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Cadwell Sierra Summit:

Cadwell Sierra Summit is indicated for acquisition, display, storage, transmission, analysis, and reporting of electrophysiological and environmental data including Electromyography (EMG), Nerve Conduction Studies (NCS), Evoked Potentials (EP), and Autonomic Reponses (RR Interval Variability). The Cadwell Sierra Summit is used to detect the physiologic function of the nervous system, and to support the diagnosis of neuromuscular diseases or conditions.

The listed modalities do include overlap in functionality. In general, Nerve Conduction Studies measure the electrical responses of the peripheral nerve; Electromyography measures the electrical activity of the muscle, and Evoked Potentials measure the electrical activity from the central nervous system. The interface for third-party non-invasive imaging display and control is used to visualize the morphology and location of nerves and serves as an aid in confirming the results of the aforementioned modalities.

Cadwell Sierra Summit is indicated for use by qualified medical practitioners. This device does not provide any diagnostic conclusion about the patient's condition to the user.

Cadwell Sierra Ascent:

Cadwell Sierra Ascent is indicated for acquisition, display, storage, transmission, analysis, and reporting of electrophysiological and environmental data including Electromyography (EMG), Nerve Conduction Studies (NCS), and Somatosensory Evoked Potentials (SEP). The Cadwell Sierra Ascent is used to detect the physiologic function of the nervous system, and to support the diagnosis of neuromuscular diseases or conditions.

The listed modalities do include overlap in functionality. In general, Nerve Conduction Studies measure the electrical responses of the peripheral nerve; Electromyography measures the electrical activity of the muscle, and Evoked Potentials measure the electrical activity from the central nervous system.

Cadwell Sierra Ascent is indicated for use by qualified medical practitioners. This device does not provide any diagnostic conclusion about the patient's condition to the user.

The Cadwell Sierra Summit and Ascent systems are designed for the acquisition, display, analysis, storage, and reporting of electrophysiologic information from the human nervous and muscular systems. The systems are designed to perform nerve conduction studies (NCS), needle electromyography (EMG) studies and evoked potential (EP) studies. The Sierra Summit is the full featured version and also includes autonomic (RR Interval) studies and an interface to allow display and control of non-invasive third-party imaging modalities.. Hereafter, the Sierra Summit is described as the full featured variant. The Summary of Technical Characteristics table below details the differences between the Summit and Ascent systems.

The Sierra Summit provides a variety of test protocols spanning the various test modalities above.

The Cadwell Sierra Summit consists of the following major components:

• Sierra Summit console base unit with integrated control panel ●
• Amplifier (available in two types: 2 channel with two non-switched differential channels, or a 12 ● channel with 4 non-switched differential and 8 switched referential channels. The number of available channels is controlled by a software license)
• Laptop or Desktop computer (Windows OS) with keyboard and mouse ●
• Display monitor ●
• Summit software

The Sierra Summit has the following optional accessories/components:

• Remote Head Box (for 3-12 channel amplifier) ●
• StimTroller (Hand Held Electrical Stimulator)
• Electrical Stimulator Switch Box ●
• Footswitch (single) ●
• Visual Stimulators (LED Goggles, LCD Checks)
• VEP Calibration Sensor
• Headphones or other auditory transducers
• Reflex Hammer
• Temperature Probe ●
• Cart
• Isolation Transformer or Medical Grade Power Strip
• Printer

The provided text is a 510(k) Summary for the Cadwell Sierra Summit and Cadwell Sierra Ascent devices. It details the device descriptions, indications for use, and a summary of technical characteristics compared to predicate devices, along with performance testing. However, it does not include specific acceptance criteria for performance metrics (such as sensitivity, specificity, accuracy) or detailed results from studies designed to prove the device meets such criteria.

The "Performance Testing - Bench" section mentions conformance to various standards and internal requirements, concluding that "Test results indicate that the Sierra Summit and Ascent comply with the predetermined specifications and the applicable standards." This is a general statement of compliance, not a presentation of performance data against specific acceptance criteria.

Therefore, most of the information requested in the prompt cannot be extracted from the provided text.

Here is what can be inferred or explicitly stated from the document:

1. A table of acceptance criteria and the reported device performance:

This information is not provided in the document. The document states compliance with "predetermined specifications and applicable standards" for various tests (biocompatibility, software, electrical safety, EMC, and bench performance), but it does not list specific numerical acceptance criteria or quantitative performance results for the device.

2. Sample size used for the test set and the data provenance (e.g. country of origin of the data, retrospective or prospective):

This information is not provided in the document. The document describes "Performance Testing - Bench" and "Verification and validation activities," but it does not specify sample sizes for test sets or data provenance (e.g., country of origin, retrospective/prospective).

3. Number of experts used to establish the ground truth for the test set and the qualifications of those experts (e.g. radiologist with 10 years of experience):

This information is not provided in the document. The document refers to the device being used by "qualified medical practitioners" for diagnosis but clarifies that the device "does not provide any diagnostic conclusion about the patient's condition to the user." There is no mention of experts establishing ground truth for any test sets related to diagnostic performance.

4. Adjudication method (e.g. 2+1, 3+1, none) for the test set:

This information is not provided in the document. There is no mention of an adjudication method.

5. If a multi-reader multi-case (MRMC) comparative effectiveness study was done, If so, what was the effect size of how much human readers improve with AI vs without AI assistance:

This information is not provided in the document. The device is a diagnostic electromyograph for measuring electrophysiological data and supporting the diagnosis of neuromuscular diseases. It is not described as an AI-assisted device for interpretation or diagnosis to be used "with AI vs without AI assistance" by human readers in the context of improving effectiveness. The document states, "This device does not provide any diagnostic conclusion about the patient's condition to the user."

6. If a standalone (i.e. algorithm only without human-in-the-loop performance) was done:

This information is not provided in the document. Given the nature of the device (electromyograph for data acquisition and analysis, not providing diagnostic conclusions), it typically functions as a tool for a human practitioner, rather than as a standalone diagnostic algorithm.

7. The type of ground truth used (expert consensus, pathology, outcomes data, etc):

This information is not provided in the document. As no specific performance studies against a diagnostic "ground truth" are detailed, the type of ground truth is not mentioned.

8. The sample size for the training set:

This information is not provided in the document. No training data or training set sample size is mentioned, as the device is not an AI/machine learning model in the sense of requiring a training set for diagnostic outcome prediction.

9. How the ground truth for the training set was established:

This information is not provided in the document. As no training set is mentioned, the method for establishing its ground truth is also not.

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