K Number
K970938
Device Name
HUNTER 0.014 INCH SUPER SOFT / HUNTER O.014 INCH SOFT GUIDE WIRES W/THROMBORESISTANT PC COATING
Date Cleared
1997-11-17

(249 days)

Product Code
Regulation Number
870.1330
AI/MLSaMDIVD (In Vitro Diagnostic)TherapeuticDiagnosticis PCCP AuthorizedThirdparty
Intended Use
The Hunter™ Super Soft and Soft guide wires with phosphorylcholine (PC) coating are intended to facilitate the placement of PTA and/or PTCA balloon catheters within the peripheral and coronary vasculature. This guide wire is 0.014-inch size and designed for safe use within appropriately sized balloon catheters. This device is not for use in the cerebral vasculature.
Device Description
The Hunter guide wires are coated with a high molecular weight phosphorvicholine ("PC") polymer. The core wire and spring coils are coated with phosphorylcholine (PC). The PC coating aids in the prevention of thrombus formation on the guide wire tip during short-term clinical use. While the PC coating has been shown to resist thrombus accumulation during PTCA procedures, a clinical significance of this reduction has not been demonstrated. The guide wires are full-length core wire design having a distal 30cm long spring coil. PC-coated guide wires are available in 175cm and 300cm lengths with distal radiopaque platinum/fungsten spring coil lengths of 4cm and 30cm.
More Information

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The document describes a guide wire with a specific coating and mechanical design, with no mention of AI or ML technology.

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The device is a guide wire intended to facilitate the placement of other devices (balloon catheters) and its coating helps prevent thrombus, but it does not directly treat a disease or condition.

No

The device description clearly states its intended use is to "facilitate the placement of PTA and/or PTCA balloon catheters," which is a procedural and interventional function, not a diagnostic one. There is no mention of the device being used to detect, identify, or monitor a disease or condition.

No

The device description clearly indicates a physical guide wire with a coating, which is a hardware component.

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

Here's why:

  • Intended Use: The intended use is to "facilitate the placement of PTA and/or PTCA balloon catheters within the peripheral and coronary vasculature." This describes a device used within the body for a medical procedure, not a device used to examine specimens outside the body to provide diagnostic information.
  • Device Description: The description focuses on the physical characteristics of the guide wire, its coating, and its function in guiding catheters. It does not mention any components or processes related to analyzing biological samples.
  • Performance Studies: The performance studies described focus on the device's ability to resist protein adsorption and thrombus formation in vivo (in clinical studies) and in vitro (in laboratory tests, but related to the device's interaction with blood components, not for diagnostic purposes).
  • Lack of IVD Characteristics: There is no mention of analyzing biological samples (blood, urine, tissue, etc.), providing diagnostic information, or being used in a laboratory setting for diagnostic testing.

In summary, the Hunter™ Super Soft and Soft guide wires are medical devices used for interventional procedures within the body, not for in vitro diagnostic testing.

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Intended Use / Indications for Use

Guide wires are intended for use to facilitate the placement of PTA and/or PTCA balloon dilatation catheters within the peripheral or coronary vasculature. The guide wires are 0.014 inch size and designed for safe use within appropriately sized balloon catheters. The guide wires are not for use in the cerebral vasculature.

The Hunter™ Super Soft and Soft guide wires with phosphorylcholine (PC) coating are intended to facilitate the placement of PTA and/or PTCA balloon catheters within the peripheral and coronary vasculature. This guide wire is 0.014-inch size and designed for safe use within appropriately sized balloon catheters. This device is not for use in the cerebral vasculature.

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

DQX

Device Description

The Hunter guide wires are coated with a high molecular weight phosphorvicholine ("PC") polymer. The core wire and spring coils are coated with phosphorylcholine (PC). The PC coating aids in the prevention of thrombus formation on the guide wire tip during short-term clinical use. While the PC coating has been shown to resist thrombus accumulation during PTCA procedures, a clinical significance of this reduction has not been demonstrated. The guide wires are full-length core wire design having a distal 30cm long spring coil. PC-coated guide wires are available in 175cm and 300cm lengths with distal radiopaque platinum/fungsten spring coil lengths of 4cm and 30cm.

