[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 96 (Thursday, May 20, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27441-27443]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-10592]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

[Docket No. FDA-2018-D-2494]


Peripheral Vascular Atherectomy Devices--Premarket Notification 
Submissions; 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 a final guidance entitled ``Peripheral Vascular 
Atherectomy Devices--Premarket Notification Submissions.'' This 
guidance provides updated recommendations for premarket submissions for 
a new or modified peripheral vascular atherectomy device.

DATES: The announcement of the guidance is published in the Federal 
Register on May 20, 2021.

ADDRESSES: You may submit either electronic or written comments on 
Agency guidances 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 Docket No. FDA-
2018-D-2494 for ``Peripheral Vascular Atherectomy Devices--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, 240-402-7500.
     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 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

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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.govinfo.gov/content/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, 240-402-7500.
    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 guidance document entitled 
``Peripheral Vascular Atherectomy Devices--Premarket Notification 
[510(k)] Submissions'' to the Office of Policy, 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: Jhumur Banik, Center for Devices and 
Radiological Health, Food and Drug Administration, 10903 New Hampshire 
Ave., Bldg. 66, Rm. 2550, Silver Spring, MD 20993-0002, 240-402-5239.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

    Atherectomy is an interventional procedure performed to remove 
atherosclerotic plaque from diseased arteries. FDA has developed this 
guidance for members of industry who submit and FDA staff who review 
premarket submissions for atherectomy devices used in the peripheral 
vasculature. This guidance is intended to provide recommendations for 
information to include in premarket notifications (510(k)) for 
peripheral vascular atherectomy devices (e.g., descriptive 
characteristics, labeling, biocompatibility, sterility, nonclinical, 
animal, and clinical performance testing).
    FDA incorporated the information in the draft guidance entitled 
``Select Updates for Peripheral Vascular Atherectomy Devices--Premarket 
Notification [510(k)] Submissions'' into the final guidance document 
after issuing these select updates for public comment. FDA did not 
receive any comments on the draft guidance that appeared in the Federal 
Register of July 27, 2018 (83 FR 35658). FDA has incorporated the 
recommendations in the draft select updates into the existing final 
guidance without significant changes. FDA did not substantively change 
the sections of the existing atherectomy guidance that were not 
affected by the select update.
    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 ``Peripheral Vascular Atherectomy Devices--
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.

II. 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/medical-devices/device-advice-comprehensive-regulatory-assistance/guidance-documents-medical-devices-and-radiation-emitting-products. This guidance document is also 
available at https://www.regulations.gov and at https://www.fda.gov/regulatory-information/search-fda-guidance-documents. Persons unable to 
download an electronic copy of ``Peripheral Vascular Atherectomy 
Devices--Premarket Notification [510(k)] Submissions'' may send an 
email request to CDRH-Guidance@fda.hhs.gov to receive an electronic 
copy of the document. Please use the document number 16013 and complete 
title to identify the guidance you are requesting.

III. Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995

    While this guidance contains no collection of information, it does 
refer to previously approved FDA collections of information. Therefore, 
clearance by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) under the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3501-3521) is not 
required for this guidance. The previously approved collections of 
information are subject to review by OMB under the PRA. The collections 
of information in the following FDA regulations and guidance have been 
approved by OMB as listed in the following table:

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                                                            OMB control
21 CFR part/section or guidance           Topic                 No.
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807, subpart E.................  Premarket notification.       0910-0120
812............................  Investigational Device        0910-0078
                                  Exemption.
820............................  Current Good                  0910-0073
                                  Manufacturing Practice
                                  (CGMP); Quality System
                                  (QS) Regulation.
807, subparts A through D......  Electronic Submission         0910-0625
                                  of Medical Device
                                  Registration and
                                  Listing.
50, 56.........................  Protection of Human           0910-0755
                                  Subjects: Informed
                                  Consent; Institutional
                                  Review Boards.
56.............................  Institutional Review          0910-0130
                                  Boards.
58.............................  Good Laboratory               0910-0119
                                  Practice (GLP)
                                  Regulations for
                                  Nonclinical Laboratory
                                  Studies.
801.150(a)(2) and (e)..........  Agreement for Shipment        0910-0131
                                  of Devices for
                                  Sterilization.
``Requests for Feedback on       Q-submissions..........       0910-0756
 Medical Device Submissions:
 The Pre-Submission Program and
 Meetings with Food and Drug
 Administration Staff''.
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    Dated: May 14, 2021.
Lauren K. Roth,
Acting Principal Associate Commissioner for Policy.
[FR Doc. 2021-10592 Filed 5-19-21; 8:45 am]
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