HYPER Focus can be used to correct respiratory motion in PET images. Relative to non - corrected images, HYPER Focus can reduce respiratory motion effects and thus improve the measurement accuracy of SUV and lesion volume.
Device Story
Software-only device for PET/CT systems (uMI 550, uMI 780); performs respiratory motion correction on PET images. Uses non-rigid image registration technique to process acquired PET data; utilizes 100% of acquired data counts. Operated by clinicians/technicians in clinical settings. Output consists of motion-corrected PET images with reduced respiratory artifacts; enables improved SUV and lesion volume quantification. Benefits patient by increasing diagnostic accuracy of PET scans by mitigating motion-induced blurring.
Clinical Evidence
Bench testing only. Evaluated using raw datasets from uMI 780 and uMI 550 PET/CT systems. Compared image reconstruction with and without HYPER Focus. Results demonstrated reduction in respiratory motion effects and improved accuracy of SUV and sphere volume compared to non-corrected images.
Technological Characteristics
Software-only device; non-rigid image registration algorithm. Operates on PET/CT systems. Conforms to NEMA PS 3.1-3.20 (DICOM), IEC 62304 (software lifecycle), and ISO 14971 (risk management). Cybersecurity controls implemented per FDA guidance.
Indications for Use
Indicated for patients undergoing PET imaging to correct respiratory motion, reduce motion artifacts, and improve measurement accuracy of SUV and lesion volume.
Regulatory Classification
Identification
An emission computed tomography system is a device intended to detect the location and distribution of gamma ray- and positron-emitting radionuclides in the body and produce cross-sectional images through computer reconstruction of the data. This generic type of device may include signal analysis and display equipment, patient and equipment supports, radionuclide anatomical markers, component parts, and accessories.
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Shanghai United Imaging Healthcare Co.,Ltd. % Xin Gao Regulatory Affairs Manager No. 2258 Chengbei Rd., Jiading Industrial District Shanghai, Shanghai 201807 CHINA
Re: K210418
Trade/Device Name: HYPER Focus Regulation Number: 21 CFR 892.1200 Regulation Name: Emission computed tomography system Regulatory Class: Class II Product Code: KPS Dated: February 7, 2021 Received: February 11, 2021
Dear Xin Gao:
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) K210418
Device Name HYPER Focus
Indications for Use (Describe)
HYPER Focus can be used to correct respiratory motion in PET images. Relative to non - corrected images, HYPER Focus can reduce respiratory motion effects and thus improve the measurement accuracy of SUV and lesion volume.
Type of Use (Select one or both, as applicable)
X Prescription Use (Part 21 CFR 801 Subpart D)
Over-The-Counter Use (21 CFR 801 Subpart C)
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## 510 (k) SUMMARY
K210418
#### 1. Date of Preparation
February 7, 2021
#### 2. Sponsor Identification
Shanghai United Imaging Healthcare Co.,Ltd. No.2258 Chengbei Rd. Jiading District, 201807, Shanghai, China
Contact Person: Xin GAO Position: Regulatory Affairs Manager Tel: +86-021-67076888-5386 Fax: +86-021-67076889 Email: xin.gao@united-imaging.com
#### 3. Identification of Proposed Device
Trade Name: HYPER Focus Common Name: Emission Computed Tomography System Model(s): HYPER Focus
Regulatory Information Regulation Number: 21 CFR 892.1200 Regulation Name: Emission Computed Tomography System Regulatory Class: II Product Code: KPS Review Panel: Radiology
#### 4. Identification of Predicate Device(s)
Predicate Device 510(k) Number: K113408 Device Name: Emission Computed Tomography System Model(s): GE Q.Freeze software
Regulatory Information Regulation Number: 21 CFR 892.1200 Regulation Name: Emission Computed Tomography System Regulatory Class: II Product Code: KPS Review Panel: Radiology
#### 5. Device Description:
HYPER Focus is a software-only device. It is intended to be implemented on previously cleared PET/CT devices uMI 550 (K193241) and uMI 780 (K172143). HYPER Focus serves as an additional function for uMI 550 and uMI 780 to carry
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the respiratory correction. It uses the similar respiratory motion correction technique, non-rigid image registration, as the predicate device.
#### Indications for Use 6.
HYPER Focus can be used to correct respiratory motion in PET images. Relative to non-corrected images, HYPER Focus can reduce respiratory motion effects and thus improve the measurement accuracy of SUV and lesion volume.
#### 7. Comparison of Technological Characteristics with the Predicate Devices
A comparison between the technological characteristics of proposed and predicate devices is provided as below.
