K181964 · Visus Health IT GmbH · LLZ · Oct 23, 2018 · Radiology
Device Facts
Record ID
K181964
Device Name
JiveX
Applicant
Visus Health IT GmbH
Product Code
LLZ · Radiology
Decision Date
Oct 23, 2018
Decision
SESE
Submission Type
Traditional
Regulation
21 CFR 892.2050
Device Class
Class 2
Attributes
Software as a Medical Device
Indications for Use
JiveX is a software only Picture Archiving and Communication System intended to display, process, read, report, communicate, distribute, store, and archive medical data which is available as DICOM or HL7 data, including mammographic images, and bio signals. JiveX also converts case related non-image documents, archives them as DICOM data and serves as a vendor neutral archive. It supports the physician in diagnosis. For primary image diagnosis in Mammography only uncompressed images must be used. Also monitors (displays) and printers which received FDA clearance for Mammography must be used. Typical users of this system are trained professionals, including but not limited to physicians, radiologists, nurses, medical technicians, and assistants. Note: Web-based image distribution and mobile device display of mammographic images are not intended for diagnostic purposes. For users in the United States of America: Mobile device display is not intended for diagnostic purposes.
Device Story
JiveX is a software-only Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS) and vendor-neutral archive. It ingests DICOM and HL7 medical data, including mammographic images and bio signals; converts non-image documents to DICOM. System architecture includes a communication server for storage/rendering and various client types: 'fat' clients for diagnostic viewing/reporting on PCs and web-based clients for distribution on PCs or mobile devices. Operated by trained healthcare professionals (radiologists, physicians, technicians) in clinical settings. Provides tools for image manipulation, temporal series navigation, and multi-planar reconstruction. Supports clinical decision-making by enabling primary diagnosis (when using FDA-cleared monitors) and reporting. Enhancements include electronic signature integration and improved patient ID management across institutions. Benefits include centralized data access, streamlined diagnostic workflows, and interoperability with third-party PACS.
Clinical Evidence
No clinical data. Evidence consists of bench testing, including software requirements review, design/code review, automated unit/component/UI testing, and formal manual testing of new or modified functionality. Risk analysis and impact testing were performed to ensure safety and effectiveness.
Technological Characteristics
Client-server software architecture implemented primarily in Java. Clients run on MS Windows PCs; mobile client on iPad. Server runs on MS Windows (physical or virtual machines). Features include DICOM/HL7 data handling, WADO-URI protocol support, multi-planar reconstruction, and electronic signature gateway. Software-only device; no hardware components. Connectivity via standard network protocols.
Indications for Use
Indicated for trained professionals, including physicians, radiologists, nurses, medical technicians, and assistants, to display, process, read, report, communicate, distribute, store, and archive medical data (DICOM/HL7), including mammographic images and bio signals. Mammography primary diagnosis requires uncompressed images and FDA-cleared monitors/printers. Web-based and mobile display are not intended for diagnostic purposes.
Regulatory Classification
Identification
A medical image management and processing system is a device that provides one or more capabilities relating to the review and digital processing of medical images for the purposes of interpretation by a trained practitioner of disease detection, diagnosis, or patient management. The software components may provide advanced or complex image processing functions for image manipulation, enhancement, or quantification that are intended for use in the interpretation and analysis of medical images. Advanced image manipulation functions may include image segmentation, multimodality image registration, or 3D visualization. Complex quantitative functions may include semi-automated measurements or time-series measurements.
Special Controls
*Classification.* Class II (special controls; voluntary standards—Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM) Std., Joint Photographic Experts Group (JPEG) Std., Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) Test Pattern).
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Visus Health IT GmbH Axel Schreiber Vice President Research and Development Gesundheitscampus-Sued 15-17 Bochum. 44801 GERMANY
October 23, 2018
Re: K181964
Trade/Device Name: JiveX Regulation Number: 21 CFR 892.2050 Regulation Name: Picture Archiving And Communications System Regulatory Class: Class II Product Code: LLZ Dated: August 29, 2018 Received: September 4, 2018
Dear Axel Schreiber:
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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## Indications for Use
510(k) Number (if known) K181964
Device Name JiveX
#### Indications for Use (Describe)
JiveX is a software only Picture Archiving and Communication System intended to display, process, read, report, communicate, distribute, store, and archive medical data which is available as DICOM or HL7 data, including mammographic images, and bio signals. JiveX also converts case related non-image documents, archives them as DICOM data and serves as a vendor neutral archive.
It supports the physician in diagnosis.
For primary image diagnosis in Mammography only uncompressed images must be used. Also monitors (displays) and printers which received FDA clearance for Mammography must be used. Typical users of this system are trained professionals, including but not limited to physicians, radiologists, nurses, medical technicians, and assistants.
Note: Web-based image distribution and mobile device display of mammographic images are not intended for diagnostic purposes.
For users in the United States of America: Mobile device display is not intended for diagnostic purposes.
