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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Food and Drug Administration
[Docket No. FDA–2014–D–0218]
Premarket Notification Submissions
for Bipolar Electrosurgical Vessel
Sealers for General Surgery; Guidance
for Industry and Food and Drug
Administration Staff; Availability
AGENCY:
Food and Drug Administration,
HHS.
ACTION:
Notice of availability.
The Food and Drug
Administration (FDA or Agency) is
announcing the availability of the
guidance entitled ‘‘Premarket
Notification (510(k)) Submissions for
Bipolar Electrosurgical Vessel Sealers
for General Surgery.’’ FDA has
developed this guidance document to
assist industry in preparing premarket
notification (510(k)) submissions for
bipolar electrosurgical vessel sealers
intended for use in general surgery.
DATES: Submit either electronic or
written comments on this guidance at
any time. General comments on Agency
guidance documents are welcome at any
time.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
as follows:
SUMMARY:
Electronic Submissions
Submit electronic comments in the
following way:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
Comments submitted electronically,
including attachments, to https://
www.regulations.gov will be posted to
the docket unchanged. Because your
comment will be made public, you are
solely responsible for ensuring that your
comment does not include any
confidential information that you or a
third party may not wish to be posted,
such as medical information, your or
anyone else’s Social Security number, or
confidential business information, such
as a manufacturing process. Please note
that if you include your name, contact
information, or other information that
identifies you in the body of your
comments, that information will be
posted on https://www.regulations.gov.
• If you want to submit a comment
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do not wish to be made available to the
public, submit the comment as a
written/paper submission and in the
manner detailed (see ‘‘Written/Paper
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Written/Paper Submissions
Submit written/paper submissions as
follows:
• Mail/Hand delivery/Courier (for
written/paper submissions): Division of
Dockets Management (HFA–305), Food
and Drug Administration, 5630 Fishers
Lane, Rm. 1061, Rockville, MD 20852.
• For written/paper comments
submitted to the Division of Dockets
Management, FDA will post your
comment, as well as any attachments,
except for information submitted,
marked and identified, as confidential,
if submitted as detailed in
‘‘Instructions.’’
Instructions: All submissions received
must include the Docket No. FDA–
2014–D–0218 for ‘‘Premarket
Notification (510(k)) Submissions for
Bipolar Electrosurgical Vessel Sealers
for General Surgery.’’ Received
comments will be placed in the docket
and, except for those submitted as
‘‘Confidential Submissions,’’ publicly
viewable at https://www.regulations.gov
or at the Division of Dockets
Management between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m.,
Monday through Friday.
• Confidential Submissions—To
submit a comment with confidential
information that you do not wish to be
made publicly available, submit your
comments only as a written/paper
submission. You should submit two
copies total. One copy will include the
information you claim to be confidential
with a heading or cover note that states
‘‘THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS
CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION.’’ The
Agency will review this copy, including
the claimed confidential information, in
its consideration of comments. The
second copy, which will have the
claimed confidential information
redacted/blacked out, will be available
for public viewing and posted on https://
www.regulations.gov. Submit both
copies to the Division of Dockets
Management. If you do not wish your
name and contact information to be
made publicly available, you can
provide this information on the cover
sheet and not in the body of your
comments and you must identify this
information as ‘‘confidential.’’ Any
information marked as ‘‘confidential’’
will not be disclosed except in
accordance with 21 CFR 10.20 and other
applicable disclosure law. For more
information about FDA’s posting of
comments to public dockets, see 80 FR
56469, September 18, 2015, or access
the information at: https://www.fda.gov/
regulatoryinformation/dockets/
default.htm.
Docket: For access to the docket to
read background documents or the
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electronic and written/paper comments
received, go to https://
www.regulations.gov and insert the
docket number, found in brackets in the
heading of this document, into the
‘‘Search’’ box and follow the prompts
and/or go to the Division of Dockets
Management, 5630 Fishers Lane, Rm.
1061, Rockville, MD 20852.