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| ITEM | Predicate Device | Proposed Device | Comment |
|---------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| | Q.freeze Software (K113408) | HYPER Focus | |
| Product Code | KPS | KPS | same |
| Regulation Number | 21 CFR 892.1200 | 21 CFR 892.1200 | same |
| Regulatory Class | II | II | same |
| Indications for Use | MotionVUE2 (Q.freeze) is a PET/CT, no-invasive<br>image analysis software application designed to<br>support the viewing and manipulation of medical<br>images from PET and CT imaging modalities.<br>MotionVUE2 (Q.freeze) offers processing tools to<br>optimize workflow of respiratory gated exams for<br>PET. CT and fused images of respiratory gated<br>datasets for simultaneous viewing in multi-planar<br>volumes and cine loops.<br>MotionVUE2 (Q.freeze) allows the users to<br>generate from their 4D-PET or 4D-PET/CT series a<br>registered 4D-PET series used for quantification of<br>lesions and analysis of functional activity. With<br>MotionVUE2 (Q.freeze), users will have the<br>possibility to compare static PET/CT, 4D-PET/CT,<br>and registered 4DPET series including visual<br>comparison, quantification of lesions and analysis<br>of functional activity.<br>MotionVUE2 (Q.freeze) provides registration<br>performance of up to 2mm of center of mass motion<br>when motion is no larger than the diameter of the<br>object.<br>MotionVUE2 (Q.freeze) provides<br>comparable/equivalent improvement of<br>quantification results (SUV and size) as 4D PET<br>techniques.<br>MotionVUE2 (Q.freeze) can be used for features<br>with locally concentrated activity within the entire | HYPER Focus can be used to<br>correct respiratory motion in PET<br>images. Relative to non-corrected<br>images, HYPER Focus can reduce<br>respiratory motion effects and<br>thus improve the measurement<br>accuracy of SUV and lesion<br>volume. | HYPER Focus is equivalent<br>to the function of respiratory<br>motion correction of<br>Q.freeze. Both devices<br>improve the SUV and lesion<br>volume. |
| | Thorax area. This area includes the organs where<br>PET/CT imaging has the most challenges due to<br>respiratory motion: Lung, Liver, Pancreas. | | |
| Algorithm | GE Healthcare Q.freeze software is designed to<br>minimize the effect of respiratory motion using a<br>non-rigid optical flow registration technique to<br>create a single static image containing 100% of<br>acquired counts. | HYPER Focus is a respiratory<br>motion correction technique based<br>on the non-rigid image<br>registration, which is capable of<br>correcting motion effects,<br>eliminating the activity-<br>attenuation mismatch artifacts, as<br>well as improving the accuracy of<br>SUV and lesion volume. It also<br>utilizes 100% of the acquired data<br>counts. | HYPER Focus has the<br>equivalent technological<br>characteristic to the function<br>of respiratory motion<br>correction of Q.freeze. Both<br>devices are based on non-<br>rigid image registration<br>technique. |
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HYPER Focus has the equivalent technological characteristic to the function of respiratory motion correction of predicate device and does not introduce any new restrictions on use. HYPER Focus is as safe and effective as the predicate.
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## 8. Performance Data
### Non-Clinical Testing
Image performance tests were conducted for HYPER Focus during the product development.
UNITED IMAGING HEALTHCARE claims conformance to the following standards and guidance:
### Software
- NEMA PS 3.1-3.20(2011): Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine > (DICOM)
- > IEC 62304: Medical Device Software - software life cycle process
- A Guidance for the Content of Premarket Submissions for Software Contained in Medical Devices
- A Content of Premarket Submissions for Management of Cybersecurity in Medical Devices
## Other Standards and Guidance
- ISO 14971: Medical Devices Application of risk management to medical > devices
- A Code of Federal Regulations, Title 21, Part 820 - Quality System Regulation
### Software Verification and Validation
Software documentation for a Moderate Level of Concern software per FDA Guidance Document "Guidance for the Content of Premarket Submissions for Software Contained in Medical Devices" is included as a part of this submission. The risk analysis was completed and risk control was implemented to mitigate identified hazards. The testing results show that all the software specifications have met the acceptance criteria. Verification and validation testing of the proposed device was found acceptable to support the claim of substantial equivalence. UNITED IMAGING HEALTHCARE conforms to the Cybersecurity requirements by implementing a process of preventing unauthorized access, modification, misuse or denial of use, or unauthorized use of information that is stored, accessed, or transferred from a medical device to an external recipient. Cybersecurity information in accordance with guidance document "Content of Premarket Submissions for Management of Cybersecurity in Medical Devices" is included in this submission.
### Performance Verification
Engineering bench testing was performed to support substantial equivalence and product performance claims. The evaluation and analysis used the identical raw datasets obtained from UIH's uMI 780 (K172143) and uMI 550 (K193241), and then respectively performed image reconstruction with/without HYPER Focus.
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Bench test shows that HYPER Focus can reduce respiratory motion effects and improve the accuracy of SUV and sphere volume in comparison with no motion correction.
#### 9. Conclusions
HYPER Focus has the equivalent technological characteristic to the function of respiratory motion correction of predicate device and does not introduce any new restrictions on use. HYPER Focus is substantially equivalent as safe as the legally marketed predicate device.
HYPER Focus is developed under UIH's quality management system. Design verification, along with bench testing demonstrates that HYPER Focus is substantially equivalent as effective as the legally marketed predicate device.
Based on the comparison and analysis above, the proposed device has similar performance, equivalent safety and effectiveness as the predicate device. The differences between the proposed device and predicate devices do not affect the indications for use, safety and effectiveness. And no issues are raised regarding safety and effectiveness. The proposed device is determined to be Substantially Equivalent (SE) to the predicate devices.
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