Echo Go HF
Echo Go HF
Echo Go HF
Ultromics Limited
Jaco Jacobs
Chief Regulatory and Compliance Officer
4630 Kingsgate
Cascade Way, Oxford Business Park
Oxford, OX4 2SU
United Kingdom
Re: K222463
Trade/Device Name: EchoGo Heart Failure
Regulation Number: 21 CFR 870.2200
Regulation Name: Adjunctive Cardiovascular Status Indicator
Regulatory Class: Class II
Product Code: QUO
Dated: October 24, 2022
Received: October 25, 2022
We have reviewed your Section 510(k) premarket notification of intent to market the device referenced
above and have determined the device is substantially equivalent (for the indications for use stated in the
enclosure) to legally marketed predicate devices marketed in interstate commerce prior to May 28, 1976, the
enactment date of the Medical Device Amendments, or to devices that have been reclassified in accordance
with the provisions of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (Act) that do not require approval of a
premarket approval application (PMA). You may, therefore, market the device, subject to the general
controls provisions of the Act. Although this letter refers to your product as a device, please be aware that
some cleared products may instead be combination products. The 510(k) Premarket Notification Database
located at https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfpmn/pmn.cfm identifies combination
product submissions. The general controls provisions of the Act include requirements for annual registration,
listing of devices, good manufacturing practice, labeling, and prohibitions against misbranding and
adulteration. Please note: CDRH does not evaluate information related to contract liability warranties. We
remind you, however, that device labeling must be truthful and not misleading.
If your device is classified (see above) into either class II (Special Controls) or class III (PMA), it may be
subject to additional controls. Existing major regulations affecting your device can be found in the Code of
Federal Regulations, Title 21, Parts 800 to 898. In addition, FDA may publish further announcements
concerning your device in the Federal Register.
Please be advised that FDA's issuance of a substantial equivalence determination does not mean that FDA
has made a determination that your device complies with other requirements of the Act or any Federal
statutes and regulations administered by other Federal agencies. You must comply with all the Act's
requirements, including, but not limited to: registration and listing (21 CFR Part 807); labeling (21 CFR Part
801); medical device reporting (reporting of medical device-related adverse events) (21 CFR 803) for
devices or postmarketing safety reporting (21 CFR 4, Subpart B) for combination products (see
https://www.fda.gov/combination-products/guidance-regulatory-information/postmarketing-safety-reporting-
combination-products); good manufacturing practice requirements as set forth in the quality systems (QS)
regulation (21 CFR Part 820) for devices or current good manufacturing practices (21 CFR 4, Subpart A) for
combination products; and, if applicable, the electronic product radiation control provisions (Sections 531-
542 of the Act); 21 CFR 1000-1050.
Also, please note the regulation entitled, "Misbranding by reference to premarket notification" (21 CFR Part
807.97). For questions regarding the reporting of adverse events under the MDR regulation (21 CFR Part
803), please go to https://www.fda.gov/medical-devices/medical-device-safety/medical-device-reporting-
mdr-how-report-medical-device-problems.
For comprehensive regulatory information about medical devices and radiation-emitting products, including
information about labeling regulations, please see Device Advice (https://www.fda.gov/medical-
devices/device-advice-comprehensive-regulatory-assistance) and CDRH Learn
(https://www.fda.gov/training-and-continuing-education/cdrh-learn). Additionally, you may contact the
Division of Industry and Consumer Education (DICE) to ask a question about a specific regulatory topic. See
the DICE website (https://www.fda.gov/medical-devices/device-advice-comprehensive-regulatory-
assistance/contact-us-division-industry-and-consumer-education-dice) for more information or contact DICE
by email (DICE@fda.hhs.gov) or phone (1-800-638-2041 or 301-796-7100).
Sincerely,
Stephen C. Browning -S
LCDR Stephen Browning
Assistant Director
Division of Cardiac Electrophysiology,
Diagnostics and Monitoring Devices
Office of Cardiovascular Devices
Office of Product Evaluation and Quality
Center for Devices and Radiological Health
Enclosure
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Form Approved: OMB No. 0910-0120
Food and Drug Administration Expiration Date: 06/30/2023
Indications for Use See PRA Statement below.
Device Name
EchoGo Heart Failure
EchoGo Heart Failure 1.0 is indicated in adult populations over 25 years of age. Patient management decisions should not
be made solely on the results of the EchoGo Heart Failure 1.0 analysis.
EchoGo Heart Failure 1.0 takes as input an apical 4-chamber view of the heart that has been captured and assessed to have
an ejection fraction ≥50%.
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1 Submitter
2 Subject Device
EchoGo Heart Failure is the product trade name and 1.0 is the model number. For the avoidance of doubt, in
this submission we combine the product trade name and model number and refer to the subject device as
EchoGo Heart Failure 1.0.
3 Predicate Device
4 Device Description
EchoGo Heart Failure 1.0 is a software-only medical device manufactured by Ultromics Limited and granted
breakthrough status by the FDA under Q212613.
