SMARTSTITCH SUTURE DEVICE, MODEL OM-8500

K022229 · Opus Medical, Inc. · OCW · Sep 6, 2002 · Gastroenterology, Urology

Device Facts

• Record ID: K022229
• Device Name: SMARTSTITCH SUTURE DEVICE, MODEL OM-8500
• Applicant: Opus Medical, Inc.
• Product Code: OCW · Gastroenterology, Urology
• Decision Date: Sep 6, 2002
• Decision: SESE
• Submission Type: Traditional
• Regulation: 21 CFR 876.1500
• Device Class: Class 2
• Attributes: Therapeutic

Intended Use

The Opus SmartStitch Suture Device is indicated for use for placement of #2 Braided Polyester Suture (such as Genzyme Polydek®) through soft tissue in endoscopic and other limited access procedures.

Device Story

SmartStitch Suture Device is a manual surgical instrument designed for soft tissue suturing in endoscopic or limited access procedures. It functions by facilitating the placement of #2 Braided Polyester Suture through tissue. Operated by a surgeon in an OR setting, the device provides a mechanical means to deliver sutures in confined spaces where traditional suturing is difficult. It assists in tissue approximation, potentially improving surgical efficiency and patient outcomes by enabling minimally invasive repair.

Clinical Evidence

No clinical data provided; bench testing only.

Technological Characteristics

Manual surgical instrument for suture placement. Designed for use with #2 Braided Polyester Suture. Mechanical actuation principle. Form factor optimized for endoscopic and limited access surgical environments.

Indications for Use

Indicated for placement of #2 Braided Polyester Suture through soft tissue during endoscopic or limited access surgical procedures.

Regulatory Classification

Identification

An endoscope and accessories is a device used to provide access, illumination, and allow observation or manipulation of body cavities, hollow organs, and canals. The device consists of various rigid or flexible instruments that are inserted into body spaces and may include an optical system for conveying an image to the user's eye and their accessories may assist in gaining access or increase the versatility and augment the capabilities of the devices. Examples of devices that are within this generic type of device include cleaning accessories for endoscopes, photographic accessories for endoscopes, nonpowered anoscopes, binolcular attachments for endoscopes, pocket battery boxes, flexible or rigid choledochoscopes, colonoscopes, diagnostic cystoscopes, cystourethroscopes, enteroscopes, esophagogastroduodenoscopes, rigid esophagoscopes, fiberoptic illuminators for endoscopes, incandescent endoscope lamps, biliary pancreatoscopes, proctoscopes, resectoscopes, nephroscopes, sigmoidoscopes, ureteroscopes, urethroscopes, endomagnetic retrievers, cytology brushes for endoscopes, and lubricating jelly for transurethral surgical instruments. This section does not apply to endoscopes that have specialized uses in other medical specialty areas and that are covered by classification regulations in other parts of the device classification regulations.

Special Controls

*Classification* —(1)*Class II (special controls).* The device, when it is an endoscope disinfectant basin, which consists solely of a container that holds disinfectant and endoscopes and accessories; an endoscopic magnetic retriever intended for single use; sterile scissors for cystoscope intended for single use; a disposable, non-powered endoscopic grasping/cutting instrument intended for single use; a diagnostic incandescent light source; a fiberoptic photographic light source; a routine fiberoptic light source; an endoscopic sponge carrier; a xenon arc endoscope light source; an endoscope transformer; an LED light source; or a gastroenterology-urology endoscopic guidewire, is exempt from the premarket notification procedures in subpart E of part 807 of this chapter subject to the limitations in § 876.9.(2) Class I for the photographic accessories for endoscope, miscellaneous bulb adapter for endoscope, binocular attachment for endoscope, eyepiece attachment for prescription lens, teaching attachment, inflation bulb, measuring device for panendoscope, photographic equipment for physiologic function monitor, special lens instrument for endoscope, smoke removal tube, rechargeable battery box, pocket battery box, bite block for endoscope, and cleaning brush for endoscope. The devices subject to this paragraph (b)(2) are exempt from the premarket notification procedures in subpart E of part 807of this chapter, subject to the limitations in § 876.9.

