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CARA is a comprehensive software platform intended for importing, processing, and storing of color fundus images as well as visualization of original and enhanced image through computerized networks.

CARA is a software platform that collects, enhances, stores, and manages color fundus images. Through the internet, CARA software collects and manages color fundus images from a range of approved computerized digital imaging devices. CARA enables a real-time review of retinal image data (both original and enhanced) from an internet-browser-based user interface to allow authorized users to access and view data saved in a centralized database. The system utilizes state-of-the-art encryption tools to ensure a secure networking environment.

The provided text describes a 510(k) premarket notification for a device named CARA, a software platform for managing color fundus images.

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1. Table of Acceptance Criteria and Reported Device Performance

The submission does not specify quantitative acceptance criteria or provide a table of device performance against such criteria. The document states "The results of performance and software validation and verification testing demonstrate that CARA performs as intended and meets the specifications. This supports the claim of substantial equivalence," but the specific metrics are not detailed.

2. Sample Size Used for the Test Set and Data Provenance

No specific test set or sample size for evaluating performance is mentioned. The submission states, "Since the CARA system currently is not a stand-alone tool, does not make any diagnostic claims and does not replace the existing retinal images or the treating physician, the sponsor believes that the software testing and validation presented in this 510(k) are sufficient and that there is no need for a clinical trial." This indicates that no human-read test set data was used to demonstrate performance. The country of origin for any internal software testing data is not specified, but the applicant's address is in Canada.

3. Number of Experts Used to Establish Ground Truth for the Test Set and Their Qualifications

Not applicable. No clinical test set requiring expert ground truth was used for this 510(k) submission.

4. Adjudication Method for the Test Set

Not applicable. No clinical test set requiring adjudication was used.

5. If a Multi-Reader Multi-Case (MRMC) Comparative Effectiveness Study Was Done, and the Effect Size of How Much Human Readers Improve with AI vs. Without AI Assistance

No MRMC comparative effectiveness study was done. The device is not making diagnostic claims and "does not replace the existing retinal images or the treating physician," therefore, a study on human reader improvement with or without AI assistance was not deemed necessary by the sponsor.

6. If a Standalone (i.e., algorithm only without human-in-the-loop performance) Was Done

The CARA system is explicitly stated as "not a stand-alone tool" and "does not make any diagnostic claims." The document does not describe any standalone performance testing of an algorithm making diagnostic claims. The "software testing and validation" mentioned are likely related to functional performance, security, and compatibility as a picture archiving and communication system, not diagnostic accuracy.

7. The Type of Ground Truth Used

For the purposes of this 510(k), which focuses on the device as a Picture Archiving and Communications System, the concept of "ground truth" for diagnostic accuracy (e.g., pathology, outcomes data) is not applicable. The system's "performance" is based on its ability to import, process, store, and visualize fundus images as intended by its specifications.

8. The Sample Size for the Training Set

Not applicable. As CARA is described as a software platform for managing and enhancing images, not a diagnostic AI algorithm, there is no mention of a "training set" in the context of machine learning model development.

9. How the Ground Truth for the Training Set Was Established

Not applicable, as there is no mention of a training set for a machine learning model.

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