Boston® Enhanced Original Formula Conditioning Solution is indicated for use in wetting, disinfecting and soaking after cleaning and rinsing of fluoro silicone acrylate and silicone acrylate rigid gas permeable contact lenses.
Device Story
Boston Enhanced Original Formula Conditioning Solution is a sterile, buffered, chemical solution preserved with chlorhexidine gluconate and edetate disodium. Used by patients for the care of rigid gas permeable (RGP) contact lenses; specifically for wetting, disinfecting, and soaking lenses after cleaning and rinsing. The solution maintains lens surface wettability, as demonstrated by dynamic contact angle analysis, and ensures lens compatibility with silicone acrylate and fluoro silicone acrylate materials. It functions as a chemical maintenance agent to support lens hygiene and comfort during wear.
Clinical Evidence
Controlled clinical study involving 212 eyes (106 patients) across 7 investigators. Study compared the modified solution to the predicate Boston Conditioning Solution. Analysis of data using descriptive statistics, tests for normality, and ANOVA/t-tests showed no clinically significant differences in safety or efficacy between test and control groups.
Technological Characteristics
Sterile, buffered aqueous solution. Preservatives: chlorhexidine gluconate and edetate disodium. Formulated for compatibility with fluoro silicone acrylate and silicone acrylate RGP lenses. Evaluated for wettability via dynamic contact angle (DCA) analysis. Meets ISO and FDA performance criteria for contact lens care products.
Indications for Use
Indicated for wetting, disinfecting, and soaking of fluoro silicone acrylate and silicone acrylate rigid gas permeable contact lenses.
Regulatory Classification
Identification
A rigid gas permeable contact lens care product is a device intended for use in the cleaning, conditioning, rinsing, lubricating/rewetting, or storing of a rigid gas permeable contact lens. This includes all solutions and tablets used together with rigid gas permeable contact lenses.
Special Controls
*Classification.* Class II (Special Controls) Guidance Document: “Guidance for Industry Premarket Notification (510(k)) Guidance Document for Contact Lens Care Products.”
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510(k) Premarket Notification Boston Conditioning Solution
### 510(K) SUMMARY OF SAFETY AND EFFECTIVENESS
### FOR
### BOSTON® ENHANCED ORIGINAL FORMULA CONDITIONING SOLUTION
#### 1. SUBMITTER INFORMATION:
Polymer Technology, a division of Wilmington Partners, L.P. 1400 N. Goodman Street Rochester, New York 14692-0450
#### 2. CONTACT PERSON:
Manager, Regulatory Affairs Address: 1400 North Goodman Street Rochester, New York 14692 Telephone No .: (716) 338-8638 Fax No.: (716) 338-0702
Debra Ketchum
#### 3. Device Identification:
| Classification Name: | Rigid Gas Permeable Contact Lens Solution |
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| Proprietary Name: | Boston® Enhanced Original Formula Conditioning Solution |
| Common Name: | Contact Lens Conditioning Solution |
#### 4. PREDICATE DEVICE:
The currently marketed Boston® Conditioning Solution, approved under PMA P820070 on November 17, 1983, has been selected as the predicate device for the modified Boston® Enhanced Original Formula Conditioning Solution.
#### 5. DESCRIPTION OF THE DEVICE:
The modified Boston® Enhanced Original Formula Conditioning Solution is a sterile conditioning solution used in the care of rigid gas permeable contact lenses and is indicated for the wetting, disinfecting and soaking after cleaning and rinsing of fluoro silicone acrylate and silicone acrylate contact lenses. This product is a sterile, buffered solution, preserved with chlorhexidine gluconate and edetate disodium.
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#### 6. INDICATIONS FOR USE:
The modified Boston® Enhanced Original Formula Conditioning Solution is indicated for use in the wetting, disinfecting and soaking after cleaning and rinsing of fluoro silicone acrylate and silicone acrylate rigid gas permeable contact lenses.
#### 7. DESCRIPTION OF SAFETY AND SUBSTANTIAL EQUIVALENCE:
A series of preclinical testing was performed to demonstrate the safety and effectiveness of the modified Boston® Enhanced Original Formula Conditioning Solution. A summary of the results from the preclinical tests is presented below.
### Toxicology:
### In-Vitro Cytotoxicity:
USP Agar Diffusion Cytotoxicity was completed in accordance with USP XXII. The test article meets the requirements of the Agar Diffusion Test.
### Acute Ocular Irritation:
Acute Ocular Irritation test was performed and produced no ocular irritation. The solution did not cause any significant irritation to the ocular tissues of the laboratory animals.
### Microbiology:
### Preservative Effectiveness:
Studies were performed to evaluate the preservative efficacy of the modified Boston® Enhanced Original Formula Conditioning Solution in 1 oz. round containers and in 4 oz. oval containers. The results of these tests demonstrate that the modified Boston® Enhanced Original Formula Conditioning Solution meets the requirements of the Premarket Notification (510(k)) Guidance Document for Contact Lens Care Products. May 1, 1997 and the ISO Draft Standard.
The results of all testing demonstrated that the safety and effectiveness of the modified Boston® Enhanced Original Formula Conditioning Solution is equivalent to the currently marketed Boston® Conditioning Solution.
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Disinfection Efficacy:
The ISO FDA Regimen Procedure for Disinfecting Regimens was performed to evaluate the disinfecting efficacy of the modified Boston® Enhanced Original Formula Conditioning Solution. The results of this evaluation demonstrate that the product meets the FDA performance criteria for regimen evaluation as described in the Premarket Notification (510(k)) Guidance Document for Contact Lens Care Products, May 1, 1997, and the Draft Premarket Notification (510(k)) Guidance Document for Contact Lens Care Products, April 1, 1996.
