs into a single image.
The device is not intended for mammographic applications.
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# 510(k) Summary
In accordance with 21 CFR 807.92 the following summary of information is provided:
| Date: | October 19, 2017 |
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| Submitter: | GE Healthcare, (GE HUALUN MEDICAL SYSTEMS CO. Ltd)<br>No.1 Yong Chang North Road, Beijing Economic<br>Technological Development Zone BEIJING 100176 CHINA |
| Primary Contact<br>Person: | Kenny Ma<br>Regulatory Affairs Manager<br>GE Healthcare, (GE HUALUN MEDICAL SYSTEMS CO. Ltd)<br>Office: +86 18101130591<br>Email: Kenny.Ma@ge.com |
| Secondary Contact<br>Person: | Chris Paulik<br>Regulatory Affairs Manager<br>GE Healthcare, (GE Medical Systems, LLC)<br>+1 262-548-2010<br>Email: Christopher.A.Paulik@ge.com |
| Device Trade Name: | Discovery XR656 HD |
| Common/Usual Name: | Digital Radiographic X-Ray System |
| Classification Names:<br>Product Code: | Regulation Name: Stationary X-Ray System<br>Regulation: 21 CFR 892.1680<br>Classification: Class II<br>Product Codes: KPR, MQB |
| Predicate Device: | Optima XR646 (K143270)<br>Regulation Name: Stationary X-Ray System<br>Regulation: 21 CFR 892.1680<br>Classification: Class II<br>Product Codes: KPR, MQB |
| Reference Devices: | 1) PerkinElmer XRpad2 3025 HWC-M Flat Panel Detector (K161942)<br>Regulation Name: Stationary X-Ray System<br>Regulation: 21 CFR 892.1680<br>Classification: Class II<br>Product Codes: MQB<br>2) PerkinElmer XRpad2 4336 HWC-M Flat Panel Detector (K161966)<br>Regulation Name: Stationary X-Ray System<br>Regulation: 21 CFR 892.1680<br>Classification: Class II<br>Product Codes: MQB<br>3) Discovery XR656 With VolumeRad (Digital Tomosynthesis) (K132261)<br>Regulation Name: Stationary X-Ray System<br>Regulation: 21 CFR 892.1680<br>Classification: Class II<br>Product Codes: KPR, MQB, IZF |
| Device Description: | The Discovery XR656 HD Radiography X-ray System is designed as a<br>modular system with components that include an Overhead Tube<br>Suspension with tube/collimator, wallstand, Table, X-ray generator,<br>and wireless digital detectors. The System generates diagnostic<br>radiographic images which can be sent through a DICOM network<br>for applications including printing, viewing, and storage.<br>The components may be combined in different configurations to<br>meet specific customer needs. In addition, upgrade configurations<br>are available for predicate devices.<br>The optional image pasting function enables the operator to stitch<br>sequentially acquired radiographs into a single image. |
| Intended Use: | General Purpose Digital Radiographic Imaging System |
| Indications for Use: | The Discovery XR656 HD is intended to generate digital radiographic<br>images of the skull, spinal column, chest, abdomen, extremities, and<br>other body parts in patients of all ages. Applications can be<br>performed with the patient sitting, standing, or lying in the prone or<br>supine position and the system is intended for use in all routine<br>radiography exams. Optional image pasting function enables the<br>operator to stitch sequentially acquired radiographs into a single<br>image.<br>The device is not intended for mammographic applications. |
| Technology: | The Discovery XR656 HD employs the same fundamental scientific<br>technology as its predicate device. The intended use and patient<br>populations are the same between Discovery XR656 HD and<br>predicate device. The indication for use is the same except that |
| Discovery XR656 HD does not include the Dual Energy advanced<br>application that is provided with the predicate device. The Discovery<br>XR656 HD did not change system software architecture, operator<br>I/F, Tube, or generator. It does incorporate the same 6-axis<br>Overhead Tube Suspension (OTS) and Overhead Bridge that enables<br>the automatic positioning feature and image pasting technique<br>from the referenced Discovery XR656 (K132261), but does not<br>include the VolumeRad indication from this referenced device. The<br>difference being introduced with the Discovery XR656 HD is that<br>exposures can be captured with cleared detectors of multiple sizes.<br>These cleared detectors utilize WiFi (802.11) instead of Ultra<br>Wideband (UWB) technology to transfer the image to the system. To<br>accommodate the cleared wireless detectors, the Discovery XR656<br>HD changed the following from the predicate device: | |
