Shockwave Intravascular Lithotripsy (IVL) System with the Shockwave L6 Peripheral IVL Catheter
K240954 · Shockwave Medical, Inc. · PPN · May 7, 2024 · Cardiovascular
Device Facts
Record ID
K240954
Device Name
Shockwave Intravascular Lithotripsy (IVL) System with the Shockwave L6 Peripheral IVL Catheter
Applicant
Shockwave Medical, Inc.
Product Code
PPN · Cardiovascular
Decision Date
May 7, 2024
Decision
SESE
Submission Type
Special
Regulation
21 CFR 870.1250
Device Class
Class 2
Attributes
Therapeutic
Indications for Use
The Shockwave Medical IVL System is intended for lithotripsy-enhanced balloon dilatation of lesions, including calcified lesions, in the peripheral vasculature, including the iliac, femoral, iliofemoral, popliteal, infra-popliteal, and renal arteries. Not for use in the coronary, carotid or cerebral vasculature.
Device Story
System comprises IVL catheter, connector cable, and generator. Catheter delivered through peripheral arterial system to calcified stenosis site. Integrated balloon contains lithotripsy emitters. Generator delivers acoustic pressure pulses via emitters to disrupt calcium; allows subsequent balloon dilation at low pressure. Used in clinical settings by physicians. System components exchange data during treatment. Output is localized mechanical disruption of calcium; enables vessel dilation. Benefits include improved treatment of difficult calcified lesions.
Clinical Evidence
Bench testing only. No clinical data required. Verification and validation testing included guidewire/sheath compatibility, balloon dimensions/inflation/deflation, tensile/torsional strength, emitter/marker integrity, leakage, fatigue, sonic output, pulse rate, temperature rise, particle count, and simulated use.
Technological Characteristics
Percutaneous catheter system with integrated balloon and lithotripsy emitters. Energy source: electrical pulses converted to acoustic pressure. Connectivity: IVL generator, connector cable, and catheter exchange data. Sterilization: standard medical device methods. Pulse rate: 2 Hz. Includes sterile cable sleeve.
Indications for Use
Indicated for patients with calcified lesions in peripheral vasculature (iliac, femoral, iliofemoral, popliteal, infra-popliteal, renal arteries) requiring lithotripsy-enhanced balloon dilatation. Contraindicated for coronary, carotid, or cerebral 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
Shockwave Medical Intravascular Lithotripsy System (K221852)
Reference Devices
Shockwave Medical Intravascular Lithotripsy System (K203365)
Submission Summary (Full Text)
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May 7, 2024
Shockwave Medical, Inc. Anna Bushart Senior Regulatory Affairs Specialist 5403 Betsy Ross Dr Santa Clara, California 95054
# Re: K240954
Trade/Device Name: Shockwave Intravascular Lithotripsy (IVL) System with the Shockwave L6 Peripheral IVL Catheter Regulation Number: 21 CFR 870.1250 Regulation Name: Percutaneous catheter Regulatory Class: Class II Product Code: PPN Dated: April 5, 2024 Received: April 8, 2024
Dear Anna Bushart:
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 (the 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 available at https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrb/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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(https://www.fda.gov/media/99812/download) and "Deciding When to Submit a 510(k) for a Software Change to an Existing Device" (https://www.fda.gov/media/99785/download).
Your device is also subject to, among other requirements, the Quality System (QS) regulation (21 CFR Part 820), which includes, but is not limited to, 21 CFR 820.30, Design controls; 21 CFR 820.90, Nonconforming product; and 21 CFR 820.100, Corrective and preventive action. Please note that regardless of whether a change requires premarket review, the OS regulation requires device manufacturers to review and approve changes to device design and production (21 CFR 820.70) and 21 CFR 820.70) and document changes and approvals in the device master record (21 CFR 820.181).
