K152032 · Azena Medical, LLC · GEX · Sep 16, 2015 · General, Plastic Surgery
Device Facts
Record ID
K152032
Device Name
ELUMI 810 + 980 Soft Tissue Laser
Applicant
Azena Medical, LLC
Product Code
GEX · General, Plastic Surgery
Decision Date
Sep 16, 2015
Decision
SESE
Submission Type
Traditional
Regulation
21 CFR 878.4810
Device Class
Class 2
Attributes
Therapeutic, 3rd-Party Reviewed
Indications for Use
The ELUMI 810+980 Soft Tissue Laser is intended for the incision, excision, ablation, vaporization, hemostasis, and treatment of oral soft tissue. The following are the oropharyngeal indications for use: Excisional and incisional biopsies; Exposure of unerupted teeth; Fibroma removal; Gingivoplasty; Hemostasis and coagulation; Incision and drainage of abscess; Operculectomy; Pulpotomy; Reduction of gingival hypertrophy; Soft tissue crown lengthening; Vestibuloplasty; Laser Soft Tissue Curettage; Tissue retraction; Frenectomy and Frenotomy; Gingival troughing for crown impressions; Gingivectomy; Gingival incision and excision; Implant recovery; Leukoplakia; Oral papillectomnies; Pulpotomy as an adjunct to root canal therapy; Reduction of bacterial level (decontamination) and inflammation; Treatment of aphthous ulcers; Lesion (tumor) removal; Treatment of canker sores, herpetic and aphthous ulcers of the oral mucosa; Removal of Diseased, Inflamed and necrotic soft tissue within the periodontal pocket; Removal of highly inflamed edematous tissue affected by bacteria penetration of the pocket lining and junctional epithelium; Sulcular debridement (removal of necrotic, diseased or inflamed soft tissue in the periodontal pocket to improve clinical indices including gingival index, gingival bleeding index, probe depth, attachment loss and tooth mobility); Light activation for bleaching materials for teeth whitening; Laser-assisted whitening/bleaching of teeth.
Device Story
Battery-powered, countertop diode laser system for oral soft tissue surgery and teeth whitening. Input: user-selected settings via interface; Output: infrared laser energy (810nm/980nm) delivered via flexible fiber optic cable and disposable tips. System includes laser unit, anodized aluminum handpiece, wireless footswitch, and auxiliary power supply. Clinician operates device to perform procedures like biopsies, gingivectomy, and sulcular debridement. Red aiming beam (650nm) and white LED illumination assist targeting. Laser energy interacts with tissue for cutting/coagulation; light activation used for bleaching. Output allows precise tissue management, hemostasis, and decontamination, benefiting patients through minimally invasive surgical options and improved clinical indices in periodontal treatment.
Clinical Evidence
No clinical data submitted. Evidence consists of bench testing (power output verification per IEC 60601-2-22, cleaning/sterilization validation) and an animal study (pig liver) comparing histological effects to the predicate device. Cleaning validation achieved < 5.4 µg/cm² protein and < 1.6 µg/cm² hemoglobin. Sterilization validation confirmed 10-6 sterility assurance level.
Technological Characteristics
Class IV GaAlAs diode laser; 810nm/980nm wavelengths; 10W peak power per diode (20W dual); 400 µm quartz glass fiber delivery; wireless footswitch; lithium-ion battery; anodized aluminum handpiece. Standards: 21 CFR 1040.10/11, IEC 60601-2-22, IEC 60825-1, AAMI/ANSI ES60601-1, ISO 10993-5, ISO 17665. Sterilization: gravity steam (135°C, 15 min).
Indications for Use
Indicated for oral soft tissue procedures including incision, excision, ablation, vaporization, hemostasis, and teeth whitening in patients requiring dental soft tissue surgery or treatment of oral mucosal lesions.
Regulatory Classification
Identification
(1) A carbon dioxide laser for use in general surgery and in dermatology is a laser device intended to cut, destroy, or remove tissue by light energy emitted by carbon dioxide.(2) An argon laser for use in dermatology is a laser device intended to destroy or coagulate tissue by light energy emitted by argon.
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September 16, 2015
Azena Medical, LLC % Mr. Dave Yungvirt Third Party Review Group, LLC 45 Rockefeller Plaza Suite 2000 New York, New York 10111
Re: K152032
Trade/Device Name: ELUMI 810 + 980 Soft Tissue Laser Regulation Number: 21 CFR 878.4810 Regulation Name: Laser surgical instrument for use in general and plastic surgery and in dermatology Regulatory Class: Class II Product Code: GEX Dated: August 27, 2015 Received: September 1, 2015
Dear Mr. Yungvirt:
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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Sincerely yours,
Joshua C. Nipper -S
Binita S. Ashar, M.D., M.B.A., F.A.C.S. For Director Division of Surgical Devices Office of Device Evaluation Center for Devices and Radiological Health
Enclosure
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# Indications for Use
510(k) Number (if known) K152032
### Device Name ELUMI 810 + 980 Soft Tissue Laser
Indications for Use (Describe)
The indications for use are identical to those of the previously cleared Predicate Device. The ELUMI 810+980 Soft Tissue Laser is intended for the incision, excision, ablation, vaporization, hemostasis, and treatment of oral soft tissue.
