K213335 · Capsule Surveillance Technologies, Sas /Capsule Tech, Inc. · MWI · Jan 14, 2022 · Cardiovascular
Device Facts
Record ID
K213335
Device Name
Capsule Surveillance System
Applicant
Capsule Surveillance Technologies, Sas /Capsule Tech, Inc.
Product Code
MWI · Cardiovascular
Decision Date
Jan 14, 2022
Decision
SESE
Submission Type
Traditional
Regulation
21 CFR 870.2300
Device Class
Class 2
Attributes
Software as a Medical Device
Indications for Use
The Capsule Surveillance is a clinical decision support device that integrates, analyzes, and displays data from multiple sources including medical devices and healthcare information systems. It uses standardized rules that are based on customers approved clinical practices, protocols, and policies to create clinically relevant alerts in health care facilities when used by clinical physicians or appropriate medical staff under the direction of physicians. It is not intended to replace clinicians' judgment, but rather to assist clinicians in making timely, informed, higher quality decisions. Capsule Surveillance may be configured for secondary monitoring and alerting intended to be relied upon in deciding to take immediate clinical action. Capsule Surveillance may also be configured for remote display of physiological data and alerts not intended to be relied upon in deciding to take immediate clinical action.
Device Story
Clinical decision support system; integrates data from medical devices and healthcare information systems (EMR). Operates via standardized, user-defined clinical rules/protocols to generate alerts. Used in hospital settings by physicians and medical staff. Accessed via dedicated workstation (kiosk mode) or web browser (remote display). Provides multi-patient matrix views and single-patient detailed views. Assists clinicians in timely, informed decision-making; supports secondary monitoring for immediate clinical action or remote display of physiological data. Benefits include improved clinical oversight and workflow efficiency.
Clinical Evidence
No clinical data. Bench testing only. Evidence includes human factors/usability testing, software verification/validation per IEC 62304, and alarm system testing per IEC 60601-1-8.
Technological Characteristics
Clinical decision support software; integrates data via HL7 feeds. Operates on workstations or web-based platforms. Complies with ANSI AAMI IEC 62304 (software lifecycle) and ANSI AAMI IEC 62366-1 (usability). Rule-based alert generation based on customer-defined clinical protocols.
Indications for Use
Indicated for use by clinical physicians or appropriate medical staff under the direction of physicians in healthcare facilities to integrate, analyze, and display physiological data (e.g., pulse, respiratory rate, SpO2, temperature, blood pressure) for clinical decision support and secondary monitoring.
Regulatory Classification
Identification
A cardiac monitor (including cardiotachometer and rate alarm) is a device used to measure the heart rate from an analog signal produced by an electrocardiograph, vectorcardiograph, or blood pressure monitor. This device may sound an alarm when the heart rate falls outside preset upper and lower limits.
Predicate Devices
Decisio Health, Inc.'s Decision Health Patient Dashboard (K142106)
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January 14, 2022
Capsule Surveillance Technologies, SAS /Capsule Tech, Inc. Peter Kelley Director Quality & Regulatory 300 Brickstone Square Suite 203 Andover, Massachusetts 01810
Re: K213335
Trade/Device Name: Capsule Surveillance System Regulation Number: 21 CFR 870.2300 Regulation Name: Cardiac Monitor (Including Cardiotachometer And Rate Alarm) Regulatory Class: Class II Product Code: MWI Dated: December 13, 2021 Received: December 15, 2021
Dear Peter Kelley:
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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Sincerely,
for
LCDR Stephen Browning Assistant Director Division of Cardiac Electrophysiology, Diagnostics, and Monitoring Devices 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)
Device Name Capsule Surveillance System
Indications for Use (Describe)
Capsule Surveillance is a clinical decision support device that integrates, analyzes, and displays data from multiple sources including medical devices and healthcare information systems. It uses standardized rules that are based on customers approved clinical protocols, and policies to create clinically relevant alerts in health care facilities when used by clinical physicians or appropriate medical staff under the direction of physicians. It is not intended to replace clinicians' judgment, but rather to assist clinicians in making timely, informed, higher quality decisions. Capsule Surveillance may be configured for secondary monitoring and alerting intended to be relied upon in deciding to take immediate clinical action.
