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IFU version changelog

                                                                                     

Date

IFU version

AION

version

Changed page

Description of changes

July, 2nd 2025

50.1

3.16.1.0

Introduction

 

Release Notes

  • Updated UDI-PI information
  • Highlight key updates and enhancements introduced in this AION version
June, 27th 2025

50

3.16.0.0

Introduction

 

Release Notes

 

Data Sources

  • Updated UDI-PI information
  • Highlight key updates and enhancements introduced in this AION version
  • Update on CNV annotation sources
June, 4th 2025

49.2

3.15.1.7

Data Sources

Introduction

  • Data Sources table format update
  • Updated UDI-PI information
May, 7th 2025

49.1

3.15.1.7

Introduction

 

Release Notes

 

  • Updated the release date and UDI-PI related to the AION version

  • Highlight key updates and enhancements introduced in this AION version
April, 28th 2025

49

3.15.1.6

Introduction 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Safety Information

 

 

 Creating a Case

 

 

VCF Format 

Variant type, genomic regions and sequencing technologies


Data Sources

 

Release Notes

  • Updated the release date and UDI-PI related to the AION version
  • Updated general information about the manufacturer and product.
  • Reorganized Product Description to clearly present Intended Use, Indications for Use, Intended Users, Operating Principle, Performance Characteristics, and Intended Environment. Updated and expanded Intended Use and related descriptions.
  • Renamed “Product Performance” to “Performance Characteristics,” with added analytical and clinical data aligned with latest PER. Added justification for accepting CNV results slightly outside standard criteria.
  • Added an Operating Principle subsection with guidance on VCF file preparation and input quality.
  • Clarifications were added regarding the limitations of the device.
  • Added a new section on limitations, contraindications, precautions, and warnings. Clarified limitations, including those related to pharmacogenetics and somatic variants. Expanded content on risks of excluding HPO terms due to impact on diagnostic accuracy.
  • Revised User training section to align with AION’s SSP.
  • Updated content to reflect new clarifications and limitations.
  • Clarified where to access the SSP.
  • Added an information box on the importance of HPO terms, especially for CNV analysis.
  • Extended information regarding to vcf preparation
  • Sequencing technologies information updated
  • Minor typographical corrections were made, and broken links were fixed
  • Highlight key updates and enhancements introduced in this AION version
January, 15th 2025

48

3.15.1.0

AION Results

Gene Coverage

  • Updated information for AION Smoking guns
  • Updated information for non-coding genes
December, 19th 2024

47

3.15.0.0

Data Sources

Overview of Cases

Gene Coverage

  • Data Update
  • Included Filtering by Status
  • Coverage information in the UI
November, 26th 2024

46

3.14.0.0

Case Information

 

AION Results

 

 

AION Variant Cards

  • Gene coverage information added
  • Included information on AION  smoking guns and AION clues
  • New page containing the general information on AION cards. Previously described in AION Results page
August, 7th 2024 45 3.13.0.0 Data sources

Overview of cases
  • Sources Update
  • Included Case Search functionality

July, 25th 2024

44

3.12.3.0

Data sources

Additional Variant Information

AION Ranking

 

General

  • Sources Update
  • Updated information including gnomAD v4.1.0
  • Expanded information on inheritance.
  • Addition of clickable flows of the main features and functionalities

July, 19th 2024

43

3.12.2.2

VCF Contents - secondary analysis best practices

  • Expanded the secondary analysis best practices to cover CNV VCFs and moved the article to AION requirements

July, 03rd 2024

42

3.12.1.1

AION Database - variant statistics

  • Extended the information for Case activation.

June, 24th 2024

41

3.12.1.0

Minimum IT Requirements

AION Database - variant statistics

  • Extension on the technical and IT. Page renamed
  • Case activation information 

May, 30th 2024

40

3.12.0.0

Data sources

  • Sources Update

May, 16th 2024

39

3.11.1.0

Overview of cases

AION Database - variant statistics

AION Database - variant classifications

Manual filtering - CNVs

General

  • Explained "Refresh" functionality
  • Mention to classifcation categories.
  • Improved CNV associated disease description
  • Screenshots update

Apr, 25th 2024

38

3.11.0.0

AION Ranking

Manual filtering - CNVs

Data sources

  • Link to IGV explanation
  • Sources Update

Mar, 26th 2024

37

3.10.0.0

Introduction

Generating a Report

AION Ranking

Additional Variant Information

AION Database - variant statistics
AION Database - variant classifications
AION Database - onboarding

  • Inclusion of Unique Device Identification (UDI)
  • Improved description of the device indications of use.
  • Performance claims information improved
  • Update information to match the user interface changes.
  • Generation of 3 new pages for AION DB.

