(221 days)
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No
The description focuses on the mechanical components and function of the device for endoscopic suturing and tissue approximation. There is no mention of AI, ML, image processing, or data-driven decision making.
Yes
The device is described as an "instrument for tissue piercing and approximation" and is used for "endoscopic placement of suture(s) and approximation of soft tissue in the gastrointestinal tract." These actions directly address or modify a physiological function, which is characteristic of a therapeutic device.
No
The device is intended for endoscopic placement of suture(s) and approximation of soft tissue, which is a therapeutic rather than a diagnostic function.
No
The device description explicitly details physical components (platform, instrument, materials) and performance studies focus on physical properties and biological interactions, indicating it is a hardware-based medical device.
Based on the provided information, this device is not an IVD (In Vitro Diagnostic).
Here's why:
- Intended Use: The intended use clearly states the device is for "endoscopic placement of suture(s) and approximation of soft tissue in the gastrointestinal tract." This is a surgical/interventional procedure performed directly on the patient's tissue.
- Device Description: The description details a mechanical system (platform and instrument) used for physically manipulating and suturing tissue within the body.
- Lack of IVD Characteristics: There is no mention of the device being used to examine specimens derived from the human body (like blood, urine, tissue samples) to provide information for diagnosis, monitoring, or treatment.
IVD devices are used in vitro (outside the body) to analyze biological samples. This device is used in vivo (inside the body) for a therapeutic procedure.
N/A
Intended Use / Indications for Use
The endomina® system, composed of a triangulation (endomina® platform) and an instrument for tissue piercing and approximation (TAPES), is intended for endoscopic placement of suture(s) and approximation of soft tissue in the gastrointestinal tract. The system is to be used on an adult population.
Product codes
OCW
Device Description
The endomina® system is intended for endoscopic placement of suture(s) and approximation of soft tissue in the gastrointestinal tract utilizing an endoscope. The system is comprised of a triangulation platform (endomina® platform) and an instrument for tissue piercing and approximation (TAPES). The endomina® system is sterile packaged and designed for single use and is manufactured from various thermoplastic, silicone, stainless steel materials, biocompatible 3D printing materials and other medical grade materials.
endomina® platform:
The endomina® platform can be assembled on a regular flexible endoscope inside the stomach. It includes a bendable therapeutic channel meant for the endoscopic tool TAPES. This channel can be deployed perpendicular to the axis of the endoscope, thereby ensuring the triangulation, leaving the channel of the endoscope free for other instruments.
TAPES:
TAPES is an instrument intended to be used with the endomina® platform and a flexible endoscope for tissue approximation in the gastrointestinal tract. TAPES is inserted in the bendable arm of endomina®'s platform. TAPES enables piercing and approximation of two, internal tissues with a needle which are then linked by releasing anchors connected with suture. These anchors create a stitch that can then be tightened, generating interrupted stitches in the gastrointestinal tract.
Mentions image processing
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Mentions AI, DNN, or ML
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Input Imaging Modality
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Anatomical Site
gastrointestinal tract
Indicated Patient Age Range
adult population
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)
Non-clinical Performance Data:
Appropriate product testing was performed on endomina® system to evaluate conformance with standard requirements and substantial equivalence to the predicate device. Verification and validation for the proposed system was conducted in accordance with protocols.
Performance testing:
Bench testing included suture delivery accuracy, needle attachment, pull-off force to remove the distal tip from the endoscope, the size of approximated tissue fold, the force needed to approximate the tissue, the ease of insertion into a patient gastrointestinal tract, the suture strength, the force needed to separate anchors and suture and the needle piercing force.
Sterility:
Sterility claims (SAL 10-6) were confirmed by executing a sterilization validation in accordance with EN ISO 11135:2014 /A1:2019.
Packaging and Shelf-life:
Packaging integrity was confirmed by repeating testing in accordance with ASTM F1929-15 and ASTM F1886-16. Shelf-life claims were confirmed by functional testing on aged products.
