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PMA Final Decisions Rendered for September 1996

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PMA Original Approvals



PMA NUMBER/  DEVICE NAME          COMPANY NAME/           APPROVAL STATEMENT/INDICATIONS
APPR DATE                         ADDRESS             

P870080      HULKA CLIP  TUBAL    RICHARD WOLF MEDICAL    INDICATED FOR USE FOR FEMALE
09/05/96     OCCLUSION DEVICE     INSTRUMENTS CORP.       STERILIZATION (PERMANENT
             AND APPLICATOR       VERNON HILLS, IL        CONTRACEPTION) BY OCCLUDING
             SYSTEMS                60061                 THE FALLOPIAN TUBES


P920034      TRIPTER-X1 SERIES    MEDIREX, INC.           INDICATED FOR USE IN THE
09/20/96     EXTRACORPOREAL                               FRAGMENTATION OF URINARY
             SHOCK WAVE           WELLESLEY, MA           TRACT STONES (I.E., RENAL
             LITHOTRIPTERS          02181                 CALYCEAL, RENAL PELVIC,
             (TRIPTER-X1,                                 AND UPPER URETERAL STONES)
             TRIPTER-X1 NOVA,                             
             AND TRIPTER-X1                               
             COMPACT)


P920046      FILSHIE CLIP         FAMILY HEALTH           INDICATED FOR PERMANENT
09/05/96     SYSTEM  (MARK VI)    INTERNATIONAL           FEMALE STERILIZATION BY
                                  RESEARCH TRIANGLE, NC   OCCLUSION OF THE FALLOPIAN
                                    27709                 TUBES             
                                                          
                                                          
P930021      EMDOGAIN             BIORA US, INC.          INDICATED FOR USE AS AN
09/30/96                                                  ADJUNCT TO PERIODONTAL
                                  WEST CHESTER, OH        SURGERY FOR TOPICAL 
                                    45069                 APPLICATION ONTO EXPOSED
                                                          ROOT SURFACES TO TREAT
                                                          INTRABONY DEFECTS WITHOUT
                                                          FURCATIONS, RESULTING FROM
                                                          LOSS OF TOOTH SUPPORT DUE TO
                                                          MODERATE OR SEVERE PERIODONTITIS
                          

P930038      ANGIO-SEAL           KENSEY NASH CORP.       INDICATED FOR USE IN CLOSING AND
09/30/96     HEMOSTATIC                                   IN REDUCING TIME TO HEMOSTASIS
             PUNCTURE CLOSURE     EXTON, PA               AT THE FEMORAL ARTERIAL PUNCTURE
             DEVICE                 19341                 SITE IN PATIENTS WHO HAVE UNDERGONE
                                                          DIAGNOSTIC ANGIOGRAPHY OR
                                                          PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY
                                                          ANGIOPLASTY (PTCA) PROCEDURES USING
                                                          AN 8 FRENCH OR SMALLER PROCEDURAL
                                                          SHEATH


P950002      BAK  INTERBODY       SPINE-TECH, INC.        INDICATED FOR USE WITH AUTOGENOUS
09/20/96     FUSION SYSTEM                                BONE GRAFT IN PATIENTS WITH 
             WITH                 MINNEAPOLIS, MN         DEGENERATIVE DISC DISEASE (DDD)
             INSTRUMENTATION        55439-2029            AT ONE OR TWO CONTIGUOUS LEVELS
                                                          FROM L2-S1                         
                                                          
                                                          
P950024      CAPSURE  EPI         MEDTRONIC, INC.         INDICATED TO BE USED WITH A
09/06/96     PACING LEAD,                                 PULSE GENERATOR AS PART OF A
             MODEL 4965           MINNEAPOLIS, MN         CARDIAC PACING SYSTEM
                                    55432-3576


P950042      XILLIX LIFE-LUNG     HOGAN & HARTSON         INDICATED FOR USE AS AN ADJUNCT
09/19/96     FLUORESCENCE                                 TO WHITE LIGHT BRONCHOSCOPY, 
             ENDOSCOPY SYSTEM     WASHINGTON, DC          USING AN OLYMPUS BF-20D
                                    20004-1109            BRONCHOSCOPE, TO ENHANCE THE
                                                          PHYSICIAN'S ABILITY TO IDENTIFY
                                                          AND LOCATE BRONCHIAL TISSUE, 
                                                          SUSPICIOUS FOR MODERATE/SEVERE
                                                          DYSPLASIA OR WORSE, FOR BIOPSY AND
                                                          HISTOLOGIC EVALUATION IN THE 
                                                          FOLLOWING POPULATIONS: 1)PATIENTS 
                                                          WITH KNOWN OR PREVIOUSLY DIAGNOSED
                                                          LUNG CANCER; AND 2)PATIENTS WITH          
                                                          SUSPECTED LUNG CANCER