An electronic copy of the guidance
document is available for download
from the Internet. See the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section for
information on electronic access to the
guidance. Submit written requests for a
single hard copy of the guidance
document entitled ‘‘Premarket
Notification (510(k)) Submissions for
Bipolar Electrosurgical Vessel Sealers
for General Surgery’’ to the Office of the
Center Director, Guidance and Policy
Development, Center for Devices and
Radiological Health, Food and Drug
Administration, 10903 New Hampshire
Ave., Bldg. 66, Rm. 5431, Silver Spring,
MD 20993–0002. Send one selfaddressed adhesive label to assist that
office in processing your request.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jismi Johnson, Center for Devices and
Radiological Health, Food and Drug
Administration, 10903 New Hampshire
Ave., Bldg. 66, Rm. 1524, Silver Spring,
MD 20993–0002, 301–796–6424.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
FDA has developed this guidance
document to assist industry in preparing
premarket notification (510(k))
submissions for bipolar electrosurgical
vessel sealers intended for use in
general surgery. These devices are
designed to seal isolated blood and
lymphatic vessels for hemostasis (as an
alternative to ties) through the use of
high-frequency electrical current
between two electrodes in close
proximity. The scope of this document
is limited to the class II electrosurgical
devices and accessories classified under
21 CFR 878.4400, Electrosurgical cutting
and coagulation device and accessories.
This generic type of device includes
bipolar vessel sealing instruments,
associated electrosurgical generators,
and accessories for use in open and
minimally invasive general surgical
procedures. This guidance is intended
only to address bipolar electrosurgical
vessel sealers that have general
indications for use in general surgery.
In the Federal Register of March 24,
2014 (79 FR 16009), FDA announced the
availability of the draft guidance.
Interested persons were invited to
comment by June 23, 2014. Four sets of
comments were received. FDA reviewed
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and considered all the public comments
received and revised sections of the
guidance, where applicable.
II. Significance of Guidance
This guidance is being issued
consistent with FDA’s good guidance
practices regulation (21 CFR 10.115).
The guidance represents the current
thinking of FDA on Premarket
Notification (510(k)) Submissions for
Bipolar Electrosurgical Vessel Sealers
for General Surgery. It does not establish
any rights for any person and is not
binding on FDA or the public. You can
use an alternative approach if it satisfies
the requirements of the applicable
statutes and regulations.
III. Electronic Access
Persons interested in obtaining a copy
of the guidance may do so by
downloading an electronic copy from
the Internet. A search capability for all
Center for Devices and Radiological
Health guidance documents is available
at https://www.fda.gov/MedicalDevices/
DeviceRegulationandGuidance/
GuidanceDocuments/default.htm.
Guidance documents are also available
at https://www.regulations.gov. Persons
unable to download an electronic copy
of ‘‘Premarket Notification (510(k))
Submissions for Bipolar Electrosurgical
Vessel Sealers for General Surgery’’ may
send an email request to CDRHGuidance@fda.hhs.gov to receive an
electronic copy of the document. Please
use the document number 1300048 to
identify the guidance you are
requesting.
IV. Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
This guidance refers to previously
approved collections of information.
These collections of information are
subject to review by the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) under
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(44 U.S.C. 3501–3520). The collections
of information in 21 CFR 807, subpart
E have been approved under OMB
control number 0910–0120; the
collections of information in 21 CFR
part 820 have been approved under
OMB control number 0910–0073; the
collections of information in 21 CFR
part 801 have been approved under
OMB control number 0910–0485; the
collections of information in 21 CFR
part 58 have been approved under OMB
control number 0910–0119; and the
collections of information in the
guidance document ‘‘Requests for
Feedback on Medical Device
Submissions: The Pre-Submission
Program and Meetings with Food and
Drug Administration Staff’’ have been
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Dated: August 9, 2016.
Leslie Kux,
Associate Commissioner for Policy.
