- Device
- UVAR XTS PHOTOPHERESIS SYSTEM
- Applicant
- Therakos Development Limited
- PMA number
- P860003
- Supplement
- S031
- Product code
- LNR
- Generic name
- System, photopheresis, extracorporeal
- Decision date
- 1999-08-10
- Decision code
- APPR
- Date received
- 1998-08-05
- Supplement type
- Normal 180 Day Track
- Supplement reason
- Change Design/Components/Specifications/Material
- Approval order statement
- Approval for engineering changes to the UVAR(R) Photopheresis System including the following: 1) Replacing the obsolete Haemotronics centrifuge assembly with the current generation Haemotronics centrifuge assembly that includes an optical detector; 2) Replacing the electronic roller pumps and mechanical clamps with a pneumatically-driven fluid management system, including the cassette, fluid logic module and fluid logic controller; 3) Modifying the Photoceptor(R) photoactivation chamber; 4) Redesigning the treatment kit; and 5) Redesigning the user interface and system software. The device is indicated for use in the ultraviolet-A (UVA) irradiation, in the presence of the photoactive drug methoxsalen (8-methoxypsoralen or 8-MOP), of extracorporeally circulating leukocyte-enriched blood, in the palliative treatment of the skin manifestations of cutaneous T-cell lymphoma (CTCL), in persons who have not been responsive to other therapy.