The NOVA Patient Warming System is intended to prevent or treat hypothermia and to provide warmth to patients. It should be used in circumstances in which patients may not maintain a state of normothermia. It is intended primarily for use in hospitals and surgical centers including without limitation operating, recovery and emergency rooms and on medical/surgical floors. Not for use in home health care environment
Device Story
NOVA Patient Warming System provides thermal regulation to patients at risk of or experiencing hypothermia. Device used in clinical environments (hospitals, surgical centers, ORs, recovery, ERs) by healthcare professionals. System functions to prevent or treat hypothermia and maintain normothermia. Device is prescription-only and not for home use.
Clinical Evidence
No clinical data provided; bench testing only.
Indications for Use
Indicated for patients at risk of or experiencing hypothermia requiring thermal regulation. Intended for use in clinical settings including hospitals, surgical centers, operating rooms, recovery rooms, emergency rooms, and medical/surgical floors. Contraindicated for home health care use.
Regulatory Classification
Identification
A thermal regulating system is an external system consisting of a device that is placed in contact with the patient and a temperature controller for the device. The system is used to regulate patient temperature.
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Submission Summary (Full Text)
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November 12, 2020
Encompass Group, LLC % Dave Yungvirt CEO Third Party Review Group, LLC 25 Independence Blvd Warren, New Jersey 07059
Re: K203085
Trade/Device Name: NOVA Patient Warming System Regulation Number: 21 CFR 870.5900 Regulation Name: Thermal regulating system Regulatory Class: Class II Product Code: DWJ Dated: October 10, 2020 Received: October 13, 2020
Dear Dave Yungvirt:
We have reviewed vour 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/cfpmp/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.
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.
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
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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 of medical device-related adverse events) (21 CFR 803) for devices or postmarketing safety reporting (21 CFR 4, Subpart B) for combination products (see https://www.fda.gov/combination-products/guidance-regulatory-information/postmarketing-safety-reportingcombination-products); good manufacturing practice requirements as set forth in the quality systems (QS) regulation (21 CFR Part 820) for devices or current good manufacturing practices (21 CFR 4, Subpart A) for combination products; and, if applicable, the electronic product radiation control provisions (Sections 531-542 of the Act); 21 CFR 1000-1050.
Also, please note the regulation entitled, "Misbranding by reference to premarket notification" (21 CFR Part 807.97). For questions regarding the reporting of adverse events under the MDR regulation (21 CFR Part 803), please go to https://www.fda.gov/medical-device-safety/medical-device-reportingmdr-how-report-medical-device-problems.
For comprehensive regulatory information about medical devices and radiation-emitting products, including information about labeling regulations, please see Device (https://www.fda.gov/medicaldevices/device-advice-comprehensive-regulatory-assistance)and CDRH Learn (https://www.fda.gov/training-and-continuing-education/cdrh-learn). Additionally, you may contact the Division of Industry and Consumer Education (DICE) to ask a question about a specific regulatory topic. See the DICE website (https://www.fda.gov/medical-device-advice-comprehensive-regulatoryassistance/contact-us-division-industry-and-consumer-education-dice) for more information or contact DICE by email (DICE@fda.hhs.gov) or phone (1-800-638-2041 or 301-796-7100).
Sincerely,
Fernando Aguel Assistant Director DHT2B: Division of Circulatory Support, Structural and Vascular 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) K203085
Device Name NOVA™ Patient Warming System
Indications for Use (Describe)
The NOVA Patient Warming System is intended to prevent or treat hypothermia and to provide warmth to patients. It should be used in circumstances in which patients may not maintain a state of normothermia.
It is intended primarily for use in hospitals and surgical centers including without limitation operating, recovery and emergency rooms and on medical/surgical floors.
Not for use in home health care environment
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X | Prescription Use (Part 21 CFR 801 Subpart D)
| | Over-The-Counter Use (21 CFR 801 Subpart C)
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