Biocompatibility:
Biocompatibility testing and toxicological assessments were performed on all endomina® system components in accordance with their risk category requirements, as defined in ISO 10993-1: 2018. Testing included chemical characterization in accordance with ISO 10993-18: 2020, cytotoxicity in accordance with ISO 10993-5: 2009, sensitization in accordance with ISO 10993-10: 2010. irritation in accordance with ISO 10993-10: 2010, acute systemic toxicity in accordance with ISO 10993-11: 2017, material mediated pyrogenicity in accordance with USP and implantation in accordance with ISO 10993-6: 2016.
Animal Testing:
Animal testing was performed to demonstrate the substantial equivalence of endomina® system with its predicate in regard to ease of use, efficacy and safety during an endoscopic tissue approximation procedure for suturing in a minipigs' stomach.
Clinical Performance Data:
Clinical testing was not required to demonstrate substantial equivalence.
Key Metrics (Sensitivity, Specificity, PPV, NPV, etc.)
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Predicate Device(s)
Reference Device(s)
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Predetermined Change Control Plan (PCCP) - All Relevant Information
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§ 876.1500 Endoscope and accessories.
(a)
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.(b)
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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December 7, 2021
Endo Tools Therapeutics S.A. Marine Rouyer International Regulatory Affairs Director Rue Auguste Piccard 48 Gosselies, 6041 BELGIUM
Re: K211309 Trade/Device Name: endomina system Regulation Number: 21 CFR 876.1500 Regulation Name: Endoscope and accessories Regulatory Class: Class II Product Code: OCW Dated: October 25, 2021 Received: October 27, 2021
Dear Marine Rouyer:
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. Although this letter refers to your product as a device, please be aware that some cleared products may instead be combination products. The 510(k) Premarket Notification Database located at https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfpmn/pmn.cfm identifies combination product submissions. 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.
If your device is classified (see above) into either class II (Special Controls) or class III (PMA), it may be subject to additional controls. Existing major regulations affecting your device can be found in the Code of Federal Regulations, Title 21, Parts 800 to 898. In addition, FDA may publish further announcements concerning your device in the Federal Register.
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
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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 to https://www.fda.gov/medical-device-safety/medical-device-reportingmdr-how-report-medical-device-problems.
For comprehensive regulatory information about mediation-emitting products, including information about labeling regulations, please see Device Advice (https://www.fda.gov/medicaldevices/device-advice-comprehensive-regulatory-assistance) and CDRH Learn (https://www.fda.gov/training-and-continuing-education/cdrh-learn). Additionally, you may contact the Division of Industry and Consumer Education (DICE) to ask a question about a specific regulatory topic. See the DICE website (https://www.fda.gov/medical-device-advice-comprehensive-regulatoryassistance/contact-us-division-industry-and-consumer-education-dice) for more information or contact DICE by email (DICE@fda.hhs.gov) or phone (1-800-638-2041 or 301-796-7100).
Sincerely,
Je Hi An, PhD Assistant Director DHT3A: Division of Renal, Gastrointestinal, Obesity and Transplant Devices OHT3: Office of GastroRenal, ObGyn, General Hospital and Urology Devices Office of Product Evaluation and Quality Center for Devices and Radiological Health
Enclosure
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510(k) Number (if known) K211309
Device Name
endomina® system
Indications for Use (Describe)
The endomina® system, composed of a triangulation (endomina® platform) and an instrument for tissue piercing and approximation (TAPES), is intended for endoscopic placement of suture(s) and approximation of soft tissue in the gastrointestinal tract. The system is to be used on an adult population.
Type of Use (Select one or both, as applicable)
网 Prescription Use (Part 21 CFR 801 Subpart D)
[ ] Over-The-Counter Use (21 CFR 801 Subpart C)
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| Submitter Name & Address | Endo Tools Therapeutics S.A.