P960005      ACA  PLUS PSA TEST  DADE INTL., INC.         THE DEVICE IS A PROSTATE SPECIFIC
09/09/96     KIT, ACA  PLUS PSA                           ANTIGEN (PSA) TEST KIT, WHICH 
             CALIBRATOR, AND     NEWARK, DELAWARE         CONSISTS OF THE PSA TEST PACK AND
             ACA  PLUS PSA         19714                  REACTION VESSEL USED IN THE ACA
             CONTROL                                      PLUS IMMUNOASSAY SYSTEM TO 
                                                          QUANTITATIVELY MEASURE PSA IN HUMAN
                                                          SERUM. MEASUREMENTS OF PSA ARE USED 
                                                          AS AN AID IN THE MANAGEMENT OF 
                                                          PROSTATE CANCER PATIENTS


P960012      REFRESH  CL          ALLERGAN OPTICAL        INDICATED FOR THE LUBRICATION AND
09/25/96     LUBRICATING AND                              REWETTING OF SOFT CONTACT LENSES
             REWETING DROPS       IRVINE, CA              AND HELPS TO RELIEVE DRYNESS,
                                    92713-9534            DISCOMFORT AND IRRITATION THAT MAY
                                                          BE ASSOCIATED WITH LENS WEAR

PMA Supplement Approvals


P780007/S041 POLYMACON AND        OCULAR SCIENCES/        ALTERNATE MANUFACTURING FACILITY
09/27/96     POLYMACON EDGE       AMERICAN HYDRON         AT RELIANT CLOSE, CHANDLERS FORD
             SOFT CONTACT         S.SAN FRANCISCO, CA     INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, CHANDLERS FORD,
             LENSES                 94080                 EASTLEIGH, HAMPSHIRE, S053 4ND, 
                                                          ENGLAND                  
                                                                        
                                                                                                
P790017/S059 USCI  PROCROSS       C.R. BARD, INC.         APPROVAL FOR USCI  PROCROSS  OVER-
09/03/96     OVER-THE-WIRE                                THE-WIRE BALLOON DILATATION CATHETER
             BALLOON DILATATION   BILLERICA, MA           WITH RELY  BALLOON MATERIAL AND 
             CATHETER WITH          01821                 HYDRO/PEL  COATING 
             RELY  BALLOON                                                      
             MATERIAL AND HYDRO/                                      
             PEL  COATING                                                        
             COATING


P800026/S011 PLIAGEL CLEANING     ALCON LABORATORIES,     APPROVAL FOR A STABILITY TESTING
09/24/96     SOLUTION             INC.                    PROTOCOL         
                                  FORT WORTH, TX                    
                                    76134   


P800034/S016 CLERZ  2             ALCON LABORATORIES,     APPROVAL FOR A STABILITY TESTING
09/24/96     LUBRICATING AND      INC.                    PROTOCOL         
             REWETTING DROPS      FORT WORTH, TX                    
                                      76134



P810002/S041 ST. JUDE MEDICAL     ST. JUDE MEDICAL, INC.  NEW STERILE PACKAGE SYSTEM FOR ALL
09/04/96     MECHANICAL HEART                             OF THE ST. JUDE MEDICAL  MECHANICAL
             VALVE                ST. PAUL, MN            HEART VALVE MODELS   
                                    55117                                    
                                                                             
                                                              
P810046/S163 ACS  PINKERTON       GUIDANT CORP.           APPROVAL FOR THE ACS  PINKERTON  .018
09/13/96     .018 CORONARY                                CORONARY DILATATION CATHETER WITH THE
             DILATION CATHETER    SANTA CLARA, CA         4.5 MM AND 5.0 MM BALLOON LENGTHS
             (4.5 MM AND 5.0 MM     95052-8167            
             BALLOON LENGTHS)                             
                                                          

