K080363 · Cochlear Bone Anchored Systems AB · MAH · Apr 10, 2008 · Ear, Nose, Throat
Device Facts
Record ID
K080363
Device Name
BAHA CORDELLE II
Applicant
Cochlear Bone Anchored Systems AB
Product Code
MAH · Ear, Nose, Throat
Decision Date
Apr 10, 2008
Decision
SESE
Submission Type
Traditional
Regulation
21 CFR 874.3302
Device Class
Class 2
Attributes
Therapeutic, Real-World Evidence
Real-World Evidence
Submission
Device
Sponsor
RWD Sources
RWE Use Summary
Key Tags
K080363 · Apr 10, 2008
BAHA CORDELLE II
Cochlear Bone Anchored Systems AB
Published clinical literature (Bosman et al., 2006; Tjellstrom et al., 2001; van der Pouw et al., 1998)
The applicant used published clinical data to demonstrate that the Baha Cordelle II provides sufficient gain and output to support an expanded audiometric fitting range (up to 65 dB HL) for patients with conductive or mixed hearing loss.
Literature review; Clinical performance; Bone-conduction hearing loss; Expanded indications
Clinical Evidence
Study Design
Population
Comparator
Key Endpoints
Bosman et al., 2006; Tjellstrom et al., 2001; van der Pouw et al., 1998; Published clinical literature/retrospective clinical data
Patients with conductive or mixed hearing loss
Not applicable for this study
Gain and maximum output levels; audiometric fitting range
Indications for Use
The Baha system is indicated for patients who have conductive or mixed hearing loss, and can still benefit from sound amplification. Patients with bilaterally symmetric conductive or mixed hearing loss may be implanted bilaterally. The Baha system is also indicated for patients with sensorineural deafness in one ear and normal hearing in the other ear (i.e. single-sided deafness; SSD), and patients who are candidates for an air-conduction contralateral routing of signals (AC CROS) hearing aid but who for some reason cannot or will not wear an AC CROS device. Patients (either by themselves or with the aid of others) must be able to maintain hygiene of the abutment/skin interface of the Baha. They should also have sufficient bone volume and bone quality to support successful fixture placement.
Device Story
Baha Cordelle II is a body-worn, analog signal processing bone-conduction hearing aid. It connects to a titanium implant in the skull via an abutment, utilizing osseointegration to conduct sound vibrations directly to the cochlea. The device captures ambient sound, processes it using K-Amp circuitry to provide high gain and output, and transmits it as mechanical vibrations. It is intended for patients with conductive, mixed, or single-sided sensorineural hearing loss. The device is operated by the patient or a caregiver. By providing higher gain and output than other Baha processors, it allows patients with more severe hearing loss to benefit from bone-conduction amplification. Healthcare providers use the device to improve patient speech understanding and sound perception in daily environments.
Clinical Evidence
Evidence consists of published clinical literature (van der Pouw et al. 1998; Tjellstrom et al. 2001; Bosman et al. 2006). Studies demonstrate that the Cordelle II provides higher gain and maximum output compared to other Baha processors, enabling patients with more severe bone-conduction hearing loss (up to 65 dB HL) to achieve significant clinical benefit.
Technological Characteristics
External body-worn sound processor; analog signal processing with K-Amp circuitry. Materials: unalloyed titanium (ASTM F67-06) for implant. Connectivity: mechanical coupling to osseointegrated abutment. Sterilization: radiation (ISO 11137, EN 552).
Indications for Use
Indicated for patients with conductive or mixed hearing loss (bone-conduction thresholds ≤ 65 dB HL at 0.5, 1, 2, 3 kHz) or unilateral sensorineural deafness with normal hearing in the contralateral ear (air-conduction thresholds ≤ 20 dB HL). Bilateral fitting indicated for symmetric conductive/mixed loss. Contraindicated if patient cannot maintain abutment hygiene or lacks sufficient bone volume/quality for implant.
Regulatory Classification
Identification
A bone-conduction hearing aid is a wearable sound-amplifying device intended to compensate for impaired hearing and that conducts sound to the inner ear through the skull. The non-implantable components of a bone-conduction hearing aid, such as the external sound processor, are subject to the requirements in § 801.422 of this chapter.
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K080363
Cochlear Americas
# 510(k) Summary
APR 1 0 2008
In accordance with the Safe Medical Devices Act (SMDA) of 1990 and Title of the Code of Federal Regulations Part 807 (21 CFR §807), and in particular §807.92, the following summary of safety and effectiveness information is provided.
