K Number
K212047
Device Name
Pantheris System
Manufacturer
Date Cleared
2021-11-16

(139 days)

Product Code
Regulation Number
870.4875
AI/MLSaMDIVD (In Vitro Diagnostic)TherapeuticDiagnosticis PCCP Authorized
Intended Use
The Pantheris System is intended to remove plaque (atherectomy) from partially occluded native or restenotic vessels, including in-stent restenosis (ISR), in the peripheral vasculature with a reference diameter of 3.0 mm to 7.0 mm, using OCT-assisted orientation and imaging. The system is an adjunct to fluoroscopy by providing images of vessel lumen, wall structures, and vessel morphologies. The Pantheris system is not intended for use in the iliac, coronary, cerebral, renal or carotid vasculature.
Device Description
The Pantheris System consists of a Pantheris atherectomy catheter, a Lightbox Sled with integrated umbilical (referred to as "Sled"), and a Lightbox HS Imaging Console (referred to as "Lightbox"). The Pantheris atherectomy catheter is a 7 French device with a working length of 110 cm. It incorporates an optical fiber that allows real-time diagnosis of vessel condition and morphology as well as OCT-guided atherectomy during the procedure with its connection to the Lightbox via the Sled accessory.
More Information

No
The summary does not mention AI, ML, deep learning, or any related terms, and the device description focuses on OCT-assisted imaging and mechanical atherectomy.

Yes

The device is intended to remove plaque from vessels to treat blockages, which is a therapeutic intervention.

No

The device is an atherectomy system designed to remove plaque. While it uses OCT-assisted imaging for orientation and to provide "real-time diagnosis of vessel condition and morphology," its primary function is therapeutic (plaque removal), not diagnostic. The imaging capabilities are explicitly stated as being used "during the procedure" for guidance, not for a standalone diagnostic assessment.

No

The device description explicitly states that the system consists of a catheter, a Sled, and a Lightbox, which are all hardware components.

Based on the provided information, this device is not an IVD (In Vitro Diagnostic).

Here's why:

  • Intended Use: The intended use is to remove plaque from blood vessels (atherectomy) and provide imaging of the vessel. This is a therapeutic and imaging procedure performed directly on the patient's body.
  • Device Description: The device is a catheter-based system used for a surgical procedure within the body.
  • Lack of In Vitro Activity: IVD devices are designed to examine specimens (like blood, urine, tissue) outside of the body to provide information about a person's health. This device operates within the body.

The device is a medical device used for interventional procedures, not for in vitro diagnostic testing.

N/A

Intended Use / Indications for Use

The Pantheris System is intended to remove plaque (atherectomy) from partially occluded native or restenotic vessels, including in-stent restenosis (ISR), in the peripheral vasculature with a reference diameter of 3.0 mm, using OCT-assisted orientation and imaging. The system is an adjunct to fluoroscopy by providing images of vessel lumen, wall structures, and vessel morphologies. The Pantheris System is not in the iliac, coronary, cerebral, renal or carotid vasculature.

Product codes (comma separated list FDA assigned to the subject device)

MCW, NQQ

Device Description

The Pantheris System consists of a Pantheris atherectomy catheter, a Lightbox Sled with integrated umbilical (referred to as "Sled"), and a Lightbox HS Imaging Console (referred to as "Lightbox"). The Pantheris atherectomy catheter is a 7 French device with a working length of 110 cm. It incorporates an optical fiber that allows real-time diagnosis of vessel condition and morphology as well as OCT-guided atherectomy during the procedure with its connection to the Lightbox via the Sled accessory.

The Pantheris System was reviewed and cleared under K173862. Neither the catheter, the Sled, nor the Lightbox were modified for use in the clinical trial conducted to support this submission and all three elements of the system are the same as they were when cleared under K173862.

Mentions image processing

Not Found

Mentions AI, DNN, or ML

Not Found

Input Imaging Modality

OCT (Optical Coherence Tomography), Fluoroscopy, Angiography

Anatomical Site

Peripheral vasculature, specifically partially occluded native or restenotic vessels, including in-stent restenosis (ISR). The system is NOT intended for use in the iliac, coronary, cerebral, renal or carotid vasculature.

Indicated Patient Age Range

Male or Female Adults

Intended User / Care Setting

Hospital Cardiac Catheter Lab, Office-based Lab

Description of the training set, sample size, data source, and annotation protocol

Not Found

Description of the test set, sample size, data source, and annotation protocol

Bench testing was conducted to ensure that the Pantheris catheter performs as intended in an ISR model. Following use of the catheter in this model, the stents were evaluated under 20X magnification and there was no evidence of damage to the stents. In addition, the excised tissue was examined and no stent particulate material was noted to be present when viewed under 20X magnification. No interaction between the Pantheris catheter and the stents during simulated treatment either a single stent or overlapping stent models, which was confirmed by examination of the stents - there was no evidence of cracks, scratches, permanent set or coating delamination.

