[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 168 (Thursday, August 31, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41417-41418]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-18470]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

[Docket No. FDA-2017-D-4764]


Policy Clarification and Premarket Notification (510(k)) 
Submissions for Ultrasonic Diathermy Devices; Draft Guidance for 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the availability of the draft guidance entitled ``Policy Clarification 
and Premarket Notification [510(k)] Submissions for Ultrasonic 
Diathermy Devices--Draft Guidance for Industry and Food and Drug 
Administration Staff.'' When final, this draft guidance will clarify 
FDA's policy related to compliance with applicable performance 
standards and conformance to International Electrotechnical Commission 
(IEC) consensus standards for ultrasonic diathermy devices. This draft 
guidance will also provide recommendations for information to provide 
in 510(k) submissions for ultrasonic diathermy devices. This draft 
guidance is not final nor is it in effect at this time.

DATES: Although you can comment on any guidance at any time (see 21 CFR 
10.115(g)(5)), to ensure that the Agency considers your comment of this 
draft guidance before it begins work on the final version of the 
guidance, submit either electronic or written comments on the draft 
guidance by October 30, 2017.

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'').

Written/Paper Submissions

    Submit written/paper submissions as follows:
     Mail/Hand delivery/Courier (for written/paper 
submissions): Dockets Management Staff (HFA-305), Food and Drug 
Administration, 5630 Fishers Lane, Rm. 1061, Rockville, MD 20852.
     For written/paper comments submitted to the Dockets 
Management Staff, 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-2017-D-4764 for ``Policy Clarification and Premarket Notification 
[510(k)] Submissions for Ultrasonic Diathermy Devices--Draft Guidance 
for Industry and Food and Drug Administration.'' 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 Dockets Management Staff Office 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

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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 Dockets 
Management Staff. 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.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2015-09-18/pdf/2015-23389.pdf.
    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 Dockets Management Staff, 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 draft guidance document entitled 
``Policy Clarification and Premarket Notification [510(k)] Submissions 
for Ultrasonic Diathermy Devices--Draft Guidance for Industry and Food 
and Drug Administration Staff'' 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

    Ultrasonic diathermy devices are class II medical devices regulated 
under 21 CFR 890.5300(a), Ultrasonic diathermy. Ultrasonic therapy 
devices must also comply with FDA radiation safety performance 
standards in 21 CFR part 1010, Performance standards for electronic 
products: General, and 21 CFR 1050.10, Ultrasonic therapy products. FDA 
recognizes that there are several IEC standards with which other 
countries require conformance or recognize for ultrasonic therapy 
products. This means that manufacturers, who distribute these products 
in both the United States and other countries, might have to ensure 
conformance of their products to IEC standards and comply with FDA 
performance standards. This may cause manufacturers to duplicate their 
efforts.
    When final, this draft guidance will clarify FDA's policy related 
to compliance with applicable performance standards and conformance to 
IEC consensus standards for ultrasonic diathermy devices. If firms 
provide a declaration of conformity with the relevant provisions of the 
current FDA recognized versions of the IEC 60601-2-5 and IEC 61689 
standards, FDA does not intend to consider whether firms comply with 
certain requirements of 21 CFR 1050.10. This draft guidance will also 
provide recommendations for information to provide in 510(k) 
submissions for ultrasonic diathermy devices.

II. Significance of Guidance

    This draft guidance is being issued consistent with FDA's good 
guidance practices regulation (21 CFR 10.115). The draft guidance, when 
finalized, will represent the current thinking of FDA on policy 
clarification and premarket notification (510(k)) submissions for 
ultrasonic diathermy devices. 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. This guidance is not subject to Executive 
Order 12866.

III. Electronic Access

    Persons interested in obtaining a copy of the draft 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 http://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 ``Policy Clarification and 
Premarket Notification [510(k)] Submissions for Ultrasonic Diathermy 
Devices--Draft Guidance for Industry and Food and Drug Administration'' 
may send an email request to [email protected] to receive an 
electronic copy of the document. Please use the document number 1500003 
to identify the guidance you are requesting.

IV. Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995

    The draft guidance also refers to previously approved collections 
of information found in FDA regulations. 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 part 807, subpart E 
have been approved under OMB control number 0910-0120; 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 820 
have been approved under OMB control number 0910-0073; the collections 
of information in 21 CFR parts 1002 through 1050 are approved under OMB 
control number 0910-0025.

    Dated: August 28, 2017.
Leslie Kux,
Associate Commissioner for Policy.
[FR Doc. 2017-18470 Filed 8-30-17; 8:45 am]
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