Capsule Surveillance may also be configured for remote display of physiological data and alerts not intended to be relied upon in deciding to take immediate clinical action.
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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| 510(k) Summary | | | |
|------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------|
| I. SUBMITTER | | | |
| Date Prepared | October 1st, 2021 | | |
| Submitter/Owner | Capsule Technologies, SAS / Capsule Tech, Inc.<br>FDA Establishment Number: 3003630387<br>300 Brickstone Square<br>Suite 203<br>Andover, MA 01810 USA<br>Phone: 978-697-4364 | | |
| Key Contact | Peter Kelley<br>Director Quality & Regulatory<br>peter.kelley@philips.com | | |
| 510(k) Submission Type | This is a traditional 510(k). | | |
| II. DEVICE | | | |
| Trade Name | Capsule Surveillance System | | |
| Common Name | Physiological Monitor | | |
| Classification Name | Panel & Name: Cardiovascular (OHT2)<br>Subpart & Division: Cardiac Electrophysiology, Diagnostics, and<br>Monitoring Devices (DHT2A)<br>21 CFR 870.2300<br>Regulatory Class: Class II<br>Product Code: MWI | | |
| III. PREDICATE DEVICE | | | |
| | 510(k) No. | Company Name<br>Device Name | Product<br>Code |
| Predicate Device | K142106 | Decisio Health, Inc.'s Decision Health<br>Patient Dashboard | MWI |
| Reference Device | K130208 | Cardiopulmonary Corp.'s Bernoulli<br>Enterprise Software | MHX,<br>MSX,<br>PFY |
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#### IV. DEVICE DESCRIPTION
## Capsule Surveillance System - description of the device per 21 CFR 807.92(a) (4)
The Capsule Surveillance System is a clinical decision support device that integrates data from multiple sources including medical devices and healthcare information systems.
The Capsule Surveillance Systems offers two methods of accessing the clinical application:
- . A workstation which is a dedicated desktop used exclusively to run the Capsule Surveillance System clinical application in kiosk mode.
- . The remote display which is any machine that accesses the Capsule Surveillance System via a web browser.
Use of the Capsule Surveillance System allows for simultaneous monitoring of different patients in a clinical setting, providing information from integrated data sources that monitor physiological parameters such as, pulse, respiratory rate, SpO2, temperature, and blood pressure.
#### V. INDICATIONS FOR USE
## Intended Use as required per 21 CFR 807.92(a)(5)
The Capsule Surveillance is a clinical decision support device that integrates, and displays data from multiple sources including medical devices and healthcare information systems. It uses standardized rules that are based on customers approved clinical practices, protocols, and policies to create clinically relevant alerts in health care facilities when used by clinical physicians or appropriate medical staff under the direction of physicians. It is not intended to replace clinicians' judgment, but rather to assist clinicians in making timely, informed, higher quality decisions.
Capsule Surveillance may be configured for secondary monitoring and alerting intended to be relied upon in deciding to take immediate clinical action.
Capsule Surveillance may also be configured for remote display of physiological data and alerts not intended to be relied upon in deciding to take immediate clinical action.