### Submitted by:
Cochlear Americas 400 Inverness Parkway, Suite 400 Englewood, CO 80112
### On behalf of:
Cochlear Bone Anchored Solutions AB Konstruktionsvägen 14 SE-435 33 Mölnlycke Sweden
## Contact Person:
Sean Bundy Manager, Regulatory Affairs Phone: 303-524-7139 (office) 303-792-9025 (facsimile) Email: SBundy@cochlear.com
### Date Submission Prepared:
January 21, 2008
### Device Name:
Baha® Cordelle II Trade or Proprietary Name: Hearing Aid (Bone Conduction) Common or Usual Name: Class II, 21 CFR §874.3300 Classification Status: Product Codes: LXB
Panel:
Ear Nose and Throat Specialty Panel
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## Predicate Devices
The design, manufacturing, function and fitting procedure of the Baha Cordelle II have not changed since it was originally cleared for marketing under 510(k) K992872. This submission is intended only for an expanded Indications for Use statement for this sound processor based on the additional gain/output it supplies relative to the other sound processors in the Baha family, and on published clinical data. See Table 2 under Section X of this submission for a detailed comparison of technological characteristics and features across the Baha family of sound processors used with the auditory osseointegrated implant.
## Device Description
The Baha system works by combining a sound processor with an abutment and a small titanium implant placed in the skull behind the ear. The system is based on the process of "osseointegration" through which living tissue integrates with titanium in the implant. Thus, the titanium implant becomes one with the bone, allowing high-quality amplified and processed sound to be conducted via the skull bone directly to a cochlea with residual functionality.
The Cordelle II is one of three currently marketed sound processors for use with the Baha auditory osseointegrated implant. It is the only analog signal processing and body-worn sound processor, and it offers the highest power output of all the devices.
## Intended Use
The Baha system is indicated for patients who have conductive or mixed hearing loss, and can still benefit from sound amplification. Patients with bilaterally symmetric conductive or mixed hearing loss may be implanted bilaterally. The Baha system is also indicated for patients with sensorineural deafness in one ear and normal hearing in the other ear (i.e. single-sided deafness; SSD), and patients who are candidates for an air-conduction contralateral routing of signals (AC CROS) hearing aid but who for some reason cannot or will not wear an AC CROS device.
Patients (either by themselves or with the aid of others) must be able to maintain hygiene of the abutment/skin interface of the Baha. They should also have sufficient bone volume and bone quality to support successful fixture placement.
Under 510(k) K992872, the Baha Cordelle II was cleared for marketing for conductive and mixed hearing loss patients with average bone-conduction thresholds of < 45 dB HL (across 0.5, 1, 2, and 3 kHz), the same indication as all other previously and currently marketed Baha sound processors. However, since the Cordelle II offers substantially higher gain and maximum output than the other devices, an expanded indication of < 65 dB HL is proposed with this submission.
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## Technological Characteristics
Baha Cordelle II is an external sound processor that utilizes analog signal processing with K-Amp circuitry (Killion, 1993) for use with the Baha auditory osseointegrated implant. It has substantially equivalent technology to previously marketed sound processors for the Baha system (Baha Compact, Baha Classic 300) and to ther two currently marketed Baha sound processors (Baha Divino, Baha Intenso™). The external sound processors of the Baha system differ in style, signal processing, features, and degree of available gain and output, but they are all interchangeable in that they snap to the abutment of the Baha auditory osseointegrated implant. Choice of processor(s) depends on the individual needs and desires of the patient. The Cordelle II is often chosen for a patient who has greater gain needs since it offers the highest output levels and K-Amp circuitry that helps prevent saturation.
## Non-Clinical Tests
The manufacturing and development process for the Baha Cordelle II is in compliance with ISO 13485 (Medical devices. Quality management systems. Requirements for regulatory purposes); ISO 11137 (Sterilization health care products. Requirements for validation and routine control. Radiation sterilization); ISO 14971 (Medical devices. Application of risk management to medical devices); EN 552 (Sterilization of medical devices. Validation and routine control of sterilization by irradiation); EN 868-1 (Packaging materials and systems for medical devices which are to be sterilized. Part 1: General requirements and tests methods); EN 980 (Graphic symbols for use in the labeling of medical devices); EN 1041 (Information supplied by the manufacturer with medical devices); and ASTM F67-06 (Standard specification for unalloyed titanium for surgical implant applications).
