(29 days)
No
The document describes a bone conduction hearing system and its functional equivalence to predicate devices. There is no mention of AI or ML in the intended use, device description, or performance studies.
Yes
The device is intended to treat hearing loss by amplifying and transmitting sound to the inner ear, bypassing damaged parts of the ear, which directly addresses a medical condition.
No
The device is described as a sound processor that amplifies sound and transmits it directly to the inner ear for individuals with hearing loss. Its intended use focuses on providing sound amplification and bypassing damaged parts of the ear, not on diagnosing medical conditions.
No
The device description explicitly states it is an external sound processor that combines with an abutment or magnet and a small titanium implant placed in the skull, indicating significant hardware components.
Based on the provided information, this device is not an IVD (In Vitro Diagnostic).
Here's why:
- IVD Definition: In vitro diagnostics are tests performed on samples taken from the human body, such as blood, urine, or tissue, to detect diseases, conditions, or infections.
- Device Function: The description clearly states that the Cochlear Baha 5 Power Sound Processor is a hearing system that transmits sound transcranially to the auditory system. It works by bypassing damaged parts of the ear and sending sound directly to the inner ear via bone conduction.
- Lack of Biological Sample Analysis: There is no mention of the device analyzing any biological samples from the patient. Its function is related to processing and transmitting sound.
Therefore, the Cochlear Baha 5 Power Sound Processor falls under the category of a medical device, specifically a hearing prosthesis, rather than an in vitro diagnostic device.
N/A
Intended Use / Indications for Use
The Cochlear Baha® 5 Power Sound Processor is intended for the following patients and indications for use:
*Patient of any age for use with the Baha Softband. Patients aged 5 and older for use with the Baha auditory osseointegrated implant system.
*Patients who have a conductive or mixed hearing loss and can still benefit from sound amplification. The pure tone average bone-conduction hearing threshold (measured at 0.5, 1, 2, and 3kHz) should be better than or equal to 55 dB HL.
- Bilateral fitting is intents who meet the above criterion in both ears, with bilaterally symmetric moderate to severe conductive or mixed hearing loss. Symmetrical bone-conduction thresholds are defined as 10 dB average difference between ears (measured at 0.5, 1, 2, and 3 kHz), or less than a 15 dB difference at individual frequencies.
*Patients who suffer from unilateral sensorineural deafness in one ear with normal hearing in the other ear (i.e. Singlesided deadness: SSD). Normal hearing is defined as a pure tone average air-conduction hearing threshold (measured at 0.5, 1, 2, and 3 kHz) of better than or equal to 20 dB HL.
*Baha for SSD is also indicated for any patient who is indicated for an air-conduction contralateral routing of signals (AC CROS) hearing aid, but who for some reason cannot or will not use an AC CROS.
Product codes (comma separated list FDA assigned to the subject device)
LXB
Device Description
The technology base for the Baha implant was originally derived from the 1952 discovery by Dr. Per-Ingvar Brånemark that titanium was biocompatible with bone, leading to the term "osseointegration". The Branemark System, as it would later be known, formed the basis for the rapid development and widespread implementation of root form endosseous dental implants. now safely and effectively used by many hundreds of thousands of people worldwide. Root form dental implants share many characteristics with the Baha implant component including material. conformation, and surgical implantation procedures.
Unlike hearing aids, the Baha hearing system utilizes a natural bone conduction pathway to send sound directly to a cochlea with residual functionality. The Baha system combines an external sound processor, in this application the Baha Power Sound processor, with small titanium implant placed into the bone through a simple surgical procedure. The implant is either attached to the sound processor via an abutment or internal titanium-encased magnet paired with an external magnet. The implant subsequently forms an osseointegrated bond with the surrounding bone, allowing transmission of high-quality sound directly to the inner ear, bypassing a damaged outer or middle ear. The Baha system provides an alternate pathway for patients who may not benefit from wearing an air-conduction hearing aid.
The changes introduced in this 510(k) are specific only to the sound processor. There are no changes to the abutment/implant or magnet.
The modified sound processor, the Baha 5 Power Sound Processor is an upgrade to the currently marketed BP110 Sound Processor (which it will replace on the US market) and the Baha 5 Sound Processor. The Baha 5 Power Sound Processor provides gain sufficient to match the Indications for Use of the currently marketed BP110 Sound Processor. As the modified device utilizes the same fundamental scientific principles, the same intended use and indications for use as the current legally marketed primary predicate device it will replace, and merely represents improvements in features that are the same as those used in another Cochlear Baha sound processor that has already been cleared for marketing for a less hearing-impaired population (the model Baha 5 Sound Processor, cleared under K142907), we believe these modifications are appropriate for the Special 510(k) process.
