Substantial equivalence means that the new device is as safe and effective as the predicate. A 510(k) requires demonstration of substantial equivalence to another legally U.S. marketed device.
That means the technology is equivalent to technology already approved by the F D Aaay!
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To the stuff that's allready out there. It means they can't make any claims to superiority.
Consider it the device equivalent of a generic drug, but in this case without any clinical studies to back up the claimed safety and efficacy, which is based purely on the physical similarity to an existing analog (the "predicate device").