Matrix2 Detachable Coils are intended for embolizing certain intracranial aneurysms that because of their morphology, their location, or the patient's general medical condition - are considered by the treating neurosurgical team to be: a) very high risk for management by traditional operative techniques, or, b) inoperable, and for embolizing other vascular malformations such as arteriovenous malformations and arteriovenous fistulae of the neurovasculature. Matrix2 Detachable Coils are also intended for arterial and venous embolizations in the peripheral vasculature.
Device Story
System consists of battery-operated power supply, platinum occlusion coil on delivery wire, connecting cables, and patient return electrode. Used in neurovascular and peripheral procedures by physicians. Power supply applies constant current to electrolytically dissolve delivery wire, detaching coil at target site. Device senses resistance to current flow, adjusts voltage to maintain constant current, and detects detachment by identifying specific electrical resistance patterns; signals detachment and terminates current. Benefits include controlled, precise coil placement for aneurysm occlusion in high-risk or inoperable patients.
Clinical Evidence
No clinical data provided. Substantial equivalence is based on bench testing and comparison of technological characteristics to predicate devices.
Technological Characteristics
Occlusion coils made of platinum-tungsten wire with bioabsorbable polymer. Delivery wire features stainless-steel core with Teflon jacket. Power supply is battery-operated (two 9V batteries), providing constant current (selectable 0.5mA, 0.75mA, 1.0mA). Connectivity is wired via connecting cables. Sterilization method not specified. Software is embedded firmware for current control and detachment detection.
Indications for Use
Indicated for patients with intracranial aneurysms deemed high-risk or inoperable by neurosurgical teams, and for patients with neurovascular arteriovenous malformations or fistulae. Also indicated for arterial and venous embolizations in the peripheral vasculature.
Regulatory Classification
Identification
A neurovascular embolization device is an intravascular implant intended to permanently occlude blood flow to cerebral aneurysms and cerebral ateriovenous malformations. This does not include cyanoacrylates and other embolic agents, which act by polymerization or precipitation. Embolization devices used in other vascular applications are also not included in this classification, see § 870.3300.
Special Controls
*Classification.* Class II (special controls.) The special control for this device is the FDA guidance document entitled “Class II Special Controls Guidance Document: Vascular and Neurovascular Embolization Devices.” For availability of this guidance document, see § 882.1(e).
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# Special 510(k): Boston Scientific Neurovascular's Matrix' Detachable Coils
### Summary Of Safety And Effectiveness
Contact Person
Jim Leathley Regulatory Affairs Project Manager Boston Scientific Neurovascular 47900 Bayside Parkway Fremont, CA. 94538
Trade Name
Matrix2 Detachable Coil, Class II
Common Name
Occlusion Coil
Classification Name
Neurovascular Embolization Device (21 CFR Section 882.5950)
Predicate Devices
| Number | Description | Predicate for | Clearance Date |
|---------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------|
| K031168<br>(Boston<br>Scientific<br>Target) | Matrix Stretch Resistant<br>Detachable Coils | Matrix2 Stretch Resistant<br>Coils:<br>• Matrix2 Helical UltraSoft<br>SR<br>• Matrix2 2D Soft SR<br>• Matrix2 2D Standard SR<br>• Matrix2 Helical Soft SR<br>• Matrix2 360° UltraSoft SR<br>• Matrix2 360° Soft SR<br>• Matrix2 360° Standard SR | 14 May 2003 |
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| Number | Description | Predicate for | Clearance Date |
|---------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------|
| K012985<br>(Boston<br>Scientific<br>Target) | Matrix Detachable Coils | Matrix2 2D Firm Coils<br>Matrix2 3D Omega Coils<br>• Matrix2 3D Omega<br>Standard<br>• Matrix2 Omega Firm | 31 January 2002 |
| K042539<br>(Boston<br>Scientific<br>Neuro-<br>vascular) | GDC 360° Coils | Matrix2 360° Coils:<br>• Matrix2 360° Standard<br>• Matrix2 360° Firm<br>Matrix2 360° Stretch Resistant<br>Coils:<br>• Matrix2 360° UltraSoft SR<br>• Matrix2 360° Soft SR<br>• Matrix2 360° Standard SR | 19 October 2004 |
# Special 510(k): Boston Scientific Neurovascular's Matrix' Detachable Coils
Intended Use / Indications for Use
Matrix2 Detachable Coils are intended for embolizing certain intracranial aneurysms that because of their morphology, their location, or the patient's general medical condition - are considered by the treating neurosurgical team to be:
a) very high risk for management by traditional operative techniques, or,
b) inoperable,
and for embolizing other vascular malformations such as arteriovenous malformations and arteriovenous fistulae of the neurovasculature.
