K193571 · Merit Medical System, Inc. · DQX · Apr 8, 2020 · Cardiovascular
Device Facts
Record ID
K193571
Device Name
Go2Wire Guide Wire
Applicant
Merit Medical System, Inc.
Product Code
DQX · Cardiovascular
Decision Date
Apr 8, 2020
Decision
SESE
Submission Type
Traditional
Regulation
21 CFR 870.1330
Device Class
Class 2
Indications for Use
The Merit GO2WIRE™ is intended to facilitate the placement and exchange of devices during peripheral diagnostic and interventional procedures. Carefully read all instructions prior to use. Observe all warnings and cautions noted throughout these instructions. Failure to do so may result in complications.
Device Story
The Go2Wire Guide Wire is a sterile, single-use device used by clinicians in peripheral diagnostic and interventional procedures. It facilitates the placement and exchange of catheters and other interventional devices within the vascular anatomy. The device consists of a stainless-steel core wire, a PTFE-coated coil, a white PTFE sleeve, a platinum-tungsten marker coil, and an optional extension system connector. The distal tip is shapeable and radiopaque to allow for visualization under fluoroscopy. A torque device is provided to assist the clinician in steering the wire through the vasculature. The device is available in various lengths and tip configurations (floppy, standard, intermediate/modified J). The clinician manually manipulates the wire to navigate the vascular path, providing a track for subsequent device delivery. The extension system allows for length adjustment to accommodate catheter exchanges. The device benefits the patient by enabling precise, minimally invasive access to peripheral vessels.
Clinical Evidence
Bench testing only. No clinical data. Testing included size designation, radiodetectability, surface, tensile strength, torque strength/ability, tip flexibility, fracture/flex testing, lubricity, corrosion resistance, tip shape, catheter/needle compatibility, extension system validation, and particulate testing. Biocompatibility testing included cytotoxicity, sensitization, irritation, acute systemic toxicity, pyrogenicity, genotoxicity, hemolysis, thrombogenicity, and complement activation. All results met predetermined acceptance criteria.
Technological Characteristics
Materials: stainless-steel core, PTFE-coated coil, white PTFE sleeve, platinum-tungsten marker coil. Dimensions: 0.035" diameter; lengths 145-300cm. Tip: shapeable, radiopaque, straight or modified J. Sterilization: Ethylene oxide (ISO 11135:2014). Biocompatibility: ISO 10993-1:2018. Standards: ISO 11070:2014, ASTM F1980-07.
Indications for Use
Indicated for patients undergoing peripheral diagnostic and interventional procedures requiring device placement and exchange.
Regulatory Classification
Identification
A catheter guide wire is a coiled wire that is designed to fit inside a percutaneous catheter for the purpose of directing the catheter through a blood vessel.
Special Controls
*Classification.* Class II (special controls). The device, when it is a torque device that is manually operated, non-patient contacting, and intended to manipulate non-cerebral vascular guide wires, is exempt from the premarket notification procedures in subpart E of part 807 of this chapter subject to the limitations in § 870.9.
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April 8, 2020
Merit Medical System, Inc. Michael O'Sullivan Senior Regulatory Affairs Specialist Parkmore Business Park West Galway, Ireland
# Re: K193571
Trade/Device Name: Go2Wire Guide Wire Regulation Number: 21 CFR 870.1330 Regulation Name: Catheter Guide Wire Regulatory Class: Class II Product Code: DQX Dated: March 5, 2020 Received: March 9, 2020
Dear Michael O'Sullivan:
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/cfpmp/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,
Lydia Glaw Assistant Director DHT2C: Division of Coronary and Peripheral Interventional Devices OHT2: Office of Cardiovascular Devices Office of Product Evaluation and Quality Center for Devices and Radiological Health
Enclosure
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#### DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Food and Drug Administration
## Indications for Use
Form Approved: OMB No. 0910-0120 Expiration Date: 06/30/2020 See PRA Statement below.
510(k) Number (if known)
K193571
Device Name Go2Wire Guide Wire
Indications for Use (Describe)
The Merit GO2WIRE™ is intended to facilitate the placement and exchange of devices during peripheral diagnostic and interventional procedures.
Carefully read all instructions prior to use. Observe all warnings and cautions noted throughout these instructions. Failure to do so may result in complications.
Type of Use (Select one or both, as applicable)
> Prescription Use (Part 21 CFR 801 Subpart D)
Over-The-Counter Use (21 CFR 801 Subpart C)
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K193571
Merit Medical Systems, Inc.