P820021/S029 FOCUS  AND           CIBA VISION CORP.       REVISED LABELING (I.E., PACKAGE      
09/25/96     NEWVUES                                      INSERT, PRACTITIONER FITTING GUIDE,
             (VIFILCON A) SOFT    DULUTH, GA              SEPARATE PATIENT INFORMATION 
             (HYDROPHILIC)          30155-1518            BOOKLETS FOR LENSES PRESCRIBED FOR
             CONTACT LENSES                               FREQUENT REPLACEMENT WEAR (FOCUS 
                                                          FOCUS  TORIC, AND NEWVUES  
                                                          (VIFILCON A) SOFT (HYDROPHILIC)
                                                          CONTACT LENSES) AND DISPOSABLE
                                                          WEAR (NEWVUES  (VIFILCON A) SOFT
                                                          HYDROPHILIC) CONTACT LENSES).        
                                                          REVISIONS INCLUDE: 1)MERGING PLANNED
                                                          REPLACEMENT AND DISPOSABLE WEARING
                                                          SCHEDULES FOR THE LENSES INTO ONE 
                                                          PACKAGE INSERT AND DIRECTING THE 
                                                          PACKAGE INSERT TO THE EYECARE
                                                          PRACTITIONER, 2)WRITING SEPARATE 
                                                          PATIENT INSTRUCTIONS FOR LENSES
                                                           PRESCRIBED FOR DISPOSABLE AND            
                                                          FREQUENT REPLACEMENT WEAR, 3)UPDATING
                                                          AND PROFESSIONAL FITTING GUIDE FOR
                                                          CONSISTENCY WITH OTHER LABELING 
                                                          ITEMS, AND 4)BRINGING THE LABELING
                                                          UP-TO-DATE WITH FDA'S CURRENT 
                                                          RECOMMENDATIONS IN AN EFFORT TO 
                                                          INCREASE CONSUMER COMPREHENSION AND
                                                          COMPLIANCE. THE REVISIONS DO NOT
                                                          RESULT IN CHANGES IN THE DEVICES 
                                                          THEMSELVES OR THE INDICATIONS FOR USE
                                                          OF THE DEVICES.


P820083/S021 GORE-TEX  SUTURE     W.L. GORE & ASSOC.,     APPROVAL FOR COMBINING EPTFE PLEDGETS
09/24/96                          INC.                    WITH GORE-TEX  SUTURE AND APPROVAL        
                              FLAGSTAFF, AZ           FOR MODIFIED PACKAGING OF THE 
                                    86003-2300            GORE-TEX  SUTURE    
                                                                               
                                                                            
P820083/S022 GORE-TEX  SUTURE     W.L. GORE & ASSOC.,     APPROVAL FOR COMBINING EPTFE PLEDGETS
09/24/96     WITH PLEDGETS        INC.                    WITH GORE-TEX  SUTURE AND APPROVAL
                                  FLAGSTAFF, AZ           FOR MODIFIED PACKAGING OF THE 
                                      86002               GORE-TEX  SUTURE   
                                                          
                                                          
P830060/S041 MODELS 0012/0013     CPI/GUIDANT CORP.       APPROVAL FOR MODELS 0012/0013 BIPOLAR
09/20/96     BIPOLAR ENDOCARDIAL                          ENDOCARDIAL LEADS; AND 0014/0015
             LEADS; AND MODELS    ST. PAUL, MN            POSITIVE-FIXATION PROTECTED-HELIX
             0014/0015 POSITIVE-    55112-5798            BIPOLAR ENDOCARDIAL LEADS TO BE USED
             FIXATION PROTECTED-                          IN CONJUNCTION WITH AUTOMATIC 
             HELIX BIPOLAR                                IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER
             ENDOCARDIAL LEADS                            DEFIBRILLATOR (AICD ) PULSE
                                                          GENERATORS             
                   


