K101286 · Linde Healthcare AB · BZR · Oct 20, 2011 · Anesthesiology
Device Facts
Record ID
K101286
Device Name
SEDARA GAS MIXER, SEDARA SCAVENGER MODEL: 03, 04
Applicant
Linde Healthcare AB
Product Code
BZR · Anesthesiology
Decision Date
Oct 20, 2011
Decision
SESE
Submission Type
Traditional
Regulation
21 CFR 868.5330
Device Class
Class 2
Attributes
Therapeutic, Pediatric
Indications for Use
The SEDARA™ Gas Mixer System is indicated for mixing and delivering Nitrous Oxide (N2O) and Oxygen (02), in a ratio of 1:1, at a fixed concentration of 50% / 50% (V/V), to spontaneously breathing patients of at least 15 kg body weight and four years of age, who have been examined by the attending physician prior to SEDARA™ System use and are under the continuous supervision of a healthcare professional in a clinical facility, such as a hospital, a free-standing ambulatory surgical center, or an outpatient clinic.
Device Story
SEDARA™ Gas Mixer System blends USP N2O and O2 to fixed 50%/50% (V/V) concentration; delivers gas on-demand to spontaneously breathing patients via internal demand valve and breathing circuit with hand-held face mask. System includes SEDARA™ Scavenger to remove exhaled gases via hospital waste disposal. Operated by healthcare professionals in clinical settings. Security Key required for activation and N2O cylinder access; cart stores incremental cylinders. Safety features include visual/audible alarms for gas flow absence, cylinder depletion, or technical failure. Device provides controlled analgesic gas delivery; benefits patient through precise, demand-based dosing and integrated waste scavenging.
Clinical Evidence
No clinical data provided; substantial equivalence based on technological characteristics and performance comparisons to predicate devices.
Technological Characteristics
Purely pneumatic, portable gas mixer. Materials include N2O/O2 cylinders, demand valve, breathing circuit, and face mask. Connectivity: None (standalone). Energy source: Pneumatic (gas pressure). Safety: Security Key lock, visual/audible alarms for flow/pressure/failure. Scavenging: Integrated waste gas removal system.
Indications for Use
Indicated for spontaneously breathing patients ≥15 kg and ≥4 years old requiring 50%/50% N2O/O2 gas mixture. Must be used under continuous supervision of a healthcare professional in clinical facilities (hospitals, ambulatory surgical centers, outpatient clinics) following physician examination.
Regulatory Classification
Identification
A breathing gas mixer is a device intended for use in conjunction with a respiratory support apparatus to control the mixing of gases that are to be breathed by a patient.
Passive Waste Scavenger, G Dundas Company (K080039)
Submission Summary (Full Text)
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OCT 2 0 2011
EDARA™ Gas Mixer System
#### 5 510(k) Summary
Summary as required by section 807.92(c)
# Subscribers Name & Address
Linde Healthcare AB (INO Therapeutics AB)
SE-181 81 Lidingö Sweden Fax +4687655287
# Trade Names for SEDARA™ Gas Mixer System Components
| SEDARA™ Gas Mixer | Article No PHX-0003 |
|----------------------|---------------------|
| SEDARA™ Scavenger | Article No PHX-0038 |
| SEDARA™ N2O Cylinder | Article No PHX-0040 |
## Device Classification
| Common Name | Classification | Class | Regulation Number |
|------------------------------|----------------|--------------|-------------------|
| Breathing Gas Mixer | BZR | II | 21 CFR 868.5330 |
| Apparatus, Gas-Scavenging | CBN | II | 21 CFR 868.5430 |
| Medical Gas Cylinder Package | ECX | Unclassified | 21 CFR 868.6885 |
# Predicate Device Identification
| Legally marketed devices to which equivalence is being claimed | 510(k) # |
|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------|
| Nitronox First Response , Matrx | K883833 |
| Passive Waste Scavenger , G Dundas Company | K080039 |
# Intended Use & Indication for Use:
The SEDARA™ Gas Mixer System is indicated for mixing and delivering Nitrous Oxide (NJO) and Oxygen (02), in a ratio of 1:1, at a fixed concentration of 50% / 50% (V/V), to spontaneously breathing patients of at least 15 kg body weight and four years of age, who have been examined by the attending physician prior to SEDARA™ System use and are under the continuous supervision of a healthcare professional in a clinical facility, such as a hospital, a free-standing ambulatory surgical center, or an outpatient clinic.