Rue Auguste Piccard 48
6041 Gosselies
Belgium |
|--------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Contact Person | Marine ROUYER
International Regulatory Affairs Director
regulatory@endotools.be
Phone: +32 71 91 94 09 |
| Date: | 10 November 2021 |
| Name of Device: | endomina® system |
| Common or Usual Name: | Endoscopic Tissue Approximation Device |
| Classification Name: | Endoscope and Accessories |
| Regulatory Class: | Class II (21 CFR 876.1500) |
| Product Code: | OCW |
| Predicate Device: | K171886 – OverStitch™ Endoscopic Suturing System
(Apollo Endosurgery) |
| Device Description: | The endomina® system is intended for endoscopic
placement of suture(s) and approximation of soft tissue in
the gastrointestinal tract utilizing an endoscope. The
system is comprised of a triangulation platform (endomina®
platform) and an instrument for tissue piercing and
approximation (TAPES). The endomina® system is sterile
packaged and designed for single use and is manufactured
from various thermoplastic, silicone, stainless steel
materials, biocompatible 3D printing materials and other
medical grade materials. |
| | endomina® platform:
The endomina® platform can be assembled on a regular
flexible endoscope inside the stomach. It includes a
bendable therapeutic channel meant for the endoscopic
tool TAPES. This channel can be deployed perpendicular
to the axis of the endoscope, thereby ensuring the
triangulation, leaving the channel of the endoscope free for
other instruments. |
| | TAPES:
TAPES is an instrument intended to be used with the
endomina® platform and a flexible endoscope for tissue
approximation in the gastrointestinal tract. TAPES is |
inserted in the bendable arm of endomina®'s platform. TAPES enables piercing and approximation of two, internal
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tissues with a needle which are then linked by releasing anchors connected with suture. These anchors create a stitch that can then be tightened, generating interrupted stitches in the gastrointestinal tract.
The endomina® system, composed of a triangulation Indications for Use: platform (endomina® platform) and an instrument for tissue piercing and approximation (TAPES), is intended for endoscopic placement of suture(s) and approximation of soft tissue in the gastrointestinal tract. The system is to be used on an adult population.
Technological Characteristics:
| Product Characteristics | | OverStitch™ Endoscopic
Suturing System
(needle driver, anchor exchange
and suture assembly (only its
anchor which serves also as a
needle)) | endomina® system
(endomina® platform and TAPES non-
implantable parts) | |
|-------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 510(k) Clearance | | K171886 | K211309 | |
| Single Use | | Yes | | |
| Sterilization | | Terminally sterilized to SAL 10-6 using a validated EO method | | |
| Shelf-Life Claim | | 3 years | 2 years | |
| Dimensions: | Device length Length of device extending from the tip of the endoscope Distance from the endoscope to the needle Diameter at the distal end closed Diameter at the distal end open | 130 cm 17.5 mm 13.1 mm 16.3 mm 23.3 mm | 108 cm 35 - 43 mm depending on the scope position inside the device 27.5 - 34.5 mm depending on the scope position inside the device 16.3 mm 14.4 mm + diameter of the endoscope | |
| | Compatible Scopes | | Dual channel endoscopes Olympus
GIF-2TH180 and GIF-2T160 | Single channel endoscopes that are
8.5 - 11.0 mm in diameter and no
restriction in working length |
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| Product Characteristics | OverStitch™ Endoscopic
Suturing System
(needle driver, anchor exchange
and suture assembly (only its
anchor which serves also as a
needle)) | endomina® system
(endomina® platform and TAPES non-
implantable parts) |
|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Raw materials | ABS Stainless Steel | ABS Stainless Steel Pellethane Pebax VisiJet® Crystal or MED610 FEP HDPE PTFE (coating) Nitinol PEEK |
| Endcap + Scope Position | Capped onto the distal scope face
prior to insertion. The handle can
be attached to the scope. | Assembly of device with scope is done
