System, Assisted Reproduction Laser

What Is This Device?

This system is inteded to be used to drill a small tangential hole in or to thin the zona pellucida of the embryo in selected in vitro fertilization patients with otherwise poor prognois for successful pregnancy outcome, such as advanced maternal age, prior failed in vitro fertilization procedures, cryopreserved embryos, or abnormal zona pellucida morphology.

How Is MRX Classified?

System, Assisted Reproduction Laser is FDA product code MRX, Class 2, 21 CFR 884.6200.

What Does It Take to Sell It in the United States?

A 510(k) premarket notification is required before it is sold in the United States: the applicant shows the device is substantially equivalent to one already on the market. Chinese applicants hold 1 clearance under this code; the FDA took 260 days from receipt to decision.