(89 days)
The Boston ES® (enflufocon A) and Boston EO® (enflufocon B), Contact Lenses are indicated for daily wear for the correction of refractive ametropia (myopia, astigmatism and presbyopia) in aphakic and non-aphakic persons with non-diseased eyes. Also, the lenses may be prescribed in otherwise non-diseased eyes that require a gas permeable contact lens for the management of irregular corneal conditions such as keratoconus, pellucid marginal degeneration, or following penetrating keratoplasty or refractive (e.g., LASIK) surgery. The lenses may be disinfected using a chemical disinfection system only.
The Boston XO® (hexafocon A) and Boston XO2® (hexafocon B) Contact Lenses are indicated for daily wear for the correction of refractive ametropia (myopia, astigmatism and presbyopia) in aphakic and non-aphakic persons with non-diseased eyes. Also, the lenses may be prescribed in otherwise non-diseased eyes that require a gas permeable contact lens for the management of irregular corneal conditions such as keratoconus, pellucid marginal degeneration, or following penetrating keratoplasty or refractive (e.g., LASIK) surgery. The lenses may be disinfected using a chemical disinfection system only.
Furthermore, eyes suffering from certain ocular surface disorders may benefit from the physical protection, aqueous hydrated environment and the saline bath provided by scleral lens designs.
The Boston XO® (hexafocon A) and Boston XO2® (hexafocon B) Contact Lenses (Scleral) for daily wear are indicated for therapeutic use for the management of irregular and distorted corneal surfaces where the subject:
- cannot be adequately corrected with spectacle lenses
- requires a rigid gas permeable contact lens surface to improve vision
- is unable to wear a corneal rigid gas permeable lens due to corneal distortion or surface irregularities
Common causes of corneal distortion include but are not limited to corneal infections, trauma, tractions as a result of scar formation secondary to refractive surgery (e.g. LASIK or radial keratotomy) or corneal transplantation. Causes may also include corneal degeneration (e.g. keratoconus, keratoglobus, pellucid marginal degeneration, Salzmann's nodular degeneration) and corneal dystrophy (e.g., lattice dystrophy, granular corneal dystrophy, Reis-Bucklers dystrophy, Cogan's dystrophy).
The Boston XO® (hexafocon A) and Boston XO2® (hexafocon B) Scleral Lens designs for daily wear are also indicated for therapeutic use in eyes with ocular surface disease (e.g. ocular Graft-versus-Host disease, Sjögren's syndrome, dry eye syndrome and Filamentary Keratitis), limbal stem cell deficiency (e.g. Stevens-Johnson syndrome, chemical radiation and thermal burns), disorders of the skin (e.g. atopy, ectodermal dysplasia), neurotrophic keratitis (e.g. Herpes simplex, Herpes zoster, Familial Dysautonomia), and corneal exposure (e.g. anatomic, paralytic) that might benefit from the presence of an expanded tear reservoir and protection against an adverse environment. When prescribed for therapeutic use for a distorted cornea or ocular surface disease, the Boston Scleral Lenses may concurrently provide correction of refractive error.
The lenses may be disinfected using a chemical disinfection (not heat) system only.
Boston ES® (enflufocon A), Boston EO® (enflufocon B), Boston XO® (hexafocon A) and Boston XO2® (hexafocon B) Rigid Gas Permeable Contact Lenses are available as lathe cut rigid gas permeable contact lenses for daily wear only. The lenses are manufactured from the currently marketed contact lens materials: enflufocon A, enflufocon B, and hexafocon B. Non-proprietary names were assigned by the United States Adopted Names Council (USAN). These materials are thermoset copolymers derived from fluorosilicone acrylate monomers. The lenses may be tinted to offer a handling aid for locating the lenses may be available with an ultraviolet absorber.
The Boston ES® (enflufocon A), Boston EO® (enflufocon B), Boston XO® (hexafocon A) and Boston XO2® (hexafocon B) Rigid Gas Permeable Contact Lenses are treated to incorporate Tangible™ Hydra-PEG-which is a thin polyethylene glycol (PEG)-based polymer that is covalently bonded to the surface of the contact lens and is designed to enhance the surface properties of the contact lens while retaining the mechanical properties of the underlying material. When treated with Tangible™ Hydra-PEG, the underlying material is encapsulated in a thin layer of polymer that results in measurable improvement of wettability (sessile drop contact angle) compared to untreated lenses.
The provided document is a 510(k) Premarket Notification for Bausch & Lomb's Boston ES®, Boston EO®, Boston XO®, and Boston XO2® Rigid Gas Permeable Contact Lenses with a new Tangible™ Hydra-PEG surface coating. This document details the company's claim of substantial equivalence to previously cleared predicate devices, rather than presenting a study for a novel AI/software as a medical device (SaMD).
Therefore, the information requested for acceptance criteria, study details, sample sizes, expert ground truth establishment, adjudication methods, MRMC studies, standalone performance, training set details, and ground truth establishment for a device proving AI/software performance is not present in this document.
This submission focuses on demonstrating the safety and effectiveness of a modified contact lens product by comparing its technological characteristics and performance (primarily wettability and biocompatibility) to already cleared devices. The "performance data" sections refer to non-clinical (toxicology, biocompatibility, stability) and clinical (based on predicate device history) testing relevant to contact lenses, not AI model performance.
The only "acceptance criteria" explicitly mentioned and met are related to quality control for the contact lenses:
| Acceptance Criteria | Reported Device Performance |
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§ 886.5916 Rigid gas permeable contact lens.
(a)
Identification. A rigid gas permeable contact lens is a device intended to be worn directly against the cornea of the eye to correct vision conditions. The device is made of various materials, such as cellulose acetate butyrate, polyacrylate-silicone, or silicone elastomers, whose main polymer molecules generally do not absorb or attract water.(b)
Classification. (1) Class II if the device is intended for daily wear only.(2) Class III if the device is intended for extended wear.
(c)
Date PMA or notice of completion of a PDP is required. As of May 28, 1976, an approval under section 515 of the act is required before a device described in paragraph (b)(2) of this section may be commercially distributed. See § 886.3.