### Comparison of Intended Uses for Subject Device and Predicate
| Name | Indications for Use/Intended Use |
|-----------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Capsule<br>Surveillance<br>System<br>Subject Device | The Capsule Surveillance is a clinical decision support device that integrates,<br>analyzes, and displays data from multiple sources including medical devices<br>and healthcare information systems. It uses standardized rules that are based<br>on customers approved clinical practices, protocols, and policies to create<br>clinically relevant alerts in health care facilities when used by clinical<br>physicians or appropriate medical staff under the direction of physicians. It is |
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| | not intended to replace clinicians' judgment, but rather to assist clinicians in<br>making timely, informed, higher quality decisions. |
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| | Capsule Surveillance may be configured for secondary monitoring and<br>alerting intended to be relied upon in deciding to take immediate clinical<br>action. |
| | Capsule Surveillance may also be configured for remote display of<br>physiological data and alerts not intended to be relied upon in deciding to take<br>immediate clinical action. |
| K142106<br>Decisio Health<br>Patient<br>Dashboard<br>Predicate | The Decisio Health Patient Dashboard is a decision support device indicated<br>for aggregating, displaying, and managing physiologic and other patient<br>information. This information is generated by third party medical devices and<br>patient information systems. The device performs automated calculations on<br>patient data collected by third party devices based on approved clinical<br>protocols at patient care facilities. The Decisio Health Patient Dashboard is<br>intended for use by clinicians in healthcare facilities. |
| <b>VI. COMPARISON OF TECHNOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS WITH THE PREDICATE DEVICE</b> | |
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| <b>Similarities</b> | |
| Item of Comparison | Description/Rationale |
| Target Populations | Both devices are intended to be used by trained clinicians. |
| Environment of Use | Both devices are intended to be used in a hospital setting. |
| Matrix and Detailed Views | Both devices allow for matrix or multi-patient simultaneous monitoring, as well as detailed views/monitoring of single patients. |
| Data Input | Both devices use input from EMR systems as well as medical devices via HL7 feed for monitoring |
| <b>Differences</b> | |
| Item of Comparison | Description/Rationale |
| Methods for Accessing the Application | The subject Capsule Surveillance System allows access via a workstation or remotely via a web browser. The predicate Decisio Health Patient Dashboard allows access through a computer, while also permitting access through a patient monitor or mobile device. |
# Substantial Equivalence Summary
Operational and technological characteristics form the basis for the determination of substantial equivalence of the Capsule Surveillance System with the legally marketed predicate devices (K142106). The Capsule Surveillance System is substantially equivalent to the predicate devices.
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#### PERFORMANCE DATA VII.
### Non-Clinical Tests - Harmonized Standards
The Capsule Surveillance System has passed all safety tests for demonstrated compliance with the harmonized standards below.
| Standard | FDA Recognition # | Title # |
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| ANSI AAMI IEC<br>62304:2006/A1:2016 | 13-79 | Medical device software – Software life cycle processes [Including Amendment 1<br>(2016)] |
| ANSI AAMI IEC<br>62366-<br>1:2015+AMDI:2020<br>(Consolidated Text) | 5-129 | Medical devices - Part 1 Application of usability engineering to medical devices,<br>including Amendment 1 |
# Non-clinical Bench Tests
Human factors and usability testing has been completed. Furthermore, testing in compliance with IEC 60601-1-8 for requirements for alarm systems in medical electrical equipment and medical electrical systems was completed, as well as certification to IEC 62304 for software lifecycle and IEC 62366.
No new issues of safety or effectiveness are introduced as a result of using this device.
# Clinical Studies
The Capsule Surveillance System, like the predicate device, did not require clinical trials.
FDA recognized standards, FDA guidance documents, harmonized standards, verification and validation, software validation, usability validation, and risk management activities have taken place for the Capsule Surveillance System.
Based upon the design, intended use, indications for use, classification, usability and safety testing the Capsule Surveillance System is substantially equivalent to the listed predicate device.
No new issues of safety or effectiveness are introduced as a result of using this device.
#### CONCLUSIONS VIII.
The results of the substantial equivalence assessment, taken together with non-clinical bench testing, electrical safety and electromagnetic compatibility, software verification and validation,
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human factors and usability demonstrate that the Capsule Surveillance System does not raise additional questions of safety and effectiveness when compared to the predicate, performs as intended, and has performance characteristics that are substantially equivalent to the Decision Health Patient Dashboard predicate device.
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