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Amy Sellers
FDA releases Guidance on AI requests.  To aid manufacturers and reviewers, this guidance emphasizes the “Least Burdensome Provisions” when responding to deficiencies in a regulatory submission.  Download the final guidance: 2022-guidance-responding-deficencies-least-burdensome As stated by FDA, this guidance is “intended to help FDA staff develop, and industry respond to, a request for additional information needed to make a...
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The FDA issued a final guidance entitled “Deciding When to Submit a 510(k) for a Software Change to an Existing Device)” dated October 25, 2017. This guidance clarifies for the industry how to determine which software changes to a 510(k)-cleared device require a new 510(k). It seems to reflect what the FDA has applied in...
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The US FDA released the 2022 user fees for certain medical device submissions and establishment registration. On August 2, 2021, the FDA announced the FY2022 user fees in a Federal Register notice titled Medical Device User Fee Rates for Fiscal Year 2022. FY2022 User fees are required for the following types of medical device submissions:...
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(April 6, 2021)— Ginny Kwan Gattinger has joined Crisis Prevention and Recovery LLC (DBA SoftwareCPR®) as a Partner. Ginny is a regulatory affairs professional specializing in software-based products with over 10 years of experience in the regulated industry including medical devices, pharmaceuticals and biotechnology. Ginny has developed regulatory strategies for a variety of SiMD/SaMD and...
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On a recent podcast of Quality Injection Podcast EP12, our General Manager Brian Pate spoke with Oded Assouline on the topic of US FDA Design Controls and in particular Design Input.  Some of the questions they explored were Is a concept phase needed for defining the product or device that meets the user needs. Are validation...
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Devices that do not meet the criteria for the Breakthrough Devices Program may have a new option under the Safer Technologies Program for Medical Devices (STeP). Read our previous post on the the Breakthrough Devices Program here: FDA Breakthrough Devices Program Draft Guidance. SteP is a voluntary program for certain medical devices that are “reasonably...
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Our General Manager and Partner, Brian Pate, along with our expert affiliate, Mike Russell, will be teaching a one-day training course through Irish Medtech/Ibec (https://www.irishmedtechassoc.ie) for Ireland-based medical device and HealthIT companies on Thursday, November 19, 2020.   The course will be delivered virtually/online.  This course condenses the agile topics covered in our 3-day IEC 62304...
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Why is a SR or NSR Designation important? The FDA guidance document, “Information Sheet Guidance For IRBs, Clinical Investigators, and Sponsors: Significant Risk and Nonsignificant Risk Medical Device Studies,” sheds some light on the Investigational Device Exemptions (IDE) regulations of 21 CFR 812. The IDE regulations describe significant risk (SR), nonsignificant risk (NSR), and exempt...
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The FDA recently announced the addition of 25 new tools to the Catalog of Regulatory Science Tools to help assess medical devices. CDRH catalogues regulatory science tools on this webpage to help improve the development and assessment of emerging medical technologies. Of the 25 tools added, some items of interest are: Laboratory Accuracy Evaluation of...
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Our internal cybersecurity expert Gwen contributed the following. The Use of LIS2 In Medical Devices LIS2-A2 is widely used in laboratory devices as a standard practice for Healthcare Delivery Organizations (HDOs). The LIS and LIS2 communication protocol standards published nearly two decades ago have often been used in medical device network systems due to their...
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In 2018, Google Health began a program in Thailand to screen for diabetic retinopathy using artificial intelligence (AI). The AI was designed to analyze photos of diabetic patients’ eyes to detect signs of eye disease. The AI was promising in theory – during testing, it was 90% accurate in detecting diabetic retinopathy in eye scans,...
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SoftwareCPR September 2020 Newsletter has been published.  FDA news, regulatory updates, new SoftwareCPR content, software recalls, and software warning letters.
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Brazil eliminates a premarket approval pathway, instead allowing for premarket notification. Previously, Brazil has had a “Cadastro” pathway to register Class II medical devices and IVDs. This pathway required more extensive documentation (like a technical dossier) for Class II and higher-risk Class I devices. However, on September 18, 2020, the Brazilian regulatory agency, National Health...
