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# Monarch Platform (K211493)

_Auris Health, Inc. · EOQ · Jul 9, 2021 · Ear, Nose, Throat · SESE_

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## Device Facts

- **Applicant:** Auris Health, Inc.
- **Product Code:** [EOQ](/submissions/EN/subpart-e%E2%80%94surgical-devices/EOQ.md)
- **Decision Date:** Jul 9, 2021
- **Decision:** SESE
- **Submission Type:** Special
- **Regulation:** 21 CFR 874.4680
- **Device Class:** Class 2
- **Review Panel:** Ear, Nose, Throat
- **Attributes:** Therapeutic

## Intended Use

The Monarch Platform and its accessories are intended to provide bronchoscopic visualization of and access to patient airways for diagnostic and therapeutic procedures.

## Device Story

Robotic-assisted bronchoscopy system providing visualization and access to patient airways. Inputs: pre-operative CT scans; real-time video from bronchoscope distal tip camera; electromagnetic (EM) tracking data. Operation: physician controls robotic arms and flexible bronchoscope via console; system integrates CT data with EM navigation to display bronchoscope tip location relative to patient anatomy. Output: live endoscopic video; navigation interface showing bronchoscope position within airway model. Used in clinical settings by trained bronchoscopists. Benefits: precise navigation to lung anatomy for diagnostic/therapeutic procedures. Modifications include Window Field Generator (WFG) for compatibility with advanced imaging (Cone Beam/Mobile CT), updated arm kinematics for high patient beds, and refined navigation/visualization software.

## Clinical Evidence

Bench testing only. Verification included electrical safety, electromagnetic compatibility, and software performance. Confirmatory validation testing conducted with accredited bronchoscopists to ensure device met Clinical Input Requirements (CIR) for the modified workflow.

## Technological Characteristics

Robotic-assisted flexible bronchoscope system. Components: Monarch Cart (robotic arms), Monarch Tower (electronics), Monarch Bronchoscope (camera, working channel). EM navigation system using Field Generators (standard or Window Field Generator). Connectivity: integrates pre-operative CT with intra-operative EM tracking. Software: arm kinematics control, navigation image processing, segmentation failure detection.

## Regulatory Identification

A bronchoscope (flexible or rigid) and accessories is a tubular endoscopic device with any of a group of accessory devices which attach to the bronchoscope and is intended to examine or treat the larynx and tracheobronchial tree. It is typically used with a fiberoptic light source and carrier to provide illumination. The device is made of materials such as stainless steel or flexible plastic. This generic type of device includes the rigid ventilating bronchoscope, rigid nonventilating bronchoscope, nonrigid bronchoscope, laryngeal-bronchial telescope, flexible foreign body claw, bronchoscope tubing, flexible biopsy forceps, rigid biopsy curette, flexible biopsy brush, rigid biopsy forceps, flexible biopsy curette, and rigid bronchoscope aspirating tube, but excludes the fiberoptic light source and carrier.

## Predicate Devices

- Monarch Platform ([K193534](/device/K193534.md))

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July 9, 2021

Auris Health, Inc. Shikha Gola Director of Regulatory Affairs 150 Shoreline Drive Redwood, California 94065

Re: K211493

Trade/Device Name: Monarch Platform Regulation Number: 21 CFR 874.4680 Regulation Name: Bronchoscope (Flexible Or Rigid) And Accessories Regulatory Class: Class II Product Code: EOQ Dated: June 15, 2021 Received: June 21, 2021

Dear Shikha Gola:

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 Shu-Chen Peng Assistant Director DHT1B: Division of Dental and ENT Devices OHT1: Office of Ophthalmic, Anesthesia, Respiratory, ENT and Dental Devices Office of Product Evaluation and Ouality Center for Devices and Radiological Health

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# Indications for Use

510(k) Number (if known) K211493

Device Name Monarch Platform

Indications for Use (Describe)

The Monarch Platform and its accessories are intended to provide bronchoscopic visualization of and access to patient airways for diagnostic and therapeutic procedures.

| Type of Use (Select one or both, as applicable) |
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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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## 510(K) SUMMARY

This summary of 510(k) safety and effectiveness information is submitted in accordance with the requirements of SMDA 1990 and 21 CFR 807.92.

## 510(k) Number K211493

#### I. SUBMITTER

Address: Auris Health, Inc. 150 Shoreline Drive, Redwood City, CA 94065

### Contact Person:

Shikha Gola Director, Regulatory Affairs sgola@its.jnj.com 201-240-3891

## Date Prepared: May 11, 2021

#### II. DEVICE

| Manufacturer:           | Auris Health, Inc.                                               |
|-------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Trade/Proprietary Name: | Monarch Platform                                                 |
| Common Name:            | Bronchoscope (flexible or rigid) and accessories                 |
| Product Code:           | EOQ                                                              |
| Regulatory Class:       | Class II                                                         |
| Classification:         | 21 CFR 874.4680 Bronchoscope (flexible or rigid) and accessories |
| Product Codes:          | EOQ, JAK                                                         |

#### III. PREDICATE DEVICE(S)

| Manufacturer:           | Auris Health, Inc.                                   |
|-------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|
| Trade/Proprietary Name: | Monarch Platform                                     |
| 510(K)                  | K193534                                              |
| Classification:         | 21 CFR 874.4680 Bronchoscope (flexible or rigid) and |
|                         | accessories                                          |
| Product Codes:          | EOQ, JAK                                             |

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#### IV. DEVICE DESCRIPTION

The Monarch Platform is intended to provide bronchoscopic visualization of and access to patient airways for diagnostic and therapeutic procedures. The Monarch Platform enables robotic electro-mechanical articulation and precise control of a flexible bronchoscope under continuous and direct control by a physician operator. The Monarch Platform allows for precise access of the lung anatomy and continuous visualization using the bronchoscope distal tip camera.