P840024/S065 NUCLEUS 22-          COCHLEAR CORP.          APPROVAL FOR IMPLEMENTING A TEST
09/09/96     CHANNEL COCHLEAR                             SYSTEM TO CONFIRM OR RULE OUT 
             IMPLANT SYSTEM       ENGLEWOOD, CO           POTENTIAL IMPLANT MALFUNCTION
                                    80112                 AND FOR MARKETING OF ONE OF THE 
                                                          COMPONENTS OF THIS TEST SYSTEM AS
                                                          A SEPARATE DEVICE. THE DEVICE 
                                                          IS INDICATED FOR USE IN ADULTS WITH
                                                          BILATERAL, SENSORINEURAL, SEVERE-TO-
                                                          PROFOUND DEAFNESS, AGES 18 YEARS AND
                                                          OLDER, WHO OBTAIN UP TO 30% SPEECH
                                                          RECOGNITION ON TESTS OF RECORDED 
                                                          SENTENCE MATERIALS IN THE BEST-AIDED
                                                          CONDITION. IT IS INDICATED FOR USE IN
                                                          CHILDREN WITH BILATERAL,                  
                                                          SENSORINEURAL, PROFOUND DEAFNESS,             
                                                         AGES 2 YEARS TO 17 YEARS, WHO OBTAIN
                                                          LITTLE OR NO BENEFIT FROM                 
                                                         CONVENTIONAL AMPLIFICATION IN THE 
                                                          BEST-AIDED TEST CONDITION


P840024/S067 NUCLEUS 22           COCHLEAR CORP.          APPROVAL TO USE A CERAMIC LID ON THE
09/10/96     CHANNEL COCHLEAR                             IC2406 CERAMIC PACKAGE INSTEAD OF THE
             IMPLANT SYSTEM       ENGLEWOOD, CO           KOVAR LID CURRENTLY USED
             FOR USE WITH           80112                 
             POSTLINGUISTICALLY                           
             PROFOUNDLY DEAFENED
             ADULTS


P850007/S014 SPINAL-STIM          ORTHOFIX, INC.          FINAL DRAFT LABELING MODIFIED TO 
09/19/96     MODELS 8500 AND                              REFLECT THE LONG-TERM SUCCESS RATES 
             8212                 RICHARDSON, TX          DEVICE INDICATED AS A SURGICAL  
                                    75081                 ADJUNCT FOR SPINAL FUSION OR AS A
                                                          NONOPERATIVE TREATMENT WHERE AT LEAST
                                                          NINE MONTHS HAVE ELAPSED SINCE THE
                                                          LAST SURGERY      


P850007/S016 SPINAL-STIM          ORTHOFIX, INC.          FINAL DRAFT LABELING MODIFIED TO
09/19/96     MODELS 8500 AND                              REFLECT THE LONG-TERM SUCCESS RATES 
             8212                 RICHARDSON, TX          DEVICE INDICATED AS A SURGICAL
                                      75081               ADJUNCT FOR SPINAL FUSION OR AS A
                                                          NONOPERATIVE TREATMENT WHERE AT LEAST
                                                          NINE MONTHS HAVE ELAPSED SINCE THE
                                                          LAST SURGERY


P850020/S008 PROSORBA             CYPRESS BIOSCIENCE,     LABELING CHANGES TO THE PACKAGE
09/27/96     COLUMN               INC.                    INSERT (I.E., REVISIONS TO THE 
                                  SAN DIEGO, CA           SECTIONS ENTITLED COLUMN
                                    92121                 PREPARATION, OFF-LINE PROCEDURE AND 
                                                          ON-LINE PROCEDURE, INCLUDING MORE
                                                          DETAILED INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE,
                                                          ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE DEVICE SET-UP,
                                                          INCREASED PATIENT MONITORING AND
                                                          REFINEMENT OF SPECIFIED PLASMA FLOW
                                                          RATES) AND A PROCEDURE CHANGE 
                                                          INVOLVING THE USE OF AN "IN-LINE"
                                                          LEUKOCYTE REMOVAL FILTER FOR
                                                          MICROAGGREGATE REMOVAL WHICH IS TO 
                                                          BE INSERTED IN THE BLOOD LINE 
                                                          RETURNING TREATED PLASMA TO THE 
                                                          PATIENT



P850049/S005 COOK BIRD'S NEST     COOK, INC.              REVISED LABELING    
09/17/96     VENA CAVA FILTER                                     
                                  BLOOMINGTON, IN
                                    47402   


