Acapella Choice Blue Vibratory PEP Device
Device Facts
| Record ID | K181660 |
|---|---|
| Device Name | Acapella Choice Blue Vibratory PEP Device |
| Applicant | Smiths Medical |
| Product Code | BWF · Anesthesiology |
| Decision Date | Oct 24, 2019 |
| Decision | SESE |
| Submission Type | Traditional |
| Regulation | 21 CFR 868.5690 |
| Device Class | Class 2 |
| Attributes | Therapeutic, Pediatric |
Indications for Use
The Smiths Medical acapella® Choice Blue Vibratory PEP Device is intended for use as a Positive Expiratory Pressure (PEP) device for adults and children (5 years and up). It may also be used simultaneously with nebulized aerosol drug delivery.
Device Story
Hand-held therapeutic spirometer; provides Positive Expiratory Pressure (PEP) therapy; utilizes magnetic rocker assembly to create oscillatory vibrations during patient exhalation; vibrations mimic cilia frequency to loosen airway secretions; adjustable resistance dial allows clinician to set frequency/pressure; device supports simultaneous nebulized aerosol drug delivery; used in hospitals, clinics, or home settings; patient-operated; enables independent airway clearance therapy; benefits include improved secretion mobilization and airway patency.
Clinical Evidence
Bench testing only. Performance verified via drop tests, therapeutic output, orientation, breakaway pressure, and inhalation resistance. Drug delivery performance evaluated using an eight-stage cascade impactor at 28 L/min with three aerosol medications (albuterol sulfate, cromolyn sodium, ipratropium bromide). Results showed no statistically significant difference (95% confidence level) in aerosol performance between subject device, predicate, and nebulizer alone. Biocompatibility confirmed per ISO 10993-1 and ISO 18562.
Technological Characteristics
Polycarbonate construction; magnetic rocker assembly for vibration; adjustable resistance dial (range 1-5); non-return valve; mouthpiece interface; supports in-line nebulizer connection; single-patient, multi-use (up to 6 months); non-sterile; manual cleaning/disinfection (soap/water/boiling).
Indications for Use
Indicated for adults and children (5 years and up) requiring Positive Expiratory Pressure (PEP) therapy for mobilization and expectoration of secretions associated with lung diseases such as Cystic Fibrosis, COPD, asthma, and atelectasis. Contraindications include inability to tolerate increased work of breathing, hemodynamic instability, intracranial pressure > 20 mm Hg, acute sinusitis, recent facial/oral/skull surgery or trauma, epistaxis, esophageal surgery, active hemoptysis, untreated pneumothorax, nausea, and known/suspected tympanic membrane rupture or middle ear pathology.
Regulatory Classification
Identification
An incentive spirometer is a device that indicates a patient's breathing volume or flow and that provides an incentive to the patient to improve his or her ventilation.
Predicate Devices
- acapella® DH (K002768)
Submission Summary (Full Text)
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October 24, 2019
Smiths Medical % Dawn Norman Executive Vice President MRC-X, LLC 6075 Poplar Avenue, Suite 500 Memphis. Tennessee 38119
Re: K181660
Trade/Device Name: acapella Choice Blue Vibratory PEP Device Regulation Number: 21 CFR 868.5690 Regulation Name: Incentive Spirometer Regulatory Class: Class II Product Code: BWF Dated: September 20, 2019 Received: September 23, 2019
Dear Ms. Norman:
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. Although this letter refers to your product as a device, please be aware that some cleared products may instead be combination products. The 510(k) Premarket Notification Database located at https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfpmn/pmn.cfm identifies combination product submissions. 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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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
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Sincerely,
for
Michael Ryan Division Director DHT1C: Division of ENT, Sleep Disordered Breathing, Respiratory and Anesthesia Devices OHT1: Office of Ophthalmic, Anesthesia, Respiratory, ENT and Dental Devices Office of Product Evaluation and Ouality Center for Devices and Radiological Health
Enclosure
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# Indications for Use
510(k) Number (if known) K181660
Device Name
acapella® Choice Blue Vibratory PEP Device
Indications for Use (Describe)
The Smiths Medical acapella® Choice Blue Vibratory PEP Device is intended for use as a Positive Expiratory Pressure (PEP) device for adults and children (5 years and up). It may also be used simultaneously with nebulized aerosol drug delivery.
