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The Biojector® 2000 is indicated for delivery of subcutaneous (SC), intramuscular (IM) or intradermal (ID) injections of vaccines and other pharmaceutical injectables. The Biojector® 2000 may be used by healthcare providers who routinely administer injections. The Biojector® 2000 may also be used by patients authorized by their healthcare practitioner to self inject, or have other individuals administer injections of prescribed medication. The addition of the intradermal indication is facilitated by using the new Intradermal Spacer with a No. 2 Syringe. Intradermal injections of vaccines and other pharmaceuticals are performed on the same patient populations that are now being treated with the Biojector® 2000 for the previously cleared indications.

The Bioject® 2000 Needle-Free Injection Management System is designed to deliver vaccines and other pharmaceutical injectables by producing a high pressure injectate stream that penetrates the dermis. The system is composed of three major components: (1) the injector -Biojector® 2000; (2) sterile single use disposables - syringes in multiple orifice sizes, safety cap, filling adapter and intradermal spacer (packaged for use with a No. 2 syringe only); and (3) power source - carbon dioxide (CO2) cartridge or tank. The depth of injectate penetration is dependant upon the svringe orifice diameter. In general. the larger the diameter of the syringe orifice, the deeper into the tissue the fluid will be deposited. Disposable syringes with a variable volume from 0.1 ml to 1 ml are numbered 2, 3, 4, 5 and 7, and have increasing syringe orifice diameters, 0.04", 0.08", 0.10" and 0.14" respectively. Intradermal injections (ID) are only performed using a No. 2 syringe (the smallest diameter) and an ID Spacer. As the distance from the syringe orifice to the skin is increased, the energy density of the fluid stream is decreased. The ID Spacer utilizes this principle to provide the optimum distance from the syringe to the skin to provide enough energy for the injectate to penetrate the epidermis, but not enough energy to transverse the underlying dermal tissue Subcutaneous (SC) injections are performed using a No. 2 syringe that is in direct contact with the skin, no spacer is utilized. Intramuscular (IM) injections are performed using syringes in contact with the skin and with larger orifice diameters. The disposable syringe assemblies are provided sterile in a Tyvek blister peel pouch. The ID Spacer is manufactured from a high density polyethylene that meets the same environmental, biocompatibility and sterility requirements as the disposable syringes. The ID Spacer is packaged as a component with Biojector® No. 2 syringe assemblies.

The Q•Cap™ Needle-Free Reconstitution 13mm Vial Adapter is intended to allow needle-free withdrawal, reconstitution and transfer of Repronex® (menotropins for injection, USP) and/or Bravelle® (urofollitropin for injection, purified) and/or Menopur® (menotropins for injection, USP) and diluent from vials into an injection syringe for administration.

The Vial Adapter component's physical design, description and performance are identical to that of the previously cleared predicate device, Q-Cap ™ Reconstitution 13mm Vial Adapter: K041654 Ko4166 H. Packaging and sterilization of the Vial Adapter are identical to that of the previously cleared predicate device, Q•Cap™ Needle-Free Reconstitution 13mm Vial Adapter: K044654 Ko41564. The clear polycarbonate component is General Electric Lexan® 144R. No color additives are present in this component. Ethylene oxide sterilization, ETO residual testing, and LAL Pyrogen testing support additional product safety.

The Q.Cap™ Needle-Free Reconstitution 13mm Vial Adapter is intended to allow needle-free withdrawal, reconstitution and transfer of Repronex® (menotropins for injection, USP) and/or Bravelle® (urofollitropin for injection, purified) and diluent from vials into an injection syringe for administration.

The device which is the subject of this Notification is a sterile, injection molded component, which will be included into Ferring Pharmaceutical's Repronex® and Bravelle® drug kits to assist in needle-free reconstitution of these lyophilized drugs for injection. The Vial Adapter component's physical design, description and performance are identical to that of a previously cleared device, Bioject Reconstitution Kit & Vial Connector (K010623). Packaging and sterilization of the Vial Adapter are identical to that of a previously cleared devices, Bioject Needle-Free Vial Adapter, (13mm); K963012.