The SiteSeal™ Femoral Compression Device is indicated for use in the compression of the femoral artery or vein after vessel cannulation.
Device Story
SiteSeal™ is an adjunctive femoral compression device used in clinical settings to achieve hemostasis post-cannulation. The system includes a coated Vicryl™ suture, hemostatic powder, a spring-loaded polypropylene device, tincture of benzoin, and adhesive dressings. The procedure involves placing a 'Z-stitch' suture in soft tissue around the access site to create an inverted skin channel. The device is anchored to the skin via the suture; internal coil springs apply invariant mechanical pressure to the access site, with higher pressure directed toward the heart. The springs modulate heartbeat pressure variations while maintaining blood flow. Hemostatic powder is applied to the site to control minor bleeding. The device is removed prior to patient ambulation. It provides focused pressure to the arteriotomy and skin incision site, facilitating hemostasis while allowing continuous vessel flow. The device is single-use and non-implantable.
Clinical Evidence
Prospective, single-arm, non-randomized IDE study (N=89 patients, 91 access sites) evaluated safety of the Z-stitch procedure and SiteSeal device. Primary endpoints: common femoral artery laceration and common femoral nerve puncture (0% observed). Secondary endpoints: major complications (1.1% transfusion rate in patient with Factor 8 deficiency), minor complications (13.2% total, including hematoma and bleeding), and patient discomfort (mean score 0.45 at discharge). Ultrasound sub-study (57 post-procedure scans) showed no lacerations. Bench testing confirmed reproducible spring compression and suture strength.
Indicated for compression of femoral artery or vein post-cannulation in patients undergoing percutaneous cardiac or peripheral vascular interventional catheterization.
Regulatory Classification
Identification
A vascular clamp is a surgical instrument used to occlude a blood vessel temporarily.
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March 31, 2020
EnsiteVascular, LLC % Shree Koushik Senior Regulatory Consultant Tamm Net, Inc. 3238 Turtle Lake Drive SE Marietta, GA 30067
Re: K192413
Trade/Device Name: SiteSeal™ Femoral Compression Device Regulation Number: 21 CFR 870.4450 Regulation Name: Vascular Clamp Regulatory Class: Class II Product Code: DXC Dated: February 20, 2020 Received: February 24, 2020
Dear Shree Koushik,
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# Indications for Use
510(k) Number (if known) K192413
Device Name SiteSeal™ Femoral Compression Device
### Indications for Use (Describe)
The SiteSeal™ Femoral Compression Device is indicated for use in the compression of the femoral artery or vein after vessel cannulation.
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### Pre-Market Submission SiteSeal™ Femoral Compression Device
#### 9.1 Sponsor
EnsiteVascular™ LLC 10900 South Clay Blair Blvd. Suite 800 Olathe, KS 66061 Phone: (941) 830-0499 Fax: (913) 777-5277 Registration Number: None
Contact Person: Mr. Thomas Reidy Chief Executive Officer EnsiteVascular™LLC Phone: (816) 260-8476 Email: treidy@ensitevascular.com
### 9.2 510k Submission Correspondent: Shree Koushik, Ph.D., RAC Senior Regulatory Consultant Tamm Net Inc 3238 Turtle Lake Drive SE Marietta, GA 30067 Phone: 301 922 7231 Email: shree@tammnet.com
#### 9.3 Date Prepared: March 31, 2020
#### 9.4 Device Information
| Proprietary Name: | SiteSeal™ Femoral Compression Device |
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| Common Name: | Adjunctive Compression Device |
| Device Category: | Class II |
| Product Code: | DXC Regulation |
| Number: | 870.4450 |
| Classification Name: | Vascular Clamp |
#### 9.5 Predicate Device
K080206 - FemoStop® Femoral Compression System.
#### 9.6 Device Description
### Components-
The Site Seal System consists of a Coated Vicryl™ Suture, a hemostatic powder, a spring-loaded polypropylene SiteSeal™ device, tincture of benzoin and four adhesive
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dressings in a non-sterile kit. Each component in the kit is individually packaged in the original sterile package. The suture is used to approximate soft tissue on either side of and just above a femoral vessel. The hemostatic powder is poured onto the access site and suture entry/exit sites to control minor external bleeding and exudate from sutures and/or endovascular procedures. The free ends of the suture (after approximating the soft tissue on either side and above the CFA with a first half-knot) are tied tightly around the polypropylene SiteSeal™ device with a second full knot to anchor the device to the skin and provide counter pressure. The internal coil springs apply invariant mechanical pressure against the 3-dimensional, asymmetric SiteSeal™ skin contact surface to induce hemostasis. The asymmetric contact surface is designed so that the physical pressure is greatest towards the heart. A polypropylene roof is placed. Tincture of benzoin and three adhesive dressings stabilize and secure the device to the skin.