### Clinical Performance Data
Published data in the literature support the safety and efficacy of the Baha Cordelle II for the expanded audiometric fitting range in the proposed revised Indications for Use statement (van der Pouw et al., 1998: Tiellstrom et al., 2001; Bosman et al., 2006; studies that were not sponsored by the applicant). The published data illustrate that the Cordelle II provides higher gain and maximum output levels than the other sound processors in the Baha family, and that patients with greater (more severe) degrees of bone-conduction hearing loss than previously cleared for marketing in the United States can also significantly benefit from the Cordelle II.
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### Conclusions
The design, manufacturing, function and fitting procedure of the Baha Cordelle II have not changed since it was cleared for marketing under 510(k) K992872, and testing of the Baha Cordelle II including inspectional, functional and environmental tests verify that the device meets the requirements in design specification and is substantially equivalent to previous Baha auditory osseointegrated implant system sound processors cleared by the 510(k) process.
Bench testing, as well as recently published clinical performance data, support an expanded bone-conduction hearing threshold range in the Indications for Use statement for the Baha Cordelle II so that more patients can benefit from this technology.
#### References:
Bosman, AJ, Snik, AFM, Mylanus, EAM, Cremers, CWRJ (2006). Fitting range of the BAHA Cordelle. International Journal of Audiology; 45: 429-437.
Killion, M (1993). The K-amp hearing aid: an attempt to present high fidelity to persons with impaired hearing. American Journal of Audiology, 2: 52-74.
Tjellstrom, A, Hakansson, B, Granstrom, G (2001). Bone-anchored hearing aids: Current status in adults and children. Otolaryngologic Clinics of North America, 34(2): 337-363.
van der Pouw, CTM, Carlsson, P, Cremers, CWRJ, Snik, AFM (1998). A new more powerful boneanchored hearing aid: First results. Scandinavian Audiology, 27: 179-182.
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Food and Drug Administration 9200 Corporate Boulevard Rockville MD 20850
Cochlear Americas C/o Sean Bundy Regulatory Manager 400 Inverness Parkway Suite 400 Englewood, CO 80112
APR 1 0 2008
Re: k080363
Trade/Device Name: Baha Cordelle II Regulation Number: 21 CFR 874.3300 Regulation Name: Hearing aid, bone conduction Regulatory Class: Class II Product Code: LXB Dated: February 8, 2008 Received: February 11, 2008
Dear Mr. Bundy:
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.
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.
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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 Center for Devices and Radiological Health's (CDRH's) Office of Compliance at (240) 276-0115. Also, please note the regulation entitled, "Misbranding by reference to premarket notification" (21CFR Part 807.97). For questions regarding postmarket surveillance, please contact CDRH's Office of Surveillance and Biometric's (OSB's) Division of Postmarket Surveillance at 240-276-3474. For questions regarding the reporting of device adverse events (Medical Device Reporting (MDR)), please contact the Division of Surveillance Systems at 240-276-3464. 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 (240) 276-3150 or at its Internet address http://www.fda.gov/cdrh/industry/support/index.html.
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Malvina B. Eydelman, M.D Director Division of Ophthalmic and Ear, Nose and Throat Devices Office of Device Evaluation Center for Devices and Radiological Health
Enclosure
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## Indications for Use
080363 510(k) Number (if known): K
Device Name: Baha® Cordelle II
#### Indications for Use Statement:
The Baha Cordelle II sound processor is intended for use with the Baha auditory osseointegrated implant for the following patients and indications;
- . Patients who have a conductive or mixed hearing loss and can still benefit from sound amplification. The pure tone average bone-conduction hearing threshold (measured at 0.5, 1, 2, and 3 kHz) should be better than or equal to 65 dB HL.
- Bilateral fitting of the Cordelle II is intended for patients who meet the above e criterion in both ears, with bilaterally symmetric moderate to severe conductive or mixed hearing loss. Symmetrical bone-conduction thresholds are defined as less than a 10 dB average difference between ears (measured at 0.5, 1, 2, and 3 kHz), or less than a 15 dB difference at individual frequencies.
- Patients who suffer from unilateral sensorineural deafness in one ear with normal # hearing in the other ear (i.e. single-sided deafness or "SSD"). Normal hearing is defined as a pure tone average air-conduction hearing threshold (measured at 0.5, 1, 2, and 3 kHz) of better than or equal to 20 dB HL.
- . Baha for SSD is also indicated for any patient who is indicated for an air-conduction contralateral routing of signals (AC CROS) hearing aid, but who for some reason cannot or will not use an AC CROS.
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