The CorPath GRX System is intended for use in the remote delivery and manipulation of guidewires and rapid exchange catheters, and remote manipulation of guide catheters during percutaneous coronary and vascular procedures.
Device Story
Robotic system for remote percutaneous coronary and vascular procedures; allows physician to manipulate guidewires, rapid exchange catheters, and guide catheters from a seated position away from radiation. System consists of a bedside unit (robotic drive, extended reach arm, single-use cassette) and a remote workspace (control console, monitors, foot pedal). Physician uses joysticks or touchscreen to control robotic drive; system provides automated movement features (technIQ) to assist in navigation and lesion crossing. Output is real-time robotic movement of interventional devices under fluoroscopic guidance. Benefits include reduced radiation exposure for the physician and precise, computer-controlled device manipulation.
Clinical Evidence
Clinical evidence includes data from the post-market PRECISION GRX study. Testing also included non-clinical bench testing: functional testing, simulated use, particulate testing, software verification/validation, and cybersecurity penetration testing. Results demonstrated that the addition of automated movement features does not change the device's safety profile or delivery forces, and the operator maintains complete control.
Technological Characteristics
Robotic catheter control system; bedside unit with robotic drive and single-use cassette; remote control console with joysticks/touchscreen. Connectivity via communication cable. Software-controlled automated movements (technIQ). No changes to materials, packaging, or sterilization from predicate.
Indications for Use
Indicated for patients undergoing percutaneous coronary and vascular procedures requiring remote delivery and manipulation of guidewires, rapid exchange catheters, and guide catheters.
Regulatory Classification
Identification
A steerable catheter control system is a device that is connected to the proximal end of a steerable guide wire that controls the motion of the steerable catheter.
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December 11, 2020
Corindus, Inc. Dana Hartlein Regulatory Affairs Specialist 309 Waverley Oaks Road, Suite 105 Waltham, Massachusetts 02452
Re: K202275
Trade/Device Name: CorPath GRX System Regulation Number: 21 CFR 870.1290 Regulation Name: Steerable Catheter Control System Regulatory Class: Class II Product Code: DXX Dated: August 7, 2020 Received: August 11, 2020
Dear Dana Hartlein:
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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Lydia Glaw Assistant Director DHT2C: Division of Coronary and Peripheral Intervention Devices OHT2: Office of Cardiovascular Devices Office of Product Evaluation and Quality Center for Devices and Radiological Health Enclosure
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## Indications for Use
510(k) Number (if known) K202275
Device Name CorPath GRX System
Indications for Use (Describe)
The CorPath GRX System is intended for use in the remote delivery and manipulation of guidewires and rapid exchange catheters, and remote manipulation of guide catheters during percutaneous coronary and vascular procedures.
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## 510(K) SUMMARY
| Submitter's Name and<br>Address: | Corindus, Inc.<br>309 Waverley Oaks Road<br>Suite 105<br>Waltham, MA 02452 |
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| Establishment<br>Registration Number: | 3007822508 |
| Date of Summary: | August 7, 2020 |
| Contact Person: | Dana Hartlein, Regulatory Affairs Specialist |
| Telephone Number: | W: (508) 653-3335 x215 |
| Fax Number: | (508) 653-3355 |
| Name of the Device: | CorPath GRX System |
| Common Name: | CorPath GRX System |
| Regulatory Status and<br>Regulation Number: | Class II<br>21 CFR 870.1290 |
| Classification Name: | System, Catheter Control, Steerable |
| Device Classification: | Product Code:<br>DXX: Steerable Catheter Control System. |
| Indications for Use: | The CorPath GRX System is intended for use in the<br>remote delivery and manipulation of guidewires and rapid<br>exchange catheters, and remote manipulation of guide<br>catheters during percutaneous coronary and vascular<br>procedures. |
| Identification of the<br>Legally Marketed<br>Device (Predicate<br>Device): | CorPath GRX System<br>Device Class: II<br>Product Code: DXX<br>Regulation Number: 21 CFR 870.1290<br>510(k) Number: K173806 (Primary Predicate)<br>K173288 (Reference Predicate) |
| Device Description: | The CorPath GRX System is intended to allow physicians<br>to deliver and manipulate commercially available |
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quidewires, rapid exchange catheters and quide catheters during percutaneous coronary and vascular procedures. During the use of the CorPath GRX System, the physician controls the movement and maneuvering of the devices using intuitive controls under independent angiographic fluoroscopy visual guidance using computer controlled movements while in a seated position away from the radiation source.
