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No
The description details a system based on a servo mechanism controlled by a microprocessor to maintain a controlled pressure and measure flow rate. There is no mention of AI, ML, or any learning or adaptive algorithms.
No.
The device is for measuring fluid flow through a graft to assist surgeons in assessing the graft's ability to support flow, rather than directly treating a condition or restoring function.
No
The VGF-7 measures the flow of fluid through a graft, providing an objective measurement. While this information assists the surgeon in assessing the graft's ability to support fluid flow, it is a measurement device, not a diagnostic device that identifies a disease or condition. It provides data for assessment, rather than a diagnosis itself.
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The device description explicitly details hardware components such as an automatic syringe, servo mechanism, microprocessor, PVC tube, and graft cannula, indicating it is a physical device with integrated software, not a software-only medical device.
Based on the provided information, the VGF-7 Vascular Graft Flowmeter is not an IVD (In Vitro Diagnostic).
Here's why:
- IVD Definition: In vitro diagnostics are tests performed on samples taken from the human body, such as blood, urine, or tissue, to detect diseases, conditions, or infections.
- VGF-7 Function: The VGF-7 measures the flow of saline or other fluid (including blood, but injected into a graft) through a graft during surgery. It is assessing the physical property of the graft's ability to support fluid flow, not analyzing a biological sample for diagnostic purposes in the traditional sense of an IVD.
- Intended Use: The intended use is to assist the surgeon in intra-operatively assessing the ability of a given graft preparation to support fluid flow. This is a functional assessment of the graft itself, not a diagnostic test on a patient sample.
- Device Description: The device injects fluid into the graft and measures the resulting flow rate. This is a direct measurement of a physical property of the graft.
While the device uses blood as a potential fluid, it's being used as a medium to test the graft's flow characteristics, not to analyze the blood itself for diagnostic markers.
Therefore, the VGF-7 Vascular Graft Flowmeter falls under the category of a surgical device used for functional assessment during a procedure, rather than an in vitro diagnostic device.
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Intended Use / Indications for Use
The VGF-7 Vascular Graft Flowmeter is device for measuring the flow of saline or other fluid through a graft when driven by a constant steady pressure or a controlled pulsatile pressure. It is indicated during coronary artery bypass surgery for assisting the surgeon in intra-operatively assessing the ability of a given vein graft preparation to support fluid flow.
Product codes
DPW
Device Description
The VGF-7 consists of an automatic syringe that injects blood or saline solution into proximal end of the vein graft at a controlled physiological pressure. The resulting flow rate is displayed on a digital readout.
The system consists of a servo mechanism controlled by a microprocessor. The microprocessor activates a controlled pressure loop to maintain a predetermined pressure of liquid in a syringe during injection. The liquid is injected from the syringe through a PVC tube and small graft cannula into the graft. The flowrate is the outcome of the liquid pressure and the graft flow resistance.
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
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Indicated Patient Age Range
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Intended User / Care Setting
surgeon in intra-operatively
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
Non-clinical tests were conducted to validate the accuracy of flow determinations over the specified range of flows. The VGF-7 Vascular Graft Flowmeter has been tested to the electrical safety requirements and the Electromagnetic Compatibility requirements of EN 60601.
Key Metrics
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Predicate Device(s)
Model FM701D Cliniflow® II manufactured by Carolina Medical Electronics, Inc., Transonic Flowmeter manufactured by Transonic Systems, Inc., Vessel Cannula #30003 manufactured by the D L P Inc.
Reference Device(s)
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Predetermined Change Control Plan (PCCP) - All Relevant Information
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§ 870.2100 Cardiovascular blood flowmeter.
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Identification. A cardiovascular blood flowmeter is a device that is connected to a flow transducer that energizes the transducer and processes and displays the blood flow signal.(b)
Classification. Class II (performance standards).
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OCT 1 4 1998
510(K) SUMMARY FOR MEDICARD LTD. VGF-7 Vascular Graft Flowmeter
- Date this summary was prepared: August 22, 1997 1.
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- Submitter's Name and Address
Medicard Ltd. P. O. Box 250 Upper Yoqneam 20692, Israel
- Contact Person 3.
Mr. Peter Dartal
| Telephone | 011 972 4 879 2732 |
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| Telefax | 011 972 4 959 1283 |
- Device Name 4.
| Trade/Proprietary Name: | VGF-7 Vascular Graft Flowmeter |
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| Common Name: | Graft Flowmeter |
| Classification Names: | Cardiovascular blood flowmeter |
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ડ . Predicate Devices
The legally marketed devices to which equivalence is being claimed are: -
. Model FM701D Cliniflow® II manufactured by Carolina Medical Electronics, Inc.