The PC-solution is applied as a thin film, by dip coating, to the guide wire spring coil and core wire surfaces. A stable and durable polymer coating adheres to the otherwise hydrophobic substrate PhosphoryIcholine polar head groups on the surface are hydrophilic. Upon exposure to water or blood, PC molecules rapidly absorb water. The surface becomes lubricious and resistant to protein adsorption and cellular adhesion. The reduction of protein adsorption (e.g. fibrinogen) and decrease in platelet adhesion are fundamental characteristic of the PC coating. PC-coated surfaces are sterilizable by gamma radiation.

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

peripheral and coronary vasculature

Indicated Patient Age Range

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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)

The effectiveness of PC-coated guide wires at reducing protein adsorption and thrombus formation was confirmed by in vitro and clinical studies, respectively. Fibrinogen binding to PC-coated surfaces was less than that to other common guide wire coating materials. Five different groups of coated guide wires, including PC-coated guide wires, used to perform 50 clinical PTCA procedures were examined by scanning electron microscopy. The results of the clinical study demonstrated the effectiveness of the PC coating to resist thrombus deposition under the variable conditions of clinical PTCA.

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.

K802473

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 for the subject device only (e.g. presence / absence, what scope was granted / cleared under the PCCP, any restrictions, etc).

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§ 870.1330 Catheter guide wire.

(a)
Identification. A catheter guide wire is a coiled wire that is designed to fit inside a percutaneous catheter for the purpose of directing the catheter through a blood vessel.(b)
Classification. Class II (special controls). The device, when it is a torque device that is manually operated, non-patient contacting, and intended to manipulate non-cerebral vascular guide wires, is exempt from the premarket notification procedures in subpart E of part 807 of this chapter subject to the limitations in § 870.9.

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K970938

510(k) Summary

Soft Guide Wires with PC Coating

Biocompatibles Cardiovascular Inc. 680 West Maude Avenue, Suite 2 Sunnyvale, CA 94086 USA

Contact Person:

Submitter's Name:

John P. Yianni, Ph.D. Technical Director

NOV 17 1997

October 20, 1997

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Device Names:

510(k) Summary Date:

Common Name:

Classification:

Predicate Device:

Medrad Inc. (K802473)

  • Benzalkonium-Heparin Coated Guidewires .
    Coronary and Peripheral Vascular Guide Wire

Class II - Catheter Guide Wire (21 CFR 870.1330)

Hunter 0.014 inch Super Soft and Hunter 0.014 inch

  • Amplatz Heparin-Coated Wire Guide
  • Thrombo-Resistant Coated Spring Guide

Device Description:

The Hunter guide wires are coated with a high molecular weight phosphorvicholine ("PC") polymer. The core wire and spring coils are coated with phosphorylcholine (PC). The PC coating aids in the prevention of thrombus formation on the guide wire tip during short-term clinical use. While the PC coating has been shown to resist thrombus accumulation during PTCA procedures, a clinical significance of this reduction has not been demonstrated. The guide wires are full-length core wire design having a distal 30cm long spring coil. PC-coated guide wires are available in 175cm and 300cm lengths with distal radiopaque platinum/fungsten spring coil lengths of 4cm and 30cm.

Intended Use:

Guide wires are intended for use to facilitate the placement of PTA and/or PTCA balloon dilatation catheters within the peripheral or coronary vasculature. The guide wires are 0.014 inch size and designed for safe use within appropriately sized balloon catheters. The guide wires are not for use in the cerebral vasculature.

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Comparison of Technological Characteristics:

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The PC-solution is applied as a thin film, by dip coating, to the guide wire spring coil and core wire surfaces. A stable and durable polymer coating adheres to the otherwise hydrophobic substrate | PhosphoryIcholine polar head groups on the surface are hydrophilic. IUpon exposure to water or blood, PC molecules rapidly absorb water. The surface becomes lubricious and resistant to protein adsorption and cellular adhesion. The reduction of protein adsorption (e.g. fibrinogen) and decrease in platelet adhesion are fundamental characteristic of the PC coating. PC-coated surfaces are sterilizable by gamma radiation.

The benzalkonium-heparin (BH) coating solution is prepared from a precipitated heparin-quaternary ammonium complex (salt). The BH complex is applied to the guide wire by dip coating. The BH surface is hydrophobic rather than hydrophilic. The BH coating is soluble in water and, therefore, is easily leached from the surface over time. The recognized temporary protection against thrombus formation on BH-coated surfaces was considered adequate for most catheterization procedures.

