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No
The summary describes standard image processing and quantitative analysis techniques for cardiovascular MRI data, without mentioning AI or ML. The performance study relies on numerical phantom testing and comparison with computational fluid dynamics, not AI/ML model validation.
No
The device is a post-processing analysis software for viewing and quantifying cardiovascular MR images, intended to assist clinicians in diagnosis and treatment decision-making, rather than directly treating or preventing a disease.
Yes
The device states "The iTFlow software will be utilized in situations of blood flow in a heart and its major vessels are required for a cardiac diagnosis" and "iTFlow software will assist clinicians with proper training in cardiac treatment decision making a conclusive diagnosis for patients." This clearly indicates its intended use for diagnostic purposes.
Yes
The device description explicitly states "iTFlow is a post-processing analysis software device" and details its functionalities related to viewing, quantifying, and reporting on imported MRI data. There is no mention of any accompanying hardware component being part of the device itself.
Based on the provided information, this device is not an In Vitro Diagnostic (IVD).
Here's why:
- IVDs analyze biological samples: IVDs are designed to examine specimens taken from the human body, such as blood, urine, tissue, etc., to provide information about a person's health.
- This device analyzes medical images: The iTFlow software processes and analyzes cardiovascular MRI data, which are images of the heart and vessels, not biological samples.
- The intended use is image analysis for diagnosis: The software assists clinicians in making a cardiac diagnosis by analyzing image data, not by analyzing biological markers in a sample.
The device falls under the category of medical image analysis software, which is a different type of medical device than an IVD.
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Intended Use / Indications for Use
The iTFlow software will be utilized in situations where visualization of blood flow in a heart and its major vessels are required for a cardiac diagnosis. iTFlow allows for the viewing, post-processing, and the quantitative evaluation of cardiovascular MRI data (in DIRECTORcompliant format)
It enables:
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The import of DICOM-compliant MR Images.
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The support of a clinical diagnosis by the quantitative analysis of the imported images.
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Quantitative measurement of the size, area, blood flow, volume and mass of the heart and adjacent vessels.
-Advanced correction options such as offset correction, background phase correction, and anti-aliasing.
-Data visualization as a graph or output as an image or numerical data.
iTFlow software will assist clinicians with proper training in cardiac treatment decision making and in providing a conclusive diagnosis for patients. It is intended to analyze cardiovascular MRI imaqe data, that are acquired via electrocardiogram qated acquisition, gradient echo cine sequence, and phase contrast time-resolved multi-slice sequence, without any-contrast medium for MR angiography. Patient populations are not restricted.
Product codes (comma separated list FDA assigned to the subject device)
LLZ
Device Description
iTFlow is a post-processing analysis software device for viewing and quantifying cardiovascular MR images (4D Flow MRI). The device is intended to visualize and quantify MRI data imported in DICOM format. The software has features for loading, saving, generating screen displays, and aggregating quantitative data from cardiovascular images acquired from magnetic resonance (MR) scanners. iTFlow is intended for use in both pediatric (neonate, infant, child, and adolescent) and adult populations.
The following visualization, quantification and data-reporting functionalities are provided by the software:
Visualization:
- 2D image review
- 3D image review by means of volume rendering
- Multi-planar reconstruction (MPR) views (axial, coronal and sagittal)
- Blood flow visualization using vectors, Cine play
- Streamlines, and pathlines
- Visualization of segmented region.
Quantification:
- Anatomy segmentation.
- Linear distance measurements.
- Flow rate at user-specified locations (e.g., aorta, aortic valve, pulmonary valve, mitral valve, tricuspid valve, and superior vena cava).
- Volume of segmented area and volume related parameters include stroke volume, ejection fraction, cardiac output, end-diastolic volume, end-systolic volume.
Data reporting:
- Visualized image and quantified value can be exported into a report in DICOM format.
Mentions image processing
Yes
Mentions AI, DNN, or ML
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Input Imaging Modality
Magnetic Resonance (MR)
Anatomical Site
Heart and its major vessels
Indicated Patient Age Range
Pediatric (neonate, infant, child, and adolescent) and adult populations.
Intended User / Care Setting
Clinicians with proper training in cardiac treatment decision making.
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
A numerical phantom test was performed. A virtual aortic geometry was created, and numerical flow analysis was performed using OpenFOAM. The computed results were converted into DICOM data for comparison with iTFlow.