Feb, 22nd 2024

36

3.9.5.0

Creating a Case

  • Added a note to highlight how to submit merged vcf files.

Feb, 21st 2024

35

3.9.5.0

VCF Format

  • Updated the infomation including support to combined vcf files.

Feb, 8th 2024

34

3.9.4.0

Manual filtering - Small Variants

Manual filtering - CNVs

  • Updated the information based on UX
  • improvement to filtering

Jan, 19th 2024

33

3.9.3.0

General

  • Content restructure. Minor changes in content to adapt to the updated estructure of the IFU.

Jan, 16th 2024

32

3.9.3.0

Advanced Filters

  • Added Warning

Jan, 15th 2024

31

3.9.3.0

AION ranking

  • Updated the screenshot and added note of g2d2moi source.
Dec 20th, 2023 30

3.9.2.0

Manual filtering - CNVs

  • Updated manual filtering page

Manual variant filtering - small variants

  • Updated manual filtering pages

Advanced filters new page

  • Created a new page for Advanced filters

Nov 29th, 2023

29

3.9.0.0

Data sources

  • Data versions updated

Nov 16th, 2023

28

3.8.5.0

Generating a report new page

  • New page added

Nov 6th, 2023

27

3.8.4.1

Data sources

  • Data versions updated

Oct 31th, 2023

26

3.8.4.0

Data sources

  • Data versions updated

Oct 26th, 2023

25

3.8.3.0

VCF format

  • Added list of supported CNV callers

Oct 17th, 2023

24

3.8.3.0

Data sources

  • Data versions updated

Oct 9th, 2023

23

3.8.2.0

Data sources

  • Data versions updated

Oct 2nd, 2023

22

3.8.1.0

Case information

  • Added information about the possible patient symptoms editing on case page.

Overview of cases

  • Changed Results overview page name to Overview of cases. Added information of the new case status Updating.

Creating a case 

  • Changed Submit data page name to Creating a case to better reflect the workflow

Analysing a case

  • Changed Results page name to be Analysing a case to better reflect the workflow

Run analysis

  • ARCHIVED

Create a new case form

  • Combined relevant info from Run analysis page to Create a new case form page. Archived Run analysis page. 

Sep 19th, 2023

21 3.8.0.0

Data Sources

  • Data versions updated

VCF Format

  • Relevant variant definition updated

Creating a Case

  • Removed CI usage in CNV annotation

Creating a Case form

  • Submit data page updated

Run analysis (Ar chived)

  • Run analysis page updated

Case Information

  • Case information page regarding for reference genome
AION ranking
  • AION ranking page updated regarding frequency and location
Internal variant database 
  • Internal variant database page updated regarding reference genome. Warning added.

Sep 1st, 2023

20

  • 3.7.1.0

VCF format

  • Moved information from VCF format page to Troubleshooting page
  • Relevant variant definition added to VCF format definition.

Troubleshooting

  •  Troubleshooting page created

Manual filtering - CNVs

  • Added info on CNV annotation CI usage by AION.

Aug 16th, 2023

19

3.7.0.0

Example use cases

  • Added new example case with CNVs and updated the page

Aug 11th, 2023

18

3.7.0.0

VCF format

  • Added new page Manual filtering - CNVs


Manual variant filtering - small variants

  • Changes the name of the page Manual variant filtering - small variants

Manual filtering - CNVs

  • Updated information about annotated variants and added information about high quality CNV variants

Data sources

  • Updated data sources
Jul 14th, 2023 17

3.6.0.2

AION - Instructions for Use

  • General review and reorganization of front page of IFU, improving product description, and product performance as well as indications for Safety Information. Reorganization of table of contents of the IFU, without affecting the information content. 

Safety Information

  • Safety information has been translated to applicable EU state members official languages in a new Safety Information Section. .