Matrix2 Detachable Coils are also intended for arterial and venous embolizations in the peripheral vasculature.
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# Special 510(k): Boston Scientific Neurovascular's Matrix Detachable Coils
#### Device Description
Boston Scientific's detachable coil system consists of
- · a detachable coil power supply (GDC Power Supply)
- · an occlusion coil attached to a delivery wire (Matrix or GDC coil)
- · a set of connecting cables for connecting the coil / delivery wire assembly to the power supply (GDC connecting cables)
- · a patient return electrode
- two 9-volt batteries
each of which is sold separately.
The occlusion coil is detached by electrolytically dissolving a small portion of the delivery wire upon desired placement of the coil in the anatomy.
Electrolytically detachable occlusion coils are manufactured from platinum wire which is first wound into a primary coil and then formed into a secondary helical shape.
Coils are attached to a delivery wire, which consists of a ground stainless-steel core with a stainless-steel coil welded at the distal end and a Teflon® outer jacket. The delivery wire is similar to that employed for the predicate Matrix SR devices cleared under K031168 and K012985.
The Detachable Coil Power Supply is a battery-operated, self-contained unit designed to initiate and control the electrolytic detachment of a coil inside an aneurysm.
Each time the power supply is turned on, the unit defaults to the 1.0 mA current setting. Pressing the "Current" switch one time changes the setting to the .05 mA current setting; pressing a second time changes the setting to 0.75 mA; pressing a third time returns the unit to the default 1.0 mA setting. Each time the switch is pressed, the current display flashes the new current setting.
The power supply is designed to apply a constant current through the GDC System and to detect when coil detachment has occurred. It maintains a constant current by:
- 1) sensing the amount of resistance to current flow through the detachable coil system, and
- 2) adjusting the voltage needed to maintain the desired current setting. It is also designed to identify subtle changes in the way current is flowing through the system and to recognize those changes which indicate detachment.
Once those patterns are identified, the power supply signals detachment and stops the flow of current through the system.
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# Special 510(k): Boston Scientific Neurovascular's Matrix' Detachable Coils
### Accessories Description
Accessories consist of the following:
- · Two connecting cables, one black (274 cm long), the other red (152 cm long)
- Two standard 9 volt alkaline batteries
## Technological Characteristics Comparison (to predicate devices)
#### Coil Dimensional Attributes
| | Matrix2 Detachable Coils |
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Coil Wire OD | Within the ranges of wire sizes used with predicate devices |
| Primary Coil OD | With the exception of one new primary coil size, all are within<br>the range of primary coil OD for the predicate devices.<br>No change to the OD of the primary coil + polymer which<br>remains within the range of ODs for the predicate devices [see<br>line item below for 'Primary Coil OD (platinum-tungsten wire +<br>bioabsorbable polymer)' |
| Secondary Coil OD | Expanded range of available sizes |
| Distal Tip Diameter<br>(Stretch Resistant Coils only) | Larger distal tip diameters to<br>accommodate new primary coil sizes |
| Primary Coil OD (platinum-tungsten<br>wire + bioabsorbable polymer) | Within the range of primary coil OD<br>(platinum-tungsten wire + bioabsorbable polymer)<br>for predicate devices |
| Maximum Coil OD | Less than or equal to maximum coil OD for predicate devices |
| Delivery Wire Length | Same as for predicate devices |