EchoGo Heart Failure 1.0 takes as input a DICOM file containing an echocardiogram and reports a classification
decision suggestive of the presence or absence of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF). The
output of this device is based on an artificial intelligence (AI) model developed using a convolutional neural
network that produces the classification result. The model takes as input a 2D echocardiogram in which an
apical 4-chamber view of the heart has been captured and assessed to have an ejection fraction ≥50% (this
would normally be computed using a medical device for the assessment of cardiac function of the left
Independent training, validation and test datasets were used for training and performance assessment of the
device. EchoGo Heart Failure 1.0 is fully automated and does not comprise a user interface.
EchoGo Heart Failure 1.0 produces a report containing the result of the classification, and this report is
intended to be used by an interpreting clinician as an aid to diagnosis for HFpEF. The results are intended as
an additional input to standard diagnostic pathways and should only be used by an interpreting clinician. The
device is a diagnostic aid and thus according to common medical sense and the principles of differential
diagnosis any diagnostic finding derived from usage of this product must be confirmed by additional diagnostic
investigations, if in doubt. The ultimate diagnostic decision remains the responsibility of the interpreting
clinician using patient presentation, medical history, and the results of available diagnostic tests, one of which
may be EchoGo Heart Failure 1.0.
5 Context
5.1 Intended Use
Providing adjunctive information on a patient’s cardiovascular condition (diagnostic aid for Heart Failure with
Preserved Ejection Fraction (HFpEF)).
5.2 Intended User
The clinician interpreting the report produced by EchoGo Heart Failure 1.0 and making a diagnostic decision.
5.3 Indications for Use
EchoGo Heart Failure 1.0 is an automated machine learning-based decision support system, indicated as a
diagnostic aid for patients undergoing routine functional cardiovascular assessment using
echocardiography. When utilised by an interpreting clinician, this device provides information that may be
useful in detecting heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF).
EchoGo Heart Failure 1.0 is indicated in adult populations over 25 years of age. Patient management decisions
should not be made solely on the results of the EchoGo Heart Failure 1.0 analysis.
EchoGo Heart Failure 1.0 takes as input an apical 4-chamber view of the heart that has been captured and
assessed to have an ejection fraction ≥50%.
5.4 Patient Population
Patients undergoing routine functional cardiovascular assessment using diagnostic echocardiography or those
suspected of heart failure.
Both devices are indicated as adjunctive devices that provide information that may be useful for healthcare
professionals in forming a diagnostic decision. The subject device is a “diagnostic aid for patients undergoing
routine functional cardiovascular assessment” and the predicate device is intended to be used “to utilize this
information to aid in clinical decisions”.
Both devices are intended to provide information on the cardiovascular state of patients. The subject device
“provides information that may be useful in detecting heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF)”,
whereas the predicate device “presents partial quantitative information about the patient's cardiovascular
condition”.
Both the subject and predicate devices are adjunctive devices and patient management decisions should not
be made solely on device recommendations. Specifically, for the subject device “Patient management
decisions should not be made solely on the results of the EchoGo Heart Failure 1.0 analysis”; the predicate
states that “The primary data should be reviewed as part of standard patient evaluations and no decisions
should be solely based on the indices”.
Both the subject and predicate devices have indications for adult populations. The subject device “EchoGo
Heart Failure 1.0 is indicated in adult populations over 25 years of age” and the predicate is indicated for use
on “adult, paediatric, and neonatal patients”.
For purposes of substantial equivalence, the term intended use means the general purpose of the device or
its function and encompasses the indications for use. The term indications for use describes the disease the
device is intended to serve as a diagnostic aid including a description of the patient population for which the
device is intended. Both devices are intended as adjunctive aids for cardiovascular states or conditions and
both devices can be used on adult populations. It follows that both devices have the same intended use of
providing adjunctive information on the cardiovascular condition of a patient.
Any minor differences between the intended use and/or indications for use do not raise any new concerns
with regards to safety and effectiveness. The regulation product code of the predicate device, PPW, under
the associated regulation includes special controls that were applied to the subject device. The general
controls and special controls of the predicate device are sufficient to ensure the substantial equivalence of
the subject device and adequately control any differences.
The following technological differences exist between the subject and predicate devices:
Any technological differences between the subject and predicate devices raise no new concerns with regards
to safety and efficacy. In addition, Ultromics is of the view that general controls alongside special controls
introduced under the primary product code of the predicate are sufficient to ensure safety and efficacy of the
EchoGo Heart Failure 1.0 device.
8 Special Controls
Special controls for regulation 21 CFR 870.2200 (and product code PPW) follows. The submission itself
contains detailed references to supporting documentation and/or data allowing the verification of the
implementation of the associated special controls.
Control Description
1 Software description, verification, and validation based on comprehensive hazard analysis:
d Mitigation of impact of user error or failure of any components (data Control implemented
detection and analysis, data display, and storage) on accuracy of
patient reports.