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purpose of the NCMHI cooperative
agreement, as stated in the funding
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Support a national resource and
assistance effort to implement and
spread the medical home model to all
children and youth, particularly
children with special health care needs
(CSHCN), children who are vulnerable
and/or medically underserved, and
pediatric populations served by state
public health programs, MCHB and
HRSA; and (2) support activities of the
Healthy Tomorrows Partnership for
Children Program (HTPCP) grantees to
improve children’s health through
innovative community-based efforts,
and community and statewide
partnerships among professionals in
health, education, social services,
government, and business. The
supplement will permit the American
Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), the
cooperative agreement awardee, during
the budget periods of 7/1/2016–6/30/
2017 and 7/1/2017–6/30/2018, to
provide technical assistance to the Rural
IMPACT communities as they employ
two-generation strategies to more
effectively support children living in
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the implementation and spread of the
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Intended Recipient of the Award: The
American Academy of Pediatrics.
Amount of Non-Competitive Awards:
$600,000.
Period of Supplemental Funding: 7/1/
2016–6/30/2017 and 7/1/2017–6/30/
2018.
CFDA Number: 93.110.
Authority: Social Security Act, Title
V, sections 501(a)(1)(D) and 501(a)(2),
(42 U.S.C. 701(a)(1)(D) and 701(a)(2)).
Justification: The White House Rural
Council initiated the Rural IMPACT
project to support improved well-being
and upward economic mobility of
children in rural and tribal
communities. Ideally, systems and
services are designed to meet family’s
needs, and are linked together so that
families can access them seamlessly
through universal ‘‘no wrong door’’
intake processes and shared referral
networks. Components of the Rural
IMPACT project include Healthy Start,
Early Head Start, Head Start, Home
Visiting, WIC, Medical Home, Quality
Child Care Education Job Training and
income and nutrition supports such as
TANF cash assistance, Supplemental
Security Income, and the Supplemental
Nutrition Assistance Program. The goal
of Rural IMPACT is to ensure the
healthy development of at-risk children
and increase the education and
employment opportunities of their
parents, thereby improving the wellbeing of families.
Rural IMPACT project continues to be
a high priority of the White House Rural
Council, and support for the ten Rural
IMPACT communities will continue to
be an interagency effort including, in
addition to HHS, the Departments of
Agriculture, Education, Labor, and the
Corporation for National and
Community Service.
The purpose of the NCMHI
cooperative agreement, as stated in the
funding opportunity announcement, is
to: (1) Support a national resource and
assistance effort to implement and
spread the medical home model to all
children and youth, particularly
children with special health care needs
(CSHCN), children who are vulnerable
and/or medically underserved, and
pediatric populations served by state
public health programs, MCHB and
HRSA; and (2) support activities of the
Healthy Tomorrows Partnership for
Children Program (HTPCP) grantees to
improve children’s health through
innovative community-based efforts,
and community and statewide
partnerships among professionals in
health, education, social services,
government, and business. The Rural
IMPACT Project activities align with the
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current project plan, as the NCMHI
advances system changes and new
initiatives at the community, state, and
national levels, building on community
partnerships to support family-centered
medical home implementation for all
children and youth, particularly those
underrepresented and from diverse
communities (Goal 3).
In 2013, following objective review of
its application, HRSA awarded the
NCMHI cooperative agreement to the
American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP),
a nonprofit, tax-exempt organization
under Internal Revenue Code 501(c)(3).
In 2015, HRSA awarded a $300,000
supplement to the NCMHI cooperative
agreement to allow the AAP to build on
its existing work under the cooperative
agreement to implement and spread the
medical home model in Rural IMPACT
project communities, thereby advancing
the well-being of children in those
communities.
From August 2015 to June 2016, AAP,
as part of the NCMHI cooperative
agreement, established an expert
workgroup and operational structure to
guide the initiative; developed and
issued a solicitation and scoring
process, and conducted a review of
applications to make recommendations
for participating communities. Since the
identification of ten rural and tribal
communities, the AAP has provided
technical assistance to support their
efforts to develop and begin
implementing two-generation service
delivery models to address the needs of
both vulnerable children and their
parents.