Merit Go2Wire Guide Wire
Traditional Premarket Notification 510(k)
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| | Submitter Name: | Merit Medical Systems, Inc. |
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| | Address: | 1600 West Merit Parkway<br>South Jordan, UT 84095 |
| | Telephone Number: | (+353) 91 703700 (Ext. 3061) |
| | Fax Number: | (+353) 91 680104 |
| | Contact Person: | Mark Mullaney |
| | Registration Number: | 1721504 |
| General<br>Provisions | Correspondent Name: | Merit Medical Ireland Ltd. |
| | Address: | Parkmore Business Park<br>Parkmore, Galway, Ireland |
| | Telephone Number: | (+353) 91 703700 (Ext. 3223) |
| | Fax Number: | (+353) 91 680104 |
| | Contact Person: | Michael O'Sullivan |
| | Date of Preparation: | 20 December 2019 |
| | Registration Number: | 9616662 |
| | Subject<br>Device | Trade Name: |
| | Common/Usual Name: | Guide Wire |
| | Classification Name: | Wire, Guide, Catheter |
| Predicate<br>Device | Trade Name: | Wholey Guide Wire System |
| | Classification Name: | 21 CFR 870.1330 Catheter Guide Wire |
| | Premarket Notification: | K120863 |
| | Manufacturer: | Covidien LLC. |
| Classification | | Class II<br>21 CFR § 870.1330<br>Product code: DQX<br>Division of Cardiovascular Devices |
| Intended Use | | The Merit GO2WIRE™ is intended to facilitate the placement and<br>exchange of devices during peripheral diagnostic and<br>interventional procedures.<br>Carefully read all instructions prior to use. Observe all warnings<br>and cautions noted throughout these instructions. Failure to do so<br>may result in complications. |
| | The Merit Go2Wire guide wire will consist of 0.035" guide wire<br>configurations available in 145, 175, 210, 260, and 300cm. The<br>distal tip flex configurations are Floppy, Standard and Intermediate<br>(Modified J). The distal tip shapes are either straight or modified J. | |
| Device<br>Description | The wire is composed of a stainless-steel core wire, a PTFE coated<br>coil, a white PTFE sleeve, a platinum-tungsten marker coil, and an<br>optional extension system connector. The wire's proximal end is<br>covered by a white PTFE sleeve that terminates at 100cm from the<br>distal tip. The distal 100 cm of the wire is covered with a green PTFE<br>pre-coated coil. The PTFE coated coil and platinum-tungsten coil<br>are welded to the core on the very distal tip. The distal tip is<br>shapeable and radiopaque. A torque device is included to facilitate<br>wire steering within the vascular anatomy. | |
| | An 0.035" extension wire consisting of PTFE coated stainless steel<br>155cm in length to extend the length of the wire to allow initial<br>usage with a short wire and then extendable to allow catheter<br>exchanges when required. | |
| | Comparison<br>to Predicate | The Technological characteristics of the subject Merit Go2Wire<br>Guide Wire are substantially equivalent to those of Predicate Device,<br>the Wholey Guide Wire System[K120863]. The Wholey Guide wire<br>was fully characterized by Merit and an equivalent wire was<br>developed by Merit based upon this characterization. The subject<br>device has the same basic design as the predicate, in that they are<br>composed of a stainless-steel core wire, a PTFE coated coil, a white<br>PTFE sleeve, a platinum-tungsten marker coil, and an optional<br>extension system connector. |
| The fundamental technology and operating principles of the subject<br>and the predicates are the same and while the indications for use<br>wordings are not identical, the intended use is the same, with all<br>wires used for the placement and exchange of devices during<br>peripheral diagnostic and interventional procedures. | | |
| Safety &<br>Performance<br>Tests | No performance standards have been established under section<br>514 of the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act for these devices. A battery<br>of testing was conducted, on the Merit Go2Wire Guide Wire, in<br>accordance with protocols based on requirements outlined in<br>guidance's and industry standards and these were shown to meet<br>the acceptance criteria that were determined to demonstrate<br>substantial equivalence. | |
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Where appropriate, the tests were based on the requirements of the following documents:
- FDA Guidance "Coronary, Peripheral, and Neurovascular ● Guidewires -Performance Tests and Recommended Labelling- Guidance for Industry and Food and Drug Administration Staff" - October 2019
- FDA Guidance "Intravascular Catheters. Wires, and ● Delivery Systems with Lubricious Coatings - Labeling Considerations" - October 2019
- FDA guidance Coronary and Cerebrovascular Guide Wire ● Guidance January 1995.
- ISO 11070:2014, Sterile Single-Use Intravascular Catheter ● Introducers.
- ISO 11135:2014 Sterilization of health care products-● Ethylene oxide-: Requirements for the development, validation and routine control of a sterilization process for medical devices.
- ASTM F1980-07 Standard Guide for Accelerated Aging of . Sterile Barrier Systems for Medical Devices
- ISO 10993-1:2018, Biological Evaluation of Medical Devices ● Part 1: Evaluation and Testing within a risk management process, and the FDA Modified ISO 10993 Test Profile FDA Memo G95-1.
The following is a list of all testing that was successfully completed:
Performance Testing-Bench
- Size Designation ●
- Radiodetectability
- Surface ●
- Tensile Strength ●
- Torque Strength .
- Torqueability .
- Tip Flexibility ●
- Fracture test ●
- Flex test ●
- Torturous Path Lubricity ●
- Corrosion Resistance
- Tip Shape Testing Validation .
- Catheter and Needle Compatibility Validation 0
- Guidewire Clinical Use in Model Validation .
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- Extension System Clinical Use in Model Validation ●
- Particulate .
## Biocompatibility
- Cytotoxicity .
- Sensitization .
- Irritation .
- Acute Systemic Toxicity .
- Pyrogenicity .
- Genotoxicity ●
- Hemolysis .
- Thrombogenicity .
- Complement Activation .
All test results were comparable to the predicate devices and the subject Merit Go2Wire Guide Wire met the predeterminded acceptance criteria. This has demonstrated that the subject device is substantially equivalent to the predicate devices.
Based on the comparisons noted, the subject Merit Go2Wire Guide Summary of Wire meets the requirements that are considered essential for its Substantial intended use and is substantively equivalent to the Predicate Equivalence Device, the Wholey Guide Wire System [K120863] manufactured by Covidien LLC
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