OOY · Class III — High Risk (PMA approval required, life-sustaining) · Unknown
Classification
FDA Product Code
OOY
Device class
Class III — High Risk (PMA approval required, life-sustaining)
Regulation
—
Review panel
AN
Medical specialty
Unknown
Submission type
2
GMP exempt
N
Life sustaining
N
Implant
N
Third-party review
N
Definition
Bronchial thermoplasty systems are intended for the treatment of severe persistent asthma in patients whose asthma is not well controlled with inhaled corticosteroids and long acting beta agonists to reduce the effects of their asthma by using thermal radiofrequency energy to ablate smooth muscle tissue in the patient's airways.