The 3M™ Veraflo™ Cleanse Choice Complete™ Dressing Kit is used as part of an integrated wound management system that provides 3M™ Veraflo™ Therapy, which consists of negative pressure wound therapy (3M™ V.A.C.® Therapy) with an instillation option. - 3M™ V.A.C.® Therapy in the absence of instillation is intended to create an environment that promotes wound healing by secondary or tertiary (delayed primary) intention by preparing the wound bed for closure, reducing edema, promoting granulation tissue formation and perfusion. and by removing exudate and infectious material. - The instillation option is indicated for patients who would benefit from vacuum assisted drainage and controlled delivery of topical wound treatment solutions and suspensions over the wound bed. The 3M™ Veraflo™ Cleanse Choice Complete™ Dressing Kit with and without is indicated for patients with chronic, acute, traumatic, sub-acute and dehisced wounds, partial-thickness burns, ulcers (such as diabetic, pressure and venous insufficiency), flaps and grafts.
Device Story
Dressing kit for integrated wound management system; used with V.A.C.® Ulta Therapy Unit. Kit components: wound dressing (single blue foam piece), V.A.C. Dermatac™ Drape, tubing set (VeraT.R.A.C.™ Pad or Duo™ Tube Set), and measuring ruler. System provides negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) and controlled instillation of topical wound treatment solutions. Used in clinical settings; operated by healthcare professionals. Device maintains negative pressure and removes exudate/infectious material from wound bed; promotes granulation and perfusion. Simplifies application by reducing multiple foam pieces to one. Sterile, single-use components.
Clinical Evidence
No clinical data. Substantial equivalence supported by bench testing, including biological safety evaluation per ISO 10993-1 and system performance testing verifying negative pressure maintenance and fluid removal under simulated use conditions.
Technological Characteristics
Sterile, single-use kit components. Materials: foam dressing, drape, tubing. Energy source: external powered suction pump (V.A.C.® Ulta). Sterilization: ethylene oxide (ETO). Connectivity: physical connection to therapy unit. No software/algorithm.
Indications for Use
Indicated for patients with chronic, acute, traumatic, sub-acute, and dehisced wounds, partial-thickness burns, ulcers (diabetic, pressure, venous insufficiency), flaps, and grafts requiring negative pressure wound therapy with or without instillation of topical solutions.
Regulatory Classification
Identification
A powered suction pump is a portable, AC-powered or compressed air-powered device intended to be used to remove infectious materials from wounds or fluids from a patient's airway or respiratory support system. The device may be used during surgery in the operating room or at the patient's bedside. The device may include a microbial filter.
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December 20, 2021
3M Health Care Business Group Margaret Marsh Regulatory Affairs Advanced Specialist 6203 Farinon Dr San Antonio, Texas 78249
Re: K211521
Trade/Device Name: 3M Veraflo Cleanse Choice Complete Dressing Kit (Medium Dressing Kit: VFCCC05MD, Large Dressing Kit: VFCCC05LG) Regulation Number: 21 CFR 878.4780 Regulation Name: Powered suction pump Regulatory Class: Class II Product Code: OMP Dated: October 28, 2021 Received: October 29, 2021
Dear Margaret Marsh:
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.
Julie Morabito, Ph.D., RAC Assistant Director DHT4B: Division of Infection Control and Plastic Surgery Devices OHT4: Office of Surgical and Infection Control Devices Office of Product Evaluation and Quality Center for Devices and Radiological Health
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### Indications for Use
510(k) Number (if known) K211521
#### Device Name
3M™ Veraflo™ Cleanse Choice Complete™ Dressing Kit (Medium Dressing Kit VFCCC05MD, Large Dressing Kit: VFCCC05LG)
#### Indications for Use (Describe)
The 3M™ Veraflo™ Cleanse Choice Complete™ Dressing Kit is used as part of an integrated wound management system that provides 3M™ Veraflo™ Therapy, which consists of negative pressure wound therapy (3M™ V.A.C.® Therapy) with an instillation option.
- 3M™ V.A.C.® Therapy in the absence of instillation is intended to create an environment that promotes wound healing by secondary or tertiary (delayed primary) intention by preparing the wound bed for closure, reducing edema, promoting granulation tissue formation and perfusion. and by removing exudate and infectious material.
- The instillation option is indicated for patients who would benefit from vacuum assisted drainage and controlled delivery of topical wound treatment solutions and suspensions over the wound bed.
The 3M™ Veraflo™ Cleanse Choice Complete™ Dressing Kit with and without is indicated for patients with chronic, acute, traumatic, sub-acute and dehisced wounds, partial-thickness burns, ulcers (such as diabetic, pressure and venous insufficiency), flaps and grafts.