Preclinical (animal) data were collected from the use of the Pantheris catheter in a simulated ISR model in the pig. Pathologically, acute treatment with the Avinger Pantheris Atherectomy Catheter was associated with no evidence of adverse effects on either the arteries (e.g., no thrombosis or dissection) or the implanted stents (e.g., strut exposure, deformation, or discontinuities/fractures caused by interaction with the cutter), as assessed by light microscopy, radiography, and SEM.

The INSIGHT Trial was a prospective, multi-center, single-arm trial. A total of 97 subjects were enrolled, with the treated population consisting of subjects presenting with documented symptomatic in-stent restenosis (stenosis >70% by visual estimation) and who met all eligibility criteria. The target in-stent restenotic lesion had to be located in vessels with diameters of > 3 mm and 79%.

  • Secondary Safety Endpoint: Absence of new or worsening stent fracture following use of the Pantheris catheter.
    • Key Result: Only one (1) catheter inadvertently made contact with a stent during 97 procedures (1% rate). This met the performance goal due to extremely low incidence.
  • Secondary Powered Effectiveness Endpoint: Freedom from target lesion revascularization (TLR) at 6 months following the index procedure.
    • Key Result: Freedom from TLR at 6 months was 93% (79/85) for subjects completing follow-up. The 95% one-sided upper confidence bound was 98%, and the lower bound was 87%, meeting the performance goal of > 61%.
  • Additional Secondary Effectiveness Endpoints:
    • Procedural Success: Defined as the percent of target lesions that have residual diameter stenosis ≤ 30% post-Pantheris and any other adjunctive therapy, as determined by an independent core lab.
      • Key Result: 78 of 97 subjects (80%) had residual stenosis

§ 870.4875 Intraluminal artery stripper.

(a)
Identification. An intraluminal artery stripper is a device used to perform an endarterectomy (removal of plaque deposits from arterisclerotic arteries.)(b)
Classification. Class II (performance standards).

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November 16, 2021

Avinger, Inc. Thomas Lawson VP. Clinical & Regulatory Affairs 400 Chesapeake Drive Redwood City, California 94063

Re: K212047

Trade/Device Name: Pantheris System Regulation Number: 21 CFR 870.4875 Regulation Name: Intraluminal Artery Stripper Regulatory Class: Class II Product Code: MCW, NQQ Dated: October 6, 2021 Received: October 8, 2021

Dear Thomas Lawson:

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.

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Sincerely,

Gregory O'Connell Assistant Director DHT2C: Division of Coronary and Peripheral Intervention Devices OHT2: Office of Cardiovascular Devices Office of Product Evaluation and Ouality Center for Devices and Radiological Health

Enclosure

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Indications for Use

510(k) Number (if known) K212047

Device Name Pantheris System

Indications for Use (Describe)

The Pantheris System is intended to remove plaque (atherectomy) from partially occluded native or restenotic vessels, including in-stent restenosis (ISR), in the peripheral vasculature with a reference diameter of 3.0 mm, using OCT-assisted orientation and imaging. The system is an adjunct to fluoroscopy by providing images of vessel lumen, wall structures, and vessel morphologies. The Pantheris System is not in the iliac, coronary, cerebral, renal or carotid vasculature.

Type of Use (Select one or both, as applicable)
区 Prescription Use (Part 21 CFR 801 Subpart D)Over-The-Counter Use (21 CFR 801 Subpart C)

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K212047

510(k) Summary

General Information

SubmitterAvinger, Inc.
Address400 Chesapeake Drive
Redwood City, CA 94063
FDA Registration Number3007498664
Correspondence PersonThomas Lawson, PhD
Director, Clinical & Regulatory Affairs
Avinger Inc.
Contact InformationEmail: tlawson@avinger.com
Phone: 510-206-1794
Date Prepared16 November 2021

Proposed Device

Trade NamePantheris System
Common NamePantheris Catheter
Regulation Number and
Classification Name21 CFR§870.4875, Intraluminal Artery Stripper
21 CFR§892.1560, Imaging System Optical Coherence
Tomography (OCT)
Product CodeMCW, NQQ
Regulatory ClassII

Predicate Device #1—Primary Predicate Device

Trade NameB-Laser Atherectomy System
Common NameB-Laser
Premarket NotificationK181642
Regulation Number and
Classification Name21 CFR§870.4875, Intraluminal Artery Stripper
Product CodeMCW
Regulatory ClassII
Note: This predicate device has not been subject to a design-related recall.