| Delivery Wire Proximal OD | Same as for predicate devices |
| Delivery Wire Distal OD | Same as for predicate devices |
| | Matrix² Detachable Coils |
| Main Coil | Same as predicate devices |
| Stretch Resistant Thread<br>(Matrix² Stretch Resistant Coils only) | Same as predicate devices |
| Anchor Chain<br>(Matrix² Stretch Resistant Coils only) | Same as predicate devices |
| Main Coil / delivery wire junction tubing | Same as predicate devices |
| Bioabsorbable Polymer | Same as for predicate Matrix SR devices |
| Adhesive | Same as predicate devices<br>but with formulation change |
| Delivery Wire | |
| Core wire w/coating | Same as predicate devices |
| Proximal Coil | Same as predicate devices |
| Proximal Marker Coil | Same as predicate devices |
| Sheath, Delivery Wire (heat shrink tubing) | Same as predicate devices |
| Proximal Tubing | Same as predicate devices |
| Bushing | Same as predicate devices |
| Inner Coil | Same as predicate devices |
| Packaging | |
| Dispenser Coil | Same as predicate devices |
| Introducer Sheath | Same as predicate devices |
| Flush Port (new component) | Funnel: Pellethane<br>Tube: Polycarbonate<br>Luer Lock: Polycarbonate |
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# Technological Characteristics Comparison (cont.)
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES
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APR 1 5 2005
Food and Drug Administration 9200 Corporate Boulevard Rockville MD 20850
Mr. James Leathley Regulatory Affairs Project Manager Boston Scientific Neurovascular 47900 Bayside Parkway Fremont, California 94538-6615
Re: K050700
R050700
Trade/Device Name: Matrix2 Detachable Coils [Matrix ² Stretch Resistant (SR) Coils, Matrix 2 2D Firm Coils, Matrix 2 3D Omega Coils, Matrix 2 360 ° Coils, Matrix 2 360 ° Stretch Resistant (SR) Coils] Regulation Number: 21 CFR 882.5950 Regulation Name: Artificial embolization device Regulatory Class: II Product Code: HCG Dated: March 16, 2005 Received: March 18, 2005
Dear Mr. Leathley:
We have reviewed your Section 510(k) premarket notification of intent to market the device referenced we have leviewed your bection 510(t) probstantially equivalent (for the indications for use stated in above and nave decemined the ac-needicate devices marketed in interstate commerce prior to the enclosure) to regally manetee produceded Device Amendments, or to devices that have been May 26, 1970, the elacifican date of the Frederal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (Act) that do not require approval of a premarket approval application (PMA). You may, therefore, market the do not require approval of a promatic appions of the Act. The general controls provisions of the device, subject to the goneral controls prefection, listing of devices, good manufacturing practice, Act fierage requibitions against misbranding and adulteration.
If your device is classified (see above) into either class II (Special Controls) or class III (PMA), it may If your device is classified (Sec above) into time the regulations affecting your device can be found be subject to such additional controls. Existing mayor organization, FDA may publish further announcements concerning your device in the Federal Register.
Please be advised that FDA's issuance of a substantial equivalence determination does not mean that Please be advised that 1177 s issualled of a vith other requirements of the Act or any Federal statutes and regulations administered by other Federal agencies. You must comply with all the Federal statues and regulations administered 19 registration and listing (21 CFR Part 807); abeling Act sTequirements, metuding, but not mineer we requirements as set forth in the quality systems (QS) (21 CFR Fart 807), good manations the electronic product radiation control provisions (Sections 531-542 of the Act); 21 CFR 1000-1050.
