The ViewPoint Telemetry System is intended for use under the direct supervision of a licensed healthcare practitioner. The system is designed to acquire and monitor physiological data for ambulating patients within a defined coverage area. The system processes this physiological data to detect various ECG arrhythmia events and select physiological parameter limit violations. The ViewPoint Telemetry System is intended for installation in the hospital or clinical environment to provide clinicians with patient physiological data, while allowing for patient mobility. The physiological parameters monitored include ECG, Heart Rate from ECG, Lethal and Non-Lethal Arrhythmia Detection and ST Segment Analysis. Received data is sent to the ViewPoint Server for ECG processing via Ethernet. This information can be displayed, trended, stored, and printed at the ViewPoint Central Station.
Device Story
Ambulatory monitoring system for hospital/clinical use; acquires ECG data via wireless Telepack (battery-powered) worn by patient; transmits signals via 2.4 GHz ISM band (frequency hopping spread spectrum) to Access Points; Access Points interface with ViewPoint Server via Ethernet; Server performs ST/Arrhythmia analysis; processed data forwarded to ViewPoint Central Station for display, trending, storage, and printing. Enables patient mobility while maintaining continuous physiological surveillance. Clinicians use central station output to monitor patient status, detect arrhythmias, and manage physiological parameter limits. Benefits include continuous monitoring of ambulating patients, facilitating timely clinical intervention for cardiac events.
Clinical Evidence
Bench testing only. Activities included requirements specification review, hardware and software testing, code design/reviews, environmental/EMC testing, safety testing, and performance testing. No clinical data presented.
Technological Characteristics
System components: ViewPoint Server, Access Point, ViewPoint Telepack 2.4. Wireless communication: 2.4 GHz ISM band, frequency hopping spread spectrum. Connectivity: Ethernet (Server to Central Station), wireless (Telepack to Access Point). Parameters: ECG, Heart Rate, Arrhythmia, ST segment. Battery-powered ambulatory transmitter. Software-based analysis.
Indications for Use
Indicated for ambulating patients in hospital or clinical settings requiring continuous ECG monitoring, heart rate monitoring, arrhythmia detection (lethal and non-lethal), and ST segment analysis under the supervision of a licensed healthcare practitioner.
Regulatory Classification
Identification
The arrhythmia detector and alarm device monitors an electrocardiogram and is designed to produce a visible or audible signal or alarm when atrial or ventricular arrhythmia, such as premature contraction or ventricular fibrillation, occurs.
Special Controls
*Classification.* Class II (special controls). The guidance document entitled “Class II Special Controls Guidance Document: Arrhythmia Detector and Alarm” will serve as the special control. See § 870.1 for the availability of this guidance document.
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## 510(k) Summary of Safety and Effectiveness
| Date: | June 1, 2003 |
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| Submitter: | Patient Monitoring Division<br>Datascope Corp. |
| Contact Person: | Susan E. Mandy<br>Director, Clinical & Regulatory Affairs<br>Patient Monitoring Division<br>Datascope Corp.<br>Telephone: (201)995-8025<br>Fax: (201)995-8605 |
| Device trade name: | ViewPoint Telemetry System |
| Common/usual name: | Cardiac Arrythmia Monitor |
| Classification names: | 21 CFR 870.2300- Cardiac monitor<br>21 CFR 870.1025- Arrhythmia detector and alarm<br>21 CFR 870.2910- Radiofrequency physiological signal transmitter and<br>receiver |
| Predicate Devices: | K021681 Micropaq Vital Signs Monitor<br>K022453 Acquity Central Monitoring Station<br>K020524 PatientNet Monitoring System |
| Device Description: | The ViewPoint Telemetry System is an expansion to the ViewPoint Central<br>Monitoring System, previously cleared by FDA under K011540. There have been<br>no significant changes to ViewPoint Central Monitoring System since its clearance.<br>The standard configuration of the ViewPoint Central Monitoring System consists of<br>the ViewPoint Central Station, network printers, displays, keyboard, speakers,<br>universal power supply and a mouse. |
| | The ViewPoint Telemetry System is an ambulatory monitoring system that is<br>designed to be used in the hospital/clinical environment to acquire and transmit<br>ECG data derived from wireless physiological monitor(s) via RF telemetry<br>transmitter(s) and receiver(s). The ViewPoint Telemetry System consists of three<br>components: the ViewPoint Server (Server), Access Point, and ViewPoint Telepack<br>2.4 (Telepack). The ViewPoint Telemetry System uses the capability of bi-<br>directional communication with the Server, via an Access Point network installed<br>throughout the specified coverage area. These Access Points interface with the<br>Server through an Ethernet connection. The Server does not collect data directly<br>from patients; rather, it receives data through the Access Point from monitors,<br>such as a Telepack, performs ST/Arrhythmia analysis, and then forwards it to the<br>ViewPoint Central Station. |