Jun 30th, 2023

16.1

3.6.0.0

VCF format

  • Removed INS as annotated CNV type

June 22th, 2023

16

3.6.0.0

Data sources

  • Updated data sources

June 8th, 2023

15

3.5.0.3

VCF format

  • Appended error codes section

May 26th, 2023

14

3.5.0.0

Create a new case form

  • Warning was added to recommend users to include phenotypic information
All pages
  • IFU & AION ver sion removed from the page header
IFU  version changelog
  • IFU changelog introduced
AION - Instructions for Use
  • Performance specification for small variants added

May 24th, 2023

13.1

3.3.1.0

Overview of cases

  • Rephrased archiving functionality to delete

May 23rd, 2023

13

3.4.0.0

VCF format

  • Added CNV VCF requirements and reformatted page
Creating a case
  • Updated screenshot and refined instructions for data submission of small variants
Creating a case
  • Updated with information about how to submit CNV data
Case Information
  • Updated to reflect the changes related downloading CNVs results files as well as general case information UI improvements
Analysis Information
  • Page archived, information merged with Case information page
Data Sources
  • Updated to include information of CNV annotation data used
Run analysis
  • Adapted to the new upload UI, and warning added to warn user to not leave upload page before upload has finished.

May 23rd, 2023

12

3.3.1.0

Variant type, genomic regions and sequencing technologies

  • Describe supported variant types, genomic regions and sequencing technologies
May 18th, 2023 11.5

3.3.1.0

AION - Instructions for Use

  • Updated AION and IFU versions

AION release notes

  • Added release notes

May 17th, 2023

11.4

3.3.1.0

AION - Instructions for Use

  • Updated AION and IFU versions

May 10th, 2023

11.3

3.3.0.0

AION - Instructions for Use

  • Improved use case description in AION and IFU versions

May 04th, 2023

11.2

3.3.0.0

Data sources

  • Update AION & rd-aion-wrapper versions
May 3rd, 2023 11.1

3.3.0.0

AION - Instructions for Use

  • Updated AION and IFU versions

Internal variant database

  • Remove mention of internal variant database columns in manual filtering
Apr 27th, 2023 11

3.3.0.0

AION - Instructions for Use

  • Updated AION and IFU versions

AION release notes

  • Added and amended release notes

Annotations

  • Add NMD boundaries, dbscSNV ADA, dbscSNC RF scores. Edit NMD

Data sources

  • Create page and minor page reformatting

Apr 26th, 2023

10.2

3.2.4.0

AION - Instructions for Use

  • Updated AION and IFU versions. Update heading format

Apr 21st, 2023

10.1

3.2.4.0

VCF format

  • Specifying file extension formats
Apr14th, 2023 10

3.2.4.0

AION - Instructions for Use

  • Updated AION and IFU versions and use case

AION ranking

  • Add internal variant database mention
Manual variant filtering - small variants
  • Add link to supported regions and VCF format
Internal variant database
  • Create page explaining internal variant database
Internal variant database details
  • Create page redirecting the user to the internal variant DB documentation+

Apr 12th, 2023

9.1

3.2.4.0

AION release notes

  • Added release notes
Mar 31st, 2023 9

3.2.3.0

AION - Instructions for Use

  • Updated AION and IFU versions
VCF format
  • Added info panel on gVCF and multisample VCFs. Added mention warning against splitting VCFs into chromosomes. Changed headings format. Moved supported data elsewhere
AION requirements
  • Page creation. Adding children display
Variant type, genomic regions and sequencing technologies
  • Page creation

Mar 27h,  2023

8

3.2.3.0

AION - Instructions for Use

  • Added product identification, product labeling, AION version and IFU version

Mar 16th, 2023

7

3.2.3.0

Create a new case form

  • Adding reference genome requirement

AION release notes

  • Added release notes

Mar 14th, 2023

6.3

3.2.2.0

AION release notes

  • Amended last release notes
Mar 09th, 2023 6.2.