The following are the oropharyngeal indications for use:
- · Excisional and incisional biopsies
- · Exposure of unerupted teeth
- Fibroma removal
- · Gingivoplasty
- · Hemostasis and coagulation
- · Incision and drainage of abscess
- · Operculectomy
- · Pulpotomy
- · Reduction of gingival hypertrophy
- · Soft tissue crown lengthening
- · Vestibuloplasty
- · Laser Soft Tissue Curettage
- · Tissue retraction
- Frenectomy and Frenotomy
- · Gingival troughing for crown impressions
- · Gingivectomy
- · Gingival incision and excision
- · Implant recovery
- · Leukoplakia
- · Oral papillectomnies
- Pulpotomy as an adjunct to root canal therapy
- · Reduction of bacterial level (decontamination) and inflammation
- Treatment of aphthous ulcers
- · Lesion (tumor) removal
- · Treatment of canker sores, herpetic and aphthous ulcers of the oral mucosa
- · Removal of Diseased, Inflamed and necrotic soft tissue within the periodontal pocket
- Removal of highly inflamed edematous tissue affected by bacteria penetration of the pocket lining and junctional epithelium
· Sulcular debridement (removal of necrotic, diseased or inflamed soft tissue in the periodontal pocket to improve clinical indices including gingival index, gingival bleeding index, probe depth, attachment loss and tooth mobility)
- · Light activation for bleaching materials for teeth whitening
- · Laser-assisted whitening/bleaching of teeth
Type of Use (Select one or both, as applicable)
X Prescription Use (Part 21 CFR 801 Subpart D)
Over-The-Counter Use (21 CFR 801 Subpart C)
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Traditional 510(k)
# Section 5 510(k) Summary
# 510(k) Summary of Safety and Effectiveness
# Traditional 510(k) Premarket Notification
## Submitter:
Azena Medical, LLC 21 Massolo Dr, 2nd Floor – Unit C Pleasant Hill, CA 94523
# Regulatory Authority:
This 510(k) summary of safety and effectiveness information is being submitted in accordance with the requirements of the Safe Medical Devices Act of 1990, 21 CFR 807.92.
- 1. Submitter's name, address, telephone number, contact person, and date summary prepared:
| Submitter: | Azena Medical, LLC<br>21 Massolo Drive<br>FI2 Unit C<br>Pleasant Hill, CA 94523 |
|-----------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Contact Person: | Alexandre B. Di Sessa<br>Founder & CEO<br>Phone: 800-466-5273<br>Email: 510k@azenamedical.com |
- Date of Preparation: April 6, 2015
- 2. Name of device, including the trade name and classification name:
| Trade Name: | <i>ELUMI 810 + 980 Soft Tissue Laser</i> |
|-------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Common Name(s): | Diode laser, powered laser surgical instrument |
| Classification Name(s): | Laser surgical instrument for use in general and plastic surgery and in dermatology |
| Regulation Number: | §878.4810 |
Device Class: Class II for all requested indications
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Product Code: GEX
Classification Panel: General and Plastic Surgery & Others
- 3. ldentification of the predicate device or leqally marketed device or devices to which substantial equivalence is being claimed:
## Predicate Device:
| Company: | QuickLase Limited |
|---------------|-------------------|
| Device: | QuickLase DUAL+ |
| 510(k): | K100474 |
| Date Cleared: | March 16, 2010 |
- 4. A description of the device that is the subject of the 510(k), including an explanation of how the device functions, basic scientific concepts, significant physical and performance characteristics (design, material, physical properties):
The ELUMI 810 + 980 Soft Tissue Laser, or ELUMI, is a battery-powered counter top surgical and therapeutic device designed for a wide variety of oral soft tissue procedures and dental teeth whitening.