Summary of Performance Studies (study type, sample size, AUC, MRMC, standalone performance, key results)
Study Type: Numerical phantom test / software algorithm validation.
Sample Size: Not Applicable (virtual aortic geometry).
Key Results: The report found no difference in flow visualization between iTFlow and CFD (computational fluid dynamics), but the flow rate in small vessels were underestimated in iTFlow due to the filter used to integrate the flow velocity. This underestimation can be avoided by manually modifying the region of interest, and this limitation has been labeled in user's manual. Overall, the report suggests that iTFlow can be a useful tool for flow visualization and quantification with some limitations.
Other Performance: Safety and performance of the iTFlow has been evaluated and verified in accordance with software specifications and applicable performance standards through software verification and validation testing, as well as software usability testing. Additionally, the software validation activities were performed in accordance with IEC 62304:2006 Ed. 1.1 Medical device software - Software life cycle processes in addition to the FDA Guidance documents, "Guidance for the Content of Premarket Submissions for Software Contained in Medical Devices".
Key Metrics (Sensitivity, Specificity, PPV, NPV, etc.)
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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.
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Predetermined Change Control Plan (PCCP) - All Relevant Information
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§ 892.2050 Medical image management and processing system.
(a)
Identification. A medical image management and processing system is a device that provides one or more capabilities relating to the review and digital processing of medical images for the purposes of interpretation by a trained practitioner of disease detection, diagnosis, or patient management. The software components may provide advanced or complex image processing functions for image manipulation, enhancement, or quantification that are intended for use in the interpretation and analysis of medical images. Advanced image manipulation functions may include image segmentation, multimodality image registration, or 3D visualization. Complex quantitative functions may include semi-automated measurements or time-series measurements.(b)
Classification. Class II (special controls; voluntary standards—Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM) Std., Joint Photographic Experts Group (JPEG) Std., Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) Test Pattern).
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May 12, 2023
Cardio Flow Design Inc. % Teruyasu Nishino CEO 22-3 Ichibancho, Chiyoda-ku Tokyo, 1020082 JAPAN
Re: K222854
Trade/Device Name: iTFFlow Regulation Number: 21 CFR 892.2050 Regulation Name: Medical image management and processing system Regulatory Class: Class II Product Code: LLZ Dated: March 12, 2023 Received: March 28, 2023
Dear Teruyasu Nishino:
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,
D.H.K.
Daniel M. Krainak, Ph.D. Assistant Director Magnetic Resonance and Nuclear Medicine Team DHT8C: Division of Radiological Imaging and Radiation Therapy Devices OHT8: Office of Radiological Health Office of Product Evaluation and Quality Center for Devices and Radiological Health
Enclosure
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Indications for Use
510(k) Number (if known) K222854
Device Name iTFlow
Indications for Use (Describe)
The iTFlow software will be utilized in situation of blood flow in a heart and its major vessels are required for a cardiac diagnosis. iTFlow allows for the viewing, post-processing, and the quantion of cardiovascular MRI data (in DIRECTOR-compliant format) It enables:
-
The import of DICOM-compliant MR Images.
-
The support of a clinical diagnosis by the quantitative analysis of the imported images.
-
Quantitative measurement of the size, area, blood flow, volume and mass of the heart vessels.
-Advanced correction options such as offset correction, background phase correction, and anti-aliasing.
-Data visualization as a graph or output as an image or numerical data.
iTFlow software will assist clinicians with proper training in cardiac treatment decision making a conclusive diagnosis for patients. It is intended to analyze cardiovascular MRI image data, that are acquired via electrocardiogram gated acquisition, gradient echo cine sequence, and phase contrast time-resolved multi-slice sequence, without any-contrast medium for MR angiography. Patient populations are not restricted.