Prior to the patient being ambulated, the transparent adhesive dressing, device, loose powder, and suture are removed.
## Mechanism of action –
A suture is placed in the soft tissue on both sides and above the access site. The "Zstitch" anchors the SiteSeal to the skin surface creating an inverted skin "channel" aligned with the vessel.
Hemostatic powder covers the access site and suture penetrations to absorb exudate and control minor external bleeding.
The SiteSeal™ device has a three-dimensional skin contact surface that is aligned with the inverted skin channel. The device is pressed tightly against the access site while the sheath is removed.
After sheath removal the SiteSeal™ device is anchored to the access site by tying the device to the skin using the loose ends of the suture. Compressed internal springs apply pressure to the skin external to the vessel such that higher pressure is towards the heart. A polypropylene roof is placed securely over the device. Adhesive strips adhere to the roof and stabilize the SiteSeal™ device.
The springs help modulate heartbeat pressure variation without stopping blood flow through the vessel. The pressure allows continuous blood flow past the access site for a time sufficient to achieve hemostasis. Hemostasis occurs during the time that the SiteSeal™ device is deployed.
The adhesive strip is removed, the sutures are cut and removed, the device is
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disposed of, any excess powder is brushed off. The patient ambulates immediately.
Nothing is left in the body.
#### 9.7 Intended Use
The SiteSeal™ Femoral Compression Device is indicated for use in the compression of the femoral artery or vein after vessel cannulation.
#### 9.8 Substantial Equivalence
SiteSeal™ has substantially equivalent indications to the FemoStop® Femoral Compression System (K080206) predicate in that they are both indicated for use in the compression of the femoral artery or vein after vessel cannulation.
Both devices provide a focused invariant pressure to the access site. Both devices provide deep hemostasis at the arteriotomy and topical hemostasis at the skin incision site. Finally, although both devices are constructed from inert polymeric materials, the SiteSeal™ is designed to contact the smallest skin area necessary to achieve hemostasis and includes a hemostatic powder to facilitate blood clotting at the surface of the incision site. The difference in device surface contact area and the inclusion of a hemostatic powder is not considered to detract from a substantial equivalence claim.
The subject device and the predicate device are made from materials that have demonstrated satisfactory biocompatibility and are sterile, single use devices.
SiteSeal™ device achieves hemostasis by compressing the femoral vessel catheter insertion site, i.e., it has a similar intended use compared to the predicate device. Bench testing demonstrated that SiteSeal™ is similar to FemoStop® System in that both use external pressure to control blood flow through a vessel for a time sufficient to achieve hemostasis.
The IDE clinical study summarized below in the Clinical Study Section demonstrated that the Z-stitch blind suturing used with the SiteSeal™ device was safe and did not raise new questions of safety and effectiveness.
Based on bench and clinical testing, on the similarities in the intended and indications for use and the mitigation of the risk of differences in technology characteristics as described above and clinical testing EnsiteVascular™ concludes that SiteSeal™ is substantially equivalent to FemoStop®.
### 9.9 Performance Testing
Biocompatibility Testing – Biocompatibility testing (cytotoxicity, irritation and sensitization) was completed.
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In vitro Testing - Bench testing versus Femoral Compression System demonstrated that both systems allow the same amount of simulated blood flow through a vessel at recommended pressures.
Bench testing showed that the compression of the 316SS springs is reproducible and consistent.
Bench testing showed that the suture bursting strength exceeds that of both springs' maximum force.
Pressure analysis of SiteSeal™ and the predicate showed that both systems provide predictably similar pressure to the site.
Endotoxin LAL Test was completed successfully.
Clinical Study – EnsiteVascular conducted a pivotal IDE clinical study to evaluate whether the SiteSeal™ device is safe to use as intended.