The ELUMI comprises of five main assemblies; of a Laser Unit, a flexible fiber delivery system tethered to an anodized aluminum hand piece, disposable single-use fiber tips, a wireless footswitch, and an auxiliary power supply. Infrared laser energy is emitted from the fiber tips when the wireless footswitch is depressed. The ELUMI Laser Unit contains two single-emitter solid-state laser diodes of 10.0-watt peak output power each (Class IV laser), one lasing at 810nm and the other at 980nm wavelength. The laser diodes can simultaneously emit laser energy when ELUMI is set to Dual Wavelength mode. The laser diodes are directly coupled to the flexible fiber optic cable that connects the Laser Unit to the surgical hand piece and disposable fiber tip that emits the energy to the target area. The system also contains a 5mW power, 650nm laser diode coupled to the same fiber optic cable to produce the red aiming light. The laser's visible light is designed to aid the clinician in aiming the tip of the delivery fiber onto the target tissue. Additionally, a bright white light from two LEDs in the hand piece illuminates tarqet tissue during procedures through the translucent disposable laser tips. The auxiliary power supply connects to the Laser Unit and is used to charge the system battery and as a power source for the system in the event of low battery capacity.
#### Statement of intended use: 5.
The indications for use are identical to those of the previously cleared Predicate Device.
The ELUMI 810+980 Soft Tissue Laser is intended for the incision, excision, ablation,
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vaporization, hemostasis, and treatment of oral soft tissue.
The following are the oropharyngeal indications for use:
- . Excisional and incisional biopsies
- . Exposure of unerupted teeth
- . Fibroma removal
- Gingivoplasty
- . Hemostasis and coaqulation
- . Incision and drainage of abscess
- . Operculectomy
- . Pulpotomy
- . Reduction of gingival hypertrophy
- . Soft tissue crown lengthening
- Vestibuloplasty
- . Laser Soft Tissue Curettage
- . Tissue retraction
- . Frenectomy and Frenotomy
- . Gingival troughing for crown impressions
- Gingivectomy
- . Gingival incision and excision
- Implant recovery
- . Leukoplakia
- Oral papillectomnies
- . Pulpotomy as an adjunct to root canal therapy
- . Reduction of bacterial level (decontamination) and inflammation
- Treatment of aphthous ulcers
- Lesion (tumor) removal
- Treatment of canker sores, herpetic and aphthous ulcers of the oral mucosa
- . Removal of Diseased, Inflamed and necrotic soft tissue within the periodontal pocket
- . Removal of highly inflamed edematous tissue affected by bacteria penetration of the pocket lining and junctional epithelium
- . Sulcular debridement (removal of necrotic, diseased or inflamed soft tissue in the periodontal pocket to improve clinical indices including gingival bleeding index, probe depth, attachment loss and tooth mobility)
- Light activation for bleaching materials for teeth whitening .
- Laser-assisted whitening/bleaching of teeth ●
### 6. Statement of how the technological characteristics of the device compare to those of the predicate or legally marketed device:
The proposed ELUMI 810 + 980 Soft Tissue Laser has the following technological similarities
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to the Predicate Device:
- the same laser type: solid state diode,
- the same laser medium: GaAlAs,
- . the same working beam wavelengths: 810nm or 980nm, dual wavelength (810nm + 980nm),
- the same average power output up to 2.0 Watts,
- . the same increments of average power available: 0.1 Watts,
- . the same maximum peak output power: 10 Watts @ 810nm, 10 Watts @ 980nm, 20 Watts @ Dual Wavelength,
- . the same pulse type: gated,
- . the same delivery system and fiber diameter: 400 µm quartz glass fiber,
- the same cutting method: tissue contact,
- the same patient contacting components: quartz glass fiber,
- . the equivalent user interface, and
- the same activation means: foot switch.
#### 7. Statement of how the functional characteristics of the device compare to those of the predicate or legally marketed device:
The proposed ELUMI 810 + 980 Soft Tissue Laser has the following functional similarities to the Predicate Device:
- the same indications for use,
- . the same operating principle,
- the same basic construction,
- . the same shelf life, and
- . the same packaging materials and processes.
#### 8. Performance Data:
The ELUMI 810 + 980 Soft Tissue Laser was tested in accordance, and found to be in compliance, with the following national and international standards:
- . 21 CFR 1040.10 & 1040.11 except for deviations pursuant to laser notice 50 dated June 24, 2007
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- IEC 60601-2-22
- IEC 60825-1
- . AAMI/ANSI ES60601-1
- . IEC 60601-1-2
- AAMI/ANSI ST81:2004/(R)2010
- AAMI/ANSI ST79:2010 & A1:2010 & A2:2011 & A3:2012 & A4:2013
- . AAMI/ANSI/ISO 17665-1:2006
- . AAMI/ANSI/ISO 17665-2:2009
- AAMI/ANSI/ISO 10993-5:2009
Cleaning validation was conducted according to FDA Reprocessing Guidance. The recovery method for the Anodized Aluminum Surgical Hand Piece with Fiber Connector achieved 78.5% and 77.6% recoveries for protein and hemoglobin respectively. All cleaned devices for the Anodized Aluminum Surgical Hand Piece with Fiber Connector were found to contain < 5.4 μg/cm² and < 1.6 µg/cm² for protein and hemoglobin respectively. The cleaning procedure is validated for the reprocessing of the Anodized Aluminum Surgical Hand Piece with Fiber Connector.