inside the stomach. The handle is not
attached to the scope. |
| Endcap + Scope Attachment | Interference fit | 4 wires (Clamping mechanism) |
| Angle of the needle when
piercing | 90° (arc) | 90° (perpendicular to axis of vision) |
| Needle
- Diameter | 1.0 mm | 1.8 mm |
| - Raw materials | Stainless Steel 316L Cobalt Chromium MP35 | Stainless Steel 316L |
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| Product Characteristics | | OverStitch™ Endoscopic
Suturing System
(cinch implantable part and
suture assembly) | endomina® system (TAPES
implantable parts) |
|-------------------------|-----------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|
| 510(k) Clearance | | K171886 | K211309 |
| Single Use | | Yes | Yes |
| Sterilization | | Terminally sterilized to SAL 10-6 using a validated EO method | |
| Number of anchors | | 2 different anchors:
- one being the needle
itself - one called cinch | 2 similar anchors |
| Anchors and suture | | Anchors are linked by
monofilament suture. | Anchors are linked by two,
braided sutures and a knot. |
| Dimensions: | Anchor length | 6.6 mm (needle) –
8.0 mm (cinch) | 10 mm |
| | Anchor diameter | 1.0 mm (needle) –
2.4 mm (cinch) | 1.1 mm |
| | Suture length | 185 mm | 80-100 mm |
| | Suture diameter | 1 wire of 0.3 mm* | 2 wires of 0.15 mm in parallel |
| Raw materials | Suture | Non-absorbable
monofilament
Polypropylene (synthetic
linear polyolefin) or long-
term absorbable
monofilament
polydioxanone | Non-absorbable
braided
polyester |
| | Anchors | VESTAKEEP PEEK
Cobalt Chromium MP35 | PEEK (Optima LT2) |
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| Non-clinical Performance Data: | Appropriate product testing was performed on endomina®
system to evaluate conformance with standard requirements
and substantial equivalence to the predicate device.
Verification and validation for the proposed system was
conducted in accordance with protocols. |
|--------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| | Performance testing:
Bench testing included suture delivery accuracy, needle
attachment, pull-off force to remove the distal tip from the
endoscope, the size of approximated tissue fold, the force
needed to approximate the tissue, the ease of insertion into
a patient gastrointestinal tract, the suture strength, the force
needed to separate anchors and suture and the needle
piercing force. |
| | Sterility:
Sterility claims (SAL 10-6) were confirmed by executing a
sterilization validation in accordance with EN ISO
11135:2014 /A1:2019. |
| | Packaging and Shelf-life:
Packaging integrity was confirmed by repeating testing in
accordance with ASTM F1929-15 and ASTM F1886-16.
Shelf-life claims were confirmed by functional testing on aged
products. |
| Biocompatibility: | Biocompatibility testing and toxicological assessments were
performed on all endomina® system components in
accordance with their risk category requirements, as defined
in ISO 10993-1: 2018. Testing included chemical
characterization in accordance with ISO 10993-18: 2020,
cytotoxicity in accordance with ISO 10993-5: 2009,
sensitization in accordance with ISO 10993-10: 2010.
irritation in accordance with ISO 10993-10: 2010, acute
systemic toxicity in accordance with ISO 10993-11: 2017,
material mediated pyrogenicity in accordance with USP
and implantation in accordance with ISO 10993-6:
2016. |
| Animal Testing: | Animal testing was performed to demonstrate the substantial
equivalence of endomina® system with its predicate in regard
to ease of use, efficacy and safety during an endoscopic
tissue approximation procedure for suturing in a minipigs'
stomach. |
| Clinical Performance Data: | Clinical testing was not required to demonstrate substantial
equivalence. |
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Basis of Substantial Equivalence:
The results of all studies confirmed substantial equivalence between the subject and predicate devices and that no new issues of safety nor efficacy were raised. Based on a comparison of indications for use and
technological characteristics, the proposed system has demonstrated substantial equivalence to its predicate.