The Baha 5 Power Sound Processor does not modify the intended functionality or fundamental operating principles of the implant/abutment system.
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Indicated Patient Age Range
Patient of any age for use with the Baha Softband. Patients aged 5 and older for use with the Baha auditory osseointegrated implant system.
Intended User / Care Setting
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Description of the training set, sample size, data source, and annotation protocol
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Description of the test set, sample size, data source, and annotation protocol
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Summary of Performance Studies (study type, sample size, AUC, MRMC, standalone performance, key results)
Bench testing was conducted to compare the Cochlear Baha® 5 Power Sound Processor with the predicate implant / abutment systems. Substantial equivalence to the predicate devices was accomplished through environmental testing, reliability testing, electrical interface testing, and functional testing. The results demonstrated the Cochlear Baha 5 Power Sound Processor is functionally equivalent to the predicate devices.
Key Metrics (Sensitivity, Specificity, PPV, NPV, etc.)
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Predicate Device(s): If the device was cleared using the 510(k) pathway, identify the Predicate Device(s) K/DEN number used to claim substantial equivalence and list them here in a comma separated list exactly as they appear in the text. List the primary predicate first in the list.
Reference Device(s): Identify the Reference Device(s) K/DEN number and list them here in a comma separated list exactly as they appear in the text.
K002913, K100360, K121317, K131240, K955713
Predetermined Change Control Plan (PCCP) - All Relevant Information for the subject device only (e.g. presence / absence, what scope was granted / cleared under the PCCP, any restrictions, etc).
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§ 874.3302 Bone-conduction hearing aid.
(a)
Identification. A bone-conduction hearing aid is a wearable sound-amplifying device intended to compensate for impaired hearing and that conducts sound to the inner ear through the skull. The non-implantable components of a bone-conduction hearing aid, such as the external sound processor, are subject to the requirements in § 801.422 of this chapter.(b)
Classification. Class II.
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Food and Drug Administration 10903 New Hampshire Avenue Document Control Center - WO66-G609 Silver Spring, MD 20993-0002
May 20, 2016
Cochlear Americas Dr. Laura Blair Regulatory Manager 13059 E. Peakview Avenue Centennial, Colorado 80111
Re: K161123
Trade/Device Name: Baha 5 Power Sound Processor Regulation Number: 21 CFR 874.3300 Regulation Name: Hearing Aid Regulatory Class: Class II Product Code: LXB Dated: April 20, 2016 Received: April 21, 2016
Dear Dr. Blair:
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. 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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Please be advised that FDA's issuance of a substantial equivalence determination does not mean that FDA has made a determination that your device complies with other requirements of the Act or any Federal statutes and regulations administered by other Federal agencies. You must comply with all the Act's requirements, including, but not limited to: registration and listing (21 CFR Part 807); labeling (21 CFR Part 801); medical device reporting (reporting of medical devicerelated adverse events) (21 CFR 803); good manufacturing practice requirements as set forth in
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the quality systems (OS) regulation (21 CFR Part 820); and if applicable, the electronic product radiation control provisions (Sections 531-542 of the Act); 21 CFR 1000-1050.
If you desire specific advice for your device on our labeling regulation (21 CFR Part 801), please contact the Division of Industry and Consumer Education at its toll-free number (800) 638-2041 or (301) 796-7100 or at its Internet
address http://www.fda.gov/MedicalDevices/ResourcesforYou/Industry/default.htm. Also, please note the regulation entitled, "Misbranding by reference to premarket notification" (21 CFR Part 807.97). For questions regarding the reporting of adverse events under the MDR regulation (21 CFR Part 803), please go
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Sincerely yours,
Eric A. Mann -S
for Malvina Eydelman, M.D. Director Division of Ophthalmic and Ear, Nose, and Throat Devices Office of Device Evaluation Center for Devices and Radiological Health
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Indications for Use
510(k) Number (if known) K161123
Device Name
Cochlear TM Baha® 5 Power Sound Processor
Indications for Use (Describe) The Cochlear Baha® 5 Power Sound Processor is intended for the following patients and indications for use:
*Patient of any age for use with the Baha Softband. Patients aged 5 and older for use with the Baha auditory osseointegrated implant system.
*Patients who have a conductive or mixed hearing loss and can still benefit from sound amplification. The pure tone average bone-conduction hearing threshold (measured at 0.5, 1, 2, and 3kHz) should be better than or equal to 55 dB HL.