| Type of Use (Select one or both, as applicable) | |
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| <div> <span> </span> <span>Prescription Use (Part 21 CFR 801 Subpart D)</span> </div> | |
| <div> <span> </span> <span>Over-The-Counter Use (21 CFR 801 Subpart C)</span> </div> | |
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K181660 acapella® Choice Blue
| Date of Preparation: | October 23, 2019 |
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| Submitter: | Smiths Medical<br>6000 Nathan Lane North<br>Minneapolis, MN 55442<br>USA |
| Establishment Registration Number: | 3012307300 |
| Company Contact (Primary): | Dawn N. Norman<br>MRC X<br>6075 Poplar Avenue, Suite 500<br>Memphis, TN 38119<br>01-618-604-3064 |
| Trade Name(s): | Incentive Spirometer |
| Device Name(s): | acapella® Choice Blue Vibratory PEP Device |
| Device Classification: | Class II |
| Regulation Number<br>and Product Codes: | 21 CFR § 868.5690 / BWF<br>Spirometer, Therapeutic (Incentive) |
## Primary Predicate Device
| Primary Predicate Device Name /<br>Original 510(k) Owner | Product Code /<br>Regulation | FDA 510k Number /<br>Clearance Date |
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| acapella® DH<br>Original 510(k) owner: DHD Healthcare | BWF<br>21 CFR 868.5690 | K002768<br>September 6, 2000 |
# General Device Description
The subject and predicate acapella® devices are within Smiths Medical's product family for a therapeutic spirometer hand-held vibratory positive expiratory pressure (PEP) device provided to the end-user as a non-sterile, single patient use. The subject device helps aid in the mobilization and expectoration of secretions that accumulate in the lungs of adult and pediatric users who may have Cystic Fibrosis, COPD, asthma, including lung diseases with secretory problems, and patients with atelectasis.
The subject device provides PEP therapy to a patient by producing airflow vibrations that can be delivered in any position to effectively mobilize secretions, open airways and deliver medication (nebulization). These devices have been found to give independence to patients with chronic respiratory diseases, as the therapy can be done at the patient's convenience without the need for clinical assistance.
### Principle of Operation
The acapella® Choice Blue Vibratory PEP Device using a non-return valve that upon patient exhalation will create positive end expiratory pressure and oscillations. The device is adjustable to different frequencies. Rotation of the knob between the limits of the cam surfaces allows the
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# 510(k) SUMMARY
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physician or clinician to set a desired frequency and pressure for an individual patient or user, and the desired frequency and pressure can be replicated by referring to the indictor on the knob.
## Indications for Use
The Smiths Medical acapella® Choice Blue Vibratory PEP Device is intended for use as a Positive Expiratory Pressure (PEP) device for adults and children (5 years and up). It may also be used simultaneously with nebulized aerosol drug delivery.
## Contraindications
Although no absolute contraindications to the use of PEP Therapy have been reported, the following should be carefully evaluated before a decision is made to initiate therapy:
- · Inability to tolerate increased work of breathing
- · Hemodynamic instability
- · Intracranial pressure (ICP) > 20 mm Hq
- · Acute sinusitis
- · Recent facial, oral or skull surgery or trauma
- · Epistaxis
- · Esophageal surgery
- Active hemoptysis
- · Untreated pneumothorax
- Nausea
- · Known or suspected tympanic membrane rupture or another middle ear pathology
# Substantial Equivalence
The following table presents the comparison of the acapella devices with a discussion of the differences to follow.
| Table 1 Predicate Comparison | | |
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| Features | Proposed Device acapella®<br>Choice Blue Vibratory PEP Device | Predicate Device acapella® DH |
| Indications for use | The Smiths Medical acapella® Choice Blue<br>Vibratory PEP Device is intended for use as<br>a Positive Expiratory Pressure (PEP)<br>device for adults and children (5 years and<br>up). It may also be used simultaneously<br>with nebulized aerosol drug delivery. | Intended for use as a Positive Expiratory<br>Pressure (PEP) device. It may also be used<br>simultaneously with nebulized aerosol drug<br>delivery. |
| Environment of<br>Use | Hospital, clinics, physician offices, home<br>setting | Hospital, clinics, physician offices, home<br>setting |
| Patient Population | Adults and children (5 years and up) under<br>the supervision of an adult | Adults and children (4 years and up) under the<br>supervision of an adult |
| Principle of<br>Operation (PEP) | Therapeutic spirometer device that works<br>by assisting the patient to produce<br>oscillatory vibrations in the airways | Therapeutic spirometer device that works by<br>assisting the patient to produce oscillatory<br>vibrations in the airways |
| Mode of Vibration | Magnetic Rocker assembly | Magnetic Rocker assembly |
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| Table 1 Predicate Comparison | | |
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| Features | Proposed Device acapella®<br>Choice Blue Vibratory PEP Device | Predicate Device acapella® DH |
| Resistance Dial | Dial for Selection Range: 1 to 5 | Dial for Selection Range: 1 to 5 |
| Minimum<br>expiratory flow<br>required | 15 L/M | 15 L/M |
| Material / Color /<br>Body Design | Polycarbonate / Blue / Able to be opened<br>for cleaning | Styrene-butadiene / Green / Closed body |
| Use with a<br>nebulizer | Ability to connect to nebulized aerosol drug<br>delivery system | Ability to connect to nebulized aerosol drug<br>delivery system |
| Specified<br>Nebulizer | Salter Labs 8900 Series<br>Carefusion Airlife Misty Max 10<br>Westmed UniHEART | Small Volume Nebulizers |
| Duration of Use | Single patient, multi-use<br>Up to 6 months use | Single patient, multi-use<br>Up to 6 months use |
| Cleaning method | Soap / water & disinfecting with Boiling<br>water | Soap / water & disinfecting with Alcohol, or<br>Hydrogen Peroxide or Glutaraldehyde |
| Accessories | None | Face masks or TheraPrep Pressure Indicator |
| Components | Mouthpiece, cover and rocker assembly | Mouthpiece and body only; body does not come<br>apart |
| Biocompatibility<br>ISO 10993-1 | Biocompatible based on ISO 10993<br>• External Communicating (Indirect gas<br>pathway)<br>• Tissue / Bone / Dentin<br>communicating<br>• Duration of Use - prolonged duration<br>based on cumulative exposure (> 24<br>hours to 30 days)<br>And<br>• Surface Contact<br>• Mucosal membrane<br>• Duration of Use - prolonged duration<br>based on cumulative exposure (> 24<br>hours to 30 days) | Biocompatible based on ISO 10993 |
| Shelf-life | 2 years | 2 years |
# Summary of Technological Characteristics
The technology for delivery PEP therapy is unchanged between the subject and the predicate devices. The subject device shares the same technological characteristics as the 510(k) cleared for the predicate device, acapella® DH (K002768); these characteristics include:
- . Provide controllable and variable resistance to the expiratory phase of breathing and therefore creates increased trans-pulmonary pressure within the lung.
