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# FIRST MIDCATH CATHETER (K964050)

_Becton Dickinson Vascular Access, Inc. · FOZ · Jan 6, 1997 · General Hospital · SESE_

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## Device Facts

- **Applicant:** Becton Dickinson Vascular Access, Inc.
- **Product Code:** [FOZ](/submissions/HO/subpart-f%E2%80%94general-hospital-and-personal-use-therapeutic-devices/FOZ.md)
- **Decision Date:** Jan 6, 1997
- **Decision:** SESE
- **Submission Type:** Traditional
- **Regulation:** 21 CFR 880.5200
- **Device Class:** Class 2
- **Review Panel:** General Hospital
- **Attributes:** Therapeutic

## Indications for Use

The intended use is to provide access to the vascular system to sample blood or administer drug solutions, blood products, or other fluids intravenously.

## Device Story

Short-term, single-use intravascular catheter; provides vascular access for blood sampling or fluid/drug administration; inserted into large veins (basilic/cephalic) via splittable introducer; used by clinicians in hospital/clinical settings; facilitates patient therapy by enabling venous access; design and placement method identical to predicate.

## Clinical Evidence

Bench testing only; no clinical data provided.

## Technological Characteristics

Intravascular catheter; various French sizes and lengths; single-use; inserted via splittable introducer; materials identical to predicate.

## Regulatory Identification

An intravascular catheter is a device that consists of a slender tube and any necessary connecting fittings and that is inserted into the patient's vascular system for short term use (less than 30 days) to sample blood, monitor blood pressure, or administer fluids intravenously. The device may be constructed of metal, rubber, plastic, or a combination of these materials.

## Predicate Devices

- FIRST PICC™ brand catheters

## Submission Summary (Full Text)

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K964050
Jan. 6, 1997

# SUMMARY OF SAFETY AND EFFICACY

A. The submitter's name, address, telephone number, contact person, and date of preparation.

Submitted by Becton Dickinson Vascular Access, 9450 South State Street, Sandy, UT 84070.

Contact: C. J. Welle. Telephone: 801-565-2535. Prepared: December 31, 1996.

B. The name of the device including trade or proprietary name if applicable, the common or usual name, and the classification name.

Name: Intravascular Catheter
Brand: FIRST MIDCATH™
Common Name: Midline Catheter
Classification Name: Intravascular Catheter (80 FOZ)

C. An identification of the predicate or legally marketed device to which substantial equivalence is claimed:

Predicate Device: The Becton Dickinson Vascular Access FIRST PICC™ brand catheters.

D. A description of the device that is the subject of the Premarket Notification submission.

The subject catheter is a short term, single use, intravascular catheter of various French sizes and lengths which is designed to provide access to large veins such as the baslic or cephalic veins. It is inserted into the vascular system through a spittable introducer catheter.

E. Statement of intended use of the device.

The intended use is to provide access to the vascular system to sample blood or administer drug solutions, blood products, or other fluids intravenously.

F. A statement of how the technological characteristics compare to those of the predicate or legally marketed device identified in section C above.

The proposed catheter differs from the FIRST PICC™ brand catheter in that it is shorter however, the materials used, the design concept, and the manner in which the catheter is placed are the same.

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