P860004/S035 MEDTRONIC MODELS     MEDTRONIC, INC.         ADDITION TO THE LABELING FOR 
09/10/96     8616-10 AND                                  THE 10 CC SYNCHROMED 
             8617-10 (ALSO        MINNEAPOLIS, MN         IMPLANTABLE PROGRAMMABLE
             REFERRED TO AS         55440-9087            INFUSION PUMP, MODELS 8616-10
             MODELS 8631 AND                              AND 8617-10 THE FOLLOWING
             8635) SYNCHROMED                             INDICATIONS: 1)THE CHRONIC 
             IMPLANTABLE,                                 INTRASPINAL (EPIDURAL/INTRATHECAL)
             PROGRAMMABLE                                 INFUSION OF PRESERVATIVE-FREE
             INFUSION PUMP                                MORPHINE SULFATE STERILE
             (10 CC)                                      SOLUTION IN THE TREATMENT OF CHRONIC
                                                          INTRACTABLE PAIN, 2)THE CHRONIC
                                                          INTRAVASCULAR INFUSION OF           
                                                          FLOXURIDINE, DOXORUBICIN, CISPLATIN,
                                                          OR METHOTREXATE FOR THE TREATMENT
                                                          OF PRIMARY OR METASTATIC CANCER AND
                                                          3)THE INTRAVENOUS INFUSION OF             
                                                          CLINDAMYCIN FOR THE TREATMENT OF
                                                          OSTEOMYELITIS


P860019/S115 SCIMED  RANGER       SCIMED LIFE SYSTEMS,    INDICATED FOR THE BALLOON DILATATION
09/30/96     WITH XTRA            INC.                    OF THE STENOTIC PORTION OF A 
             SILICONE COATING     MAPLE GROVE, MN         CORONARY ARTERY OR BYPASS GRAFT 
             AND QUANTUM            55311-1566            STENOSIS FOR THE PURPOSE OF
             RANGER                                       IMPROVING MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION
             PERCUTANEOUS                                                  
             TRANSLUMINAL                                                      
             ANGIOPLASTY (PTCA)                                             
             CATHETERS


P860023/S010 BAUSCH & LOMB        BAUSCH & LOMB, INC.     MODIFICATION OF THE CURRENT EYE
09/27/96     RENU  MULTI-                                 CARE PRACTITIONER TRIAL LENS
             PURPOSE SOLUTION     ROCHESTER, NY           DISINFECTION AND STORAGE INSTRUCTIONS
                                    14692                 TO EXTEND THE MAXIMUM RECOMMENDED 
                                                          STORAGE TIME FROM THE CURRENTLY
                                                          APPROVED 7 DAYS TO 30 DAYS IN
                                                          BAUSCH & LOMB  RE NU  MULTI-PURPOSE
                                                          SOLUTION ALL OTHER ASPECTS OF THE
                                                          LABELING REMAIN UNCHANGED FROM THOSE
                                                          PREVIOUSLY APPROVED 


P860059/S076 POLYMETHYLMETHA-     ALLERGAN MEDICAL        APPROVAL OF MODELS UPB360GN AND
09/17/96     CRYLATE              OPTICS                  UP320F AS TIER A MODIFICATIONS
             ULTRAVIOLET-         IRVINE, CA              OF PREVIOUSLY APPROVED PARENT IOLS
             ABSORBING SURFACE      92713-9534            MODEL UPB360GN WILL BE MARKETED UNDER
             MODIFIED POSTERIOR                           THE TRADE NAME TOP NOTCH  THE  
             CHAMBER INTRAOCULAR                          DEVICES ARE INDICATED FOR PRIMARY
             LENSES (IOLS),                               IMPLANTATION IN THE CILIARY SULCUS
             MODELS UPB360GN                              OR THE CAPSULAR BAG FOR THE VISUAL
             AND UP32OF                                   CORRECTION OF APHAKIA IN PERSONS
                                                          60 YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER IN WHOM
                                                          A CATARACTOUS LENS HAS BEEN REMOVED
                                                          BY EXTRACAPSULAR CATARACT EXTRACTION



P870036/S038 MEDTRONIC            MEDTRONICS              INTRODUCTION OF A NEW PRODUCT LINE 
09/25/96     MILLENIA             INTERVENTIONAL          THE DEVICE IS INDICATED FOR BALLOON
             CORONARY BALLOON     SAN DIEGO, CA           DILATATION OF THE STENOTIC PORTION OF
             DILATATION             92121-2256            THE STENOTIC PORTION OF A CORONARY  
             CATHETER                                     ARTERY OR BYPASS GRAFT STENOSIS FOR
                                                          THE PURPOSE OF IMPROVING MYOCARDIAL
                                                          PERFUSION                           
                                                          