Pivotal IDE Clinical Study Summary
The pivotal IDE clinical study was conducted to evaluate the safety of the blind Z-stich procedure used to keep the SiteSeal™ device in place. The IDE clinical study was a prospective, single-arm, nonrandomized study conducted at 2 medical centers, both of which were in the United States. The study involved patients undergoing percutaneous cardiac or peripheral vascular interventional catheterization procedures. There were 2 rollin SiteSeal device patients, who provided training and ensured investigator familiarity with the device, and 89 pivotal ("main analysis") SiteSeal device patients. Originally the study was to enroll 90 patients, but the study enrolled only 89 patients. Two (2) pivotal patients each had 2 access sites evaluated, in the right and left femoral arteries, such that 91 access sites were evaluated in the 89 pivotal patients.
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At the catheterization laboratory site, patients were screened through a standard of care medical history. After determining that the patient qualified for enrollment into the study, the investigator or delegated study personnel obtained an informed consent. There were inclusion and exclusion criteria, which included pre-procedure inclusion and exclusion criteria and intra-procedural exclusion criteria. If, after catheterization but prior to femoral artery closure, a patient remained eligible for the study, the Site-Seal device was deployed at the femoral artery access site. Follow-up for the study patients was at a visit 30 days ± 7 days after the catheterization procedure. An ultrasound sub-study was done, which involved 58 pre-procedure ultrasounds representing 2 ultrasounds in the 2 roll-in patients and 56 ultrasounds in 54 pivotal patients (with 2 pivotal patients each having 2 access sites) done at one of the study sites, and 57 post-procedure ultrasounds representing 2 ultrasounds in the 2 roll-in patients and 55 ultrasounds in 53 pivotal patients (with 2 pivotal patients each having 2 access sites) done at the office of one of the 2 principal investigators in the study. All post-procedure ultrasounds were done after discharge following the catheterization procedure, at an average of 19.5 ± 7.3 days after the catheterization procedure, with a range of 3 - 33 days post-procedure.
The primary safety endpoints were 1) common femoral artery laceration (or needle puncture) and 2) common femoral nerve puncture causing an incident of involuntary leg muscle contraction with auditory response, resulting from blind placement of the Z-stitch in the soft tissue above the femoral bundle.
The secondary safety endpoints were 1) patient discomfort evaluated at a) discharge from the catheterization lab and b) 24 hours post-procedure (per 24-hour phone interview), using a scale of 0-10 with 10 being intense pain, and 2) the 30-day incidence of major complications and the 30-day incidence of minor complications (per patient follow-up visit).
The baseline demographics and characteristics for the patients in the SiteSeal device IDE clinical study are summarized in the following two tables.
| Demographic | | Interventional<br>(N = 89 Patients) |
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| Age | Mean ± SD | 69.9 ± 9.12 years |
| | Range | 45 – 90 years |
| | Number | 89 |
| Sex | | Men: 67.4%<br>(60/89) |
| | | Women: 32.6%<br>(29/89) |
## Baseline Demographics of Patients in SiteSeal Device IDE Clinical Study
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| Characteristic | | Interventional<br>(N = 89 Patients) |
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| Height<br>(ft) | Mean ± SD | $5.6 \pm 0.39$ |
| | Range | 4.1 – 6.4 |
| | Number | 89 |
| Weight<br>(lbs) | Mean ± SD | $193 \pm 43.9$ |
| | Range | 84 – 320 |
| | Number | 89 |
| Body Mass<br>Index<br>(kg/m²) | Mean ± SD | $29.5 \pm 5.84$ |
| | Range | 15.4 – 44.4 |
| | Number | 89 |
| Systolic Blood<br>Pressure<br>(mm Hg) | Mean ± SD | $135.0 \pm 18.0$ |
| | Range | 100 – 175 |
| | Number | 89 |
| Diastolic Blood<br>Pressure<br>(mm Hg) | Mean ± SD | $71.0 \pm 10.3$ |
| | Range | 50 – 97 |
| | Number | 89 |
| History of<br>Peripheral<br>Artery Disease 1 | Yes | 63.2% (55/87) |
| | No | 36.8% (32/87) |
| Femoral Artery<br>Site | Right | 74.7% (68/91) |
| | Left | 25.3% (23/91) |
| Introducer<br>Sheath Size<br>Used<br>(Fr) | Mean ± SD | $7.3 \pm 2.9$ |
| | Range | 4 – 14 |
| | Number | 91 |
| Previous Arterial<br>Puncture in > 30<br>Days 2 | Yes | 31.8% (28/88) |
| | No | 68.2% (60/88) |
| Type of<br>Catheterization | Cardiac | 39.3% (35/89) |
| | Peripheral<br>Vascular | 60.7% (54/89) |
| Procedure<br>Time 3<br>(min) | Mean ± SD | $74.2 \pm 32.1$ |
| | Range | 30 – 80 |
| | Number | 89 |
Baseline Characteristics of Patients in SiteSeal Device IDE Clinical Study
¹ Two (2) patients had missing data.