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
## K211521
| Date prepared | December 6, 2021 |
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| | Submitter information [21 CFR 807.929(a)(1)] |
| Applicant Name | 3M Health Care Business Group |
| Applicant Address | 6203 Farinon Dr San Antonio TX 78249 United States of America |
| Applicant Contact<br>Telephone | 210 255 6481 |
| Applicant Contact | Margaret Marsh, Regulatory Affairs Advanced Specialist |
| Applicant Contact<br>Email | mlmarsh@mmm.com |
| | Name of the device [21 CFR 807.92(a)(2)] |
| Trade or<br>proprietary name | 3M™ Veraflo™ Cleanse Choice Complete™ Dressing Kit : |
| | Medium Dressing Kit: VFCCC05MD |
| | Large Dressing Kit: VFCCC05LG) |
| Common or usual<br>name | Component of a powered suction pump |
| Classification name | Negative Pressure Wound Therapy Powered Suction Pump |
| Regulation Number | 878.4780 |
| Product Code | OMP |
| | Legally marketed device(s) to which equivalence is claimed<br>[21 CFR 807.92(a)(3)] |
| | Predicate: 3M™ V.A.C. Veraflo Cleanse Choice™ Dressing Kit, cleared under 510(k) K160451 |
| | Reference: 3M™ V.A.C. Dermatac™ Drape, cleared for use with 3M™ V.A.C. Veraflo™ |
| | Therapy under 510(k) K200390. |
| | Device description summary<br>[21 CFR 807.92(a)(4)] |
| The Veraflo™ Cleanse Choice Complete Dressing Kit is intended to be used with the separately<br>provided V.A.C.® Ulta Therapy Unit and its associated canisters and cassette for the delivery of<br>Veraflo Therapy that provides V.A.C.® Therapy Negative Pressure Wound Therapy with an<br>instillation option. The system kit provides sterile disposable components needed for delivery of<br>Veraflo Therapy. The kit contains the wound dressing (Veraflo Cleanse Choice Complete<br>Dressing), drape (V.A.C. Dermatac Drape), tubing set (3M™ V.A.C. VeraT.R.A.C.™ Pad or<br>3M™ V.A.C. VeraT.R.A.C. Duo™ Tube Set) and a wound measuring ruler.<br>The kit components are intended to simplify wound dressing applications by replacing the | |
multiple grey foam dressing pieces in the predicate kit with a single blue foam piece and to provide the V.A.C. Dermatac Drape in the same package with the dressing. Because V.A.C. Dermatac Drape can only be sterilized by ethylene oxide, the kit must also be sterilized by this method.
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# 510(k) Summarv K211521
## Indications for Use 21 CFR 807.92(a)(5)
Both the subject and predicate device kit have same intended use and indications for use. The 3M™ V.A.C. Veraflo™ Cleanse Choice Complete™ Dressing Kit is used as part of an integrated wound management system that provides 3M™ Veraflo™ Therapy, which consists of negative pressure wound therapy (3M™ V.A.C.® Therapy) with an instillation option.
- . 3M™ V.A.C.® Therapy in the absence of instillation is intended to create an environment that promotes wound healing by secondary or tertiary (delaved primary) intention by preparing the wound bed for closure, reducing edema, promoting granulation tissue formation and perfusion, and by removing exudate and infectious material.
- . The instillation option is indicated for patients who would benefit from vacuum assisted drainage and controlled delivery of topical wound treatment solutions and suspensions over the wound bed.
The 3M™ Veraflo™ Cleanse Choice Complete™ Dressing Kit with and without instillation is indicated for patients with chronic, acute, traumatic, sub-acute and dehisced wounds, partialthickness burns, ulcers (such as diabetic, pressure and venous insufficiency), flaps and grafts.
### Comparison of the technological characteristics with the predicate device [21 CFR 807.92(a)(6)]
The subject and predicate device kits both have the same technology in that they are sterile, single use, components that are required for use with the V.A.C.® Ulta Therapy Unit for delivery of Veraflo Therapy. They both contain a wound dressing, drape and tubing set; the mechanism of action of each kit component is unchanged.
The changes in the subject kit components relate to the color of the dressing, reduction of the required pieces of dressing to only one, incorporation of a separately cleared drape for use with Veraflo Therapy and ETO sterilization. These changes have been verified to have no impact on the predicate requirements for biocompatibility, system performance in delivering negative pressure and removing fluid from the wound bed into the canister or usability.
## Performance data [21 CFR 807.92(b)]
## Summary of non-clinical tests conducted for determination of substantial equivalence [21 CFR 807.92(b)(1)]
The following tests were performed to verify compliance with the predicate design requirements:
- . A biological safety evaluation was performed on Veraflo Cleanse Choice Complete Dressing Kit as an externally communicating device with tissue/bone/dentin contact for a prolonged duration (>24 hours to <30 days). The biological safety evaluation was conducted in accordance with FDA Guidance: Use of International Standard ISO 10993-1, Biological evaluation of medical devices - Part 1: Evaluation and testing within a risk management process - Guidance for Industry and Food and Drug Administration Staff.
- A system performance test was performed to verify that the Veraflo Cleanse Choice Complete Dressing Kit when used with the V.A.C.® Ulta Therapy Unit was able to maintain negative pressure and remove fluid from the wound site over the three-day use life of the dressing and under worst case and/or clinically relevant simulated use conditions of testing.
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# 510(k) Summary K211521
- A usability assessment was conducted to determine if the design changes had an impact of the . predicate usability profile. As there are no changes to the intended use environment or the context of use, and no new application tasks compared to the predicate, the assessment concluded that no supplemental usability validation is required and that its market introduction does not negatively impact use-safety.
### Summary of clinical tests conducted for determination of substantial equivalence [21 CFR 807.92(b)(2)]
No clinical tests were necessary for a determination of substantial equivalence.
#### Conclusions drawn [21 CFR 807.92(b)(3)]
Although minor changes were made to the predicate design, these changes have been verified to have no impact on the predicate design requirements for biocompatibility, system performance or usability. Thus, there are no new questions of safety and effectiveness. The subject device kit is substantially equivalent to the predicate device kit.
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