                                                          
P880027/S040 CHUBBY  SLIDING      SCHNEIDER (USA),        THE DEVICE IS INDICATED FOR BALLOON
09/04/96     RAIL PERCUTANEOUS    INC.                    DILATATION OF THE STENOTIC PORTION
             TRANSLUMINAL         MINNEAPOLIS, MN         OF A CORONARY ARTERY OR BYPASS
             CORONARY               55442                 GRAFT STENOSIS FOR THE PURPOSE OF
             ANGIOPLASTY (PTCA)                           IMPROVING MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION
             CATHETERS                                               


P880028/S007 DEXTRAN HM 32%       ABBOTT LABORATORIES     APPROVAL TO ALLOW FOR THE ROUTINE
09/05/96     HYSTEROSCOPIC                                PARAMETRIC RELEASE OF TERMINALLY
             DISTENTION MEDIUM    ABBOTT PARK, IL         MOIST-HEAT STERILIZED SOLUTIONS BY
                                    60064-3537            THE CONTROL OF PROCESS PARAMETERS
                                                          FOR DEXTROSE HM 32%  
                                                                            
                                                                            
P880038/S033 META III PULSE       TELECTRONICS            MODIFICATION TO THE LABELING 
09/30/96     GENERATOR MODELS     PACING SYSTEM, INC.     REGARDING THE PROPER INSERTION
             1206, 1206E, AND     ENGLEWOOD, CO           OF A LEAD INTO THE CONNECTOR PORT
             1206M                  80112                 
                                                          
                                                          
P880086/S036 TRILOGY DR+          PACESETTER, INC.        APPROVAL FOR THE TRILOGY DR+
09/30/96     IMPLANTABLE PACING                           PACING SYSTEM INCLUDING MODELS
             SYSTEM               SYLMAR, CA              2360L AND 2364L, AND THE MODEL 3203A 
                                    91392-9221            FUNCTION PACK    
                                                          
                                                          
P890001/S016 LEOCOR 30 MM PICO    LEOCOR, INC.            APPROVAL FOR THE LEOCOR 30 MM
09/17/96     RUNNER                                       PICO RUNNER  PERCUTANEOUS 
             PERCUTANEOUS         HOUSTON, TX             TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY
             TRANSLUMINAL           77058                 (PTCA CATHETER THE DEVICE IS  
             CORONARY                                     INDICATED FOR BALLOON DILATATION OF
             ANGIOPLASTY (PTCA)                           THE STENOTIC PORTION OF A CORONARY
             CATHETER                                     ARTERY OR BYPASS GRAFT STENOSIS FOR
                                                          THE PURPOSE OF IMPROVING MYOCARDIAL
                                                          PERFUSION


P890003/S044 MEDTRONIC 9891       MEDTRONIC, INC.         APPROVAL FOR THE MODELS 9891 AND
09/18/96     AND 9891A                                    9891A PROGRAMMER SOFTWARE 
             PROGRAMMER           MINNEAPOLIS, MN         (BASELINE 7) FOR USE WITH THE MODEL
             SOFTWARE FOR USE       55432-3576            9790 AND 9790C PROGRAMMERS  
             WITH MODEL 9790                              
             9790C PROGRAMMERS                            


P890027/S034 NUCLEUS 22-          COCHLEAR CORP           APPROVAL FOR IMPLEMENTING A TEST
09/09/96     CHANNEL COCHLEAR                             SYSTEM TO CONFIRM OR RULE OUT
             IMPLANT SYSTEM       ENGLEWOOD, CO           POTENTIAL IMPLANT MALFUNCTION AND FOR
                                      80112               MARKETING OF ONE OF THE COMPONENTS
                                                          OF THIS TEST SYSTEM AS A SEPARATE
                                                          DEVICE                   
                                                          
                                                          
P890027/S036 NUCLEUS 22           COCHLEAR CORP           APPROVAL TO CHANGE MATERIAL FOR 
09/10/96     CHANNEL COCHLEAR                             THE CERAMIC LID                
             IMPLANT              ENGLEWOOD, CO                                             
                                    80112  

PMA NUMBER/  DEVICE NAME          COMPANY NAME/           APPROVAL STATEMENT/INDICATIONS
APPR DATE                         ADDRESS


P900033/S001 INTEGRA              INTEGRA LIFESCIENCES    APPROVAL FOR SIZES
09/23/96     ARTIFICIAL SKIN      CORP.                   8"X10" AND 4"X5"
                                  PLAINSBORO, NJ
                                      08536