- Bilateral fitting is intents who meet the above criterion in both ears, with bilaterally symmetric moderate to severe conductive or mixed hearing loss. Symmetrical bone-conduction thresholds are defined as 10 dB average difference between ears (measured at 0.5, 1, 2, and 3 kHz), or less than a 15 dB difference at individual frequencies.
*Patients who suffer from unilateral sensorineural deafness in one ear with normal hearing in the other ear (i.e. Singlesided deadness: SSD). Normal hearing is defined as a pure tone average air-conduction hearing threshold (measured at 0.5, 1, 2, and 3 kHz) of better than or equal to 20 dB HL.
*Baha for SSD is also indicated for any patient who is indicated for an air-conduction contralateral routing of signals (AC CROS) hearing aid, but who for some reason cannot or will not use an AC CROS.
Type of Use (Select one or both, as applicable)
| Prescription Use (Part 21 CFR 801 Subpart D) | |
|---|---|
| Over-The-Counter Use (21 CFR 801 Subpart C) |
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510(K) Summary
A. Submitter Information
| Submitted by: | Cochlear Americas
13059 East Peakview Ave.
Centennial, CO 80111 |
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| On behalf of the manufacturer | Cochlear Bone Anchored Solutions AB
Konstruktionsvägen 14
SE-435 33 Mölnlycke
Sweden
(Establishment Number 9616024) |
| Contact: | Laura Blair
Regulatory Manager
Cochlear Americas
lblair@cochlear.com
(303) 524-6852 (o)
(303) 524-6825 (f) |
| B. Date Prepared
C. Device Class
D. Device Name | April 20th 2016
II
CochlearTM Baha® 5 Power Sound Processor |
| Trade/Proprietary Name:
Common/Usual Name:
Classification Name:
Classification Panel
Product Code:
510(k): | CochlearTM Baha® Implant System
Bone Anchored Sound Processor
Hearing Aid, Bone Conduction, Implanted
21 CFR 874.3300, Class II
Ear, Nose, and Throat
LXB
K161123 |
| E. Predicate Devices | |
| (Primary)
Trade/Proprietary Name | Roho RD110 Sound Processor |
Trade/Proprietary Name: Baha BP110 Sound Processor Common/Usual Name: Auditory Osseointegrated Implant Sound Processor Classification Name: Hearing Aid, Bone Conduction, Implanted 21 CFR 874.3300, Class II Classification Panel Ear, Nose, and Throat Product Code: LXB 510(k): K110996 (Secondary)
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| Trade/Proprietary Name: | Baha 5 Sound Processor |
|---|---|
| Common/Usual Name: | Auditory Osseointegrated Implant Sound Processor |
| Classification Name: | Hearing Aid, Bone Conduction, Implanted |
| 21 CFR 874.3300, Class II | |
| Classification Panel | Ear, Nose, and Throat |
| Product Code: | LXB |
| 510(k): | K142907 |
F. Purpose of Submission
This submission requests the addition of the Baha 5 Power Sound Processor to the series of sound processors offered by Cochlear Bone Anchored Solutions (CBAS). The Baha 5 Power Sound Processor functions by combining the external sound processor with an abutment (the Connect system) or with a magnet (the Attract system) and small titanium implant that is placed in the skull behind the ear during a simple surgical procedure. The sound processor transmits acoustic signals into electrical signals which then causes mechanical action in the transducer to transmit sound transcranially to the functioning auditory system.
The subject of this Special 510(k): Device Modification is a modification to the Cochlear™ Baha® BP110 sound processor, which was cleared under 510(k) K110996 on May 10th, 2011 for unilateral or bilateral use with conductive and mixed hearing losses, or for single-sided deafness (SSD). The modified device will have the same indication as the primary predicate device. The secondary predicate is the Baha 5 Sound Processor, cleared under 510(k) K142907 on 3/25/2015. The Baha 5 Sound Processor is also cleared for unilateral use with conductive and mixed hearing losses, or for single-sided deafness (SSD). The secondary predicate device shares many features with the proposed modified device. and is included to allow comparison of those features. The subject of this submission, the modified sound processor, will be called the Baha 5 Power Sound Processor.
G. Device Description
The technology base for the Baha implant was originally derived from the 1952 discovery by Dr. Per-Ingvar Brånemark that titanium was biocompatible with bone, leading to the term "osseointegration". The Branemark System, as it would later be known, formed the basis for the rapid development and widespread implementation of root form endosseous dental implants. now safely and effectively used by many hundreds of thousands of people worldwide. Root form dental implants share many characteristics with the Baha implant component including material. conformation, and surgical implantation procedures.