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Also, please note the regulation entitled, "Misbranding by reference to premarket notification" (21 CFR 807.97). For questions regarding the reporting of adverse events under the MDR regulation (21 CFR Part 803), please go to https://www.fda.gov/medical-device-safety/medical-device-reportingmdr-how-report-medical-device-problems.
For comprehensive regulatory information about mediation-emitting products, including information about labeling regulations, please see Device Advice (https://www.fda.gov/medicaldevices/device-advice-comprehensive-regulatory-assistance) and CDRH Learn (https://www.fda.gov/training-and-continuing-education/cdrh-learn). Additionally, you may contact the Division of Industry and Consumer Education (DICE) to ask a question about a specific regulatory topic. See the DICE website (https://www.fda.gov/medical-device-advice-comprehensive-regulatoryassistance/contact-us-division-industry-and-consumer-education-dice) for more information or contact DICE by email (DICE(@fda.hhs.gov) or phone (1-800-638-2041 or 301-796-7100).
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Gregory O'Connell Assistant Director DHT2C: Division of Coronary and Peripheral Intervention Devices OHT2: Office of Cardiovascular Devices
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Enclosure
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# Indications for Use
510(k) Number (if known) K240954
Device Name
Shockwave Intravascular Lithotripsy (IVL) System with the Shockwave L6 Peripheral IVL Catheter
Indications for Use (Describe)
The Shockwave Medical IVL System is intended for lithotripsy-enhanced balloon dilatation of lesions, including calcified lesions, in the peripheral vasculature, including the iliac, femoral, iliofemoral, popliteal, and renal arteries. Not for use in the coronary, carotid or cerebral vasculature.
| Type of Use (Select one or both, as applicable) | | |
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| <div style="display:flex; align-items:center;"><span style="margin-right: 5px;"> <tr><td>Prescription Use (Part 21 CFR 801 Subpart D)</td><td><div style="display:flex; align-items:center;"><span style="margin-right: 5px;">Over-The-Counter Use (21 CFR 801 Subpart C)</span></div></td></tr> </span></div> | Prescription Use (Part 21 CFR 801 Subpart D) | <div style="display:flex; align-items:center;"><span style="margin-right: 5px;">Over-The-Counter Use (21 CFR 801 Subpart C)</span></div> |
| Prescription Use (Part 21 CFR 801 Subpart D) | <div style="display:flex; align-items:center;"><span style="margin-right: 5px;">Over-The-Counter Use (21 CFR 801 Subpart C)</span></div> | |
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## K240954 510(k) Summary
This 510(k) Summary is submitted in accordance with the requirements of the Safe Medical Devices Act (SMDA) of 1990 and 21 CFR 807.92.
#### Name, Address, and Phone Number of Applicant
Shockwave Medical, Inc. 5403 Betsy Ross Drive Santa Clara, CA 95054 Phone: (510) 279-4262
#### Contact Person
Anna Bushart
#### Date Prepared
April 5, 2024
#### Device Name and Classification
| Trade Name: | Shockwave Intravascular Lithotripsy (IVL) System with the<br>Shockwave L6 Peripheral IVL Catheter |
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| Common Name: | Catheter, lithotripsy, peripheral, transluminal |
| CFR Classification: | 21 CFR 870.1250 |
| Classification Name: | Percutaneous catheter |
| Product Code: | PPN |
#### Predicate Device
The predicate device is the Shockwave Medical Intravascular Lithotripsy System, K221852, cleared by FDA on August 16, 2022.
#### Reference Device
The reference device is the Shockwave Medical Intravascular Lithotripsy System, K203365, cleared by FDA on April 22, 2021.
## Indications for Use / Intended Use
The Shockwave Medical IVL System is intended for lithotripsy-enhanced balloon dilatation of lesions, including calcified lesions, in the peripheral vasculature, including the iliac, femoral, iliofemoral, popliteal, infra-popliteal, and renal arteries. Not for use in the coronary, carotid or cerebral vasculature.