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Miriam C. Provost, Ph.D. Acting Director Division of General, Restorative and Neurological Devices Office of Device Evaluation Center for Devices and Radiological Health
Enclosure
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Special 510(k): Boston Scientific Neurovascular's Matrix' Detachable Coils
#### INDICATIONS FOR USE STATEMENT
510(k) Number: _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Device Name: Matrix2 Detachable Coils [Matrix2 Stretch Resistant (SR) Coils, Matrix2 2D Firm Doils, Matrix2 3D Omega Coils, Matrix2 360° Coils, Matrix2 360° Stretch Resistant (SR) Coils]
Indications for Use:
Matrix2 Detachable Coils are intended for embolizing certain intracranial aneurysms that because of their morphology, their location, or the patient's general medical condition - are considered by the treating neurosurgical team to be:
a) very high risk for management by traditional operative techniques, or, b) inoperable,
and for embolizing other vascular malformations such as arteriovenous malformations and arteriovenous fistulae of the neurovasculature.
Matrix2 Detachable Coils are also intended for arterial and venous embolizations in the peripheral vasculature.
Prescription Use V (Per 21 CFR 801 Subpart D) OR
Over The Counter Use (Per 21 CFR 807 Subpart C)
(PLEASE DO NOT WRITE BELOW THIS LINE - CONTINUE ON ANOTHER PAGE IF NEEDED)
Concurrence of CDRH, Office of Device Evaluation (ODE)
Special 510(k) Notification, Boston Scientific Neurovascular
Matrix² Detachable Coils
Attachment 3 (Sign-Off)
Division of General, Restorative Confidential
and Neurological Devices
March 2005
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Two short videos show you everything — or skip straight to the written tutorial if you'd rather read. You can reopen this any time from the Tutorial button in the top bar.
Part 1 — Search, results, and everyday workflows 16 min
Part 2 — Embeddings: the galaxy map 3 min
1. Search: exact and fuzzy
Type a phrase like "coronary artery calcification" into the search box. You get two kinds of results. Exact results match the literal phrase — prefix searches work ("coronary artery calcificati") but suffix searches do not. Fuzzy results match on the meaning and intent of your phrase rather than the exact words, and are sorted by relevance score. Hover over the Exact or Fuzzy badge on any row to see exactly why it matched.
Use the checkboxes above the results to narrow: SaMD keeps only software-only devices, AI / ML keeps only devices with AI.
Exact vs. fuzzy search: what's the difference?
Exact matches on the literal phrase (prefix search works, suffix does not). Fuzzy matches on the meaning and intent of the phrase rather than the exact words. Hover over the badge on any row to see why it matched.
You search "coronary artery calcification" and want only software devices with AI. What two filters do you apply?
Narrow by SaMD (software-only devices), then narrow by AI/ML (devices with AI).
2. The results table
Scroll right in the results table. The intended use is extracted for you — no need to open the PDF. The device story gives a high-level snapshot of what the device does and how it's used. The AI Performance sub-table shows each output name, acceptance criteria, observed values, and development/test dataset descriptions — the same format Innolitics uses for regulatory strategy outputs, and the fastest high-level fingerprint of an AI device. It is AI-generated but has been very reliable in practice.
Where do you find a device's intended use without opening the PDF?
Scroll right in the search results table. The intended use column is extracted for you; no need to dig into the 510(k) summary PDF.
What does the AI Performance sub-table show, and why is it useful?
Output name, acceptance criteria, observed values, development dataset description, and test dataset description. It's the same format we use for regulatory strategy output and Fast 510(k) input, and the fastest high-level fingerprint of an AI device. AI-generated but reliable in practice.
3. Judging fuzzy relevance
Fuzzy results trail off in relevance as you scroll. Use three signals to decide how far down to go: the fuzzy badge explanations, the intended use column, and whether your target output (e.g., Cobb angle) still appears in the AI Performance sub-table. Once it stops appearing, you're past the relevant zone. A top hit with a low score (~0.4) and a stretched explanation is a hint the closest predicates are far away — the project may be headed for De Novo. Note the fuzzy search is a pattern match: it doesn't handle negation ("not") well, and hardware devices can appear — filter by SaMD/AI ML to cut them.
How do you judge how far down fuzzy search results to go?