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Trade NamePantheris System
Common NamePantheris Catheter
Premarket NotificationK173862
Regulation Number and
Classification Name21 CFR§870.4875, Intraluminal Artery Stripper
21 CFR§892.1560, Imaging System Optical Coherence
Tomography (OCT)
Product CodeMCW
Regulatory ClassII
Note: This predicate device has not been subject to a design-related recall.

Predicate Device #2-Reference Predicate Device

Device Description and Proposed Modifications

The Pantheris System consists of a Pantheris atherectomy catheter, a Lightbox Sled with integrated umbilical (referred to as "Sled"), and a Lightbox HS Imaging Console (referred to as "Lightbox"). The Pantheris atherectomy catheter is a 7 French device with a working length of 110 cm. It incorporates an optical fiber that allows real-time diagnosis of vessel condition and morphology as well as OCT-guided atherectomy during the procedure with its connection to the Lightbox via the Sled accessory.

The Pantheris System was reviewed and cleared under K173862. Neither the catheter, the Sled, nor the Lightbox were modified for use in the clinical trial conducted to support this submission and all three elements of the svstem are the same as they were when cleared under K173862.

This Traditional 510(k) is submitted in order to expand the indications for use statement to include in-stent restenosis as a condition for use of the Pantheris catheter.

Proposed Indications for Use Statement

The indication for use for Pantheris atherectomy catheter cleared in K173862 is to be modified to include restenotic vessels, including in-stent restenosis (ISR):

The Pantheris System is intended to remove plaque (atherectomy) from partially occluded native or restenotic vessels, including in-stent restenosis (ISR), in the peripheral vasculature with a reference diameter of 3.0 mm to 7.0 mm, using OCTassisted orientation and imaging. The system is an adjunct to fluoroscopy by providing images of vessel lumen, wall structures, and vessel morphologies. The Pantheris system is not intended for use in the iliac, coronary, cerebral, renal or carotid vasculature.

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Equivalence of the Subject Device with the Two Predicate Devices

Avinger Inc. has identified the B-Laser Atherectomy System (K181642) as the primary predicate device due to a shared indication to address in-stent restenosis.

The Pantheris catheter is substantially equivalent to the B-Laser Atherectomy System based upon the following similarities:

  • · Both devices are intended to be used to address in-stent restenosis in peripheral vessels by atherectomy, under product code MCW;
  • · Both devices are used in cardiac catheter labs in either a hospital or an officebased lab:
  • · Both devices are advanced to the target in-stent occlusion through an indwelling vascular sheath and over a guide wire;
  • Advancement to the target tissue for both devices is monitored by external fluoroscopy imaging; and
  • · Both devices have equivalent sizes in terms of outer diameter and working length of the catheter.

The Pantheris 7Fr catheter (subject device) and Pantheris 7Fr catheter (reference predicate device) cleared under K173862 are the exact same device. This predicate device covers specifications, materials, biocompatibility, sterilization, and packaging for the device used in the IDE trial to gather clinical data for ISR treatment.

Table 14.1 shows the comparison of the Pantheris 7 Fr catheter to the predicate devices. The equivalences among these three devices satisfy the criteria for a 510(k) submission.

Table 14.1 Comparison of the Pantheris 7Fr catheter (subject device) to the predicate devices, the Laser-B atherectomy catheter (K181642) and the Pantheris 7Fr catheter (K173862).