#### Device Description
The IVL Catheter is a proprietary lithotripsy device delivered through the peripheral arterial system of the lower extremities to the site of an otherwise difficult to treat calcified stenosis. Energizing the lithotripsy device will generate acoustic pressure pulses within the target treatment site, disrupting calcium within the lesion and allowing subsequent dilation of a peripheral artery
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stenosis using low balloon pressure. The IVL Catheter is comprised of an integrated balloon with an array of integrated lithotripsy emitters for the localized delivery of acoustic pressure pulses. The system consists of an IVL Catheter, an IVL Connector Cable and an IVL Generator.
The Shockwave L Peripheral IVL Catheter shaft contains an inflation lumen, a guidewire lumen, and the lithotripsy emitters are positioned along the length of the balloon working length for delivery of acoustic pressure pulses. The balloon is located near the distal tip of the catheter. Two radiopaque marker bands within the balloon denote the balloon to aid in positioning of the balloon during treatment. The balloon is designed to provide an expandable segment of known length and diameter at a specific pressure.
The IVL Generator and Connector Cable are used with a Shockwave Medical IVL Catheter to deliver localized, lithotripsy-enhanced, balloon dilatation of calcified, stenotic arteries. The IVL Generator, IVL Connector Cable and IVL Catheters are designed to exchange data during patient treatment.
# Technological Comparison
This Special 510(k) Premarket Notification describes pulse width modifications to the predicate Shockwave Lo Peripheral IVL Catheter to increase the pulse rate from 1 Hz to 2 Hz, similar to the reference Shockwave MS+ Peripheral IVL Catheter.
The catheter labeling was updated to reference the new finished good device number and 2 Hz parameter modifications. Additionally, the Shockwave L6 labeling includes a sterile cable sleeve in the packaging to form a convenience kit.
The IVL System has the same intended use, similar principles of operation and has substantially equivalent technological characteristics including same fundamental scientific technology, design, energy source, shelf life, and sterilization as the 510(k) cleared IVL System.
## Summary of Performance Data
Objective evidence demonstrating that the IVL System design output meets the product design input requirements as well as that device performance characteristics conform to user needs and intended uses as defined in the product specification was provided. Testing was conducted in accordance with Shockwave Medical's Risk Analysis procedures, applicable FDA guidance documents and relevant international standards. Testing included:
- IVL Catheter design verification and validation testing: o
- Guidewire compatibility o
- Introducer sheath compatibility o
- o Nominal balloon diameter
- Balloon diameter at Rated Burst Pressure (RBP) о
- Balloon length o
- Balloon inflation time O
- Balloon deflation time о
- o Useable catheter length
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Shockwave Medical, Inc. Shockwave Medical Peripheral IVL System 510(k) Summary Special 510(k)
- Balloon crossing profile O
- Catheter distal tip O
- Distal tip durability o
- Catheter bonds tensile strength O
- Catheter torsional strength о
- Emitter and marker band integrity O
- System leakage O
- Minimum balloon RBP o
- Balloon fatigue (multiple inflations) O
- Sonic output о
- O Catheter pulse count and pulse rate
- Temperature rise O
- Catheter particle count o
- Catheter connector length O
- Catheter connection O
- Catheter identification O
- O Catheter sterility (visual inspection)
- Cable sleeve packaging о
- Catheter compatibility with materials and accessories commonly used in Over-the- O Wire (OTW) peripheral balloon angioplasty procedures
- Simulated use testing o
Results demonstrated that the performance of the IVL System meets its design specifications and demonstrates substantial equivalence for its intended use; therefore, additional clinical data were not required.
#### Basis for Substantial Equivalence
The IVL Catheter with pulse rate modifications shares the same intended use, similar principles of operation, overall technical and functional capabilities, design and materials as the identified predicate device. Any differences between the IVL Systems were evaluated through design verification and validation testing which demonstrated device performance and confirmed that there are no new questions of safety or effectiveness. The modified IVL Catheter is therefore substantially equivalent to the predicate device.
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