P900056/S016 ROTABLATOR           BOSTON SCIENTIFIC       EXTENSION OF SHELF LIFE OF THE A-19
09/13/96     ROTATIONAL           CORP., NORTHWEST        ROTABLATOR ADVANCER/CATHETER FROM
             ANGIOPLASTY          TECHNOLOGY CTR., INC.   2 YEARS TO 4 YEARS
             SYSTEM               REDMOND, WA                       
                                    98052-3376


P900056/S017 ROTABLATOR           BOSTON SCIENTIFIC       REVISED PRODUCT LABELING
09/27/96     ROTATIONAL           CORP. NORTHWEST      
             ANGIOPLASTY          TECHNOLOGY CTR., INC.                    
             SYSTEM               REDMOND, WA                       
                                    98052-3376


P900056/S019 ROTABLATOR           BOSTON SCIENTIFIC       APPROVAL TO MARKET THE RAIL ROTAWIRE 
09/04/96     ROTATIONAL           CORP.                   UNDER THE NAME EXTRASUPPORT ROTAWIRE
             ANGIOPLASTY          REDMOND, WA                               
             SYSTEM WITH THE        98052-6160                                  
             ROTAWIRE  GUIDE
             WIRE LINE


P900061/S023 MODEL 9895E          MEDTRONIC, INC.         APPROVAL FOR MODEL 9895E APPLICATION
09/25/96     APPLICATION                                  SOFTWARE, VERSION T6E6V3, FOR MODEL
             SOFTWARE VERSION     MINNEAPOLIS, MN         9790 AND 9790C PROGRAMMERS WHICH 
             T6E6V3                 55432-3576            PROGRAM THE MODELS 7216/7217, 7201
                                                          7219/02, AND 7220 IMPLANTABLE
                                                          ARRHYTHMIA MANAGEMENT DEVICES
                                                                              
                                                          
P900066/S002 ISPAN                SCOTT MEDICAL PRODUCTS  APPROVAL TO ADD A 20 GRAM AND 125
09/24/96     PERFLUOROPROPANE                             GRAM ALUMINUM LECTURE BOTTLE SIZE
             (C3F8) GAS           PLUMSTEADVILLE, PA       THE DEVICES ARE SURGICAL AIDS AND
                                    18949-0310            ARE INDICATED FOR USE IN THE 
                                                          TREATMENT OF UNCOMPLICATED RETINAL
                                                          DETACHMENTS BY PNEUMATIC RETINOPEXY


P900067/S002 ISPAN  SULFUR        SCOTT MEDICAL PRODUCTS  APPROVAL TO ADD A 20 GRAM AND 125
09/24/96     HEXAFLUORIDE                                 GRAM ALUMINUM LECTURE BOTTLE SIZE
             (SF6) GAS            PLUMSTEADVILLE, PA      THE DEVICES ARE SURGICAL AIDS AND
                                    18949-0310            ARE INDICATED FOR USE IN THE                                                          TREATMENT OF UNCOMPLICATED RETINAL
                                                          DETACHMENTS BY PNEUMATIC RETINOPEXY


P910019/S002 TEC  CORONARY        INTERVENTIONAL          APPROVAL FOR MODIFICATIONS TO THE
09/17/96     ATHERECTOMY          TECHNOLOGIES, INC.      REAR SEAL ASSEMBLY OF THE TEC  DRIVE
             SYSTEM               SAN DIEGO, CA           COMPONENT OF THE TEC  CORONARY
                                    92123                 ATHERECTOMY SYSTEM
                                                          
                                                          
P910023/S017 PROGRAMMER MODEL     VENTRITEX, INC.         APPROVAL FOR THE APPLICATION SOFTWARE
09/25/96     PR-1500 SOFTWARE                             VERSION 4.1G OF THE PROGRAMMER MODEL
             VERSION 4.1G         SUNNYVALE, CA           PR-1500                
                                    94086                                     
                                                                   


P910023/S020 VENTRITEX            VENTRITEX, INC.         APPROVAL FOR THE VENTRITEX CONTOUR 
09/09/96     CONTOUR                                      CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATOR SYSTEM
             CARDIOVERTER         SUNNYVALE, CA           (MODELS V-145D AND LT MODEL V-135D,
             DEFIBRILLATOR          94086-6527            PROGRAMMER SOFTWARE VERSION 4.1.5.
             SYSTEM (MODELS                               AND ACCESSORIES)     
             V-145D AND LT                                
             MODEL V-135D,                                
             PROGRAMMER                                   
             SOFTWARE VERSION
             4.1.5. AND
             ACCESSORIES)


