K180775 · Itamar Medical , Ltd. · MNR · Aug 17, 2018 · Anesthesiology
Device Facts
Record ID
K180775
Device Name
Watch-PAT300
Applicant
Itamar Medical , Ltd.
Product Code
MNR · Anesthesiology
Decision Date
Aug 17, 2018
Decision
SESE
Submission Type
Traditional
Regulation
21 CFR 868.2375
Device Class
Class 2
Attributes
Pediatric
Indications for Use
The Watch-PAT300 (WP300) device is a non-invasive home care device for use with patients suspected to have sleep related breathing disorders. The WP300 is a diagnostic aid for the detection of sleep related breathing disorders, sleep staging (Rapid Eye Movement (REM) Sleep, Light Sleep, Deep Sleep and Wake), snoring level and body position. The WP300 generates a peripheral arterial tonometry ("PAT") Respiratory Disturbance Index ("PRDI"), Apnea-Hypopnea index ("PAHI"), Central Apnea-Hypopnea index ("PAHIc"), PAT sleep staging identification (PSTAGES) and optional snoring level and body position discrete states from an external integrated snoring and body position sensor. The WP300's PSTAGES and snoring level and body position provide supplemental information to its PRDI/PAHI/PAHIc. The WP300's PSTAGES and snoring level and body position are not intended to be used as the sole or primary basis for diagnosing any sleep related breathing disorder, prescribing treatment, or determining whether additional diagnostic assessment is warranted.
Device Story
Non-invasive home-care diagnostic aid for sleep-related breathing disorders. Inputs: peripheral arterial tonometry (PAT) signal, pulse rate, blood oxygen saturation (SpO2) via finger probe, wrist motion via embedded actigraph, and optional snoring/body position/chest movement via external sensors. Device records data to internal microprocessor; data downloaded for analysis. Outputs: PRDI, PAHI, PAHIc, sleep staging (PSTAGES), snoring level, body position. Used in home environment by patient; data reviewed by healthcare provider to assist in sleep disorder diagnosis. Hardware modifications from predicate include size reduction, improved download speed, new wrist strap materials, and updated power supply (AAA battery vs. rechargeable). Fundamental PAT technology and analysis algorithms remain unchanged from predicate.
Clinical Evidence
Clinical testing conducted on 11 healthy adult volunteers to validate SpO2 accuracy per ISO 80601-2 and ISO 14155. Results demonstrated SpO2 accuracy with an Arms specification of ≤3 under steady-state, non-motion conditions (70-100% SaO2). Bench testing verified signal equivalency to predicate.
Technological Characteristics
Ventilatory effort recorder using Peripheral Arterial Tonometry (PAT). Components: finger probe, wrist-worn controller with microprocessor, actigraph, optional external snoring/body position sensors. Power: 1.5V Alkaline AAA or 1.2V NiMH battery. Connectivity: data download via interface. Biocompatibility: wrist strap materials tested per ISO standards. Software: zzzPAT analysis software (unchanged from predicate).
Indications for Use
Indicated for patients suspected of sleep-related breathing disorders. PAHIc indicated for patients 17 years and older; all other parameters indicated for 12 years and older.
Regulatory Classification
Identification
A breathing (ventilatory) frequency monitor is a device intended to measure or monitor a patient's respiratory rate. The device may provide an audible or visible alarm when the respiratory rate, averaged over time, is outside operator settable alarm limits. This device does not include the apnea monitor classified in § 868.2377.
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August 17, 2018
Itamar Medical, Ltd. % Mr. Jonathan Kahan Partner Hogan Lovells US, LLP 555 Thirteenth Street, NW Washington, District of Columbia 20004
Re: K180775
Trade/Device Name: Watch-PAT300 Regulation Number: 21 CFR 868.2375 Regulation Name: Breathing Frequency Monitor Regulatory Class: Class II Product Code: MNR Dated: July 18, 2018 Received: July 18, 2018
Dear Mr. Kahan:
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,
Amy K. Levelle -S
for Tina Kiang, Ph.D. Acting Director Division of Anesthesiology, General Hospital, Respiratory, Infection Control, and Dental Devices Office of Device Evaluation Center for Devices and Radiological Health
Enclosure
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# Indications for Use
510(k) Number (if known)
Device Name Watch-PAT300 (WP300)
#### Indications for Use (Describe)
The Watch-PAT300 (WP300) device is a non-invasive home care device for use with patients suspected to have sleep related breathing disorders. The WP300 is a diagnostic aid for the detection of sleep related breathing disorders, sleep staging (Rapid Eye Movement (REM) Sleep, Light Sleep, Deep Sleep and Wake), snoring level and body position. The WP300 generates a peripheral arterial tonometry ("PAT") Respiratory Disturbance Index ("PRDI"), Apnea-Hypopnea index ("PAHI"), Central Apnea-Hypopnea index ("PAHIC"), PAT sleep staging identification (PSTAGES) and optional snoring level and body position discrete states from an external integrated snoring and body position sensor. The WP300's PSTAGES and snoring level and body position provide supplemental information to its PRDI/PAHI/PAHIc. The WP300's PSTAGES and snoring level and body position are not intended to be used as the sole or primary basis for diagnosing any sleep related breathing disorder, prescribing treatment, or determining whether additional diagnostic assessment is warranted.