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Do you have a medical device cleared under Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) during the COVID-19 crisis? Section 564 of the FD&C Act allows the FDA to issue EUAs to otherwise unapproved medical products to be used in an emergency to diagnose, treat, or prevent serious or life-threatening diseases or conditions caused by CBRN threat agents...
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The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA), the regulatory body for therapeutic goods in Australia, had previously announced that various medical device reforms would be enacted from 2019 through 2024. The transition period was (and still is) set to end on October 31, 2024. However, this summer, TGA announced a delay in the commencement of the medical device...
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Why are clinical studies necessary? Medical device clinical studies provide evidence for a PMA submission. Under 21 CFR 860.7, the FDA relies only on “valid scientific evidence” to determine whether there is reasonable assurance that a device is safe and effective. Valid scientific evidence can originate from a variety of sources, including well-controlled studies. Even...
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An important lesson from a Warning Letter citing FB Claims: In this Warning Letter to SilveryGuy, dated August 14, 2020, FDA – CDER informed the recipient that they had evaluated the company’s website and Facebook (FB) page. This demonstrates that even social media claims can establish the intended use of a product. Be careful what your...
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Remember the 2005 guidance document, Guidance for the Content of Premarket Submissions for Software Contained in Medical Devices? In 2020 that guidance is as relevant as ever, and it can be useful to review what we know about the FDA’s expectations regarding Level of Concern (LOC) in medical devices. LOC is important if for no...
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June 11, 2020 Interesting excerpts from a warning letter implicating 820.30: “[A]s part of the Convenience Kit manufacturing process, your firm opens and removes the original packaging of the finished device components, including sterile devices, before assembling, repacking, and relabeling the components together in a finished kit . . . handling such products in an...
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List of Recently Added 510(k) Exemptions The table above comes from the Federal Register, and it explains the classification scheme (including new product codes) for the new 510(k) exemptions for Class II devices. Clearly, these five exemptions do not have far-reaching implications. This update from the FDA will likely only be significant to our clients...
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SoftwareCPR July 2020 Newsletter has been published.  FDA news, regulatory updates, new SoftwareCPR content, software recalls, and software warning letters.
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Electronic submissions to the FDA will soon no longer be optional – this new guidance requires e-submission for many types of submissions. The FDA final guidance document, Providing Regulatory Submissions for Medical Devices in Electronic Format – Submissions Under Section 745A(b) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, was issued on July 15, 2020. Under...
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Do you understand the Q-Sub Guidance? The FDA issued the guidance document Requests for Feedback and Meetings for Medical Device Submissions: The Q-Submission Program in 2019, but it has taken some time for the industry to understand all the facets of the program. The guidance covers a wide range of FDA submissions – IDE/PMA/HDE applications, de novo...
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On July 16, 2020, FDA issued 510(k) Approval for AI Imaging Analytics Device HealthMammo, a device manufactured by Zebra Medical Vision Ltd. As reported in the New York Times, HealthMammo is an artificial intelligence (AI) product that analyzes mammograms for suspicious lesions. Radiologists can use the HealthMammo results to prioritize which mammogram images need attention...
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This content is only available to our Premium subscribers.  See our Subscribe page for information on subscriptions.   The agency rule list for Spring 2020, accessible at https://www.reginfo.gov/public, announced that the “Medical Device De Novo Classification Process” rule is in the final rule stage. Although the FDA has previously written a guidance document about the...
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This content is only available to our Premium subscribers.  See our Subscribe page for information on subscriptions. What is a Real-Time PMA Supplement? Section 737(4)(D) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act defines a Real-Time PMA Supplement as: “a supplement to an approved premarket application or premarket report under section 515 that requests a...
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Background of the Medical Software Functions Exclusion Most of those in the industry do not question whether the FDA has the authority to regulate software that qualifies as a device. However, there are many intricacies in the definitions of the 21st Century Cures Act – which, in 2016, amended the definition of medical devices in...
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On June 24, 2020, there was an update to the current status of FDA’s MDDT program. CDRH announced a new tool had qualified as MDDT. This is only the sixth tool to qualify since the MDDT Guidance document was finalized in 2017. See the list of qualified tools here: https://www.fda.gov/medical-devices/science-and-research-medical-devices/medical-device-development-tools-mddt.   What is the Medical...