P910031/S008 ENDOSONICS ORACLE    ENDOSONICS CORP.        APPROVAL FOR THE ENDOSONICS ORACLE 
09/17/96     MEGASONICS  PTCA                             MEGASONICS  PTCA CATHETER
             CATHETER             RANCHO CORDOVA, CA
                                    95670


P910075/S007 COMPLETE  BRAND      ALLERGAN OPTICAL        APPROVAL FOR A FORMULA MODIFICATION
09/13/96     MULTI-PURPOSE                                THAT INCLUDES THE ADDITION OF 
             SOLUTION AND         IRVINE, CA              HYDROXYPROPYL METHYLCELLULOSE TO
             COMPLETE  BRAND        92713-9534            THE FORMULATION             
             LUBRICATING AND                                              
             REWETTING DROPS                                                    
                                                          
                                                          
P910075/S008 COMPLETE  BRAND      ALLERGAN OPTICAL        CHANGE IN THE STERILIZING FILTER 
09/05/96     MULTI-PURPOSE                                (0.22 MICRON)        
             SOLUTION             IRVINE, CA                                      
                                    92713-9534


P910075/S009 COMPLETE  BRAND      ALLERGAN OPTICAL        APPROVAL FOR USE OF A NEW METHOD
09/24/96     MULTI-PURPOSE                                TO ASSAY THE ACTIVE INGREDIENT,
             SOLUTION AND         IRVINE, CA              POLYHEXAMETHYLENE BIGUANIDE (PHMB)
             COMPLETE  BRAND        92623-9534            
             LUBRICATING AND                                                  
             REWETTING DROPS                                               


P920023/S002 UROLUME              AMERICAN MEDICAL        APPROVAL TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF
09/27/96     ENDOPROSTHESIS       SYSTEMS, INC.           INVESTIGATIONAL SITES FROM 7 TO 8
                                  MINNETONKA, MN          FOR THE "POST APPROVAL STUDY FOR 
                                    55343                 THE UROLUME  ENDOPROSTHESIS FOR 
                                                          TREATING RECURRENT BULBAR URETHRAL
                                                          STRICTURE DISEASE."
                                                          
                                                          
P930029/S004 ATAKR  RFCA          MEDTRONIC CARDIORHYTHM  APPROVAL FOR 1)ADDITION OF A GRAPH
09/30/96     SYSTEM                                       SHOWING THE RELATIONSHIP OF INITIAL
                                  SUNNYVALE, CA           ATAKR  POWER OUTPUT TO TEMPERATURE
                                    94089-1113            SET POINT DURING THE RAMP UP PERIOD
                                                          IN TEMPERATURE CONTROL MODE; AND 2)
                                                          THE ADDITION OF A WARNING STATEMENT
                                                          REGARDING PROPER CONNECTION 
                                                          TECHNIQUES WHEN UTILIZING THE ATAKR 
                                                          SYSTEM WITH OTHER CATHETER LABORATORY
                                                          EQUIPMENT


P930029/S007 ATAKR                MEDTRONIC               APPROVAL FOR A MANUFACTURING SITE
09/06/96     RADIOFREQUENCY       CARDIORHYTHM            LOCATED AT MEDTRONIC CARDIORHYTHM,
             CATHETER ABLATION    SAN JOSE, CA            SUNNYVALE, CALIFORNIA
             SYSTEM                 95134-1806            
                                                          

PMA NUMBER/  DEVICE NAME          COMPANY NAME/           APPROVAL STATEMENT/INDICATIONS
APPR DATE                         ADDRESS


P940029/S002 PAPNET               NEUROMEDICAL SYSTEMS,   APPROVAL FOR MODIFICATIONS TO THE
09/30/96     TESTING SYSTEM       INC.                    MAPPING UNIT USED IN THE PAPNET
                                  SUFFERN, NY             TESTING SYSTEM THE DEVICE, AS  
                                    10901-4164            MODIFIED, WILL BE MARKETED UNDER
                                                          THE TRADE NAME INDEPENDENT MAPPING 
                                                          UNIT (IMU) AND IS AN AUTOMATED 
                                                          SYSTEM FOR DELINEATING SLIDE EDGE
                                                          BOUNDARIES

                                                 
Updated 1/5/1999

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