K183161 · Ge Medical Systems, LLC · JAK · Feb 13, 2019 · Radiology
Device Facts
Record ID
K183161
Device Name
SnapShot Freeze 2
Applicant
Ge Medical Systems, LLC
Product Code
JAK · Radiology
Decision Date
Feb 13, 2019
Decision
SESE
Submission Type
Traditional
Regulation
21 CFR 892.1750
Device Class
Class 2
Attributes
Software as a Medical Device
Indications for Use
SnapShot Freeze 2 is intended to be used for motion correction of gated cardiac image series
Device Story
SnapShot Freeze 2 is post-processing software for GE CT scanners; operates on AW workstations, servers, or cloud platforms. Input: multi-phase, gated cardiac CT DICOM image series. Operation: automated motion correction algorithm reduces cardiac-induced motion artifacts; extends correction from coronary vessels (predicate capability) to the whole heart. Output: motion-corrected DICOM image series. Used by radiologists to improve image quality in challenging cases, such as patients with elevated heart rates or heart rate variability. Benefits: reduces blurring artifacts; enables assessment of cardiac structures beyond coronary vessels; improves diagnostic capability of cardiac CT images.
Clinical Evidence
Clinical assessment of 60 CT cardiac cases, specifically targeting patients with elevated heart rates or heart rate variability. Images were evaluated by three board-certified radiologists using a 5-point Likert scale. Results demonstrated the diagnostic capability of the motion-corrected images. Bench testing included physical cardiac motion phantoms and mathematical phantoms to verify effective temporal resolution (24 ms at 0.28 sec/rot).
Technological Characteristics
Post-processing software; compatible with DICOM standard. Operates on general-purpose computing platforms (workstation, server, cloud). Algorithm class: automated motion correction. Developed under ISO 13485 and 21 CFR 820 quality systems. Software level of concern: Moderate.
Indications for Use
Indicated for use with gated cardiac acquisitions to reduce cardiac induced motion artifacts in patients referred for CT cardiovascular examinations.
Regulatory Classification
Identification
A computed tomography x-ray system is a diagnostic x-ray system intended to produce cross-sectional images of the body by computer reconstruction of x-ray transmission data from the same axial plane taken at different angles. This generic type of device may include signal analysis and display equipment, patient and equipment supports, component parts, and accessories.
Predicate Devices
CardIQ Xpress 2.0 with SnapShot Freeze Option (K120910)
Submission Summary (Full Text)
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GE Medical Systems, LLC. % Ms. Laura Turner Regulatory Affairs Leader 3000 N. Grandview Blvd. WAUKESHA WI 53188
February 13, 2019
Re: K183161
Trade/Device Name: SnapShot Freeze 2 Regulation Number: 21 CFR 892.1750 Regulation Name: Computed tomography x-ray system Regulatory Class: Class II Product Code: JAK, LLZ Dated: November 13, 2018 Received: November 15, 2018
Dear Ms. Turner:
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.
Michael D. O'Hara
For
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)
K183161
Device Name SnapShot Freeze 2
Indications for Use (Describe)
SnapShot Freeze 2 is designed for use with gated cardiac acquisitions to reduce cardiac induced motion artifacts.
X Prescription Use (Part 21 CFR 801 Subpart D)
| Over-The-Counter Use (21 CFR 801 Subpart C)
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GE Healthcare 510(k) Premarket Notification Submission for SnapShot Freeze 2
510(k) Summary
SnapShot Freeze 2
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# GE Healthcare 510(k) Premarket Notification Submission for SnapShot Freeze 2
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# 510(k) SUMMARY OF SAFETY AND EFFECTIVNESS
This 510(k) summary of Safety and Effectiveness information is submitted in accordance with the requirement of 21 CFR Part 807.87(h):
| Date: | 2/4/2019 | Primary Contact: | Laura Turner |
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| Submitter: | GE Medical Systems, LLC<br>3000 North Grandview Blvd<br>Waukesha, WI 53188 | | Regulatory Affairs Leader |
| Primary Contact: | Laura Turner | | Phone 262-548-4588 |
| | Email: laura.turner@ge.com | | |
| Secondary Contacts: | Helen Peng |
|---------------------|-----------------------------|
| | Regulatory Affairs Director |
| | GE Healthcare |
| | Tel: 262-424-8222 |
| | Email: hong.peng@meg.ge.com |
# PRODUCT IDENTIFICTION
| Device Name: | SnapShot Freeze 2 |
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| Regulation number/<br>Product Code | 21 CFR 892.1750 Computed tomography x-ray system /<br>JAK |
| Secondary Regulation<br>number/Product Code | 21 CFR 892.2050 Picture archiving and communications system/ LLZ |
| Device Classification | Class II |
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# Predicate Device Information :
| Device Name | CardIQ Xpress 2.0 with SnopShot Freeze Option |
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| Manufacturer | GE Medical System SCS (d.b.a GE Healthcare) |
| 510(k) number | K120910 cleared on June 18, 2012 |
| Regulation number<br>/product Code | 21 CFR 892.1750 Computed tomography x-ray system,<br>JAK |
#### Device Description
SnapShot Freeze 2 (SSF 2) is a post processing software, which can be delivered on general purpose computing platforms. SnapShot Freeze 2 is an automated motion correction algorithm designed for use with gated cardiac acquisitions from GE CT scanners to reduce cardiac induced motion artifacts in the whole heart. It is based on the same fundamental algorithm as the predicate product commercially marketed under the name CardIQ Xpress 2.0 with SnapShot Freeze Option (K120910, AKA SSF 1). Same as its predicate device the SSF 2 algorithm works on multi-phase, gated cardiac CT DICOM compatible image data and produces a new image series in which motion artifact is reduced.