# Device Description
USP N₂O and 0₂gases are blended to the 50%/50% concentration (V/V) and delivered upon demand to spontaneously breathing patients through a demand valve internal to the SEDARA™ Gas Mixer. Patient inspiration draws the gas mixture via a breathing circuit with a hand-held strapless face mask.
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The Oxygen is supplied by the user either from a standard gas cylinder or from an 02 wall outlet.
The Nitrous Oxide is supplied from a small cylinder equipped with a tamper-resistant valve.
The SEDARA™ Gas Mixer can be operated only with the use of a Security Key. The Security Key allows access and activation of the Gas Mixer, secures the N₂O Cylinder in use, and provides safekeeping of incremental N₂O Cylinders in the accompanying Transport Cart storage drawers, to guard against abuse and theft of the gas. The SEDARA™ Gas Mixer is provided with multiple levels of safety to ensure proper dosing. Visual and audible alarms signal the absence of adequate gas flow, the emptying of a gas cylinder, or technical failure of the mixer.
The gas exhaled by the patient into the face mask is channeled through the exhalation limb of the breathing circuit to the SEDARA™ Scavenger and removed via the hospital's waste gas disposal system.
# Intended Patient Population:
The SEDARA™ Gas Mixer System is intended for delivery of the gas mixture to spontaneously breathing patients of at least 15 kg body weight and four years of age, who have been examined by the attending physician prior to SEDARA™ System use and are under the continuous supervision of a healthcare professional.
# Substantial Equivalence:
SEDARA™ Gas Mixer is substantially equivalent to Nitronox K883833 gas mixer.
SEDARA™ Scavenger is substantially equivalent to the Passive Waste Scavenger K080039.
In comparison to the predicate device (Nitronox; K883833), the proposed gas mixer system has the same intended use and indications for use, uses a disposable face mask, is purely pneumatic and portable, connects to a small Nitrous Oxide Cylinder, mixes Nitrous Oxide and Oxygen to a 50%/50% (V/V) mixture with the same accuracy, and uses a demand valve for gas delivery. It includes a waste gas scavenger fully equivalent to the predicate scavenger (Passive Waste Scavenger; K080039).
The technical characteristics of the SEDARA™ Gas Mixer System do not introduce new questions regarding safety and effectiveness.
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### DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES
Food and Drug Administration 10903 New Hampshire Avenue Document Control Room -WO66-G609 Silver Spring, MD 20993-0002
OCT 2 0 2011
Mr. Anders Palm Director Medical Devices - Regulatory and Compliance Linde Healthcare AB Agavagen 54 Lidingo Sweden SE 18181
Re: K101286
Trade/Device Name: SEDARA™ Gas Mixer System Regulation Number: 21 CFR 868.5330 Regulation Name: Breathing Gas Mixer Regulatory Class: II Product Code: BZR Dated: August 12, 2011 Received: August 15, 2011
Dear Mr. Palm:
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 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); medical device reporting (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 go to http://www.fda.gov/AboutFDA/CentersOffices/CDRH/CDRHOffices /ucm115809.htm for the Center for Devices and Radiological Health's (CDRH's) Office of Compliance. 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 (800) 638-2041 or (301) 796-7100 or at its Internet address http://www.fda.gov/MedicalDevices/ResourcesforYou/Industry/default.htm.
Sincerely yours,
Anthony, v., Arthur
Anthony D. Watson, B.S., M.S., M.B.A. Director Division of Anesthesiology, General Hospital, Infection Control and Dental Devices Office of Device Evaluation Center for Devices and Radiological Health
#### Enclosure
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# EDARA Gas Mixer System
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#### Indication for Use Statement 4
510(k) Number K101286:
Device Name: SEDARA™ Gas Mixer System
Indication for Use:
The SEDARA™ Gas Mixer System is indicated for mixing and delivering Nitrous Oxide (N₂O) and Oxygen (0 ), in a ratio of 1:1, at a fixed concentration of 50% / 50% (V/V), to spontaneously breathing patients of at least 15 kg body weight and four years of age, who have been examined by the attending physician prior to SEDARA™ System use and are under the continuous supervision of a healthcare professional in a clinical facility, such as a hospital, a free-standing ambulatory surgical center, or an outpatient clinic.
Prescription Use __
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Over-The-Counter Use _
(Part 21 CFR 801 Subpart D)
(21 CFR 807 Subpart C)
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Concurrence of CDRH, Office of Device Evaluation (ODE)
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