The SABER™ .035 Percutaneous Transluminal Angioplasty (PTA) Dilatation Catheter is intended to dilate stenoses in iliac, femoral, ilio-femoral, popliteal and renal arteries and for the treatment of obstructive lesions of native or synthetic arteriovenous dialysis fistulae.
Device Story
SABER™ .035 PTA Dilatation Catheter is a single-use, sterile, balloon-tipped catheter designed for peripheral vascular interventions. It is used with a 0.035" guidewire and catheter sheath introducer (5Fr, 6Fr, 7Fr). The device features a tapered tip for crossing tight stenoses and radiopaque marker bands for fluoroscopic visualization. Operation involves inserting the catheter into the target artery, positioning the balloon across the stenosis, and inflating it via a proximal luer-locking hub using diluted contrast medium. The device dilates stenoses in iliac, femoral, ilio-femoral, popliteal, and renal arteries, and treats obstructive lesions in arteriovenous dialysis fistulae. It also facilitates post-dilatation of peripheral stents. Physicians operate the device in a clinical setting under fluoroscopic guidance. The output is the mechanical dilation of the vessel or stent, which restores blood flow and improves patient outcomes by resolving obstructive lesions.
Clinical Evidence
No clinical data provided. Substantial equivalence is supported by bench testing, including biocompatibility (ISO 10993-1), design verification (CSI withdrawal, guide wire compatibility, kink diameter, coating integrity, particulate count, lubricity, inflation/deflation, leakage, tensile testing, torque-ability, balloon compliance/burst, system fatigue), and sterilization/packaging validation.
Technological Characteristics
Catheter with distal inflatable balloon; compatible with 0.035" guidewires and 5Fr-7Fr sheaths. Materials are biocompatible per ISO 10993-1. Features proximal hub with luer-locking inflation/guidewire ports and radiopaque marker bands. Sterilized via ethylene oxide (EO). No software or electronic components.
Indications for Use
Indicated for patients requiring dilation of stenoses in iliac, femoral, ilio-femoral, popliteal, and renal arteries, and for treatment of obstructive lesions in native or synthetic arteriovenous dialysis fistulae. Also indicated for post-dilatation of balloon-expandable and self-expanding stents in peripheral 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
Powerflex™ Pro Percutaneous Transluminal Angioplasty Catheter (K121442)
Submission Summary (Full Text)
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September 11, 2020
Cordis Corporation Kyungyoon Kang Regulatory Affairs Manager 14201 N.W. 60th Ave. Miami Lakes, Florida 33014
## Re: K201333
Trade/Device Name: SABER™ .035 Percutaneous Transluminal Angioplasty (PTA) Dilatation Catheter Regulation Number: 21 CFR 870.1250 Regulation Name: Percutaneous Catheter Regulatory Class: Class II Product Code: LIT Dated: July 28, 2020 Received: July 31, 2020
Dear Kyungyoon Kang:
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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Gregory O'Connell Assistant Director DHT2C: Division of Coronary and Peripheral Intervention Devices OHT2: Office of Cardiovascular Devices Office of Product Evaluation and Quality Center for Devices and Radiological Health
Enclosure
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# Indications for Use
510(k) Number (if known) K201333
Device Name
SABERTM .035 Percutaneous Transluminal Angioplasty (PTA) Dilatation Catheter
Indications for Use (Describe)
The SABER™ .035 Percutaneous Transluminal Angioplasty (PTA) Dilatation Catheter is intended to dilate stenoses in iliac, femoral, ilio-femoral, popliteal and renal arteries and for the treatment of obstructive lesions of native or synthetic arteriovenous dialysis fistulae.