The Monarch Platform consists of three major components, (1) Monarch Cart, (2) Monarch Tower, and (3) Monarch Bronchoscope, and working channel instruments and accessories. The Monarch Cart provides support for the robotic arms. It includes up to three robotic arms and the electronic systems required to power and operate the robotic system. The flexible Monarch Bronchoscope has a working channel and a camera at the tip. The working channel of the Bronchoscope is used for irrigation, aspiration and to deliver the working channel instruments.

Additionally, the Monarch Platform includes electromagnetic (EM) navigation that integrates a pre-operative computed tomography (CT) scan into an intra-operative interface. displaying the modeled bronchoscope tip location relative to the preoperative scan anatomy. Two options of field generators are available to enable electromagnetic navigation. The current Monarch Navigation Field Generator and a new Window Field Generator (WFG). The new WFG is being added to increase compatibility of the Monarch system with advanced imaging systems (Cone Beam and Mobile CT).

#### V. INDICATIONS FOR USE

The Monarch Platform and its accessories are intended to provide bronchoscopic visualization of and access to patient airways for diagnostic and therapeutic procedures.

### VI. COMPARISON OF TECHNOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS WITH THE PREDICATE DEVICE

The Monarch Platform is substantially equivalent to the predicate device with respect to the device function, design and indications of use. There are no changes to the key components of the Monarch Platform which includes the Monarch Cart, Monarch Tower and Monarch Bronchoscope. The proposed device modifications introduced the Window Field Generator (WFG) as an optional accessory for customers for increased mechanical compatibility with advanced imaging systems. This new WFG has the same core technological characteristics as the current Monarch Field Generator but is secured under the patient bed to optimize mechanical compatibility. Both EM field generators perform the same function for the Monarch Platform. Minor software changes were also made to the arm kinematics to better accommodate high patient bed heights. Additionally, navigation was updated for smoother virtual views when transitioning between predicted airways. These updates helped improve the navigation image displayed on the user interface. An additional condition for which a "Segmentation

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Failure" notification would be triggered during the procedure planning step was also added. Lastly the red saturation in the live endoscopy view was reduced to better reflect real tissue coloration. These changes did not impact the core technological characteristics of the Monarch Platform.

| Device<br>Characteristics    | Predicate Device<br>Auris Health, Inc.<br>Monarch Platform (K193534)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              | Subject Device (K211493) |
|------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------|
| Regulation Number            | 21 CFR §874.4680, Bronchoscope<br>(flexible or rigid) and accessories                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             | Same                     |
| Class                        | II                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                | Same                     |
| Product Code                 | EOQ, Bronchoscope (Flexible Or<br>Rigid)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          | Same                     |
| Intended Use                 | JAK, System, X-Ray,<br>Tomography, Computed<br>The Monarch Platform and its<br>accessories are intended to<br>provide bronchoscopic<br>visualization of and access to<br>patient airways for diagnostic and<br>therapeutic procedures.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            | Same                     |
| Contraindications for<br>Use | Contraindications include but are<br>not limited to:<br>• Patient whose general health or<br>respiratory function or both are<br>compromised to the point that the<br>patient would not tolerate flexible<br>bronchoscopy.<br>• Absence of a trained<br>bronchoscopist to perform or<br>closely and directly supervise the<br>procedure, as well as manage<br>complications common to flexible<br>bronchoscopy.<br>• Use of the system in patients<br>with electrically or magnetically<br>activated implanted medical<br>devices | Same                     |

#### VII. PERFORMANCE DATA

Verification and validation testing for the new Window Field Generator and the Monarch system were conducted to ensure that the system performs as intended and to ensure the changes outlined in this submission do not raise different questions of safety or effectiveness. Verification testing included electrical safety and electromagnetic

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compatibility, software, and performance specifications verification testing. In addition to design verification, confirmatory validation testing was performed to ensure the device meets its Clinical Input Requirements (CIR) for its intended use. Validation Testing included evaluations of the pertinent parts of workflow impacted by this change with accredited bronchoscopists. Overall, device performance testing showed that the differences in technological characteristics do not raise different questions of safety or effectiveness.

#### VIII. CONCLUSION

The modified device in this submission does not affect the intended use of the device or alter the fundamental scientific technology of the device. Summary information for the design control process serves as the basis for this submission. The Monarch Platform is substantially equivalent to the legally marketed predicate device based upon intended use, technological characteristics and performance testing.

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