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# DELTEC SUBCUTANEOUS INFUSION SET (K963009)

_Sims Deltec, Inc. · FPA · Oct 18, 1996 · General Hospital · SESE_

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## Device Facts

- **Applicant:** Sims Deltec, Inc.
- **Product Code:** [FPA](/submissions/HO/subpart-f%E2%80%94general-hospital-and-personal-use-therapeutic-devices/FPA.md)
- **Decision Date:** Oct 18, 1996
- **Decision:** SESE
- **Submission Type:** Traditional
- **Regulation:** 21 CFR 880.5440
- **Device Class:** Class 2
- **Review Panel:** General Hospital
- **Attributes:** Therapeutic

## Indications for Use

The subject device is intended to facilitate subcutaneous infusion of fluids.

## Device Story

Deltec Subcutaneous Infusion Set; consists of needle with attached wing, extension tubing, and female luer. Used to facilitate subcutaneous fluid infusion. Device connects to infusion pump or delivery system via luer; provides fluid path to subcutaneous tissue. Used in clinical or home settings; operated by clinicians or patients. Benefits include reliable fluid delivery access.

## Clinical Evidence

No clinical data. Bench testing performed to verify functional requirements, specifically tubing-to-needle and luer-to-tubing bond strength.

## Technological Characteristics

Subcutaneous infusion set; 27-gauge needle; 0.5-inch needle length; 90-degree needle angle; 42-inch extension tubing; female luer connector; winged needle design.

## Regulatory Identification

An intravascular administration set is a device used to administer fluids from a container to a patient's vascular system through a needle or catheter inserted into a vein. The device may include the needle or catheter, tubing, a flow regulator, a drip chamber, an infusion line filter, an I.V. set stopcock, fluid delivery tubing, connectors between parts of the set, a side tube with a cap to serve as an injection site, and a hollow spike to penetrate and connect the tubing to an I.V. bag or other infusion fluid container.

## Special Controls

*Classification.* Class II (special controls). The special control for pharmacy compounding systems within this classification is the FDA guidance document entitled “Class II Special Controls Guidance Document: Pharmacy Compounding Systems; Final Guidance for Industry and FDA Reviewers.” Pharmacy compounding systems classified within the intravascular administration set are exempt from the premarket notification procedures in subpart E of this part and subject to the limitations in § 880.9.

## Predicate Devices

- Micro Med 42” Winged Sub-Q Infusion Set

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K963009

510(k) Summary of Safety and Effectiveness
Date Prepared: May 20, 1996

OCT 18 1996

I. GENERAL INFORMATION

Applicant's name and address: SIMS Deltec, Inc.
1265 Grey Fox Road
St. Paul, MN 55112

Contact: David H. Short
Manager, Regulatory Affairs
(612)628-7214

II. PRODUCT INFORMATION

Common/Usual Name: Subcutaneous Infusion Set

Classification Name: Infusion Set

Proprietary Name: Deltec Subcutaneous Infusion Set

III. EQUIVALENCE DEVICE COMPARISON

SIMS Deltec’s Subcutaneous Infusion Set and Micro Med’s 42” Winged Sub-Q Infusion Set.

IV. DEVICE DESCRIPTION

The Deltec Subcutaneous Infusion Set consists of a needle with attached wing, extension tubing and female luer.

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510(k) Summary of Safety and Effectiveness
Date Prepared: May 20, 1996

## IV. DEVICE COMPARISON

Provided in Table 1 is a feature comparison of commercially available subcutaneous infusion sets.

Table 1. Comparison Chart

|   | Deltec Subcutaneous Infusion Set | Subcutaneous Infusion Set | Micro Med 42” Winged Sub-Q Infusion Set  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  MANUFACTURER | SIMS Deltec Inc. | SIMS Deltec Inc. | Micro Med, Inc.  |
|  CONFIGURATION |   |   |   |
|  needle length | ½ inch | ¾ inch | 0.475 inch  |
|  needle angle | 90° | 30° | 90°  |
|  gauge | 27 | 27 | 27  |
|  tubing length | 42 inches | 30 inches | 42 inches  |
|  winged needle | yes | yes | yes  |

## V. INTENDED USE

The subject device is intended to facilitate subcutaneous infusion of fluids.

## VI. SUMMARY OF STUDIES

A. Functional Testing

The subject device is designed to meet certain functional requirements related to tubing to needle and luer to tubing bond strength.

B. Clinical Studies

Clinical studies were not deemed necessary.

## VII. CONCLUSION

Based upon the information provided above, the Deltec Subcutaneous Infusion Set is suitable for its intended use.

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