(31 days)
The Geriatric Products Restraints are for use by a responsible licensed healthcare professional to limit patient movement to the extent necessary for treatment, examination, protection of patient and others, or postural control.
Protective Restraint (Models #302,440,750 and A30" x 30" Belt)
The provided document is a 510(k) premarket notification letter for a Protective Restraint device (Models #302, 440, 750, and A30" x 30" Belt) from Geriatric Products Incorporated. This type of document, particularly from 1997, does not typically contain information about objective acceptance criteria, device performance studies, sample sizes, expert qualifications, or ground truth establishment in the detailed manner that a modern regulatory submission for an AI/ML medical device would.
The letter explicitly states: "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..."
This means the device's clearance was based on demonstrating substantial equivalence to a predicate device, not on meeting specific, pre-defined quantitative acceptance criteria through a formal study as would be required for a novel or high-risk device today. The substantial equivalence pathway often relies more on comparisons of technological characteristics and intended use rather than rigorous performance metric studies against acceptance criteria.
Therefore, I cannot extract the requested information (acceptance criteria, study details, sample sizes, expert involvement, MRMC studies, standalone performance, ground truth types, training set details) from this document, as it is not present. This document is a regulatory clearance letter, not a detailed study report or performance specification document.
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Food and Drug Administration 9200 Corporate Boulevard Rockville MD 20850
Mr. E.J. Smith Geriatric Products Incorporated C/O Smīth Associates P.O. Box 4341 Crofton, Maryland 21114
JUL 2 4 1997
Re : K972338 Protective Restraint (Models #302,440,750 Trade Name: and A30" x 30" Belt Regulatory Class: I Product Code: FMQ Dated: June 19, 1997 Received: June 23, 1997
Dear Mr. Smith:
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 The general controls provisions of the Act of the Act. include requirements for annual reqistration, listinq 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 requlations affecting your device can be found in the Code of Federal Requlations, Title 21, Parts 800 to 895. ಗ್ಗೆ substantially equivalent determination assumes compliance with the current Good Manufacturing Practice requirement, as set forth in the Quality System Requlation (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 In addition, FDA may publish further announcements action. concerning your device in the Federal Reqister. Please note: this response to your premarket notification submission does not affect any obligation you might have under sections 531
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through 542 of the Act for devices under the Electronic chrough 312 or on Control provisions, or other Federal laws or requlations.
This letter will allow you to begin marketing your device as described in your 510(k) premarket notification. The FDA described in your sial equivalence of your device to a legally rinding of babbandaa-ice results in a classification for your markets promits 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 regaraciamostic devices), please contact the Office of Compliance at (301) 594-4618. Additionally, for questions on the promotion and advertising of your device, please contact che 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 at fes coll free hamber (6:3)/www.fda.gov/cdrh/dsmamain.html".
Sincerely yours,
K. Wilmoth
hy A. Ulatowski Timot Diredtor Division of Dental, Infection Control and General Hospital Devices Office of Device Evaluation Center for Devices and Radiological Health
Enclosure
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510(k) Number (if known):
Device Name: Protective Restraint
Classification Panel: 890.3910, 89KID
Indications for Use! -----------
The Geriatric Products Restraints are for use by a responsible licensed healthcare professional to limit patient movement to the extent necessary for treatment, examination, protection of patient and others, or postural control.
Federal (U.S.A.) law restricts this device to sale by or on the order of a physician.
RELEASED
23 JUN 97 15 20
FDA/CDRH/ODE/DM
(PLEASE DO NOT WRITE BELOW THIS LINE - CONTINUE ON ANOTHER PAGE IF NEEDED) Concurrence of CDRH, Office of Device Evaluation (ODE)
(Division Sign-Off) Palucia Crucesite
Division of Dental, Infection Contrai,
and General Hospital Devices
510(k) Number K972338
Prescription Use
(Per 21 CFR 801.109) ✓ OR Over-the-Counter Use
SK-56
OM
§ 880.6760 Protective restraint.
(a)
Identification. A protective restraint is a device, including but not limited to a wristlet, anklet, vest, mitt, straight jacket, body/limb holder, or other type of strap, that is intended for medical purposes and that limits the patient's movements to the extent necessary for treatment, examination, or protection of the patient or others.(b)
Classification. Class I (general controls). The device is exempt from the premarket notification procedures in subpart E of part 807 of this chapter subject to the limitations in § 880.9.