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. Transonic Flowmeter manufactured by Transonic Systems, Inc.
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. Vessel Cannula #30003 manufactured by the D L P Inc.
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Device Description 6.
The VGF-7 consists of an automatic syringe that injects blood or saline solution into proximal end of the vein graft at a controlled physiological pressure. The resulting flow rate is displayed on a digital readout.
The system consists of a servo mechanism controlled by a microprocessor. The microprocessor activates a controlled pressure loop to maintain a predetermined pressure of liquid in a syringe during injection. The liquid is injected from the syringe through a PVC tube and small graft cannula into the graft. The flowrate is the outcome of the liquid pressure and the graft flow resistance.
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- Intended Use
The VGF-7 Vascular Graft Flowmeter is device for measuring the flow of saline or other fluid through a graft when driven by a constant steady pressure or a controlled pulsatile pressure. It is indicated during coronary artery bypass surgery for assisting the surgeon in intra-operatively assessing the ability of a given vein graft preparation to support fluid flow.
- Intended Use
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- Comparison of Technological Characteristics
The VGF-7 Vascular Graft Flowmeter works by injecting blood or saline into the graft at a controlled pressure and measuring the resultant flow. The Carolina Cliniflow® II works by generating a varying magnetic field in the blood vessel and measuring the electromotive force induced by the motion of the blood. This EMF is proportional to the strength of the magnetic field, the velocity of the flow, and the diameter of the vessel. The Transonic Medical Flowmeter works according to a proprietary "Ultrasound Transit-Time Technology."
- Comparison of Technological Characteristics
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- Nonclinical Tests Used in Determination of Substantial Equivalence
The design of the Vein Graft Flowmeter has been thoroughly verified at the unit and system level. Non-clinical tests were conducted to validate the accuracy of flow determinations over the specified range of flows. The VGF-7 Vascular Graft Flowmeter has been tested to the electrical safety requirements and the Electromagnetic Compatibility requirements of EN 60601.
- Nonclinical Tests Used in Determination of Substantial Equivalence
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- Conclusions From Nonclinical Testing 10.
The testing of the VGF-7 Vascular Graft Flowmeter demonstrates that the performance is substantially equivalent to the predicate devices cited above.
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Public Health Service
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OCT 1 4 1998
Food and Drug Administration 9200 Corporate Boulevard Rockville MD 20850
Medicard, Ltd. c/o Ms. Mary McNamara-Cullinane Staff Consultant Medical Device Consultant, Inc. 49 Plain Street North Attleboro, MA 02760
K973198 Re: Medicard VGF-7 Vascular Graft Flowmeter Requlatory Class: II Product Code: DPW Dated: July 16, 1998 Received: July 17, 1998
Dear Ms. McNamara-Cullinane:
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 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). 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 registration, 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 895. A substantially equivalent determination assumes compliance with the Current Good Manufacturing Practice requirements, 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 action. In addition, FDA may publish further announcements concerning your device in the Federal Register. Please note: this response to your premarket notification submission does not affect any obliqation you miqht have under sections 531 through 542 of the Act for devices under the Electronic Product Radiation Control provisions, or other Federal laws or regulations.
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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 leqally 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 requlation entitled, "Misbranding by reference to premarket notification" (21 Other general information on your responsibilities CFR 807.97). 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/dsma/dsmamain.html".
Sincerely yours,
Thomas J. Callahan
Thomas J. Callahan, Ph.D. Director Division of Cardiovascular, Respiratory, and Neurological Devices Office of Device Evaluation Center for Devices and Radiological Health
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510(k) Number (if known): _((97 3 1 9 8
Device Name: __ VGF-7 Vascular Graft Flowmeter___
Indications For Use:
The VGF-7 Vascular Graft Flowmeter is indicated during artery bypass and other blood vessel surgeries for assisting the surgeon in intra-operatively assessing the ability of a given graft preparation to support fluid flow.
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| Concurrence of CDRH, Office of Device Evaluation (ODE) | Axa Sharker for BLL (Division Sign-Off) |
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| Division of Cardiovascular, Respiratory, and Neurological Devices | |
| 510(k) Number | K973198 |
| Prescription Use | |
| (Per 21 CAR 801.109) | OR Over-The-Counter Use |