Standard Recognition
Number
ISO 14971:2019 – Medical Devices – Application of Risk Management to Medical Devices 5-125
IEC 62304:2015 – Medical Device Software – Software Life Cycle Processes 13-79
IEC 62366-1:2020 – Medical Devices – Application of Usability Engineering to Medical 5-129
Devices
NEMA PS 3.1 – PS 3.20 (2016) – Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM) 12-300
Set
IEC ISO 10918-1:1994 – Digital Compression and Coding of Continuous-tone Still Images 12-261
ISO 14155:2020 – Clinical investigation of medical devices for human subjects — Good 2-282
clinical practice
Ultromics Limited cites conformity to the voluntary standards above. In addition, EchoGo Heart Failure 1.0
was designed and manufactured under a QMS that fully conforms to ISO 13485:2016.
10 Performance Data
10.1 Software Verification and Validation
EchoGo Heart Failure 1.0 software was developed and tested in accordance with Ultromics’ Design Control
processes and has been subjected to extensive safety and performance testing. Non-clinical verification and
validation test results established that the device meets its design requirements and intended use. Specifically,
software verification was conducted at unit, module, and system integration levels. Risk management analysis
generated multiple risk mitigation measures and verification activities. Regression- and numerical stability
testing were conducted to ensure the device meets algorithmic specifications. Formative and summative
usability assessments were conducted to validate labelling and mitigate against the device outputs being
misinterpreted by the clinical user. Cybersecurity and data security testing were conducted to verify that data
and patient protected health information security measures are included in the design of the software.
Software verification and validation testing were conducted, and documentation was provided as
recommended by FDA’s Guidance for the Content of Premarket Submissions for Software Contained in Medical
Devices. The software for this device is considered as a moderate level of concern since a failure or latent
design flaw could indirectly result in minor injury to the patient through incorrect or delayed information or
through the action of a care provider.
EchoGo Heart Failure 1.0 passed all software verification and validation tests.
10.2 Essential Performance
Device performance was validated using bench- and clinical performance testing.
An independent clinical validation study was conducted on a clinical data set representative of the intended
use population and containing a range of data sources and data quality likely to be encountered in the
Device performance was determined according to a retrospective case-control study including multiple sites
spanning five states in the USA. The final testing data cohort amounted to 1,285 patients, comprising 639
controls and 646 cases. The key results pertaining to the clinical performance testing are summarized below:
1. The device output was compared to the ground truth classifications of cases (HFpEF) or controls.
EchoGo Heart Failure 1.0 correctly identified 535 true positives, and 477 true negatives, alongside 105
false positives and 74 false negatives. This equates to a sensitivity of 87.8% (95% CI: 85.0, 90.3%) and
a specificity of 82.0% (95% CI: 78.6, 85.0%). The p value for the one-sided binomial exact tests against
a priori acceptance criteria was p<0.001 for both sensitivity and specificity.
2. The device output classification from a single Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine
(DICOM) clip analysed twice (repeatability), and the device output classification from different DICOM
clips from the same individual (reproducibility). The device demonstrated 100% repeatability in all
measures and 86.7% Positive Agreement, 76.9% Negative Agreement, and 45.5% No classification
Agreement for reproducibility.
3. The proportion of non-diagnostic (i.e., “No classification”) outputs of the device were within a priori
acceptance limits. Of the 1,285 studies analysed by the device, 94 (7.3%) were categorized as “No
Classification.
4. Additional sub-group analysis was performed for patients prescribed sodium-glucose cotransporter
inhibitors (SGLT2i). Point estimates for the device sensitivity for patients on SGLT2i was 80.5%, and
specificity was 87.3% on a total of 105 patients.
All measurements produced by EchoGo Heart Failure 1.0 were deemed to be substantively equivalent to the
predicate device and met pre-specified levels of performance. We therefore consider EchoGo Heart Failure
1.0 to be substantively equivalent to the predicate device and is therefore deemed to be safe and effective.
11 Conclusions
The subject device, EchoGo Heart Failure 1.0 is as safe and as effective as the predicate device, T3 Platform
Software, previously cleared under K213230.
Ultromics concludes that the predicate and subject devices have the same intended use as well as similar
technological characteristics. Any minor differences between the subject and the predicate device, as
described above, do not alter the intended use of the device, and do not raise new or different questions
regarding its safety and effectiveness.
Furthermore, Ultromics believe special controls introduced under the 21 CFR 870.2200 regulation are
sufficient to ensure safety and effectiveness. These include: software verification and validation including a
comprehensive hazard analysis; validation testing of the AI algorithm using a data set separate from the
training data to demonstrate the validity of the device output; a usability assessment; clinical data in support
of the intended use; as well as labelling consistent with the intended use. Performance data is provided as
part of this PMN application to demonstrate that EchoGo Heart Failure 1.0 performs as intended in the
specified use conditions and that it is as safe and effective as the predicate device and therefore substantially
equivalent to K213230.