K143414 · Hill-Rom · IOQ · Mar 10, 2015 · Physical Medicine
Device Facts
Record ID
K143414
Device Name
Hill-Rom Wireless Connectivity Module
Applicant
Hill-Rom
Product Code
IOQ · Physical Medicine
Decision Date
Mar 10, 2015
Decision
SESE
Submission Type
Traditional
Regulation
21 CFR 890.5170
Device Class
Class 2
Indications for Use
The intended use for the Hill-Rom Wireless Connectivity Module is to assist clinical staff to monitor bed parameters on specific Hill-Rom beds. The Hill-Rom Wireless Connectivity Module is intended to be used only with specifically enabled Hill-Rom beds that have been verified and validated with the Hill-Rom Wireless Connectivity Module, and is not intended to provide bed status information for non-Hill-Rom beds. The Hill- Rom Wireless Connectivity Module is not intended to permanently store any type of data. The Hill-Rom Wireless Connectivity Module is not intended to provide automated treatment decisions or as a substitute for professional healthcare judgment. The Hill- Rom Wireless Connectivity Module is not a replacement or substitute for existing alert equipment. All patient medical diagnosis and treatment are to be performed under direct supervision and oversight of an appropriate health care professional.
Device Story
Wireless module installed on Hill-Rom hospital beds; connects via USB to bed electrical system. Inputs: bed status data (exit status, side rail status, brake status, head angle, patient weight). Operation: wirelessly transmits data to hospital remote server; facilitates display at nursing stations or integration with EMR systems. Used by clinical staff in hospital/care environments. Does not store data; does not provide automated treatment decisions. Benefits: assists staff in monitoring bed status and patient care; supplements existing alert equipment.
Clinical Evidence
No clinical data. Substantial equivalence determined via bench testing, including software and hardware verification/validation, and compliance with electromagnetic immunity (EN 55024:2010), radio disturbance (EN 55022:2010), and usability engineering (IEC 62366:2007) standards.
Technological Characteristics
Wireless connectivity module; USB interface to bed electrical system; IEEE 802.11 wireless communication. Standards: EN 55024:2010 (immunity), EN 55022:2010 (radio disturbance), IEC 62366:2007 (usability).
Indications for Use
Indicated for use in clinical settings including critical care, inpatient acute care, step down/progressive care, medical/surgical, high acuity sub-acute care, PACU, emergency department, extended care, long-term care, and skilled nursing facilities. Used with specific Hill-Rom hospital beds to monitor bed status parameters.
Regulatory Classification
Identification
A powered flotation therapy bed is a device that is equipped with a mattress that contains a large volume of constantly moving water, air, mud, or sand. It is intended for medical purposes to treat or prevent a patient's bedsores, to treat severe or extensive burns, or to aid circulation. The mattress may be electrically heated.
Special Controls
*Classification.* Class II (special controls). The device is exempt from the premarket notification procedures in subpart E of part 807 of this chapter subject to § 890.9.
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Food and Drug Administration 10903 New Hampshire Avenue Document Control Center - WO66-G609 Silver Spring, MD 20993-0002
March 10, 2015
Hill-Rom Ms. Ann Waterhouse Director, Regulatory Affairs 1069 State Route 46 East Batesville, Indiana 47006
Re: K143414
Trade/Device Name: Hill-Rom Wireless Connectivity Module Regulation Number: 21 CFR 880.5100 Regulation Name: AC powered adjustable hospital bed Regulatory Class: II Product Code: FNL Dated: January 29, 2015 Received: January 30, 2015
Dear Ms. Waterhouse:
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.
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## Indications for Use
510(k) Number (if known) K143414
Device Name Hill-Rom Wireless Connectivity Module
#### Indications for Use (Describe)
The intended use for the Hill-Rom Wireless Connectivity Module is to assist clinical staff to monitor bed parameters on specific Hill-Rom beds. The Hill-Rom Wireless Connectivity Module is intended to be used only with specifically enabled Hill-Rom beds that have been verified and validated with the Hill-Rom Wireless Connectivity Module, and is not intended to provide bed status information for non-Hill-Rom Wireless Connectivity Module is not intended to permanently store any type of data. The Hill-Rom Wireless Connectivity Module is not intended to provide automated treatment decisions or as a substitute for professional healthcare judgment. The Hill-Rom Wireless Connectivity Module is not a replacement or substitute for existing alert equipment. All patient medical diagnosis and treatment are to be performed under direct supervision and oversight of an appropriate health care professional.