From July 2016 to June 2018, the ten
participating communities will
implement their action plans. Ongoing
support is needed to assist the
communities in implementation as well
as evaluation, sustainability, and
dissemination of information. This
supplement will provide additional
funds, through the NCMHI cooperative
agreement, to provide technical
assistance to the Rural IMPACT
communities as they employ twogeneration strategies to more effectively
support children living in poverty in
rural communities, including the
implementation and spread of the
family-centered medical home model of
health care.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Marie Y. Mann, MD, MPH, FAAP,
Division of Services for Children with
Special Health Needs, Maternal and
Child Health Bureau, Health Resources
and Services Administration, 5600
Fishers Lane, Room 13–103, Rockville,
Maryland 20857; MMann@hrsa.gov.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Food and Drug Administration
[Docket No. FDA-2014-D-0218]
Premarket Notification Submissions for Bipolar Electrosurgical
Vessel Sealers for General Surgery; Guidance for Industry and Food and
Drug Administration Staff; Availability
AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
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SUMMARY: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or Agency) is announcing
the availability of the guidance entitled ``Premarket Notification
(510(k)) Submissions for Bipolar Electrosurgical Vessel Sealers for
General Surgery.'' FDA has developed this guidance document to assist
industry in preparing premarket notification (510(k)) submissions for
bipolar electrosurgical vessel sealers intended for use in general
surgery.
DATES: Submit either electronic or written comments on this guidance at
any time. General comments on Agency guidance documents are welcome at
any time.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments as follows:
Electronic Submissions
Submit electronic comments in the following way:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov.
Follow the instructions for submitting comments. Comments submitted
electronically, including attachments, to https://www.regulations.gov
will be posted to the docket unchanged. Because your comment will be
made public, you are solely responsible for ensuring that your comment
does not include any confidential information that you or a third party
may not wish to be posted, such as medical information, your or anyone
else's Social Security number, or confidential business information,
such as a manufacturing process. Please note that if you include your
name, contact information, or other information that identifies you in
the body of your comments, that information will be posted on https://www.regulations.gov.
If you want to submit a comment with confidential
information that you do not wish to be made available to the public,
submit the comment as a written/paper submission and in the manner
detailed (see ``Written/Paper Submissions'' and ``Instructions'').
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Written/Paper Submissions
Submit written/paper submissions as follows:
Mail/Hand delivery/Courier (for written/paper
submissions): Division of Dockets Management (HFA-305), Food and Drug
Administration, 5630 Fishers Lane, Rm. 1061, Rockville, MD 20852.
For written/paper comments submitted to the Division of
Dockets Management, FDA will post your comment, as well as any
attachments, except for information submitted, marked and identified,
as confidential, if submitted as detailed in ``Instructions.''
Instructions: All submissions received must include the Docket No.
FDA-2014-D-0218 for ``Premarket Notification (510(k)) Submissions for
Bipolar Electrosurgical Vessel Sealers for General Surgery.'' Received
comments will be placed in the docket and, except for those submitted
as ``Confidential Submissions,'' publicly viewable at https://www.regulations.gov or at the Division of Dockets Management between 9
a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday through Friday.
Confidential Submissions--To submit a comment with
confidential information that you do not wish to be made publicly
available, submit your comments only as a written/paper submission. You
should submit two copies total. One copy will include the information
you claim to be confidential with a heading or cover note that states
``THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION.'' The Agency will
review this copy, including the claimed confidential information, in
its consideration of comments. The second copy, which will have the
claimed confidential information redacted/blacked out, will be
available for public viewing and posted on https://www.regulations.gov.
Submit both copies to the Division of Dockets Management. If you do not
wish your name and contact information to be made publicly available,
you can provide this information on the cover sheet and not in the body
of your comments and you must identify this information as
``confidential.'' Any information marked as ``confidential'' will not
be disclosed except in accordance with 21 CFR 10.20 and other
applicable disclosure law. For more information about FDA's posting of
comments to public dockets, see 80 FR 56469, September 18, 2015, or
access the information at: https://www.fda.gov/regulatoryinformation/dockets/default.htm.