The device is marketed as SnapShot Freeze 2
# Intended Use
SnapShot Freeze 2 is intended to be used for motion correction of gated cardiac image series
# Indications for Use
SnapShot Freeze 2 is designed for use with gated cardiac acquisitions to reduce cardiac induced motion artifacts.
# Technological Characteristic
SSF 2 employs the same fundamentally technology as that of the predicate. The motion correction algorithm fundamentally remains the same, taking the multi-phase temporal enhanced cardiac gated DICOM series, applying motion correction and producing the dramatically motion reduced DICOM dataset. The difference is that the SSF2 extends the motion correction capability to the whole heart beyond the coronary vessels as offered in the predicate.
# Comparisons
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The most notable change in SSF 2 as compared to SSF1 is the ability to extend motion correction capability to the whole heart compared with only coronary vessel motion artifact reduction. This may enable new applications in assessing other structures of the heart that are impacted by motion artifacts.
The table below summarizes the substantive feature/technological differences between the predicate device and the proposed device:
| Specification/<br>Attribute | Predicate Device<br>CardIQ Xpress 2.0 with SnapShot<br>Freeze Option (K120910) | Proposed Device<br>SnapShot Freeze 2 |
|------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Patient Population | Patients referred for a CT<br>cardiovascular examination | Same |
| Contraindications | None | Same |
| Platforms | AW workstation, AW Server & CT<br>Console | AW workstation, AW Server, CT<br>Console & other platforms<br>including cloud-based computing<br>and image processing platforms |
| Input | 3-phase temporal cardiac image<br>series | Same |
| Output | Motion corrected target phase<br>image series | Same |
| Motion Correction<br>of coronary vessels | Yes – SSF algorithm is capable of<br>coronary vessel motion correction | Same |
| Whole heart motion<br>correction | Not Available | Yes, enchantment to the<br>algorithm demonstrates whole<br>heart motion correction |
| Effective Temporal<br>Resolution* | 6x improvement in reducing<br>blurring artifacts of the coronary<br>arteries due to cardiac motion.<br><br>Effective temporal resolution of<br>29 ms for 0.35 sec/rot gantry<br>speed. | 6x improvement in reducing<br>blurring artifacts of the coronary<br>arteries due to cardiac motion.<br><br>Effective temporal resolution of<br>29 ms for 0.35 sec/rot gantry<br>speed.<br><br>Effective temporal resolution of<br>24 ms for 0.28sec/rot gantry. |
*As demonstrated in mechanical and mathematical cardiac phantom testing.
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SnapShot Freeze 2 does not introduce any new risks/hazards, warnings, or limitations.
# Determination of Substantial Equivalence
Engineering bench testing was performed to support substantial equivalence and the product performance claims. The testing used a commercially available cardiac motion phantom with linear motion of variable velocity for modeling of the coronary vessels and the whole heart. The testing also used a mathematical phantom to demonstrate effective temporal resolution, coronary motion and whole heart motion correction. The combination of both analyses (from physical and mathematical motion phantoms) is intended to provide further confidence in the capabilities and full extent of the Snapshot Freeze 2 whole heart motion correction.
A representative clinical sample image set of 60 CT cardiac cases, focused on patient populations with elevated heart rate were assessed by three board certified radiologists using 5point Likert scale. This data is representative of routine clinical imaging from a cardiac acquisition perspective, but intentionally includes data from subjects with elevated heart rates or those with heart rate variability which represent more challenging cases, in which such an algorithm is most likely to be utilized. The assessment demonstrated the diagnostic capability of the motion corrected images by SSF 2.
SnapShot Freeze 2 has successfully completed the required design control testing per GE's quality system. No new hazards were identified, and no unexpected test results were obtained. SnapShot Freeze 2 was designed and will be manufactured under the Quality System Regulations of 21CFR 820 and ISO 13485. The following quality assurance measures have been applied to the development of the system:
- Risk Analysis
- Required Reviews
- Design Reviews
- Software Development Lifecycle
- Testing on unit level (Module verification)
- . Integration testing (System verification)
- Performance testing (Verification)
- Safety testing (Verification)
- Simulated use testing (Validation)
The testing and results did not raise different questions of safety and effectiveness than associated with predicate device using device-based respiratory gating.
The substantial equivalence was also based on software documentation for a "Moderate" level of concern device.
# Conclusion:
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Based on the conformance to standards, development under our quality system, and the engineering and clinical testing provided, GE Medical Systems believes that the SnapShot Freeze 2 is as safe and effective, and performs in a substantially equivalent manner to the predicate device CardIQ Xpress 2.0 with SnopShot Freeze Option.
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