The CorPath GRX System is composed of the following two functional sub-units:
- 1. Bedside Unit Which consists of the Extended Reach Arm, Robotic Drive and Single-use Cassette
- 2. Remote Workspace Which consists of the Control Console, angiographic monitor(s), hemodynamic monitors, X-ray foot pedal, and optional Interventional Cockpit.
Commercially available guidewires, rapid exchange catheters, and guide catheters are loaded into the Singleuse Cassette. By using the joysticks or the Control Console touch screen, the physician can control the Robotic Drive to advance, retract, and rotate the guidewire, advance and retract the rapid exchange catheter, and advance, retract, and rotate the guide catheter. The Robotic Drive and Control Console communicate via a single communication cable.
In addition, the CorPath GRX Software contains the following functionality for automated movements (also referred to as the technIQ™ automated movements), of the interventional devices:
- . Rotate on Retract - When selected, rotates the guidewire a set amount upon retraction of the quidewire joystick to facilitate redirection of the quidewire while it is being navigated to the target location (previously cleared under CorPath GRX System, K173806).
- Wiggle - When selected, this movement enables a small clockwise and counterclockwise rotation of the guidewire while advancing to assist in navigation.
- . Spin - When selected, this movement will enable a large clockwise and counterclockwise rotation of the quidewire while advancing to assist in lesion crossing.
- . Constant Speed - When selected, the guidewire or device joysticks will advance and retract at a constant speed of either 2mm/second or 5mm/second depending on the speed selected by the operator.
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- . Dotter - When selected, this movement will enable a linear back and forth motion of the device when advancing to assist in lesion crossing and delivery of therapy.
The product subject of this premarket notification is substantially equivalent in design and functionality to the CorPath GRX System (K173806, Primary Predicate cleared March 1, 2018; and K173288, Reference Predicate cleared February 15, 2018).
The proposed CorPath GRX System and the predicate CorPath GRX System have the same technological characteristics. The modified CorPath GRX System consists of software changes to include 4 additional automated features; spin, wiggle, dotter, and constant speed. There have been no additional changes to the modified CorPath GRX System with respect to materials, packaging, sterilization, or indication.
Verification/validation testing of the CorPath GRX System has been conducted to demonstrate the modified CorPath GRX Systems is substantially equivalent to the predicate device. Tests conducted were identified on the basis of risk analysis activities performed to evaluate the impact of the modification on the device/components.
Specifically, the following non-clinical laboratory tests were performed to determine substantial equivalence:
- Functional Testing ●
- . Simulated Use Testing
- . Particulate Testing
- Software Verification and Validation testing
- . Cybersecurity Penetration Testing
All testing has demonstrated that the device is substantially equivalent to the predicate device.
Clinical data from the post-market PRECISION GRX Study was used to help demonstrate substantial equivalence.
The technIQ automated moves for the CorPath GRX System do not change the safety profile of the device as there is no change to delivery forces and the operator maintains complete control of all movements of the devices.
Substantial
Equivalence:
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| Safety and<br>Performance: | The determination of substantial equivalence for this<br>device was based on a detailed device description, non-<br>clinical performance testing, and supplemental clinical<br>data. The performance testing and clinical data<br>demonstrate the device is considered substantially<br>equivalent to the predicate device. |
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| Conclusion: | Based on the bench testing conducted, it is concluded that<br>the CorPath GRX System is substantially equivalent to the<br>Primary Predicate CorPath GRX System (K173806) and<br>the CorPath GRX System Reference Predicate<br>(K173288). |
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