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The Telepack communicates ECG signals and control/status messages to the Server through an Access Point utilizing the 2.4 GHz ISM wireless band, via a frequency hopping spread spectrum transmission technique. The Telepack is battery powered to allow for patient mobility. As stated in Section 2, the expanded Indication for Use of the ViewPoint Central Intended Use: Monitoring System is the inclusion of the ViewPoint Telemetry System as follows: The ViewPoint Telemetry System is intended for use under the direct supervision of a licensed healthcare practitioner. The system is designed to acquire and monitor physiological data for ambulating patients within a defined coverage area. The system processes this physiological data to detect various ECG arrhythmia events and select physiological parameter limit violations. The ViewPoint Telemetry System is intended for installation in the hospital or clinical environment to provide clinicians with patient physiological data, while allowing for patient mobility. The physiological parameters monitored include ECG, Heart Rate from ECG, Lethal and Non-Lethal Arrhythmia Detection and ST Segment Analysis. Received data is sent to the ViewPoint Server for ECG processing via Ethernet. This information can be displayed, trended, stored, and printed at the ViewPoint Central Station. Technology: The ViewPoint Telemetry System is substantially equivalent to the Welch Allyn Micropaq, Welch Allyn Acquity Central Monitoring Station and GE Medical Systems PatientNet Monitoring System. The predicate systems are capable of monitoring ECG in ambulatory patients, as well as detecting lethal and non-lethal arrythmias, and analyzing ST segments. The ViewPoint Telemetry System, complies with the voluntary standards identified Test Summary: in section six of this submission. Datascope's product development process required that the following activities be completed during the development of the ViewPoint Telemetry System: · Requirements specification review · Hardware and software testing • Code design and code reviews · Environmental/EMC testing · Safety testing · Performance testing · Hardware and Software validation Conclusion: The results of all testing demonstrate that the ViewPoint Telemetry System is as
safe, as effective, and performs as well as the predicate devices.
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Public Health Service
Food and Drug Administration 9200 Corporate Boulevard Rockville MD 20850
OCT 1 0 2003
Datascope Corporation c/o Ms. Susan E. Mandy Director, Clinical and Regulatory Affairs Patient Monitoring Division 800 MacArthur Blvd. Mahwah, NJ 07430
Re: K031760
Trade Name: ViewPoint Central Monitoring System Regulation Number: 21 CFR 870.1025 Regulation Name: Patient Physiological Monitor (arrhythmia detector and alarm) Regulatory Class: Class III (three) Product Code: MHX Dated: September 5, 2003 Received: September 8, 2003
Dear Ms. Mandy:
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.
If your device is classified (see above) into either class II (Special Controls) or class III (PMA), it may be subject to such additional controls. Existing major regulations affecting your device can be 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.
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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); 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. This letter will allow you to begin marketing your device as described in your Section 510(k) premarket notification. The FDA finding of substantial equivalence of your device to a legally marketed predicate device results in a classification for your device and thus, permits your device to proceed to the market.
If you desire specific advice for your device on our labeling regulation (21 CFR Part 801), please contact the Office of Compliance at (301) 594-4646. Also, please note the regulation entitled, "Misbranding by reference to premarket notification" (21CFR Part 807.97). 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 (800) 638-2041 or (301) 443-6597 or at its Internet address http://www.fda.gov/cdrh/dsma/dsmamain.html
Sincerely yours,
CMAedasmeys
Director Division of Cardiovascular Devices Office of Device Evaluation Center for Devices and Radiological Health
Enclosure
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## Indication for Use
## ViewPoint Central Monitoring System: (K011540)
The Indications for use for the ViewPoint Central Monitoring System include:
- Viewing real time patient clinical and demographic data ●
- Graphical and numeric trending of clinical data
- Storing and printing of clinical and demographic data ●
- Setting independent alarm limits for data sent by the bedside monitor.
The clinical data displayed by the ViewPoint Central Monitoring System is obtained from one or more Datascope compatible physiological monitors and includes: ECG waveforms, Invasive and Non-Invasive Blood Pressure, Blood Oxygenation (SpO2), Heart Rate, Respiration Rate, Temperature, CO2 inspired and end-tidal, Ventricular Arrythmia analysis and ST Segment analysis.
The ViewPoint Central Monitoring System is intended for use in a fixed location, in the health care facility setting, as a central viewing station. The ViewPoint Central Monitoring System is not intended to be directly connected to the patient at any time, or installed in a patient's vicinity.
## ViewPoint Telemetry System:
The ViewPoint Telemetry System is intended for use under the direct supervision of a licensed healthcare practitioner. The system is designed to acquire and monitor physiological data for ambulating patients within a defined coverage area. The system processes this physiological data to detect various ECG arrhythmia events and select physiological parameter limit violations.
The ViewPoint Telemetry System is intended for installation in the hospital or clinical environment to provide clinicians with patient physiological data, while allowing for patient mobility.