3.2.2.0

AION ranking

  • Improve variant-disease card description: reorder items, split zygosity and segregation
AION release notes
  • Added release notes
Overview of cases
  • Added case archiving functionality and trio icon

Mar 02nd, 2023

6.1

3.2.1.1

ACMG criteria

  • Remove PP4 from automated supporting criteria

Feb 20th, 2023

6.1

3.2.1.1

AION release notes

  • Added release notes. Amended last release notes

Feb 6th, 2023

6

3.2.1.0

VCF format

  • Add error codes. Update link to submit data page

AION release notes

  • Added release notes

Feb 03, 2023

5.3

3.2.0.4

Create a new case form

  • Adding note on the phenotype being immutable after submission
Feb 1st, 2023 5.2

3.2.0.4

AION release notes

  • Added release notes. Amended last release notes

Example use cases

  • Updated link to mother of example case 4

Jan 27th, 2023

5.1

3.2.0.3

Annotations

  • Amend mention of propietary ML model. It was wrongly added to SIFT. Format subscores list, mention propietary ML model, inform users about how to interpret values for predictors
Jan 25th, 2023 5

3.2.0.3

AION release notes

  • Added release notes

Manual variant filtering - small variants

  • Create page explaining manual filtering

Jan 24th, 2023

4.1

3.2.0.2

AION release notes

  • Added release notes and reformat minor headings
Jan 23rd, 2023 4

3.2.0.2

AION - Instructions for Use

  • Added use case and contact information
Create a new case form
  • Adding in silico panels and secondary findings filter, rephrasing, moving family information, adding screenshots for HPO input
AION ranking
  • Rephrasing, move AION rank and variant classification, explain ACMG criteria can be modified by the user, describe goal of AION ranking, change format of filreing headings
VCF format
  • Add supported data, VCF format and resources
Case results
  • Minor rephrasing
Anaysis information (archived)
  • Page creation to explain reference genome used and in silico panels applied to the case
AION release notes
  • Added release notes and noting that annotation sources are tracked elsewhere. Adjusting headings. Removing wrong heading and table of contents
ACMG criteria
  • Explain ACMG criteria and which ones are implemented in AION
Technical requirements
  • Page creation
Example use cases
  • Minor changes
Contact and legal information
  • Add more contact details and availability and data management information. Add info panel regarding incidents

User account

  • Minor rephrasing

Jan 20th, 2023

3.3

3.2.0.1

AION release notes

  • Added release notes and noting that annotation sources are tracked elsewhere. Reverting to previous version to reformat content

Jan 1th2, 2023

3.2

3.1.0

Case information

  • Minor rephrasing. HPOs are present in prioritiser file
Jan 11th, 2023 3.1

3.1.0

Example use cases

  • Removing internal comments. Rephrased instructions on sex, date of birth and entering HPO terms

Creating a case

  • Specify drag & drop method
Dec 23rd, 2022 3

3.1.0

AION - Instructions for Use

  • Removed changelog to keep automated changelong
ACMG criteria
  • Removing internal comments
Run analysis (archived)
  • Removing internal comments
Additional variant information
  • Create page
Dec 22nd, 2022 2.3

3.1.0

AION - Instructions for Use

  • Added approved by to IFU changelog, changed formats and rephrasings
AION ranking
  • Removing internal comments
AION release notes
  • Removing internal comments
Manager screen
  • Removing internal comments
Dec 13th, 2022 2.2

3.1.0

Create a new case form

  • Removing internal comments
Annotation
  • Removing internal comments
Nov 23rd, 2022 2.1

3.1.0

Quality

  • Removing internal comments

Overview Cases

  • Removing internal comments
Nov 15th, 2022 2

3.1.0

AION - Instructions for Use
  • Added list of recently updated pages. Improved document versioning table
Case Information
  • Removing internal comments

VCF Format

  • Page creation
Analysing a case
  • Page creation
Case results
  • Removing internal comments
Literature & Sources
  • Removing internal comments
Secondary analysis - best practices 
  • Removing internal comments
User account 
  • Removing internal comments
Creating a case
  • Removing internal comments

Nov 08th, 2022

1.1

3.1.0

AION - Instructions for Use

  • Added table of contents
Sept 2nd, 2022 1

3.0.1

 

AION - Instructions for Use

  • Transfer user manual from Notion, restructure to fit Confluence

Contact and legal information 

  • Create page

June 2021

0

3.0.1

3.0.0

NA

  • User manual originally issued in Notion