(112 days)
Designed to apply controlled pressure to the leg to promote increased blood flow velocity. For use in prevention of deep vein thrombosis (DVT).
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The provided document is a 510(k) clearance letter from the FDA for the "Medline Anti-Embolism Stockings." This letter is a regulatory document confirming substantial equivalence to a predicate device, not a study report detailing performance data against acceptance criteria for a new device's performance.
Therefore, the document does not contain the information requested regarding acceptance criteria and a study proving a device meets those criteria. Specifically:
- No table of acceptance criteria and reported device performance is present.
- No information on sample size, data provenance, or number/qualifications of experts for ground truth is available, as this is not a clinical study report.
- No adjudication method is described.
- No details of a multi-reader multi-case (MRMC) comparative effectiveness study are provided.
- No information on standalone algorithm performance is included.
- No type of ground truth used is mentioned as it's not applicable to this regulatory clearance.
- No sample size for the training set or how ground truth for the training set was established is discussed.
The letter acknowledges the device's intended use: "Designed to apply controlled pressure to the leg to promote increased blood flow velocity. For use in prevention of deep vein thrombosis (DVT)." However, it does not provide performance metrics or studies to support these indications.
§ 880.5780 Medical support stocking.
(a)
Medical support stocking to prevent the pooling of blood in the legs —(1)Identification. A medical support stocking to prevent the pooling of blood in the legs is a device that is constructed of elastic material and designed to apply controlled pressure to the leg and that is intended for use in the prevention of pooling of blood in the leg.(2)
Classification. Class II (special controls). The device is exempt from the premarket notification procedures in subpart E of part 807 of this chapter subject to the limitations in § 880.9.(b)
Medical support stocking for general medical purposes —(1)Identification. A medical support stocking for general medical purposes is a device that is constructed of elastic material and designed to apply controlled pressure to the leg and that is intended for medical purposes other than the prevention of pooling of blood in the leg.(2)
Classification. Class I. The device is exempt from the premarket notification procedures in subpart E of part 807 of this chapter, subject to the limitations in § 880.9. The device is also exempt from the current good manufacturing practice requirements of the quality system regulation in part 820 of this chapter, with the exception of § 820.180, with respect to general requirements concerning records, and § 820.198, with respect to complaint files.