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Subject DevicePrimary Predicate DeviceReference Predicate Device
Pantheris
Atherectomy System
7 French
(Avinger, Inc.)
(This Submission)B-Laser
Atherectomy
System
(Eximo Medical
Ltd.)
K181642Pantheris
Atherectomy System
7 French
(Avinger, Inc.)
K173862
Overview
ClassIIII
Product CodeMCW NQQMCW
Classification
Section21 CFR §870.4875
Intraluminal Artery
StripperSame
Indication for
UseThe Pantheris System
is intended to remove
plaque (atherectomy)
from partially
occluded native or
restenotic vessels,
including in-stent
restenosis (ISR), in
the peripheral
vasculature with a
reference diameter of
3.0 mm to 7.0 mm,
using OCT-assisted
orientation and
imaging. The system
is as an adjunct to
fluoroscopy by
providing images of
vessel lumen, wall
structures and vessel
morphologies.
The Pantheris System
is NOT intended for
use in the iliac,The B-Laser
Atherectomy
System is intended
for use in the
treatment,
including
atherectomy, of
infra-inguinal
stenoses and
occlusions,
including in-stent
restenosis (ISR).The Pantheris System
is intended to remove
plaque (atherectomy)
from partially
occluded vessels in
the peripheral
vasculature with a
reference diameter of
3.0 mm to 7.0 mm,
using OCT-assisted
orientation and
imaging. The system
is as an adjunct to
fluoroscopy by
providing images of
vessel lumen, wall
structures and vessel
morphologies.
The Pantheris System
is NOT intended for
use in the iliac,
coronary, cerebral,
renal or carotid
MCW NQQ
Same
coronary, cerebral, renal or carotid vasculature.vasculature.
Intended useRemove plaque (atherectomy) from partially occluded native or restenotic vessels, including in-stent restenosis (ISR), in the peripheral vasculatureRemove plaque (atherectomy) from partially occluded vessels in the peripheral vasculature, including in-stent restenosisRemove plaque (atherectomy) from partially occluded vessels in the peripheral vasculature
Treatment MethodAtherectomy using a rotating cutter headAtherectomy with an array of optic fibers surrounded by a circumferential blunt bladeAtherectomy using a rotating cutter head
Technical Characteristics
DesignSystem is comprised of (1) catheter, (2) imaging console, and (3) connector between the catheter and the consoleSystem is comprised of (1) catheter, (2) laser console, and (3) connector between the catheter and the consoleSystem is comprised of (1) catheter, (2) imaging console, and (3) connector between the catheter and the console
Configuration of the CatheterA cannula that contains a rotating cutter head and an OCT imaging fiberA cannula that contains an array of optic fibers surrounded by a circumferential blunt bladeA cannula that contains a rotating cutter head and an OCT imaging fiber
Outer Diameter of the Catheter2.3 mm (7Fr)2.0 and 2.35 mm (6 & X Fr)2.3 mm (7 Fr)
Working Length of the Catheter110 cm125 to 150 cm110 cm
Mechanism of Tissue ExcisionRotating cutter head that cuts the target tissueLaser pulses for photoablation of the target tissueRotating cutter head that cuts the target tissue
Excised Tissue ManagementExcised tissue is collected and contained in an integrated storageExcised tissue is collected and removed using vacuum aspirationExcised tissue is collected and contained in an integrated storage
segment of the
cannulasegment of the
cannula
Imaging during
the procedureAngiography for
initial placement with
onboard optical
coherence
tomography on the
cannulaSameSame
Electrical SafetyClass I, Type CF,
defibrillation proof
IEC 60601-1SameSame
Electromagnetic
CompatibilityIEC 60601-1-2SameSame
Laser
ClassificationClass IClass IVClass I
Provided SterileYesYesYes
Sterilization
Methode-beam irradiationEthylene oxidee-beam irradiation
Sterility
Assurance Level10-6SameSame
Single-use
CatheterYesYesYes
PackagingPlaced in a tray
contained in a Tyvek
pouchSameSame
Clinical
Characteristics
Anatomical Site
of Use in the
BodyPeripheral VesselsSameSame
Clinical
ConditionOccluded vessels and
vascular stents in the
peripheral
vasculatureOccluded vessels
and vascular stents
in the peripheral
vasculatureOccluded vessels in
the peripheral
vasculature
Population in
which Device is
UsedMale or Female
AdultsSameSame
Advancement to
the Target
TissueOver an 0.014 inch
guide wire through a
vascular sheathSameSame
Sheath
Compatibility
for the Catheter7 Fr4 to 7 Fr7 Fr
Medical
Procedure SiteHospital Cardiac
Catheter LabSameSame
Office-based Lab
Treatment
MethodAtherectomySameSame
Biological
Characteristics
Biocompatibility
of Materials
Used in the
Construction of
the CannulaMeets ISO 10993
requirementsSameSame
Length of Time
in Contact with
the Target
Tissue70% by visual estimation) and who met all eligibility criteria. The target in-stent restenotic lesion had to be located in vessels with diameters of > 3 mm and 79%.

A secondary powered effectiveness endpoint was freedom from target lession revascularization (TLR) at 6 months following the index procedure. The freedom from TLR of the 85 subjects that have completed their 6-month follow-up visits after the index procedure was 93% (79/85), with a 95% one-sided upper confidence bound of 98% and a lower bound of 87%, which met the performance goal of > 61%.

Additional secondary effectiveness included procedural success, defined as the percent of target lesions that have residual diameter stenosis ≤ 30% post-Pantheris and any other adjunctive therapy, as determined by an independent core lab, and changes in Ankle-Brachial Index (ABI), and Rutherford Classes at 30 days and 6 months after the procedure in relation to the measurements prior to the procedure.

Procedural success was determined if the residual diameter stenosis was ≤ 30% following adjunctive treatment. In this cohort 78 of the 97 subjects (80%) were determined to have a residual stenosis