² One (1) patient had missing data.
3 The procedure time begins when the common femoral artery is accessed under ultrasound guidance, and ends when all devices have been removed from the common femoral artery. The procedure time does not include recovery time for hemostasis to occur.
## Study Results:
### Primary Safety Endpoints
No cases of common femoral artery laceration or common femoral nerve puncture were observed in the study. The ultrasound sub-study, the results of which are EnsiteVascular™• 10900South ClayBlairBlvd,Ste 800• Olathe,KS 66061
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discussed below, showed no common femoral artery laceration and no common femoral vein laceration. It was concluded that the risk of either common femoral artery laceration or common femoral nerve puncture is less than 3.3% with 95% confidence (one-sided 95% upper confidence limit).
## Major Complications Secondary Safety Endpoint
The following table shows the incidence of major complications in the interventional patients in the SiteSeal device IDE clinical study.
| Description of Event | Interventional<br>(N = 91 Access Sites) |
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| Vascular repair, or the need for<br>vascular repair, (via surgery,<br>ultrasound guided<br>compression, transcatheter<br>embolization, or stent graft) | 0% (0/91) |
| Access site-related bleeding<br>requiring transfusion 1 | 1.1% (1/91) |
| Any new ipsilateral lower<br>extremity ischemia<br>documented by patient<br>symptoms, physical exam,<br>and/or decreased or absent<br>blood flow on lower extremity<br>angiogram | 0% (0/91) |
| Surgery, or the need for<br>surgery, for access site-related<br>nerve injury | 0% (0/91) |
| Permanent (lasting > 30 days)<br>access site-related nerve injury | 0% (0/91) |
| Access site-related infection<br>requiring intravenous<br>antibiotics and/or extended<br>hospitalization | 0% (0/91) |
| Total Major Access Site-Related<br>Complications | 1.1% (1/91) |
Incidence of Major Complications in Patients in SiteSeal Device IDE Clinical Study
1 This access-site related bleeding requiring transfusion occurred in a patient with previously undiagnosed Factor 8 deficiency.
## Minor Complications Secondary Safety Endpoint
The following table shows the incidence of minor complications in the interventional patients in the SiteSeal device IDE clinical study.
Incidence of Minor Complications in Patients in SiteSeal Device IDE Clinical Study
| Description of Event | Interventional<br>(N = 91 Access Sites) |
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| Non-treated pseudoaneurysm<br>documented by ultrasound | 0% (0/91) |
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### Pre-Market Submission SiteSeal™ Femoral Compression Device
| Non-treated arteriovenous fistula<br>documented by ultrasound 1 | 1.1% | (1/91) |
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| Pseudoaneurysm treated with<br>ultrasound guided thrombin injection,<br>or ultrasound-guided fibrin adhesive<br>injection | 0% | (0/91) |
| Access site hematoma ≥ 6 cm 1 | 1.1% | (1/91) |
| Access site-related bleeding requiring ><br>30 minutes to achieve hemostasis 2 | 7.7% | (7/91) |
| Late (following hospital discharge)<br>access site-related bleeding 3 | 2.2% | (2/91) |
| Ipsilateral lower extremity arterial<br>emboli | 0% | (0/91) |
| Transient loss of ipsilateral lower<br>extremity pulse | 0% | (0/91) |
| Ipsilateral deep vein thrombosis 1 | 1.1% | (1/91) |
| Access site-related vessel laceration | 0% | (0/91) |
| Transient access site related nerve<br>injury | 0% | (0/91) |
| Access site wound dehiscence | 0% | (0/91) |
| Localized access site infection treated<br>with intramuscular or oral antibiotics | 0% | (0/91) |
| Total Minor Access Site-Related<br>Complications 4 | 13.2% | (12/91) |
² The complications of AV fistula, hematoma ≥ 6 cm, and ipsilateral DVT occurred in the same patient.
