The Shockwave Medical Peripheral Intravascular Lithotripsy (IVL) System is intended for lithotripsy-enhanced balloon dilatation of lesions, including calcified lesions, in the peripheral vasculature, including the iliac, femoral, ilio-femoral, popliteal, infra-popliteal, and renal arteries. Not for use in the coronary or cerebral vasculature.
Device Story
System comprises IVL catheter, generator, and connector cable. Catheter delivered percutaneously to peripheral arterial lesion site. Balloon partially inflated; integrated emitters energized by generator to produce pulsatile mechanical energy. Energy disrupts vascular calcium deposits; facilitates subsequent low-pressure balloon dilation of stenosis. Used in clinical settings by physicians. Generator software manages pulse delivery, battery display, and pulse count-down. Benefits include improved vessel compliance and blood flow through calcified stenoses.
Clinical Evidence
Bench testing only. Included software verification/validation, catheter design verification (balloon compliance, bond strength, particulate counts, temperature rise, sonic output, pressure leakage, fatigue, pulse cycles), system integration, acoustic field mapping, and in vivo chronic animal testing. No clinical data required.
Technological Characteristics
System includes single-use sterile IVL catheter with integrated lithotripsy emitters and reusable non-sterile generator/cable. Energy source: electrical pulses converted to mechanical energy. Software-controlled pulse delivery. Connectivity: cable-based system integration. Sterilization: not specified (single-use catheter).
Indications for Use
Indicated for patients with calcified lesions in the peripheral vasculature, including iliac, femoral, ilio-femoral, popliteal, infra-popliteal, and renal arteries. Contraindicated for use in coronary or cerebral vasculature.
Regulatory Classification
Identification
A percutaneous catheter is a device that is introduced into a vein or artery through the skin using a dilator and a sheath (introducer) or guide wire.
Predicate Devices
Shockwave Medical Peripheral Lithoplasty System (K163306)
Submission Summary (Full Text)
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July 26, 2018
Shockwave Medical, Inc. Ms. Cindy Morrow Regulatory Affairs Manager 48501 Warm Springs Blvd. Suite 108 Fremont, California 94539
Re: K180958
Trade/Device Name: Shockwave Medical Peripheral Intravascular Lithotripsy (IVL) System Regulation Number: 21 CFR 870.1250 Regulation Name: Percutaneous Catheter Regulatory Class: Class II Product Code: PPN Dated: June 20, 2018 Received: June 21, 2018
## Dear Ms. Cindy Morrow:
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. Although this letter refers to your product as a device, please be aware that some cleared products may instead be combination products. The 510(k) Premarket Notification Database located at https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfpmn/pmn.cfm identifies combination product submissions. 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, 2018.07.26 Eleni Whatley -04'00' For Bram D. Zuckerman, M.D. Director Division of Cardiovascular Devices Office of Device Evaluation Center for Devices and Radiological Health
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# Indications for Use
510(k) Number (if known) K180958
#### Device Name
Shockwave Medical Peripheral Intravascular Lithotripsy System
Indications for Use (Describe)
The Shockwave Medical Peripheral IVL System is intended for lithotripsy-enhanced balloon dilation of lesions, including calcified lesions, in the peripheral vasculature, including the iliac, femoral, popliteal, infrapopliteal, and renal arteries. Not for use in the coronary or cerebral vasculature.
Type of Use (Select one or both, as applicable)
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## 510(k) Summary
This 510(k) Summary is submitted in accordance with the requirements of the Safe Medical Devices Act (SMDA) of 1990 and 21 CFR 807.92.
## Name, Address, Phone, and Fax Number of Applicant
Shockwave Medical, Inc. 48501 Warm Springs Blvd., Suite 108 Fremont, CA 94539 Phone: (510) 279-4262 Fax: (510) 279-5934
#### Contact Person
Cindy Morrow
## Date Prepared
July 25, 2018
#### Device Name and Classification
| Trade Name: | Shockwave Medical Peripheral Intravascular Lithotripsy System |
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| Common Name: | Catheter, lithotripsy, peripheral, transluminal |
| CFR Classification: | 21 CFR 870.1250 |
| Classification Name: | Percutaneous catheter |
| Product Code: | PPN |
#### Predicate Device
The predicate device is the Shockwave Medical Peripheral Lithoplasty System, K163306, cleared by FDA on December 22, 2016.
