[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 138 (Wednesday, July 18, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33940-33941]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-15294]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

[Docket No. FDA-2018-D-1771]


Metal Expandable Biliary Stents--Premarket Notification (510(k)) 
Submissions; Draft Guidance for Industry and Food and Drug 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the availability of the draft guidance entitled ``Metal Expandable 
Biliary Stents--Premarket Notification (510(k)) Submissions.'' This 
draft guidance provides recommendations for information and testing 
that should be included in 510(k) submissions for metal expandable 
biliary stents and their associated delivery systems intended to 
provide luminal patency of malignant strictures in the biliary tree. 
This draft guidance is not final nor is it in effect at this time.

DATES: Submit either electronic or written comments on the draft 
guidance by September 17, 2018 to ensure that the Agency considers your 
comment on this draft guidance before it begins work on the final 
version of the guidance.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments on any guidance at any time 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-2018-D-1771 for ``Metal Expandable Biliary Stents--Premarket 
Notification (510(k)) Submissions.'' 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 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

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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 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.
    You may submit comments on any guidance at any time (see 21 CFR 
10.115(g)(5)).
    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 
``Metal Expandable Biliary Stents--Premarket Notification (510(k)) 
Submissions'' 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: April Marrone, Center for Devices and 
Radiological Health, Food and Drug Administration, 10903 New Hampshire 
Ave., Bldg. 66, Rm. G218, Silver Spring, MD 20993-0002, 240-402-6510.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

    This draft guidance provides draft recommendations for 510(k) 
submissions for metal expandable biliary stents and their associated 
delivery systems. These devices are intended to provide luminal patency 
of malignant strictures in the biliary tree. FDA is updating this 
guidance to reflect current review practices. The scope of this 
guidance is limited to metal expandable biliary stents regulated under 
21 CFR 876.5010 (Biliary catheter and accessories) and with product 
code FGE (Catheter, Biliary, Diagnostic). This draft guidance applies 
only to biliary stents indicated for palliation of malignant strictures 
in the biliary tree. It does not apply to biliary stents indicated to 
treat benign strictures or stents intended to be used in the 
vasculature, tracheal/bronchial tubes, or other gastrointestinal 
anatomy. This draft guidance, when final, will supersede the guidance 
``Guidance for the Content of Premarket Notifications for Metal 
Expandable Biliary Stents,'' issued on February 5, 1998.

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 ``Metal 
Expandable Biliary Stents--Premarket Notification (510(k)) 
Submissions.'' 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 https://www.fda.gov/MedicalDevices/DeviceRegulationandGuidance/GuidanceDocuments/default.htm. This draft 
guidance is also available at https://www.regulations.gov. Persons 
unable to download an electronic copy of ``Metal Expandable Biliary 
Stents--Premarket Notification (510(k)) Submissions'' may send an email 
request to [email protected] to receive an electronic copy of 
the document. Please use the document number 1500070 to identify the 
guidance you are requesting.

IV. Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995

    This draft guidance 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 820 have been approved under OMB control 
number 0910-0073; the collections of information in 21 CFR part 812 
have been approved under OMB control number 0910-0078; the collections 
of information in 21 CFR parts 50 and 56 have been approved under OMB 
control number 0910-0755; the collections of information in 21 CFR 
56.115 have been approved under OMB control number 0910-0130; the 
collections of information in 21 CFR 50.23 have been approved under OMB 
control number 0910-0586; and the collections of information in 21 CFR 
part 801 have been approved under OMB control number 0910-0485.

    Dated: July 12, 2018.
Leslie Kux,
Associate Commissioner for Policy.
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