2 In all 7 patients with access site-related bleeding requiring > 30 minutes to achieve hemostasis, activated clotting time (ACT) was not obtained prior to SiteSeal device removal, such that the anticoagulation status of each patient prior to SiteSeal device removal was not known.
- 3 One of the 2 patients with late access site-related bleeding had previously undiagnosed Factor 8 deficiency. The second patient with late-access site bleeding also had bleeding requiring > 30 minutes to achieve hemostasis.
4 The 12 minor complication events occurred in 9 patients.
## Ultrasound Sub-Study Results
The only abnormalities detected in the ultrasound sub-study were 2 hematomas < 6 cm in size in the post-procedure ultrasounds in 2 pivotal patients, which were not detected in the pre-procedure ultrasounds in these patients. One of these hematomas occurred in a patient who had previously undiagnosed Factor 8 deficiency.
## Patient Discomfort Secondary Endpoint
The mean discomfort score, using a scale of 0 - 10, was 0.45 ± 1.63 with a 95% twosided confidence interval of 0.11 – 0.79 at discharge, and was 1.02 ± 2.17 with a 95% two-sided confidence interval of 0.56 - 1.48 after 24 hours.
Eighty-two (82) cases (90.1%, 82/91) experienced no discomfort at discharge and 67
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cases (76.1%, 67/88) experienced no discomfort after 24 hours. Three (3) patients did not have a discomfort score after 24 hours.
At discharge, 2 patients experienced a discomfort score of 6 or higher. After 24 hours, 5 patients experienced a discomfort score of 6 or higher.
## IDE Clinical Study Conclusion
The results of the SiteSeal device pivotal IDE clinical study demonstrate that the SiteSeal device is safe to use as intended as an adjunctive femoral compression device.
### 9.10 Conclusion
EnsiteVascular™ believes that, as a result of the in vitro testing, clinical testing and supporting biocompatibility, SiteSeal™ is as safe and effective for use in the compression of the common femoral artery or vein after vessel cannulation as the predicate device and therefore is substantially equivalent to the predicate device, FemoStop® Femoral Compression System (K080206).
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Browse product codes and regulation numbers, read the identification text and special controls, browse sibling product codes, open device PDFs on the right, and search by product code or regulation number at the top of the tree.
8. Chart view
Click Show Chart and segment by regulation number (or product code) to see which regulations dominate your result set. Clicking a regulation takes you into the regulations tree. Great for spotting that most matches are, say, hardware laparoscopic devices — a cue to go back and filter.
How do you see which regulations dominate a search result set?
Click "Show Chart" and segment by Regulation Number. Clicking a regulation takes you to the regulations tree.
9. The predicate graph
Open the Predicates tab for a family-tree view of predicate relationships. Click a node to trace its parents and children; selections from search carry over pre-selected. Commonly predicated devices are worth reading — a lot of people predicated them for a reason. The visual lineage is also handy on client calls, e.g. to show how a predicate family evolved and justify why your predicate still holds.
In the predicate graph, why are commonly predicated devices worth reading?
A lot of people predicated them for a reason. Clicking a node traces parents and children, and selections from search carry over pre-selected.
10. Embeddings: the galaxy map
The Embeddings tab plots every matching document in a 2-D "galaxy map" where semantically similar devices cluster together. Hover or click clusters to explore, and let AI label the clusters for you. Embeddings beat product codes for grouping: two devices can carry different product codes (LLZ vs. QIH) yet do the same thing — the embedding captures the meaning of the intended use and device story. This is also exactly how retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) works under the hood, and it makes a great visual on client calls.
Try it yourself
Head to the search page and work through a few of these AI/ML fuzzy searches to build intuition: perivascular fat on CT · aortic valve calcification opportunistic screening on noncontrast CT · breast cancer prediction on digital pathology slides · autism detection · gestational age prediction · a hearing aid that can also detect a pulse · foundation model based analysis of ECG · large language models · penetration test. Watch how the relevance scores, intended use, and AI Performance tables tell you when results stop being meaningful.