Unlike hearing aids, the Baha hearing system utilizes a natural bone conduction pathway to send sound directly to a cochlea with residual functionality. The Baha system combines an external sound processor, in this application the Baha Power Sound processor, with small titanium implant placed into the bone through a simple surgical procedure. The implant is either attached to the sound processor via an abutment or internal titanium-encased magnet paired with an external magnet. The implant subsequently forms an osseointegrated bond with the surrounding bone, allowing transmission of high-quality sound directly to the inner ear, bypassing a damaged
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outer or middle ear. The Baha system provides an alternate pathway for patients who may not benefit from wearing an air-conduction hearing aid.
The changes introduced in this 510(k) are specific only to the sound processor. There are no changes to the abutment/implant or magnet.
The modified sound processor, the Baha 5 Power Sound Processor is an upgrade to the currently marketed BP110 Sound Processor (which it will replace on the US market) and the Baha 5 Sound Processor. The Baha 5 Power Sound Processor provides gain sufficient to match the Indications for Use of the currently marketed BP110 Sound Processor. As the modified device utilizes the same fundamental scientific principles, the same intended use and indications for use as the current legally marketed primary predicate device it will replace, and merely represents improvements in features that are the same as those used in another Cochlear Baha sound processor that has already been cleared for marketing for a less hearing-impaired population (the model Baha 5 Sound Processor, cleared under K142907), we believe these modifications are appropriate for the Special 510(k) process.
The Baha 5 Power Sound Processor does not modify the intended functionality or fundamental operating principles of the implant/abutment system.
H. Intended Use
The new Baha 5 Power Sound Processor will be used as an external sound processor option (in the Cochlear Baha family of sound processors) to conduct sound energy directly to the cochlea via a Baha auditory osseointegrated implant, or via transcutaneous transmission with a Baha headband or Softband.
This is the same intended use as the current legally marketed, unmodified BP110 Sound Processor (the primary predicate device that it will replace) and the Baha 5 Sound Processor (the secondary predicate).
I. Indications for Use
The Cochlear Baha® 5 Power Sound Processor is intended for the following patients and indications for use:
- . Patient of any age for use with the Baha Softband or headband. Patients aged 5 and older for use with the Baha auditory osseointegrated implant system.
- . Patients who have a conductive or mixed hearing loss and can still benefit from sound amplification. The pure tone average bone-conduction hearing threshold (measured at 0.5, 1, 2, and 3kHz) should be better than or equal to 55 dB HL.
- . Bilateral fitting is intended for patients who meet the above criterion in both ears, with bilaterally symmetric moderate to severe conductive or mixed hearing loss. Symmetrical bone-conduction thresholds are defined as less than a 10 dB average difference between ears (measured at 0.5, 1, 2, and 3 kHz), or less than a 15 dB difference at individual frequencies.
- Patients who suffer from unilateral sensorineural deafness in one ear with normal hearing . in the other ear (i.e. Single-sided deadness: SSD). Normal hearing is defined as a pure
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tone average air-conduction hearing threshold (measured at 0.5, 1. 2. and 3 kHz) of better than or equal to 20 dB HL.
- Baha for SSD is also indicated for any patient who is indicated for an air-conduction ● contralateral routing of signals (AC CROS) hearing aid, but who for some reason cannot or will not use an AC CROS.
J. Technological Characteristics
The Baha 5 Power Sound Processor has the same intended use, the same mechanical design, the same functional characteristics, the same fundamental operating principles, and is made of biocompatible materials like the predicate devices.
The modified sound processor will still be compatible with the currently marketed Softband/headband (cleared under K002913 and letters to file under this clearance), and the currently marketed auditory osseointegrated implants (BIA300 system, cleared under K100360 and BA400 cleared under K121317 as well as the Baha Attract cleared under K131240), and will also be backward compatible with the original auditory osseointegrated implant (cleared under K955713).
K. Materials
The Baha 5 Power Sound Processor is made of medical grade plastics and metals that have been shown to be biocompatible and safe for human use.
L. Performance Data
Bench testing was conducted to compare the Cochlear Baha® 5 Power Sound Processor with the predicate implant / abutment systems. Substantial equivalence to the predicate devices was accomplished through environmental testing, reliability testing, electrical interface testing, and functional testing. The results demonstrated the Cochlear Baha 5 Power Sound Processor is functionally equivalent to the predicate devices.
M. Conclusion
Based on the indications for use, technological characteristics, and substantial equivalence comparison to the predicate devices, the Baha 5 Power Sound Processor has been shown to be safe and effective for its intended use.