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# 510(k) Summarv: SABER™.035 Percutaneous Transluminal Angioplastv (PTA) Dilatation Catheter
# l. Applicant/Manufacturer Information
Company: Cordis Corporation Type of 510(k) Submission: Traditional 510(k) Premarket Notification 510(k) Correspondent: Mr. Kyungyoon Kang (Kyungyoon.kang@cardinalhealth.com) Submission date: May 8th, 2020
# II. Requlatory Information-Assigned 510(k) Number: K201333
# Proposed Device:
- Trade/Proprietary Name: SABER™ .035 Percutaneous Transluminal ● Angioplasty (PTA) Dilatation Catheter
- Regulation Name: Percutaneous Catheter ●
- Classification Panel: Cardiovascular ●
- . Device Class: II
- Regulation Number: 21 CFR 870.1250 ●
- . Product Code: LIT
- 510k Submitter: Cordis Corporation, (a Cardinal Health Company) 14201 N.W. 60th AVE. Miami Lakes, FL33014 Tel: 408-273-3121 Fax: 408-955-0704 Establishment registration number: 1016427
- Indications for Use: The SABER™.035 Percutaneous Transluminal . Angioplasty (PTA) Dilatation Catheter is intended to dilate stenoses in iliac, femoral, ilio-femoral, popliteal, infra popliteal and renal arteries and for the treatment of obstructive lesions of native or synthetic arteriovenous dialysis fistulae.
# Predicate Device:
- Trade/Proprietary Name: Powerflex™ Pro Percutaneous Transluminal . Angioplasty Catheter
- Regulation Name: Percutaneous Catheter ●
- . Product Code: LIT
- 510k number: K121442 ●
- 510k Submitter: Cordis Corporation, (a Johnson & Johnson Company) . 430 Route 22 East, Bridgewater, NJ 08807
- Indications for Use: The Powerflex™ Pro Percutaneous Transluminal . Angioplasty Catheter is intended to dilate stenoses in iliac, femoral, illiofemoral, popliteal, infra popliteal and renal arteries and for the treatment of obstructive lesions of native or synthetic arteriovenous dialysis fistulae.
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The device is also indicated for post-dilatation of balloon-expandable and self-expanding stents in the peripheral vasculature.
## III. Device Descriptions of the SABER™ .035 Percutaneous Transluminal Anqioplasty (PTA) Dilatation Catheter:
The SABER™ .035 Percutaneous Transluminal Angioplasty (PTA) Dilatation Catheter is a catheter with a distal inflatable balloon, which shares the similar technological characteristics as the predicate, Powerflex Pro PTA Catheter. The SABER™ .035 Percutaneous Transluminal Angioplasty (PTA) Dilatation Catheter is designed for use with a 0.035" guide wire and a catheter sheath introducer and is available in a variety of diameters and lengths. The radiopaque marker bands indicate the dilating section of the balloon and aid in balloon placement. The catheter tip is tapered to ease entry into peripheral arteries and to facilitate crossing of tight stenoses. The SABER™ .035 Percutaneous Transluminal Angioplasty (PTA) Dilatation Catheter is compatible with standard .035" guide wires and 5Fr, 6Fr and 7Fr catheter sheath introducers (CSI).
The SABER™ .035" Percutaneous Transluminal Angioplasty (PTA) Dilatation Catheter has similar device/component constructions as the predicate. Powerflex Pro PTA Catheter. Same as the predicate, the balloon of the SABER™ .035 Percutaneous Transluminal Angioplasty (PTA) Dilatation Catheter has radiopaque markers at the distal and proximal ends of the balloon working length to aid in balloon placement, when under fluoroscopy. The SABER™ .035 Percutaneous Transluminal Angioplasty (PTA) Dilatation Catheter has a proximal hub assembly that contains a luer locking connector with a balloon inflation port and a guide wire port. The balloon is inflated by injecting diluted contrast medium through the inflation port of the hub and the inflation lumen connected to the balloon.
The SABER™ .035 Percutaneous Transluminal Angioplasty (PTA) Dilatation Catheter is intended for single use only and is provided sterile.