- Create vibrations that mimic the oscillatory frequency of cilia. This aids in loosening . secretions from the walls of the airways by altering the viscoelastic properties of secretions.
- Contain a flow tube to create a channel for air to pass through and for the vibrations travel back to the user.
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- Have an adjustable resistance dial raises and lowers the magnet based on the users' . exhalation capacity.
- . Contain a mouthpiece that connects the users' mouth to the device.
- . Provide the ability to connect a nebulizer in-line that allows the user to inhale the aerosolized drug and then exhale through the PEP device.
The differences between the subject and predicate device are minimal and include differences in the materials of the outer and internal components. The subject device is now able to be opened for cleaning by the user throughout the lifetime of the device, whereas the predicate is a closed system. Smiths Medical has determined these two (2) modifications do not affect the device's intended use, indication for use or alter the device's fundamental scientific technology of Positive Expiratory Pressure therapy.
# Summary of Non-Clinical Testing
Non-clinical testing of the components comprising each configuration of the subject acapella® Choice Blue Vibratory PEP Device were assessed and tested appropriately to design controls; i.e. design verification, design validations. Testing listed below passed and were verified against their requirements and acceptance criteria:
- Temperature exposure and accelerated aging
- . Performance testing (bench) - drop, online therapeutic output, orientation, breakaway pressure, inhalation mode resistance and stutter tests.
- Nebulizer specification verification ●
- Reprocessing (cleaning and disinfection) verification ●
- Packaging (transport and distribution) per ASTM D4169 .
- . Biocompatibility per ISO 10993-1
- Biocompatibility per ISO 18562 for gas pathway safety .
Additional drug delivery verification testing was conducted for the nebulizer performance with three (3) different aerosol medications (i.e., albuterol sulfate, cromolyn sodium, ipratropium bromide). Specifications were established via a performance test using an eight-stage cascade impactor at a flow rate of 28 L/min equipped with USP induction port throat. Three (3) device samples were tested per each drug. Aerosol was sampled directly from the outlet. The acceptance criteria of the test were that the aerosol performance of any medication, nebulizer, and flow rate would not be statistically different at a confidence level of 95% between the acapella® Choice Blue Vibratory PEP Device and acapella® DH as compared to the nebulizer by itself.
Drug delivery performance of acapella® Choice Blue Vibratory PEP Device combined with a standard nebulizer configuration was compared to same nebulizer configuration without the acapella® Choice Blue Vibratory PEP Device. The delivery of aerosolized drugs with acapella® Choice Blue Vibratory PEP Device when connected to a small volume nebulizer was found to be clinically comparable to the performance of the nebulizer alone.
# Summary of Differences and Discussion of Substantial Equivalence
The Smiths Medical acapella® Choice Blue Vibratory PEP Device is substantially equivalent to the predicate device, acapella® DH, K002786, based on device characteristic comparisons. These characteristics include the similar intended use, same clinical application, same general design, same useful life, same packaging and same principle of operation and similar performance.
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510(k) SUMMARY
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The indications for use are similar for patient population, environment and indication. Contraindications are identical to the predicate. The principal of operation is identical to the predicate. The technological characteristic differences are minimal and have been demonstrated to be substantially equivalent through comparative testing to the predicate and do not increase patient risk. Cleaning and disinfection methods are different, and the differences validated. Performance characteristics of the subject and predicate devices, both with and without a nebulizer, have been evaluated and both meet the acceptance criteria and are therefore substantially equivalent.
# Substantial Equivalence Conclusion
Smiths Medical concludes the differences between the subject and predicate device do not impact the indications for use, intended use, mechanical and/or fundamental scientific technology of the device, do not raise new or different questions of safety risks imposed on the patient or device use and that the subject device is as safe and effective as the predicate device; therefore, the subject device, acapella® Choice Blue Vibratory PEP Device, is considered substantially equivalent to the predicate.