Type of Use (Select one or both, as applicable) | ||
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☒ Prescription Use (Part 21 CFR 801 Subpart D) □ Over-The-Counter Use (21 CFR 801 Subpart C) | ☒ Prescription Use (Part 21 CFR 801 Subpart D) | □ Over-The-Counter Use (21 CFR 801 Subpart C) |
☒ Prescription Use (Part 21 CFR 801 Subpart D) | ||
□ Over-The-Counter Use (21 CFR 801 Subpart C) |
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510(k) Summary
1. Submitter Information
Submitter:
Name | Cardio Flow Design Inc. |
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Address | 22-3 Ichibancho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo |
JAPAN | |
102-0082 | |
Correspondence Person | Teruyasu Nishino |
Contact Information | Email: kanri@cfd.life |
Phone: +81 42-649-3492 | |
US agent | Benjamin Patrick Dyer |
Contact information | Email: bendyer.cfd@gmail.com |
2. Proposed Device
Proposed Device:
Proprietary Name | iTFlow |
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Common Name | iTFlow |
Classification Name | System, Image Processing, Radiological |
Regulation Number | 21 CFR 892.2050 |
Product Code | LLZ |
Regulatory Class | II |
3. Predicate Device
Primary Predicate Device:
Proprietary Name | cvi42 |
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Premarket Notification | K141480 |
Classification Name | System, Image Processing, Radiological |
Regulation Number | 21 CFR 892.2050 |
Product Code | LLZ |
Regulatory Class | II |
Secondary Predicate Device:
Proprietary Name | cmr42 |
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Premarket Notification | K082628 |
Classification Name | 21 CFR 892.2050) |
Regulation Number | 21 CFR 892.2050 |
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Product Code | LLZ |
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Regulatory Class | II |
4. Device Description
iTFlow is a post-processing analysis software device for viewing and quantifying cardiovascular MR images (4D Flow MRI). The device is intended to visualize and quantify MRI data imported in DICOM format. The software has features for loading, saving, generating screen displays, and aggregating quantitative data from cardiovascular images acquired from magnetic resonance (MR) scanners. iTFlow is intended for use in both pediatric (neonate, infant, child, and adolescent) and adult populations.
The following visualization, quantification and data-reporting functionalities are provided by the software:
Visualization:
- 2D image review
- 3D image review by means of volume rendering
- Multi-planar reconstruction (MPR) views (axial, coronal and sagittal)
- Blood flow visualization using vectors, Cine play
- Streamlines, and pathlines
- Visualization of segmented region.
Quantification:
- Anatomy segmentation.
- Linear distance measurements.
- Flow rate at user-specified locations (e.g., aorta, aortic valve, pulmonary valve, mitral valve, tricuspid valve, and superior vena cava).
- Volume of segmented area and volume related parameters include stroke volume, ejection fraction, cardiac output, end-diastolic volume, end-systolic volume.
Data reporting:
- Visualized image and quantified value can be exported into a report in DICOM format.
5. Intended Use
iTFlow is a software package, for which the intended use is viewing, post-processing and the quantitative evaluation of cardiovascular MRI data (in DICOM-compliant format). The software
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has the capability to analyze multi-slice, multi-phase and velocity encoded phase contrast MRI scans, known as 4D Flow MRI, to visualize and analyze the blood flow (velocity, flow patterns, pulse wave analysis) inside a heart and its major vessels. By optionally focusing on specific anatomy segments, volume related parameters may be computed for each segment.
6. Indications for use
The iTFlow software will be utilized in situations where visualization of blood flow in a heart and its major vessels are required for a cardiac diagnosis. iTFlow allows for the viewing, post-processing, and the quantitative evaluation of cardiovascular MRI data (in DIRECTORcompliant format)
lt enables:
-
The import of DICOM-compliant MR Images.
-
The support of a clinical diagnosis by the quantitative analysis of the imported images.
-
Quantitative measurement of the size, area, blood flow, volume and mass of the heart and adjacent vessels.
-Advanced correction options such as offset correction, background phase correction, and anti-aliasing.
-Data visualization as a graph or output as an image or numerical data.
iTFlow software will assist clinicians with proper training in cardiac treatment decision making and in providing a conclusive diagnosis for patients. It is intended to analyze cardiovascular MRI imaqe data, that are acquired via electrocardiogram qated acquisition, gradient echo cine sequence, and phase contrast time-resolved multi-slice sequence, without any-contrast medium for MR angiography. Patient populations are not restricted.
7. Technology
This device is a software to visualize and quantify 4D Flow MRI data.
4D Flow MRI is an MRI imaging method for analyzing blood flow using the phase contrast method.
Using 4D Flow MRI, phase contrast images are obtained sequentially in 3D during the cardiac cycle.