## IV. Substantial Equivalence Assessments of Technological Characteristics:
Fundamental technological characteristics of the SABER™ .035 Percutaneous Transluminal Angioplasty (PTA) Dilatation Catheter are similar to the predicate device, Powerflex™ Pro Percutaneous Transluminal Angioplasty Catheter. The overall raw material construction of the SABER™ .035 Percutaneous Transluminal Angioplasty (PTA) Dilatation Catheter is similar to the predicate device. The operation principle, clinical applications, and instructions for use of the SABER™ .035 Percutaneous Transluminal Angioplasty (PTA) Dilatation Catheter are similar to the predicate device, as both devices are used to dilate stenoses in iliac, femoral, ilio-femoral, popliteal, infra popliteal and renal arteries and for the treatment of obstructive lesions of native or synthetic arteriovenous dialysis fistulae. Both the proposed and predicate devices are provided sterile with ethylene oxide sterilization and intended for single use only.
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The proposed and predicate devices share the similar patient contacting materials, and the biocompatibility testing of the SABER™ .035 Percutaneous Transluminal Angioplasty (PTA) Dilatation Catheter was performed to verify conformance to the same requirements of the ISO 10993-1 (2018) standard for biocompatibility evaluation. Given all the critical technological characteristics as well as indications for use/intended use are similar, the proposed SABER™ .035 Percutaneous Transluminal Angioplasty (PTA) Dilatation Catheter is assessed as substantially equivalent to the predicate device, Powerflex Pro PTA Catheter.
# V. Biocompatibility Assessment
In accordance with ISO 10993-1: 2018. Biological evaluation of medical devices-Part 1: Evaluation and testing within a risk management process, the SABER™ ,035 Percutaneous Transluminal Angioplasty (PTA) Dilatation Catheter is classified as "Externally Communicating Devices, Circulating blood, Limited Contact (<24 hrs). This is the same classification of the biocompatibility evaluation as the predicate, Powerflex Pro PTA Catheter (K152740).
The biocompatibility testing of the SABER™ .035 Percutaneous Transluminal Angioplasty (PTA) Dilatation Catheter listed below has been conducted at a US testing laboratory, in order to ensure that FDA's latest consensus standards with respect to biocompatibility evaluations are met for the proposed device. The favorable biocompatibility test results provide assurance of the biologically safe profile of the SABER™ .035 Percutaneous Transluminal Angioplasty (PTA) Dilatation Catheter.
# GLP Biocompatibility Testing Performed:
- Extractables of SABER™ .035 PTA Dilatation Catheter .
- Cytotoxicity-ISO MEM Elution Using L-929 Mouse Fibroblast Cell .
- ISO Guinea Pig Maximization Sensitization ●
- ISO Intracutaneous Irritation .
- ISO Acute Systemic Toxicity
- ISO Materials Mediated Rabbit Pyrogen .
- Hemocompatibilitv-ASTM Hemolysis ●
- Hemocompatibility-Complement Activation
- Hemocompatibility Thromboresistance Evaluation ●
- Chemical Characterization .
- Toxicology Risk Assessment Report .
# VI. Design Verification and Validation Testing
Design Verification and Validation (DV&V) testing were performed to verify that the proposed SABER™ .035 Percutaneous Transluminal Angioplasty (PTA) Dilatation Catheter meets the pre-determined design verification and validation requirements. Testing was also conducted to verify the effectiveness of the implemented risk control measures to mitigate the risks identified within the risk management process per ISO
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14971: Medical Devices-Application of Risk Management to Medical Devices. The following design verification or performance testing of SABER™ .035 Percutaneous Transluminal Angioplasty (PTA) Dilatation Catheter have been completed with favorable test results, meeting the applicable ISO standards and FDA's recognized consensus standards pertaining to evaluations of PTA Catheters.