Sterilization validation was conducted to validate a fifteen minute gravity steam sterilization cycle at 135°C for the Anodized Aluminum Hand Piece Shell. There was no growth of the biological indicators that had been exposed to steam with the test article. The verified half cycle indicates that a full gravity cycle of not less than 15 minutes at 135°C is capable of a 12 log reduction and will provide a 10-6 sterility assurance level of a worst case population. The gravity cycle of 135°C at 15 minutes is validated for the Anodized Aluminum Hand Piece Shell.
Bench testing was performed to measure the ELUMI 810 + 980 Soft Tissue Laser's average output power side-by-side with the Predicate Device. The intended performance of these devices, based on IEC 60601-2-22, requires that the laser average power output only vary from the device's settings by less than ±20% of the setting. The results of the bench testing demonstrate that both the ELUMI 810 + 980 Soft Tissue Laser and the Predicate Device satisfy this IEC 60601-2-22 requirement.
Bench testing was also conducted to compare features and functions of the ELUMI 810+980 Soft Tissue Laser to the Predicate Device, and found that ELUMI is substantially equivalent to the Predicate Device by having identical features and functions as identified in 21 CFR 1040.10.
Additionally, an animal study was conducted to evaluate the histological effects on pig liver soft tissue of the Elumi 810+980 Soft Tissue Laser system, and compare the results to those of the Predicate Device. The results of this new animal study demonstrate that the Elumi 810+980
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Soft Tissue Laser and the Predicate Device have similar effects on soft tissue, despite slight differences in average output power and operation modes.
This performance data, along with conformity to the recognized national and international standards cited above, demonstrates that the ELUMI 810 + 980 Soft Tissue Laser is as safe and as effective as its Predicate Device.
No clinical data was submitted for this Traditional 510(k).
#### Technological Characteristics: 9.
The ELUMI 810 + 980 Soft Tissue Laser has the same fundamental technological characteristics as the Predicate Device.
| | ELUMI 810 + 980 Soft<br>Tissue Laser | QuickLase DUAL+ |
|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Laser Classification | IV (4) | IV (4) |
| Type of Laser | Diode Laser | Diode Laser |
| Laser Medium | GaAIAs | GaAIAs |
| Wavelength | 810 ± 10nm; or<br>980 ± 10nm; or<br>810nm and 980nm ±<br>10nm | 810 ± 10nm; or<br>980 ± 10nm; or<br>810nm and 980nm ±<br>10nm |
| Average Output<br>Power | Adjustable 0.1 - 2 Watts | Adjustable 0.1 - 10 Watts |
| Max Peak Output<br>Power | 10 Watts @ 810nm;<br>10 Watts @ 980nm;<br>20 Watts @ 810nm +<br>980nm | 10 Watts @ 810nm;<br>10 Watts @ 980nm;<br>20 Watts @ 810nm +<br>980nm |
| Increments of<br>Power Available | 0.1 Watts | 0.1 Watts |
| Operating Voltage | 100-240 VAC | 100-240 VAC |
| Current Frequency | 50-60 HZ | 50-60 HZ |
| Operation Mode | Pulsed | Continuous, Pulsed |
| Pulse Type | Gated | Gated |
| Battery | Lithium Ion Rechargeable | Lithium Ion Rechargeable |
| Delivery System | Quartz glass fiber & tip* | Quartz glass fiber |
| Fiber/Tip Diameter | 400 μm core | 400 μm core |
| Fiber Aiming Beam | 5mW laser diode, 650nm,<br>Class 1 | 5mW laser diode, 645nm,<br>Class 1 |
| Activation Means | Wireless Foot Switch,<br>with electronic access key | Wired Foot Switch, with<br>electronic access key |
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### Traditional 510(k)
*The quartz glass fiber within ELUMI's single-use fiber tip is the only system component that comes in direct or indirect contact with patients. This fiber is exactly the same fiber, sourced from the same supplier, and used in the same manner as the fiber used with another FDA cleared dental soft tissue laser, the SL3 (K102639).
#### Conclusions: 10.
The ELUMI 810 + 980 Soft Tissue Laser has the equivalent indications for use and technological characteristics as that of the Predicate Device. The minor technological differences that exist between the ELUMI 810 + 980 Soft Tissue Laser and its predicate devices do not alter the fundamental scientific technology of the device and raise no new questions of safety or effectiveness. Performance data demonstrates that the ELUMI 810 + 980 Soft Tissue Laser is as safe and as effective as its Predicate Device.
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