#### Indications for Use / Intended Use
The Shockwave Medical Peripheral Intravascular Lithotripsy (IVL) System is intended for lithotripsy-enhanced balloon dilatation of lesions, including calcified lesions, in the peripheral vasculature, including the iliac, femoral, ilio-femoral, popliteal, infra-popliteal, and renal arteries. Not for use in the coronary or cerebral vasculature.
#### Device Description
The Shockwave Medical Peripheral Intravascular Lithotripsy (IVL) System has three components: a proprietary IVL Catheter, an IVL Generator, and an IVL Connector Cable. The IVL Catheter has integrated lithotripsy emitters and is designed to enhance percutaneous transluminal angioplasty by enabling delivery of the calcium disrupting capability of lithotripsy prior to full balloon dilatation at low pressures. The application of lithotripsy mechanical pulse waves alters the structure of an occlusive vascular deposit (stenosis) prior to low-pressure balloon dilation of the stenosis and facilitates the passage of blood.
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The IVL Catheter is delivered through the peripheral arterial system of the lower extremities to the site of an otherwise difficult to treat lesion. The balloon is partially inflated and the lithotripsy emitters are energized thereby generating pulsatile mechanical energy within the balloon at the target treatment site and allowing subsequent dilation of a peripheral artery stenosis using low balloon pressure. The IVL Generator delivers energy through the IVL Connector Cable to the pulse emitters located inside the IVL Catheter. The IVL Catheter is a single-use device supplied sterile to the customer. The IVL Generator and IVL Connector Cable are non-sterile reusable devices.
## Technological Comparison
This Traditional 510(k) Premarket Notification is being submitted for software changes to the IVL Generator, including extending the maximum pulse lifetime of the following 60 mm IVL Catheters: 3.5mm, 4.0mm, 4.5mm, 5.5mm, 6.0mm, 6.5 mm and 7.0mm diameter. Minor updates to the IVL Generator were made to the outer enclosure color and battery mounting hardware, the catheter size, pulse count, battery display, and software data table parameters for pulse width from PW0 to PW60. There were changes to the IVL Generator that include count down of the remaining pulse instead of counting up from 0 for each catheter, updates to the software to reduce pixel degradation by employing power saving features, and increasing the maximum useful catheter life from 180 to 300 pulses.
The labeling for all system components has been updated to reflect the new brand name, Intravascular Lithotripsy (IVL).
The IVL System has the same intended use, principles of operation and has substantially equivalent technological characteristics including same fundamental scientific technology, design, energy source, shelf life, and sterilization as the already 510(k) cleared IVL System. The IVL Catheters are the same design as the predicate; the IVL Catheters with integrated lithotripsy emitters enable the localized delivery of pulsatile mechanical energy to disrupt calcified lesions.
#### Summary of Performance Data
Objective evidence demonstrating that the IVL System design output meets the product design input requirements as well as that device performance characteristics conform to user needs and intended uses as defined in the product specification was provided.
Testing was conducted in accordance with Shockwave Medical's Risk Analysis procedures and all applicable FDA guidance documents and relevant international standards. Testing included:
- . software verification and validation testing of the IVL Generator software
- . IVL Catheter design verification and validation testing:
- Nominal balloon diameter o
- balloon compliance (at 10 ATM) o
- nominal balloon working length measurement 0
- emitters and marker band bond strength integrity 0
- particulate counts 0
- temperature rise assessment 0
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- sonic output measurement 0
- 0 pressure leakage during treatment
- minimum RBP 0
- balloon fatigue (multiple inflations) 0
- maximum total pulsing cycles o
- catheter compatibility with specific lithotripsy generator and its accessories 0 designed by Shockwave Medical
- IVL System integration testing ●
- acoustic field mapping ●
- . in vivo chronic animal testing
Results demonstrated that the performance of the IVL System meets its design specifications and demonstrates substantial equivalence for its intended use; therefore, additional clinical data were not required.
## Basis for Substantial Equivalence
The IVL System with modified software shares the same intended use, principles of operation, overall technical and functional capabilities, and similar design and materials as the identified predicate device. Any differences between the IVL Systems were evaluated through design verification and validation testing which demonstrated device performance and confirmed that there are no new questions of safety or effectiveness. The IVL System with the updated software is therefore substantially equivalent to the predicate device.
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