## Design Verification Performance Testing:
T=0 Baseline Sample Testing and T=3 Years Accelerated Aging Testing of Finished Devices of SABER™ .035 Percutaneous Transluminal Angioplasty (PTA) Dilatation Catheter:
- CSI Withdrawal
- Guide Wire Compatibility ●
- Usable catheter length
- Kink diameter
- Visual coating integrity
- Particulate Count Testing
- Outer surface lubricity
- Marker Band Locations ●
- Inflation / Deflation
- No Leakage
- Connector compatibility
- Hub-Catheter tensile test
- Balloon proximal tensile test
- . Balloon Distal Tip tensile test
- Catheter Body Burst (Inflation Lumen) ●
- Catheter Body Burst (Guide Wire Lumen)
- Torque-abilitv ●
- Balloon Working Length ●
- . Balloon Diameter
- . Balloon compliance
- Balloon Burst
- . System Fatique
# VII. Sterilization, Microbiology and Packaging Validation and Verification
The EO sterilization process for the SABER™ .035 Percutaneous Transluminal Angioplasty (PTA) Dilatation Catheter and the predicate, Powerflex Pro PTA Catheter (K121442) fall under the same sterilization product family category set up by Confluent Medical Technologies, which is the physical manufacturer of both the SABER™ .035 Percutaneous Transluminal Angioplasty (PTA) Dilatation Catheter and the predicate, Powerflex Pro PTA Catheter.
The product family under which both the SABER™ .035 Percutaneous Transluminal Angioplasty (PTA) Dilatation Catheter and the predicate, Powerflex Pro PTA Catheter
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(K121442) fall, has been previously validated using the overkill approach for EO sterilization. The predicate, Powerflex Pro PTA Catheter and the SABER™ .035 Percutaneous Transluminal Angioplasty (PTA) Dilatation Catheter share highly similar technological characteristics, which have been considered in reaching the decision to have the SABER™ .035 Percutaneous Transluminal Angioplasty (PTA) Dilatation Catheter be included into the validated sterilization process used at the Confluent Medical Technologies facility.
The favorable results of the sterilization adoption assessments demonstrate it is appropriate to include and adopt the SABER™ .035 Percutaneous Transluminal Angioplasty (PTA) Dilatation Catheter into the EO processing product family using the validated sterilization cycle.
- Sterilization Adoption Validation of the SABER™ .035 Percutaneous . Transluminal Angioplasty (PTA) Dilatation Catheter
- Sterilization Validation Report .
The microbiology validation and verification evaluations were completed for the SABER™ .035 Percutaneous Transluminal Angioplasty (PTA) Dilatation Catheter with the bioburden and bacterial endotoxin test (BET) results:
- Microbiology Validation Report .
- . Bioburden Test Method Validation
- . Endotoxin LAL Test Before Sterilization
- . Endotoxin LAL Test After Sterilization
- . Bioburden Test During PQ
The packaging design validation and verification testing of the SABER™ .035 Percutaneous Transluminal Angioplasty (PTA) Dilatation Catheter have been completed with both t=0 baseline samples and t=3 Year, accelerated aging samples of the SABER™ .035 Percutaneous Transluminal Angioplasty (PTA) Dilatation Catheter:
- . T0 Sample: Packaging Validation and Verification
- T3 Year Sample: Packaging Validation and Verification ●
# VIII. Substantial Equivalence Assessment
The proposed SABER™ .035 Percutaneous Transluminal Angioplasty (PTA) Dilatation Catheter is assessed substantially equivalent to the predicate device, given the fact that its indications for use/intended use are identical, and its fundamental technological characteristics are similar to the predicate device, Powerflex Pro PTA Catheter.
The proposed SABER™ .035 Percutaneous Transluminal Angioplasty (PTA) Dilatation Catheter demonstrate conformance to the FDA's recognized standards. The favorable test results of the proposed device have further demonstrated to fulfill the design
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verification requirements and support the substantially equivalent profile of the SABER™ .035 Percutaneous Transluminal Angioplsty (PTA) Dilatation Catheter to the predicate device, Powerflex Pro PTA Catheter. The favorable results of the design verification and validation testing show that no new questions of safety or effectiveness are raised compared to the predicate device.
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