PAHIc is indicated for use in patients 17 years and older. All other parameters are indicated for 12 years and older.
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- 5.1 Applicant's Name: Itamar Medical Itd. 9 Halamish st. Caesarea 3088900, Israel Tel: +972 4 617 7000 Fax: +972 4 627 5598
- 5.2 Contact Person: Jonathan Kahan, Esq. Hogan Lovells US LLP Columbia Square 555 Thirteenth Street, NW Washington, DC 20004-1109 Tel: (202)637-5794 Fax: (202)637-5910 Email: jonathan.kahan@hoganlovells.com
- August 17, 2018 5.3 Date Prepared:
- Watch-PAT 300 ("WP300") 5.4 Trade Name:
- 5.5 Common or Usual Name: Ventilatory Effort Recorder
- 5.6 Classification Name: Breathing Frequency Monitor
- 5.7 Medical Specialty: Anesthesiology
- 5.8 Product Code: Ventilatory Effort Recorder, MNR
- 5.9 Device Class: Class II
- 5.10 Regulation Number: 868.2375
- 5.11 Panel: Anesthesiology
### 5.12 Predicate Device:
Watch-PAT200U ("WP200U") (Itamar Ltd), cleared under K161579; product code MNR (ventilatory effort recorder)
# 5.13Intended Use / Indication for Use:
The Watch-PAT300 (WP300) device is a non-invasive home care device for use with patients suspected to have sleep related breathing disorders. The WP300 is a diagnostic aid for the detection of sleep related breathing disorders, sleep staging (Rapid Eye Movement (REM) Sleep, Light Sleep, Deep Sleep and Wake), snoring level and body position. The WP300 generates a peripheral arterial tonometry ("PAT") Respiratory Disturbance Index ("PRDI"), Apnea-Hypopnea index ("PAHI"), Central Apnea-Hypopnea index ("PAHIc"), PAT sleep staging identification (PSTAGES) and optional snoring level and body position discrete states from an external integrated snoring and body position sensor. The WP300's PSTAGES and snoring level and body position
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provide supplemental information to its PRDI/PAHI/PAHIc. The WP300's PSTAGES and snoring level and body position are not intended to be used as the sole or primary basis for diagnosing any sleep related breathing disorder, prescribing treatment, or determining whether additional diagnostic assessment is warranted.
PAHIc is indicated for use in patients 17 years and older. All other parameters are indicated for 12 years and older.
## 5.14 Device Description:
The Watch-PAT300 System (WP300) is a non-invasive home care device for use with patients suspected to have sleep related breathing disorders. The WP300 is a diagnostic aid for the detection of sleep related breathing disorders (RDI, AHI and AHIc) and sleep staging (REM Sleep, Light Sleep, Deep Sleep and Wake) based on Peripheral Arterial Tonometry (PAT), a non-invasive technology. The WP300 can be connected to an external integrated sensor snoring and body position (SBP/RESBP) for recording snoring, body position and chest movement (in RESBP sensor only) data.
The WP300 device consists of the following: (1) Same unified finger PAT probe that was used in WP200U is used to measure the PAT and oximeter signals; (2) an embedded actigraph which provides a signal that is used to determine periods of sleep/wake based on the motion of the wrist: (3) Electronics, which include a microprocessor that records the information supplied by the uPAT finger probe, actigraph and chest movement; (4) snoring and body position sensor (SBP/RESBP sensors same sensors as in the WP200U) and (5) the device software.
The subject WP300 is an improved version of the predicate WP200U device (K161579) and introducing hardware changes to its components and new external design. The modifications made in order to upgrade the hardware (HW) components of the device, reduce the size of the WP200U device, improve the data download speed of the device, modify the materials in the wrist strap and update the device appearance. None of these changes alter the fundamental operation of the device or its principles of operation. Moreover, the modified system, the WP300 maintains the full capabilities of the cleared WP200U (K161579) and provides the user with the same output information, i.e. pRDI, pAHI, pAHIc, pSTAGES, snoring and body position, remain the same.
# 5.15 Substantial Equivalence:
### Intended Use/Indications for Use
The intended use and the indications for use of the subject Watch-PAT300 are exactly the same as the cleared WP200U predicate device.
### Comparison of Technological Characteristics and principle of operation
The technological characteristics and principles of operation of the subject device are similar to the predicate device. The subject WP300, like its predicate, is a ventilatory effort recorder that utilizes PAT technology. In both
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systems, the controller part of the device is worn on the wrist, and records the PAT signal and blood oxygen saturation levels by a finger-mounted probe based on an optical plethysmographic method, and the wrist motion from an embedded actigraphy.