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Registration for our 62304 and Emerging Standards software course February 4-6, 2020, in Sunnyvale, CA is in full swing!  Onward to higher software quality – keep pressing forward!
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Premarket Notifications (510(k)s), Premarket Approval Applications (PMAs), Premarket Reports (PMRs), notices, and supplements all have associated fees to be paid to the FDA before they will review a medical device product. The 2019 Medical Device User Fee Amendments (MDUFA) are listed at 2019 MDUFA. If the FDA determines that a manufacturer is a “small business”...
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Cybersecurity issues arise when medical devices are capable of connecting to the Internet or other medical devices. Since the FDA is concerned with regulating the safety and effectiveness of medical devices, manufacturers must ensure that the computer systems of medical devices are protected against security breaches. The link below provides the FDA Fact Sheet entitled,...
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Health Canada has recently provided a new approach for device approval as outlined in their “Action Plan on Medical Devices: Continuously Improving Safety, Effectiveness and Quality.” Canada classifies medical devices based on their potential risk, with Class I devices being lowest-risk and Class IV devices presenting the highest risk. The collaborative new approach aims to...
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The Australian medical device regulatory division TGA has release a new online tool to assist manufacturers with classifying their products.  The SME Assist tool “is a dedicated service that TGA offers to help small to medium enterprises (SMEs), researchers, start-ups and those unfamiliar with regulation to understand their regulatory and legislative obligations.”
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Company: Vision RT LtdDate of Enforcement Report 10/10/2018 Class lI: PRODUCT Integrated Gate Controller PCB (component of AlignRT Plus) Truebeam variant only. The AlignRT is a video-based three-dimensional (3D) surface imaging system which is used to image the skin surface of a patient in 3D before and during radiotherapy treatment. Part number: V000172 Recall Number:...
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Company: Oridion Medical 1987 Ltd. Date of Enforcement Report 10/10/2018 Class II: PRODUCT Visualase Thermal Therapy System, Software: Visualase Software versions 3.1.1 – 3.2, Product #: CS08651, CS08651-01, CS08651-01, CS08651-03, CS08657, CS08657-02, CS08657-01, CS08657-03, CS08653, CS08659, CS08750, CS08751, CS78651, CS78653, CS78657, CS78659, CS08652, CS08652-01, CS08652-02, CS08652-03, CS08658, CS08658-01, CS08658-02, CS08658-03, CS08654, CS08654RA, CS08654RN, CS08660, CS08796,...
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Company: Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision Inc. Date of Enforcement Report 10/10/2018 Class lI: PRODUCT OptiMedica Catalys Precision Laser System, CE 0044 containing software cOS 5.00.33 Product Label for Serial Numbers: 44109015; 44106215; 44107315; and 44065613 label states “Manufactured for: OptiMedica Corporation 1310 Moffett Park Drive Sunnyvale, CA 94089 USA Product Label for Serial Numbers:...
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Company: Varian Medical SystemsDate of Enforcement Report 10/10/2018 Class lI: PRODUCT VitalBeam Radiotherapy Delivery System Version 2.5 Product Usage: The VitalBeam delivery systems are intended to provide precision radiotherapy and stereotactic radiosurgery for lesions, tumors, and conditions anywhere in the body where radiation treatment is indicated. Recall Number: Z-0005-2019 REASON Reports have been received of...
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Company: Radiometer America Inc.Date of Enforcement Report 10/3/2018 Class lI: PRODUCT ABL90 FLEX analyzers with software versions 3.3MR1 or below. The ABL90 FLEX Analyzer is a portable, automated Analyzer that measures pH, blood gases, electrolytes, glucose, lactate, bilirubin and oximetry in whole blood. It is intended for use in a laboratory environment, near patient or...