Submission Summary (Full Text)

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Food and Drug Administration 10903 New Hampshire Avenue Document Control Center - WO66-G609 Silver Spring, MD 20993-0002

JUL 2 7, 2015

Opus Medical, Inc. James W. Hart President/CEO 27127 Calle Arroyo, Suite # 1924 San Juan Capistrano, CA 92675

Re: K022229

> Trade/Device Name: SmartStitch® Suture Device Regulation Number: 21 CFR 876.1500 Regulation Name: Endoscope and accessories Regulatory Class: II Product Code: OCW Dated (Date on orig SE ltr): July 10, 2002 Received (Date on orig SE ltr): July 10, 2002

Dear Mr. Hart,

This letter corrects our substantially equivalent letter of September 6, 2002.

We have reviewed your Section 510(k) premarket notification of intent to market the device referenced above and have determined the device is substantially equivalent (for the indications for use stated in the enclosure) to legally marketed predicate devices marketed in interstate commerce prior to May 28, 1976, the enactment date of the Medical Device Amendments or to devices that have been reclassified in accordance with the provisions of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (Act) that do not require approval of a premarket approval application (PMA). You may, therefore, market the device, subject to the general controls provisions of the Act. The general controls provisions of the Act include requirements for annual registration, listing of devices, good manufacturing practice, labeling, and prohibitions against misbranding and adulteration. Please note: CDRH does not evaluate information related to contract liability warranties. We remind you, however, that device labeling must be truthful and not misleading.

If your device is classified (see above) into either class II (Special Controls) or class III (PMA), it may be subject to additional controls. Existing major regulations affecting your device can be

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found in the Code of Federal Regulations, Title 21, Parts 800 to 898. In addition, FDA may publish further announcements concerning your device in the Federal Register.

Please be advised that FDA's issuance of a substantial equivalence determination does not mean that FDA has made a determination that your device complies with other requirements of the Act or any Federal statutes and regulations administered by other Federal agencies. You must comply with all the Act's requirements, including, but not limited to: registration and listing (21 CFR Part 807); labeling (21 CFR Part 801); medical device reporting of medical device-related adverse events) (21 CFR 803); good manufacturing practice requirements as set forth in the quality systems (QS) regulation (21 CFR Part 820); and if applicable, the electronic product radiation control provisions (Sections 531-542 of the Act); 21 CFR 1000-1050.

If you desire specific advice for your device on our labeling regulation (21 CFR Part 801), please contact the Division of Small Manufacturers, International and Consumer Assistance at its toll-free number [phone] or [phone] or at its Internet address http://www.fda.gov/MedicalDevices/ResourcesforYou/Industry/default.htm. Also, please note the regulation entitled. "Misbranding by reference to premarket notification" (21CFR Part 807.97). For questions regarding the reporting of adverse events under the MDR regulation (21 CFR Part 803), please go to

http://www.fda.gov/MedicalDevices/Safety/ReportaProblem/default.htm for the CDRH's Office of Surveillance and Biometrics/Division of Postmarket Surveillance.

You may obtain other general information on your responsibilities under the Act from the Division of Small Manufacturers, International and Consumer Assistance at its toll-free number [phone] or [phone] or at its Internet address http://www.fda.gov/MedicalDevices/ResourcesforYou/Industry/default.htm.

Sincerely yours.

## Benjamin R. Fisher -S

Benjamin R. Fisher, Ph.D. Director Division of Reproductive. Gastro-Renal, and Urological Devices Office of Device Evaluation Center for Devices and Radiological Health

Enclosure

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Opus Medical, Inc. 510(k) Notification SmartStitch® Suture Device

510(k) number (if known): K022229

Devicc Name:

SmartStitch® Suture Device

## Indications for Use:

SmartStitch Suture Device:

The Opus SmartStitch Suture Device is indicated for use for placement of #2 Braided Polyester Suture (such as Genzyme Polydek®) through soft tissue in endoscopic and other limited access procedures.

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Concurrence of CDRH, Office of Device Evaluation (ODE)

| Prescription Use<br>(Per 21 CFR 801.109) | <span style="text-decoration: overline;">✓</span> | OR | Over-The-Counter Use ______ |
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Division of General, Restorative
and Neurological Devices
510(k) Number K022229