## Shelf Life:
Expiration dating will be established based on the Shelf-life Protocol in accordance with the Premarket Notification (510(k)) Guidance Document for Contact Lens Care Products, May 1, 1997, and the Draft Premarket Notification (510(k)) Guidance Document for Contact Lens Care Products, April 1, 1996.
## Solution Compatibility:
BOSTON IV (silicone acrylate) and BOSTON ES (fluoro silicone acrylate) tinted rigid gas permeable contact lenses were subjected to thirty repeated cvcles with Boston Cleaner and the modified Boston® Enhanced Original Formula Conditioning Solution.
After thirty repeated cycles with Boston Cleaner and the modified Boston® Enhanced Original Formula Conditioning Solution, all of the physical and lens parameters tested for BOSTON IV and BOSTON ES rigid gas permeable tinted contact lenses were within ISO specifications for rigid corneal and scleral contact lenses. There was no change in the cosmetic appearance.
# Wetting Angle:
This study evaluated the retention of the modified Boston® Enhanced Original Formula Conditioning Solution and the currently marketed Boston Conditioning Solution on two selected RGP lens materials. BOSTON IV (silicone acrylate) and BOSTON ES (fluoro silicone acrylate) tinted rigid gas permeable contact lenses. Dynamic contact angle (DCA) analysis was the method chosen to measure the desorption of solution from the lens material surface. The results of the DCA testing indicate that the modified Boston® Enhanced Original Formula Conditioning Solution maintains the wettability of the surface better than the currently marketed Boston Conditioning Solution.
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#### 8. SUBSTANTIAL EQUIVALENCE:
The modified Boston® Enhanced Original Formula Conditioning Solution is substantially equivalent to the currently marketed Boston Conditioning Solution, approved November 17, 1983 under PMA P820070, in that both products are formulated similarly, with the same indications, usage, and aspects of manufacturing.
#### 9. CLINICAL:
The purpose of this study is to demonstrate that the modified Boston® Enhanced Original Formula Conditioning Solution is substantially equivalent in safety and efficacy to the currently marketed BOSTON Conditioning Solution when used with currently marketed silicone acrylate and fluoro-silicone acrylate rigid gas permeable contact lenses. This controlled clinical study was designed in accordance with the Premarket Notification (510(k)) Guidance Document for Contact Lens Care Products, Mav 1. 1997.
A total of 212 eyes (106 patients) were entered into the study by 7 Investigators. Of the 212 eves (106 patients) enrolled. 36 eves (18 patients) were non-dispensed.
The data from the study were examined using descriptive statistics. tests for normality, analysis of variance and/or t-tests where appropriate. Analysis of all data from this study showed no clinically significant differences between the Test and Control Groups.
Based on these data, the Sponsor concludes that the modified Boston Enhanced Original Formula Conditioning Solution is substantially equivalent in safety and efficacy to the currently marketed Boston Original Conditioning Solution.
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FEB 1 1 1999
Ms. Debra Ketchum Manager, Regulatory Affairs Polymer Technology, a division of Wilmington Partners, L.P. 1400 North Goodman St. Rochester, New York 14692-0450
Re: K983836
Trade Name: Boston ® Enhanced Original Formula Conditioning Solution Regulatory Class: II Product Code: 86 MRC Dated: January 28, 1999 Received: January 29, 1999
Dear Ms. Ketchum:
We have reviewed your Section 510(k) notification of intent to market the device referenced above and we have determined the device is substantially equivalent (for the indications for use stated in the enclosure) to 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). You may, therefore, market the device, subject to the general controls provisions of the Act. 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.
If your device is classified (see above) into either class II (Special Controls) or class III (Premarket Approval), it may be subject to such additional controls. Existing major regulations affecting your device can be found in the Code of Federal Regulations, Title 21, Parts 800 to 895. A substantially equivalent determination assumes compliance with the current Good Manufacturing Practice requirements, as set forth in the Quality System Regulation (QS) for Medical Devices: General regulation (21 CFR Part 820) and that, through periodic (QS) inspections, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will verify such assumptions. Failure to comply with the GMP regulation may result in regulatory action. In addition, FDA may publish further announcements concerning your device in the Federal Register. Please note: this response to your premarket notification submission does not affect any obligation you might have under sections 531 through 542 of the Act for devices under the Electronic Product Radiation Control provisions, or other Federal laws or regulations .
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This letter will allow you to begin marketing your device as described in your 510(k) premarket notification. The FDA finding of substantial equivalence of your device to a legally marketed predicate device results in a classification for your device and thus, permits your device to proceed to the market.
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Sincerely yours,
A Ralph Rosenthal
A. Ralph Rosenthal, M.D. Director Division of Ophthalmic Devices Office of Device Evaluation Center for Devices and Radiological Health
Enclosure
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Polymer Technology, a division of Wilmington Partners, L.P. 1400 North Goodman Street Rochester, NY 14692-0450
### Indications for Use Statement
510(k) Number (if known): ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ K983836
Device Name: Boston® Enhanced Original Formula Conditioning Solution
Indications for Use:
Boston® Enhanced Original Formula Conditioning Solution is indicated for use in wetting, disinfecting and soaking after cleaning and rinsing of fluoro silicone acrylate and silicone acrylate rigid gas permeable contact lenses.
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