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Company: Varian Medical SystemsDate of Enforcement Report 10/3/2018 Class lI: PRODUCT TrueBeam Radiotherapy Delivery System version 2.0 and 2.5 EDGE Radiotherapy Delivery System version 2.0 and 2.5 Product Usage: The TrueBeam delivery systems are intended to provide radiotherapy and stereotactic radiosurgery for lesions, tumors, and conditions anywhere in the body where radiation treatment is indicated....
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Company: Boston Scientific Corporation Date of Enforcement Report 10/3/2018 Class II: PRODUCT Model 3300 LATITUDE(TM) Programming System Product Usage – The Boston Scientific LATITUDE Programming System is intended for use in hospital and clinical environments to communicate with Boston Scientific implantable systems. The software in use controls all communication functions for the Pulse Generator (PG)....
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Company: Medtronic Navigation, Inc.Date of Enforcement Report 10/3/2018 Class lI: PRODUCT Visualase Thermal Therapy System, Software: Visualase Software versions 3.1.1 – 3.2, Product #: 9735542 Recall Number: Z-3251-2018 REASON Inaccuracy of MR thermometry during MRI-guided laser ablation procedures using the Medtronic Visualase Thermal Therapy System may result in unaccounted spread of thermal energy to the...
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Company: Tosoh Bioscience Inc.Date of Enforcement Report 10/3/2018 Class lI: PRODUCT G8 Automated HPLC Analyzer – 723G8 Product Usage – In vitro diagnostic use for the quantitative measurement of % hemoglobin A1c in whole blood specimens. This test is to be used as an aid in the diagnosis of diabetes and as an aid in...
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Company: Swissray Date of Enforcement Report 10/3/2018 Class lI: PRODUCT ddR Formula B X-ray System, ddR Formula B Product Usage: X-ray system used for imaging. Serial Numbers within U.S.A commerce – 1302002, 1302003, 1302005, 1302009, 1302011, 1402001, 1402002, 1402006, 1402007, 1402008, 1402009, 1402011, 1402012, 1402015, 1502001, 1502002, 1502004, 1502005, 1502006, 1502007, 1602001, 1602002, 1602003, 1602005,...
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Company: Stryker GmbH. Date of Enforcement Report 10/3/2018 Class II: PRODUCT Hoffmann LRF Hexapod Software Catalog #: 983031 Software Version #: HLRF 1.0-2/002, HLRF 1.1-2/002 Recall Number: Z-3240-2018 REASON When creating a correction plan with the Correct Axial First button selected and the No. of corrections per day set to more than 1 (e.g., 2,...
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Company:Fresenius Medical Care Renal Therapies Group, LLC.Date of Enforcement Report 9/26/2018 Class lI: PRODUCT 2008T HEMODIALYSIS SYSTEM W/BIBAG, Part Number 190766, Applicable only with 2008T BlueStar Premium Upgrade Kit, Part Number 191138 Product Usage: Indicated for acute and chronic dialysis therapy. Recall Number: Z-3195-2018 REASON In the hemodialysis machine during the cleaning/disinfection program, when there...
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Company:Fresenius Medical Care Renal Therapies Group, LLCDate of Enforcement Report 9/26/2018 Class lI: PRODUCT 2008T HEMODIALYSIS SYS, WITH CDX, Part Number 190713, Applicable only with 2008T BlueStar Premium Upgrade Kit, Part Number 191138 Product Usage: Indicated for acute and chronic dialysis therapy Recall Number: Z-3194-2018 REASON In the hemodialysis machine during the cleaning/disinfection program, when...
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Company:Mako Surgical CorporationDate of Enforcement Report 9/26/2018 Class lI: PRODUCT Makoplasty RIO Standard System; Ethernet to Fiber Optic Converter Catalog # 200933 Product Usage: The Partial Knee Application (PKA), for use with the Mako System, is indicated for use in surgical knee procedures, in which the use of stereotactic surgery may be appropriate, and where...
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Company:Mobius Imaging, LLC..Date of Enforcement Report 9/26/2018 Class lI: PRODUCT AIRO Mobile CT System Model # Mobi CT-32 Recall Number: Z-2991-2018 REASON The Tube Current Modulation feature (Modulated Scans) is not working in AIRO systems with software version 2.0.0.0, and operators would not be able to detect this fault until after a scan is completed.....
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