Phase contrast images indicate the distribution of fluid velocity along with the gradient magnetic field. Blood velocity distribution in three axes can be obtained from the phase contrast image of the horizontal direction, the vertical direction, and the cross-section passing direction with respect to the imaging cross section.
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The software reads these phase images representing the anatomy of the blood vessel and computes the three axes of the phase contrast images to visualize the blood flow as a vector.
The computed blood flow velocity can be displayed as vectors overlaid on a 2D anatomy image or can be displayed as a streamline in a 3D view.
It is also possible to measure changes in ventricular volume from the heartbeat by tracking the movement of the seqmented heart lumen.
The quantified data can be displayed as a graph or output as an image or numerical data.
8. Comparison of Technological Characteristics with the Predicate Device
iTFlow and the other two predicate devices belong to class II medical device and all of them are used for analyzing image of MRI. All of them are designed to do quantitative analysis of cardiac blood flow and volume.
| Feature/Function | Proposed Device: | Predicate Device
Primary | Discussion of
Differences |
|---------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------|
| Trade Name | iTFlow | cvi42 | - |
| 510K number | - | K141480 | - |
| Regulation Number | 21 CFR 892.2050 | 21 CFR 892.2050 | same |
| Regulation Name | Medical image
management and
processing system. | Medical image
management and
processing system. | same |
| Regulatory Class: | II | II | same |
| Product Code | LLZ | LLZ | same |
| 510k clearance Date: | - | August 22, 2014 | - |
| 510k sponsor | Cardio Flow Design Inc. | Circle Cardiovascular
Imaging Inc. | - |
| Segmentation of region of
interest | Yes | Yes | same |
| Phase error correction | Yes | Yes | same |
| Quantitative Analysis, flow | Yes | Yes | same |
| Quantitative Analysis,
volume | Yes | Yes | same |
Primary Predicate Device:
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Secondary Predicate Device: | |
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| Feature/Function | Proposed Device: | Predicate Device
Secondary | Discussion of
Differences |
|---------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------|
| Trade Name | iTFlow | cmr42 | - |
| 510K number | - | K082628 | - |
| Regulation Number | 21 CFR 892.2050 | 21 CFR 892.2050 | same |
| Regulation Name | Picture archiving and
communications system | Picture archiving and
communications system | same |
| Regulatory Class: | II | II | same |
| Product Code | LLZ | LLZ | same |
| 510k clearance Date: | - | Nov.20,2008 | - |
| 510k sponsor | Cardio Flow Design Inc. | Circle Cardiovascular
Imaging Inc. | - |
| Segmentation of region of
interest | Yes | Yes | same |
| Phase error correction | Yes | Yes | same |
| Quantitative Analysis, flow | Yes | Yes | same |
| Quantitative Analysis,
volume | Yes | Yes | same |
iTFlow has no significant differences compared with the predicate devices. The intended use and basic technology are similar to the predicate devices. Therefore, Cardio Flow Design Inc. believes that they are substantially equivalent.
9. Performance Data
Safety and performance of the iTFlow has been evaluated and verified in accordance with software specifications and applicable performance standards through software verification and validation testing, as well as software usability testing. Additionally, the software validation activities were performed in accordance with IEC 62304:2006 Ed. 1.1 Medical device software - Software life cycle processes in addition to the FDA Guidance documents, "Guidance for the Content of Premarket Submissions for Software Contained in Medical Devices".
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10. Numerical phantom test result
The software algorithms are validated by comparing with computer simulation. A virtual aortic geometry was created, and numerical flow analysis was performed using OpenFOAM. The computed results were converted into DICOM data for comparison with iTFlow. The report found no difference in flow visualization between iTFlow and CFD (computational fluid dynamics), but the flow rate in small vessels were underestimated in iTFlow due to the filter used to integrate the flow velocity. This underestimation can be avoided by manually modifying the region of interest, and this limitation has been labeled in user's manual. Overall, the report suggests that iTFlow can be a useful tool for flow visualization and quantification with some limitations.
11.Conclusions
Based on the information provided in this premarket notification, and based on the indications for use, technological characteristics, performance testing and technological comparison to the predicate devices, Cardio Flow Design, Inc. believes that the iTFlow is as safe, as effective, and substantially equivalent in performance to the predicate devices.