The physiological parameters monitored include ECG, Heart Rate from ECG, Lethal and Non-Lethal Arthythmia Detection and ST Segment Analysis. Received data is sent to the ViewPoint Server for ECG processing via Ethernet. This information can be displayed, trended, stored, and printed at the ViewPoint Central Station.
Meher Myn for BOZ
(Signature of Applicant)
510(k) Number
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1. Search: exact and fuzzy
Type a phrase like "coronary artery calcification" into the search box. You get two kinds of results. Exact results match the literal phrase — prefix searches work ("coronary artery calcificati") but suffix searches do not. Fuzzy results match on the meaning and intent of your phrase rather than the exact words, and are sorted by relevance score. Hover over the Exact or Fuzzy badge on any row to see exactly why it matched.
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Exact vs. fuzzy search: what's the difference?
Exact matches on the literal phrase (prefix search works, suffix does not). Fuzzy matches on the meaning and intent of the phrase rather than the exact words. Hover over the badge on any row to see why it matched.
You search "coronary artery calcification" and want only software devices with AI. What two filters do you apply?
Narrow by SaMD (software-only devices), then narrow by AI/ML (devices with AI).
2. The results table
Scroll right in the results table. The intended use is extracted for you — no need to open the PDF. The device story gives a high-level snapshot of what the device does and how it's used. The AI Performance sub-table shows each output name, acceptance criteria, observed values, and development/test dataset descriptions — the same format Innolitics uses for regulatory strategy outputs, and the fastest high-level fingerprint of an AI device. It is AI-generated but has been very reliable in practice.
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Scroll right in the search results table. The intended use column is extracted for you; no need to dig into the 510(k) summary PDF.
What does the AI Performance sub-table show, and why is it useful?
Output name, acceptance criteria, observed values, development dataset description, and test dataset description. It's the same format we use for regulatory strategy output and Fast 510(k) input, and the fastest high-level fingerprint of an AI device. AI-generated but reliable in practice.
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Fuzzy results trail off in relevance as you scroll. Use three signals to decide how far down to go: the fuzzy badge explanations, the intended use column, and whether your target output (e.g., Cobb angle) still appears in the AI Performance sub-table. Once it stops appearing, you're past the relevant zone. A top hit with a low score (~0.4) and a stretched explanation is a hint the closest predicates are far away — the project may be headed for De Novo. Note the fuzzy search is a pattern match: it doesn't handle negation ("not") well, and hardware devices can appear — filter by SaMD/AI ML to cut them.
How do you judge how far down fuzzy search results to go?
Use the relevancy signals: the fuzzy badge explanations, the intended use column, and whether the target output (e.g., Cobb angle) still appears in the AI Performance sub-table. Once it stops appearing, results are trailing off in relevancy.
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How do you verify an AI chat answer on the device detail page?
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Reading rule for every project: how many summaries do you read in full?
At least the three most relevant 510(k) or De Novo summaries, in full. After that, use targeted chat questions to confirm your memory quickly. The tool supports this professional habit — it doesn't replace it.
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Select multiple rows in the results table (aim for under ~10), then open the PDF Viewer tab. Ask one question — it goes to all selected devices in parallel, each with citations. This is the fastest way to compare and contrast devices: training data, PCCP scope, how they handled adding new scanners, and so on.
What does the side-by-side PDF viewer mode do?
Select multiple devices, open the PDF viewer tab, and ask one question (e.g., "Describe the training data"). It queries all selected devices simultaneously with citations, so you can compare and contrast quickly.
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Browse product codes and regulation numbers, read the identification text and special controls, browse sibling product codes, open device PDFs on the right, and search by product code or regulation number at the top of the tree.
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Click Show Chart and segment by regulation number (or product code) to see which regulations dominate your result set. Clicking a regulation takes you into the regulations tree. Great for spotting that most matches are, say, hardware laparoscopic devices — a cue to go back and filter.
How do you see which regulations dominate a search result set?
Click "Show Chart" and segment by Regulation Number. Clicking a regulation takes you to the regulations tree.
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Open the Predicates tab for a family-tree view of predicate relationships. Click a node to trace its parents and children; selections from search carry over pre-selected. Commonly predicated devices are worth reading — a lot of people predicated them for a reason. The visual lineage is also handy on client calls, e.g. to show how a predicate family evolved and justify why your predicate still holds.
In the predicate graph, why are commonly predicated devices worth reading?
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The Embeddings tab plots every matching document in a 2-D "galaxy map" where semantically similar devices cluster together. Hover or click clusters to explore, and let AI label the clusters for you. Embeddings beat product codes for grouping: two devices can carry different product codes (LLZ vs. QIH) yet do the same thing — the embedding captures the meaning of the intended use and device story. This is also exactly how retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) works under the hood, and it makes a great visual on client calls.
Try it yourself
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