Docket: For access to the docket to read background documents or
the electronic and written/paper comments received, go to https://www.regulations.gov and insert the docket number, found in brackets in
the heading of this document, into the ``Search'' box and follow the
prompts and/or go to the Division of Dockets Management, 5630 Fishers
Lane, Rm. 1061, Rockville, MD 20852.
An electronic copy of the guidance document is available for
download from the Internet. See the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section
for information on electronic access to the guidance. Submit written
requests for a single hard copy of the guidance document entitled
``Premarket Notification (510(k)) Submissions for Bipolar
Electrosurgical Vessel Sealers for General Surgery'' to the Office of
the Center Director, Guidance and Policy Development, Center for
Devices and Radiological Health, Food and Drug Administration, 10903
New Hampshire Ave., Bldg. 66, Rm. 5431, Silver Spring, MD 20993-0002.
Send one self-addressed adhesive label to assist that office in
processing your request.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jismi Johnson, Center for Devices and
Radiological Health, Food and Drug Administration, 10903 New Hampshire
Ave., Bldg. 66, Rm. 1524, Silver Spring, MD 20993-0002, 301-796-6424.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
FDA has developed this guidance document to assist industry in
preparing premarket notification (510(k)) submissions for bipolar
electrosurgical vessel sealers intended for use in general surgery.
These devices are designed to seal isolated blood and lymphatic vessels
for hemostasis (as an alternative to ties) through the use of high-
frequency electrical current between two electrodes in close proximity.
The scope of this document is limited to the class II electrosurgical
devices and accessories classified under 21 CFR 878.4400,
Electrosurgical cutting and coagulation device and accessories. This
generic type of device includes bipolar vessel sealing instruments,
associated electrosurgical generators, and accessories for use in open
and minimally invasive general surgical procedures. This guidance is
intended only to address bipolar electrosurgical vessel sealers that
have general indications for use in general surgery.
In the Federal Register of March 24, 2014 (79 FR 16009), FDA
announced the availability of the draft guidance. Interested persons
were invited to comment by June 23, 2014. Four sets of comments were
received. FDA reviewed and considered all the public comments received
and revised sections of the guidance, where applicable.
II. Significance of Guidance
This guidance is being issued consistent with FDA's good guidance
practices regulation (21 CFR 10.115). The guidance represents the
current thinking of FDA on Premarket Notification (510(k)) Submissions
for Bipolar Electrosurgical Vessel Sealers for General Surgery. It does
not establish any rights for any person and is not binding on FDA or
the public. You can use an alternative approach if it satisfies the
requirements of the applicable statutes and regulations.
III. Electronic Access
Persons interested in obtaining a copy of the guidance may do so by
downloading an electronic copy from the Internet. A search capability
for all Center for Devices and Radiological Health guidance documents
is available at https://www.fda.gov/MedicalDevices/DeviceRegulationandGuidance/GuidanceDocuments/default.htm. Guidance
documents are also available at https://www.regulations.gov. Persons
unable to download an electronic copy of ``Premarket Notification
(510(k)) Submissions for Bipolar Electrosurgical Vessel Sealers for
General Surgery'' may send an email request to CDRH-Guidance@fda.hhs.gov to receive an electronic copy of the document.
Please use the document number 1300048 to identify the guidance you are
requesting.
IV. Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
This guidance refers to previously approved collections of
information. These collections of information are subject to review by
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) under the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520). The collections of information in 21
CFR 807, subpart E have been approved under OMB control number 0910-
0120; the collections of information in 21 CFR part 820 have been
approved under OMB control number 0910-0073; the collections of
information in 21 CFR part 801 have been approved under OMB control
number 0910-0485; the collections of information in 21 CFR part 58 have
been approved under OMB control number 0910-0119; and the collections
of information in the guidance document ``Requests for Feedback on
Medical Device Submissions: The Pre-Submission Program and Meetings
with Food and Drug Administration Staff'' have been
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approved under OMB control number 0910-0756.
Dated: August 9, 2016.
Leslie Kux,
Associate Commissioner for Policy.
[FR Doc. 2016-19402 Filed 8-12-16; 8:45 am]
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