| | Wireless communication hardware for detector<br>communication was changed from UWB to WiFi (802.11) Elevating Table and Wallstand Detector Housing geometry<br>and its associated detector charging hardware and<br>firmware to accommodate the 17 inch x 14 inch cleared<br>wireless detectors System software to accomplish the following: WiFi (802.11) association and pairing with the<br>cleared wireless detectors Synchronizing the image acquisition and image<br>retrieval from the cleared wireless detectors Image processing algorithms to accommodate<br>multiple image matrix sizes User interface updates for image acquisition to incorporate<br>the cleared wireless detectors into the user workflow |
| Determination of<br>Substantial<br>Equivalence: | Summary of Non-Clinical Tests: |
| | The Discovery XR656 HD and its applications comply with voluntary<br>standards: |
| | ES60601-1 Medical electrical equipment - Part 1: General<br>requirements for basic safety and essential performance ; IEC 60601-1-2 Medical Electrical Equipment - Part 1-2: General<br>Requirements for Basic Safety and Essential Performance –<br>Collateral Standard: Electromagnetic Compatibility -<br>Requirements and Tests ; IEC 60601-1-3 Medical Elec. Equipment - P. 1: General Req. for<br>Safety 3. Collateral Standard: General Req. for Radiation<br>Protection in Diagnostic XRay Equipment ; IEC 60601-1-6 Medical electrical equipment - Part 1-6: General<br>requirements for safety - Collateral Standard: Usability ; |
| • | IEC 60601-2-54 Medical electrical equipment - Part 2- 54: Particular requirements for the basic safety and essential performance of X-ray equipment for radiography and radioscopy; |
| • | IEC 62366 Medical devices - Application of usability engineering to medical Devices; |
| • | PS 3.1 - 3.20 Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM) set. (Radiology). |
| The following quality assurance measures were applied to the development of the system: | |
| 1. | Risk Analysis |
| 2. | Requirements Reviews |
| 3. | Design Reviews |
| 4. | Testing on unit level (Module verification) |
| 5. | Integration testing (System verification) |
| 6. | Performance testing (Verification) |
| 7. | Safety testing (Verification) |
| 8. | Simulated use testing (Validation) |
| New risks were identified for incorporating wireless image transfer between the cleared wireless detector and the base system. These risks were reviewed and mitigated with design controls and labeling. The mitigations were verified and validated as a part of the design verification and validation testing that has been executed with acceptable results. The testing/documentation we provided for the device Discovery XR656 HD were according to the following FDA guidance documents: | |
| • | Guidance for the Content of Premarket Submissions for Software Contained in Medical Devices; |
| • | Content of Premarket Submissions for Management of Cybersecurity in Medical Devices |
| <b>Summary of Clinical Tests:</b> | |
| The subject of this premarket submission, Discovery XR656 HD, did not require clinical studies to support substantial equivalence for the incorporation WiFi (802.11) enabled detectors due to these detectors having their own 510(k) clearance. The detectors used to verify and validate the Discovery XR656 HD were the PerkinElmer, Inc. XRpad2 3025 HWC-M Flat Panel Detector cleared under K161942 and the PerkinElmer, Inc. XRpad2 4336 HWC-M Flat Panel Detector cleared under K161966. | |
| Design verification and validation testing was performed to confirm that the safety and effectiveness of the device has not been affected. The test plans and results have been executed with | |
| Conclusion: | The Discovery XR656 HD device incorporates cleared radiographic<br>detectors to capture radiographic images and utilizes a tether or<br>wireless technology to transfer the images to the base system. This<br>update to this system does not result in any new potential safety<br>risks, it has the same technological characteristics, and perform as<br>well as the devices currently on the market. |
| | After analyzing design verification and validation testing on the<br>bench it is the conclusion of GE Healthcare that the Discovery XR656<br>HD to be as safe, as effective, and performance is substantially<br>equivalent to the predicate devices. |
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