Use the relevancy signals: the fuzzy badge explanations, the intended use column, and whether the target output (e.g., Cobb angle) still appears in the AI Performance sub-table. Once it stops appearing, results are trailing off in relevancy.
4. Device detail page: chat and citations
Click a device name to open its detail page: device facts on the left, a chat window on the right. Ask something like "Describe the training data". The answer carries little citation bubbles — click one to jump to the highlighted passage in the source PDF, so you can verify every AI answer against the document. There's also a Download PDF button for sharing.
How do you verify an AI chat answer on the device detail page?
Click the citation bubbles to jump to the relevant highlight in the source document.
Reading rule for every project: how many summaries do you read in full?
At least the three most relevant 510(k) or De Novo summaries, in full. After that, use targeted chat questions to confirm your memory quickly. The tool supports this professional habit — it doesn't replace it.
5. Side-by-side comparison
Select multiple rows in the results table (aim for under ~10), then open the PDF Viewer tab. Ask one question — it goes to all selected devices in parallel, each with citations. This is the fastest way to compare and contrast devices: training data, PCCP scope, how they handled adding new scanners, and so on.
What does the side-by-side PDF viewer mode do?
Select multiple devices, open the PDF viewer tab, and ask one question (e.g., "Describe the training data"). It queries all selected devices simultaneously with citations, so you can compare and contrast quickly.
6. Collections
With rows selected, go to the Collections tab and create a labeled collection (e.g., "Cobb Angle Project"). Reload that selection any time — before a client call, pull up the collection and ask questions across all of its devices at once.
How do you save a set of selected devices for later use?
Select the rows, go to the Collections tab, and create a labeled collection (e.g., "Cobb Angle Project"). You can reload the selection anytime and carry it into the PDF viewer and other tabs that support selections.
7. Product codes and the regulations tree
Click a product code in the results to jump to it in the regulations tree — identification text, sibling product codes, and devices you can open in a PDF viewer on the right. Click a regulation number to see its identification, special controls, and related product codes. You can also search by product code or regulation number at the top of the tree. Always read the special controls if any exist for your device — it broadens your search and sharpens pre-kickoff research.
What can you do from the regulations tree view?
Browse product codes and regulation numbers, read the identification text and special controls, browse sibling product codes, open device PDFs on the right, and search by product code or regulation number at the top of the tree.
8. Chart view
Click Show Chart and segment by regulation number (or product code) to see which regulations dominate your result set. Clicking a regulation takes you into the regulations tree. Great for spotting that most matches are, say, hardware laparoscopic devices — a cue to go back and filter.
How do you see which regulations dominate a search result set?
Click "Show Chart" and segment by Regulation Number. Clicking a regulation takes you to the regulations tree.
9. The predicate graph
Open the Predicates tab for a family-tree view of predicate relationships. Click a node to trace its parents and children; selections from search carry over pre-selected. Commonly predicated devices are worth reading — a lot of people predicated them for a reason. The visual lineage is also handy on client calls, e.g. to show how a predicate family evolved and justify why your predicate still holds.
In the predicate graph, why are commonly predicated devices worth reading?
A lot of people predicated them for a reason. Clicking a node traces parents and children, and selections from search carry over pre-selected.
10. Embeddings: the galaxy map
The Embeddings tab plots every matching document in a 2-D "galaxy map" where semantically similar devices cluster together. Hover or click clusters to explore, and let AI label the clusters for you. Embeddings beat product codes for grouping: two devices can carry different product codes (LLZ vs. QIH) yet do the same thing — the embedding captures the meaning of the intended use and device story. This is also exactly how retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) works under the hood, and it makes a great visual on client calls.
Try it yourself
Head to the search page and work through a few of these AI/ML fuzzy searches to build intuition: perivascular fat on CT · aortic valve calcification opportunistic screening on noncontrast CT · breast cancer prediction on digital pathology slides · autism detection · gestational age prediction · a hearing aid that can also detect a pulse · foundation model based analysis of ECG · large language models · penetration test. Watch how the relevance scores, intended use, and AI Performance tables tell you when results stop being meaningful.