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The Covidien Acute and Chronic Catheter Repair Kit is intended to repair the external extension tubing, luer adapter or clamp of a hemodialysis catheter manufactured by Covidien. Do not use this kit to repair a catheter if the damaged portion of the extension tubing is more than 0.5 cm away from the distal end of the luer adapter. Specific hemodialysis catheters that can be repaired using this kit include: Palindrome ™ Chronic Care Catheters, Palindrome TM Emerald™ Chronic Care Catheters, Palindrome ™ Ruby™ Chronic Care Catheters, Palindrome™ Sapphire™ Chronic Care Catheters, MAHURKAR™* Maxid™ Chronic Care Catheters, MAHURKAR™* 8 Fr. (2.67mm) Single Lumen Acute Care Catheters, MAHURKAR™* 8 Fr. (2.67mm) Dual Lumen Acute Care Catheters, MAHURKAR™* 10 Fr. (3.33mm) Dual Lumen Acute Care Catheters, MAHURKAR™* 11.5 Fr. (3.83mm) Dual Lumen Acute Care Catheters, MAHURKAR™* 13.5 Fr. (4.50mm) High Flow Dual Lumen Acute Care Catheters, MAHURKAR™* 12 Fr. (4.00mm) Triple Lumen Acute Care Catheters. (Note: do not use this kit to repair the infusion lumen.)

The Covidien™ Acute and Chronic Catheter Repair Kit is intended to be used for the repair of a broken luer adapter, clamp, or extension tubing (only the most proximal 0.5-cm of tubing) of an existing catheter. When one of these components is damaged the implanted catheter will be clamped off using the existing clamp and a slide clamp that will be provided as apart of the catheter repair kit. Then the damaged extension tube will be cut off and the existing clamp will be removed while the slide clamp will provide the stasis of the catheter. After removing the existing clamp a threaded repair collar will be placed over the remaining extension tube. The barbed connector will then be inserted barb end first into the extension tube. Once in place the repair collar will be threaded onto the new repaired back end to secure the placement

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Acceptance Criteria and Device Performance Study for Covidien™ Acute and Chronic Catheter Repair Kit

The provided documentation details the performance testing conducted for the Covidien™ Acute and Chronic Catheter Repair Kit.

1. Table of Acceptance Criteria and Reported Device Performance

Note: The document states that testing was performed to "evaluate the performance" in these areas. Specific numerical acceptance thresholds and quantitative results are not provided in the extracted text.

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

The document does not explicitly state the sample size used for the test set or the data provenance (e.g., country of origin, retrospective/prospective). It only mentions that "Testing was performed to evaluate the performance."

3. Number of Experts Used to Establish Ground Truth and Qualifications

This information is not applicable and not provided. The study conducted was a technical performance evaluation of a physical repair kit, not an assessment requiring expert interpretation of data or images to establish a ground truth.

4. Adjudication Method for the Test Set

This information is not applicable and not provided, as the study does not involve expert interpretation or subjective assessments that would require adjudication.

5. Multi-Reader Multi-Case (MRMC) Comparative Effectiveness Study

No MRMC comparative effectiveness study was mentioned. The study described is a technical performance evaluation of the repair kit itself, not a study involving human readers or AI assistance.

6. Standalone (Algorithm Only Without Human-in-the-Loop Performance) Study

This information is not applicable. The device is a physical catheter repair kit, not an algorithm or AI system. The performance evaluation is inherently a "standalone" assessment of the physical repair's integrity and function.

7. Type of Ground Truth Used

The "ground truth" for this study was established through objective engineering and physical testing against established industry and regulatory standards (FDA and ISO guidance for Tensile Strength, Dynamic Flow, Leak, and Burst). There is no "expert consensus," "pathology," or "outcomes data" in the typical sense for this type of device performance evaluation. The "ground truth" refers to whether the repaired catheter meets predefined physical and functional specifications.

8. Sample Size for the Training Set

This information is not applicable. The device is a physical repair kit, not a machine learning model, so there is no training set.

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

This information is not applicable, as there is no training set for this device.

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