The hardware modifications do not alter the fundamental technology of the device. There were no modifications to the PAT technology or the algorithms for the detection of sleep related breathing disorders and sleep staging. The modified acquisition system was designed and verified to give the same input signals to the algorithm as the predicate WP200U.
The subject WP300 principle of operation is similar to the predicate device principles of operation. The power supply modification introduced in the WP300 did not alter the fundamental principle of operation of the device. In the predicate WP200U, the battery is internal to the device and was charged after each use using the AC adaptor. In the WP300, a new or fully charged battery is required instead of charging the battery as in the WP200U.
# Performance Testing
The following consensus standards were used to evaluate the predicate device:
- . Bench testing was conducted to verify that the performance characteristics of the device were not affected as a result of the modifications described above by demonstrating the equivalency of the WP300 signals to the cleared WP200U signals.
- Electrical safety testing per IEC 60601-1:2005 + CORR.1 (2006) + ● CORR.2 (2007) and AM1:2012
- Electromagnetic compatibility testing per IEC 60601-1-2:2014 ●
- Home healthcare environment per 60601-1-11:2015 ●
- Cytotoxicity, irritation and sensitization testing of the new wrist strap materials. All biocompatibility tests on the new materials passed.
- . Software verification and validation testing was performed to demonstrate that the software in the subject device meets design specifications.
- Clinical testing was conducted to evaluate the SpO2 accuracy and performance of the WP300 during non-motion conditions over the range of 70-100% SaO2 to arterial blood samples assessed by CO-Oximetry for SpO2 validation. The study was conducted in accordance to ISO 14155, following the pulse oximetry guidelines of ISO 80601-2 applicable sections, and Pulse Oximeters - Premarket Notifications Submissions [510(k)s] Guidance For Industry and Food and Drug Administration Staff (issued: March 4, 2013). The study was performed in CLINIMARK Laboratories and included eleven healthy adult volunteer subjects. The results of the study provide supporting evidence that the SpO2 accuracy performance of the WP300 pass an Arms specification of ≤3 under steady state and non-motion conditions for the range of 70-100%.
The testing above demonstrated that the WP300 is substantially equivalent to its predicate and the proposed modifications do not raise any different questions of safety or effectiveness.
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## Summary
Based on the performance testing results, including bench testing, electrical and electromagnetic testing, software verification and validation process and clinical testing, Itamar Ltd. believes that the WP300 System is substantially equivalent to its predicate.
A summary of comparison between the subject and predicate devices is provided below.
| | WP200U | WP300 |
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| Intended Use | The Watch-PAT200U (WP200U) device is a non-invasive home care device for use with patients suspected to have sleep related breathing disorders. The WP200U is a diagnostic aid for the detection of sleep related breathing disorders, sleep staging (Rapid Eye Movement (REM) Sleep, Light Sleep, Deep Sleep and Wake), snoring level and body position. The WP200U generates a peripheral arterial tonometry ("PAT") Respiratory Disturbance Index ("PRDI"), Apnea-Hypopnea index ("PAHI"), Central Apnea-Hypopnea index ("PAHIc"), PAT sleep staging identification (PSTAGES) and optional snoring level and body position discrete states from an external integrated snoring and body position sensor. The WP200U's PSTAGES and snoring level and body position provide supplemental information to its PRDI/PAHI/PAHIc. The WP200U's PSTAGES and snoring level and body position are not intended to be used as the sole or primary basis for diagnosing any sleep related breathing disorder, prescribing treatment, or determining whether additional diagnostic assessment is warranted. PAHIC is indicated for use in patients 17 years and older. All other parameters are indicated for 12 years and older | Identical except for the device name |
| Channels | PAT, Pulse rate, Oximetry, Actigraphy, Snoring (optional), Body Position (optional), Chest Movement (optional) | Identical |
| Analysis<br>output | • pRDI<br>• pAHI<br>• pAHIc<br>• Sleep stages<br>• Snoring level<br>• Body position discrete states | Identical |
| Input uPAT<br>Probe | Designed to use Itamar proprietary probe only | Identical |
| | WP200U | WP300 |
| Components | • uPAT finger probe<br>• actigraph<br>• Controller<br>• Microphone<br>• Accelerometer<br>• Wrist strap<br>• ZzzPAT software<br>• External SBP / RESBP sensor (optional)<br>• External Tamper-Proof Bracelet (optional) | Identical except for the new materials in the<br>wrist strap. Complete biocompatibility<br>testing was conducted on the new materials<br>and passed. |
| Sensors<br>Placement | Wrist, finger and chest (optional) | Identical |
| Analysis<br>Software | zzzPAT | Identical |
| Power<br>Supply | Proprietary, rechargeable Lithium Ion Battery | One OTS 1.5V Alkaline AAA battery OR<br>One rechargeable AAA 1.2V Nickel-metal<br>hydride battery rechargeable (NiMH) battery |
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