Expression of the hydrophilic and blood compatible characteristics of PCcoated surfaces is dependent on the presence of water for hydration; no circulating protein cofactor is required. The predicate BH coating is sionificantly different from the PC-coating in that the heparin molecule is an indirect thrombin inhibitor and requires the presence of antithrombin III (ATIII) to complete the inhibition. The PC coating is inert to normal biochemical degradation processes. The fundamental differences between PC and BH coatings are the ability of the PC to reduce substrate clotting protein (fibrinogen) adsorption, resist platelet adhesion (and therefore activation and aggregation), and function independent of other cofactors (other than water).

Packaging and Sterilization

The PC-coated guide wires are packaged in Tyvek/Mylar heat sealed pouches and sterilized with gamma radiation, The package material of the BH-coated guide wires is also TyvekMylar and the method of sterilization is ethylene oxide gas.

Safety and Effectiveness:

The effectiveness of PC-coated guide wires at reducing protein adsorption and thrombus formation was confirmed by in vitro and clinical studies, respectively. Fibrinogen binding to PC-coated surfaces was less than that to other common guide wire coating materials. Five different groups of coated guide wires, including PC-coated guide wires, used to perform 50 clinical PTCA procedures were examined by scanning electron microscopy. The results of the clinical study demonstrated the effectiveness of the PC coating to resist thrombus deposition under the variable conditions of clinical PTCA,

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Food and Drug Administration 9200 Corporate Boulevard Rockville MD 20850

NOV 1 7 1997

Ms. Nancy F. Teague Consultant and Correspondent for Biocompatibles Cardiovascular, Inc. C.L. McIntosh Associates, Inc. 12300 Twinbrook Parkway, Suite 625 Rockville, Maryland 20852

K970938 Re: Hunter™ 0.014 inch Soft and Super Soft Guide Wires with PC Coating Requlatory Class: II (two) Product Code: DQX Dated: September 17, 1997 Received: September 18, 1997

Dear Ms. Teague:

We have reviewed your Section 510(k) notification of intent to market the device referenced above and we have determined the device is substantially equivalent (for the indications for use stated in the enclosure) to 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). 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 reqistration, listing of devices, good manufacturing practice, labeling, and prohibitions against misbranding and adulteration.

If your device is classified (see above) into either class II (Special Controls) or class III (Premarket Approval), it may be subject to such additional controls. Existing major regulations affecting your device can be found in the Code of Federal Requlations, Title 21, Parts 800 to A substantially equivalent determination assumes compliance with 895. the Current Good Manufacturing Practice requirements, as set forth in the Quality System Regulation (QS) for Medical Devices: General regulation (21 CFR Part 820) and that, through periodic QS inspections, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will verify such assumptions. Failure to comply with the GMP regulation may result in regulatory action. In addition, FDA may publish further announcements concerning your device in the Federal Register. Please note: this response to your premarket

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notification submission does not affect any obligation you might have under sections 531 through 542 of the Act for devices under the Electronic Product Radiation Control provisions, or other Federal laws or regulations.

This letter will allow you to begin marketing your device as described in your 510(k) premarket notification. The FDA finding of substantial equivalence of your device to a legally marketed predicate device results in a classification for your device and thus, permits your device to proceed to the market.

If you desire specific advice for your device on our labeling regulation (21 CFR Part 801 and additionally 809.10 for in vitro diagnostic devices), please contact the Office of Compliance at (301) 594-4648. Additionally, for questions on the promotion and advertising of your device, please contact the Office of Compliance at (301) 594-4639. Also, please note the regulation entitled, "Misbranding by reference to premarket notification" (21 CFR 807.97). Other general information on your responsibilities under the Act may be obtained from the Division of Small Manufacturers Assistance at its toll-free number (800) 638-2041 or (301) 443-6597 or at its internet address "http://www.fda.gov/cdrh/dsmamain.html".

Sincerely yours,

Thomas J. Callahon

Thomas J. Callahan, Ph.D. Director Division of Cardiovascular, Respiratory, and Neurological Devices Office of Device Evaluation Center for Devices and Radiological Health

Enclosure

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510(k) Number (if known): K970938

Hunter™ 0.014 inch Super Soft Guide Wire with PC Coating Device Name: and Hunter™ 0.014 inch Soft Guide Wire with PC Coating

Indications for Use:

The Hunter™ Super Soft and Soft guide wires with phosphorylcholine (PC) coating are intended to facilitate the placement of PTA and/or PTCA balloon catheters within the peripheral and coronary vasculature. This guide wire is 0.014-inch size and designed for safe use within appropriately sized balloon catheters. This device is not for use in the cerebral vasculature.

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