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X | Prescription Use (Part 21 CFR 801 Subpart D)
| | Over-The-Counter Use (21 CFR 801 Subpart C)
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#### K181964 510(k) Summary
## This summary of 510(k) safety and effectiveness information is being submitted in accordance with the requirements of SMDA 1990 and 21 CFR §807.92
## General Information
| Manufacturer | VISUS Health IT GmbH,<br>Gesundheitscampus 13-15<br>44801 Bochum, Germany |
|----------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Registration Number | 3007667119 |
| Contact Person | Axel Schreiber, MD, PhD<br>Vice President R&D<br>Telephone +49 234 93693-0<br>Email: schreiber@visus.com |
| Date Prepared | August 23rd, 2018 |
| Trade Names | JiveX |
| Common Name | Picture Archiving and Communication Systems (PACS) |
| Classification Panel | Radiology |
| CFR Section | 21 CFR §892.2050 |
| Device Class | Class II |
| Product Code | LLZ |
# Safety and Effectiveness Information for Determination of Substantial Equivalence
## Device Description and Intended Use
JiveX is a software only Picture Archiving and Communication System intended to display, process, read, report, communicate, distribute, store, and archive medical data which is available as DICOM or HL7 data, including mammographic images, and bio signals. JiveX also converts case related non-image documents, archives them as DICOM data and serves as a vendor neutral archive.
It supports the physician in diagnosis.
For primary image diagnosis in Mammography only uncompressed or non-lossy compressed images must be used. Also monitors (displays) and printers which received FDA clearance for Mammography must be used. Typical users of this system are trained professionals,
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including but not limited to physicians, radiologists, nurses, medical technicians, and assistants.
Note: Web-based image distribution and mobile device display of mammographic images are not intended for diagnostic purposes.
For users in the United States of America: Mobile device display is not intended for diagnostic purposes.
A Communication Server is communicating, storing, and archiving DICOM data and also renders images for the web based image distribution.
Fat clients, rich in rendering and image manipulation functionality, are medical diagnostic and viewing workplaces. When using FDA cleared monitors diagnosis on digital mammography images is possible.
The web based clients are intended for image distribution on either personal computers or mobile devices in the first place. As far as the limited functionality of the web clients allows for it, the web clients may also be used on personal computers for reading and reporting.
JiveX in release 5.0 (K162008) is a predecessor of the device. Functionality has been enhanced and ported to current operating systems and hardware. The most notable enhancements are:
- 1. JiveX Web has been qualified for reading. As far as the limited functionality of JiveX Web allows for it, it may now be used for reading and reporting. Nevertheless the main use case of the web clients remains image distribution.
- 2. Enhancements of the viewing clients include:
- Optimized display of temporal series of 3D volumes: streamlined navigation to the o same location in space at another point in time.
- Curved MPR: multi planar reconstruction of views along a path curved in 3D o
- Support of presentation states in the web clients. o
- 3. Enhancements of the Healthcare Content Management (HCM) infrastructure include:
- refinement of the access privileges down to individual documents. o
- Handling of patient IDs from different institutions throughout the system using о assigning authority IDs and master patient IDs.
- Improvements of pre-fetching designed for use cases where image data is stored in 3rd O party PACS.
- The new module JiveX Signature Gateway provides an interface to 3rd party signature O servers. It allows to electronically sign documents imported into the HCM system and to validate electronic signatures.
- The new module JiveX WADO Gateway provides a web interface using the standard о DICOM WADO-URI protocol. It allows to retrieve images or documents based on instance UID or the document ID.
## Technological Characteristics
JiveX is a client server solution that is mainly implemented in Java. Clients run on personal computers with MS windows operating systems. The mobile client runs on iPAD. The server also runs on MS Windows operating systems using server hardware either directly or via virtual machines.
JiveX is a software only medical device.
## Discussion of differences
510(k) Summary for JiveX 5.0.6
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JiveX in release 5.0 (K162008) is a predecessor of the device. Functionality has been enhanced and ported to current operating systems and hardware. There are two main lines of development in JiveX 5.0.6 compared to JiveX 5.0
- . Rounding off viewing functionality for the PACS. The most significant change is to allow JiveX Web for reading. The clinical functions have not changed but risk analysis and testing now also cover reading use cases. The basic reading functionality provided with JiveX Web was available with the JiveX Review based clients before. Therefore the intended use of JiveX remains the same. Only the exemption of the JiveX Web from the reading use case has been removed. The reading of mammographic images is still not allowed using JiveX Web.
- . The infrastructure of the Healthcare Content Management System has been broadened. The same use cases are supported. The system now fits into more customer environments and provides some advanced functions like e.g. the support of electronic signatures.
As a result JiveX 5.0.6 is more versatile than JiveX 5.0 but basically provides the same services. This goes in-line with JiveX 5.0.6 having almost the same intended use as JiveX 5.0.
## Summary of Non-Clinical Testing
Verification and validation is done through all development phases and includes
- review of requirements, software design, code .
- Review and acceptance of newly implemented functionality ●
- Daily build of the (intermediate) product and performance of automated tests on unit, ● component, x-component and UI level
- Verification / validation of "off the shelf software"
- . Informal test run of newly developed manual test cases and of functionality on risk
- Evaluation of selected software functionality with customers
- Impact testing for all changes that had been introduced
- Formal test run of all manual test cases pertaining to new or modified functionality
- Additional impact testing for all changes after start of the formal test run ●
## General Safety and Effectiveness Concerns
Using risk analysis potential hazards are identified. Potential hazards are controlled with design measures in the software and with verification and validation testing. The device labelling contains instructions for use and any necessary cautions and warnings for safe and effective use.
## Substantial Equivalence
JiveX is substantially equivalent to the following commercially available devices:
| Manufacturer: | VISUS Technology Transfer GmbH |
|----------------|--------------------------------|
| Trade Name: | JiveX 5.0 |
| 510(k) number: | K162008 |
JiveX described in this 510(k) has an equivalent intended use, shares the technological characteristics and provides a similar feature set as the predicate device.
JiveX does not raise any new issues of safety and efficacy.
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