EXPANDABLE KNEE
Device Facts
| Record ID | K020381 |
|---|---|
| Device Name | EXPANDABLE KNEE |
| Applicant | Biomet Orthopedics, Inc. |
| Product Code | KRO · Orthopedic |
| Decision Date | May 6, 2002 |
| Decision | SESE |
| Submission Type | Traditional |
| Regulation | 21 CFR 888.3510 |
| Device Class | Class 2 |
| Attributes | Therapeutic, Pediatric |
Indications for Use
The Expandable Knee offers a treatment option for patients requiring distal femoral replacement who have not yet achieved full skeletal maturity (open epiphysis) or patients who require surgery who have significant residual leg length discrepancy. Indication for use of this device is most commonly tumor resection but could also involve osteoarthritis; rheumatoid arthritis; correction of deformity; and correction or revision of unsuccessful osteotomy, arthrodesis or previous joint replacement. The devices are single use implants intended for implantation with bone cement.
Device Story
Expandable Knee is an orthopedic implant component for the Oncology Salvage System; designed for patients requiring distal femoral replacement who have not reached skeletal maturity or have leg length discrepancies. Device allows for post-implantation expansion to accommodate patient growth; expansion occurs where natural bone was removed. Available in clip-style (one-piece or diaphyseal segment) and screw-style (integrated distal femoral component) mechanisms. Implanted by surgeons using bone cement. Provides mechanical support and length adjustment to address tumor resection or joint revision needs. Benefits include ability to manage limb length discrepancy in growing patients or those with significant bone loss.
Clinical Evidence
No clinical data provided. Evidence consists of mechanical bench testing, including fatigue testing of the screw-type expansion mechanism to verify functional performance under anatomic loading conditions.
Technological Characteristics
Metal/polymer constrained cemented knee prosthesis. Available in clip-style and screw-style expansion mechanisms. Materials and surface finishes are similar to predicate devices. Intramedullary stems (9mm to 19mm diameter) used for cemented fixation. Designed for use with Oncology Salvage System components.
Indications for Use
Indicated for patients requiring distal femoral replacement who have not reached skeletal maturity (open epiphysis) or those with significant residual leg length discrepancy. Conditions include tumor resection, osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, deformity correction, or revision of failed osteotomy, arthrodesis, or previous joint replacement.
Regulatory Classification
Identification
A knee joint femorotibial metal/polymer constrained cemented prosthesis is a device intended to be implanted to replace part of a knee joint. The device limits translation or rotation in one or more planes and has components that are linked together or affined. This generic type of device includes prostheses composed of a ball-and-socket joint located between a stemmed femoral and a stemmed tibial component and a runner and track joint between each pair of femoral and tibial condyles. The ball-and-socket joint is composed of a ball at the head of a column rising from the stemmed tibial component. The ball, the column, the tibial plateau, and the stem for fixation of the tibial component are made of an alloy, such as cobalt-chromium-molybdenum. The ball of the tibial component is held within the socket of the femoral component by the femoral component's flat outer surface. The flat outer surface of the tibial component abuts both a reciprocal flat surface within the cavity of the femoral component and flanges on the femoral component designed to prevent distal displacement. The stem of the femoral component is made of an alloy, such as cobalt-chromium-molybdenum, but the socket of the component is made of ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene. The femoral component has metallic runners which align with the ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene tracks that press-fit into the metallic tibial component. The generic class also includes devices whose upper and lower components are linked with a solid bolt passing through a journal bearing of greater radius, permitting some rotation in the transverse plane, a minimal arc of abduction/adduction. This generic type of device is limited to those prostheses intended for use with bone cement (§ 888.3027).