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Prescription Use (Part 21 CFR 801 Subpart D)
|X | Over-The-Counter Use (21 CFR 801 Subpart C)
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# 510(k) Summary
Traditional 510(k): Hill-Rom Wireless Connectivity Module
| 510(k) Submitter: | Hill-Rom<br>1069 State Route 46 East<br>Batesville, IN 47006<br>Registration Number: 1824206 |
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| Contact Person: | Ann Waterhouse, RAC<br>1069 State Route 46 East<br>Batesville, IN 47006<br>812-931-3426 (telephone)<br>812-934-1675 (facsimile) |
| Date Prepared: | 25 November 2014 |
| Trade Name: | bed, ac-powered adjustable |
| Common Name: | Hill-Rom Wireless Connectivity Module |
| Review Panel: | General Hospital |
| Classification Name: | bed, ac-powered adjustable ( 21 CFR<br>880.5100, Product Code FNL) |
| Predicate Name: | iBed™ Wireless with iBed™ Awareness, K103536 |
## Device Description
The Hill-Rom Wireless Connectivity Module is a wireless module installed on specific Hill-Rom bed models. The Hill-Rom Wireless Connectivity Module is integrated into existing bed platforms via a USB connection to the bed's electrical system and provides connectivity to a remote server application.
The Hill-Rom Wireless Connectivity Module is used to assist staff to monitor hospital bed status and to assist the healthcare provider in providing patient care. The optional feature is mounted onto Hill-Rom hospital beds to wirelessly transmit bed information such as: bed exit status, bed side rail status, bed brake status, head of bed angle, and patient weight from bed scale. The Hill-Rom Wireless Connectivity Module is a tool that facilitates the wireless transmission of the bed status data using a wireless hardware and software device which communicates with a remote server in the hospital. The bed status data may be displayed at user-defined locations, such as nursing stations. It may also be shared with EMR (Electronic Medical Record) Systems through integration with 3rd party systems.
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#### Intended Use
The intended use for the Hill-Rom Wireless Connectivity Module is to assist clinical staff to monitor bed parameters on specific Hill-Rom beds. The Hill-Rom Wireless Connectivity Module is intended to be used only with specifically enabled Hill-Rom beds that have been verified and validated with the Hill-Rom Wireless Connectivity Module, and is not intended to provide bed status information for non-Hill-Rom beds. The Hill- Rom Wireless Connectivity Module is not intended to permanently store any type of data. The Hill-Rom Wireless Connectivity Module is not intended to provide automated treatment decisions or as a substitute for professional healthcare judgment. The Hill- Rom Wireless Connectivity Module is not a replacement or substitute for existing alert equipment. All patient medical diagnosis and treatment are to be performed under direct supervision and oversight of an appropriate health care professional.
### Patient Population
The patient population is determined by the medical bed to which the Hill-Rom Wireless Connectivity Module is affixed, however, the use of the wireless module does not change the existing populations which these beds serve, they remain: Critical care, inpatient acute care, step down/progressive care, Medical /surgical, high acuity sub-acute care, post anesthesia care unit (PACU), sections of the emergency department (ED), extended care, long-term care, and skilled nursing facility care.
### Comparison of Technological Characteristics
The Hill-Rom Wireless Connectivity Module uses the same fundamental scientific technology as that of the iBed™ Wireless with iBed™ Awareness. Both have the ability to communicate bed status through wireless means. Both accessories are meant to operate with existing hospital bed products. Neither device specific for the purposes of wireless capability: (1) affect the intended use or (2) alter(s) the fundamental scientific technology of the devices to which they are affixed.
### Substantial Equivalence
The Hill-Rom Wireless Connectivity Module is equivalent to the previously cleared and commercially distributed iBed™ Wireless with iBed™ Awareness (K103536) in that the Hill-Rom Wireless Connectivity Module is intended to assist clinical staff to monitor bed parameters on specific Hill-Rom beds, and the Stryker iBed™ Wireless with iBed™ Awareness (K103536) is intended to monitor bed parameters of the Stryker product. Both accessories use the same wireless technology (IEEE 802.11), and because they
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are for use with hospital bed products, they must adhere to similar design considerations regarding the product to which they are eventually paired. The energy expectations are those of wireless technology, as are the operating principles.
### Non-clinical performance data
Hill-Rom has verified and validated that the Hill-Rom Wireless Connectivity Module meets its functional, performance, safety and efficacy specifications and requirements. Software testing and hardware testing of the final device has been conducted. The device has been tested according to National and International Standards for compliance to these recognized Consensus Standards below:
| N/A | EN | EN 55024:2010 | Immunity characteristics - Limits<br>and methods of measurement | Jan 2011 | Electromagnetic immunity of<br>information technology<br>equipment. |
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| N/A | EN | 55022:2010 | Radio disturbance<br>characteristics - Limits and<br>methods of measurement | Jul 2011 | Information technology<br>equipment, radio disturbance<br>characteristics. |
| 5-67 | IEC | 62366:2007/(R)2013 | Medical Devices - Application of<br>usability engineering to medical<br>devices. | Jul 2014 | (General I (QS/RM)) |
The performance testing that has been conducted on the Hill-Rom Wireless Connectivity Module demonstrates that it is as safe and as effective, and performs as well as the predicate device.
## Clinical Testing
The Wireless Connectivity Module communicates existing bed status data. Clinical testing was therefore not required for determination of substantial equivalence as there is no new data involved in the wireless communication, subject of this submission.
## Conclusion
The data herein supports this device, the Hill-Rom Wireless Connectivity Module, as safe and efficacious as that of the Stryker iBed™ Wireless with iBed™ Awareness, K103536, predicate device and is therefore, substantially equivalent.
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