CURVILINEAR SUTURE PLACEMENT SYSTEM
Device Facts
| Record ID | K973415 |
|---|---|
| Device Name | CURVILINEAR SUTURE PLACEMENT SYSTEM |
| Applicant | Laurus Medical Corp. |
| Product Code | GCJ · Gastroenterology, Urology |
| Decision Date | Dec 2, 1997 |
| Decision | SESE |
| Submission Type | Traditional |
| Regulation | 21 CFR 876.1500 |
| Device Class | Class 2 |
| Attributes | Therapeutic |
Intended Use
The Laurus Medical Curvilinear Suture Placement System is indicated for the placement of suture in a variety of Transvaginal procedures such as prolapse repair, cystourethropexy, and bladder neck stabilization; through Cooper's Ligament alone and/or in conjunction with non-device suturing procedures for the correction of urinary stress incontinence: for female urinary incontinence resulting from urethral hypermobility and/or intrinsic sphincter deficiency.
Device Story
The Curvilinear Suture Placement Device is a surgical instrument used by physicians in a clinical or OR setting to facilitate suture placement during transvaginal procedures. The device assists in navigating anatomical structures, specifically Cooper's Ligament, to anchor sutures for prolapse repair or bladder neck stabilization. By providing a curvilinear path for the needle/suture, the device enables precise placement in difficult-to-access pelvic areas. This aids the surgeon in correcting urinary stress incontinence and urethral hypermobility. The device is a mechanical tool; it does not utilize electronic processing, software, or AI. It functions as a manual surgical aid to improve the efficiency and accuracy of suture delivery, potentially reducing procedure time and improving patient outcomes in incontinence repair.
Clinical Evidence
No clinical data provided; bench testing only.
Technological Characteristics
Mechanical surgical instrument designed for curvilinear suture delivery. No electronic components, software, or energy sources. Materials and sterilization methods are consistent with standard surgical instrumentation for transvaginal use.
Indications for Use
Indicated for female patients undergoing transvaginal procedures including prolapse repair, cystourethropexy, and bladder neck stabilization, or correction of urinary stress incontinence due to urethral hypermobility and/or intrinsic sphincter deficiency.
Regulatory Classification
Identification
An endoscope and accessories is a device used to provide access, illumination, and allow observation or manipulation of body cavities, hollow organs, and canals. The device consists of various rigid or flexible instruments that are inserted into body spaces and may include an optical system for conveying an image to the user's eye and their accessories may assist in gaining access or increase the versatility and augment the capabilities of the devices. Examples of devices that are within this generic type of device include cleaning accessories for endoscopes, photographic accessories for endoscopes, nonpowered anoscopes, binolcular attachments for endoscopes, pocket battery boxes, flexible or rigid choledochoscopes, colonoscopes, diagnostic cystoscopes, cystourethroscopes, enteroscopes, esophagogastroduodenoscopes, rigid esophagoscopes, fiberoptic illuminators for endoscopes, incandescent endoscope lamps, biliary pancreatoscopes, proctoscopes, resectoscopes, nephroscopes, sigmoidoscopes, ureteroscopes, urethroscopes, endomagnetic retrievers, cytology brushes for endoscopes, and lubricating jelly for transurethral surgical instruments. This section does not apply to endoscopes that have specialized uses in other medical specialty areas and that are covered by classification regulations in other parts of the device classification regulations.
Special Controls
*Classification* —(1)*Class II (special controls).* The device, when it is an endoscope disinfectant basin, which consists solely of a container that holds disinfectant and endoscopes and accessories; an endoscopic magnetic retriever intended for single use; sterile scissors for cystoscope intended for single use; a disposable, non-powered endoscopic grasping/cutting instrument intended for single use; a diagnostic incandescent light source; a fiberoptic photographic light source; a routine fiberoptic light source; an endoscopic sponge carrier; a xenon arc endoscope light source; an endoscope transformer; an LED light source; or a gastroenterology-urology endoscopic guidewire, is exempt from the premarket notification procedures in subpart E of part 807 of this chapter subject to the limitations in § 876.9.(2) Class I for the photographic accessories for endoscope, miscellaneous bulb adapter for endoscope, binocular attachment for endoscope, eyepiece attachment for prescription lens, teaching attachment, inflation bulb, measuring device for panendoscope, photographic equipment for physiologic function monitor, special lens instrument for endoscope, smoke removal tube, rechargeable battery box, pocket battery box, bite block for endoscope, and cleaning brush for endoscope. The devices subject to this paragraph (b)(2) are exempt from the premarket notification procedures in subpart E of part 807of this chapter, subject to the limitations in § 876.9.
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