GLOBAL MODULAR REPLACEMENT SYSTEM PEDIATRIC TIBIAL BEARING COMPONENT
Device Facts
| Record ID | K031480 |
|---|---|
| Device Name | GLOBAL MODULAR REPLACEMENT SYSTEM PEDIATRIC TIBIAL BEARING COMPONENT |
| Applicant | Howmedica Osteonics Corp. |
| Product Code | KRO · Orthopedic |
| Decision Date | Jul 31, 2003 |
| Decision | SESE |
| Submission Type | Traditional |
| Regulation | 21 CFR 888.3510 |
| Device Class | Class 2 |
| Attributes | Therapeutic, Pediatric |
Indications for Use
The Global Modular Replacement System (GMRS™) Pediatric Tibial Bearing Component is intended to be used to mate the distal femoral components of the Global Modular Replacement (GMRS™) System or the femoral components of the Modular Rotating Hinge (MRH) System to the Pediatric All Polyethylene Tibial Components of the Modular Replacement System The indications for use for the GMRS™ Pediatric Tibial Bearing Component are listed below:
Device Story
Single-use, stemmed tibial bearing component; mates distal femoral components of GMRS or MRH systems to pediatric all-polyethylene tibial components. Connects via bushings, axle, and locking bumper. Designed for smaller bone structures or skeletally immature patients. Implanted using bone cement. Used in orthopedic oncology or limb salvage surgery. Provides structural replacement of resected bone; restores joint function. Surgeon-operated in clinical/OR setting.
Clinical Evidence
Bench testing only. Finite element analysis (FEA) was used to support the claim of substantial equivalence.
Technological Characteristics
Stemmed tibial bearing component; metal/polymer construction; modular design; connects via bushings, axle, and locking bumper. Designed for cemented fixation. Dimensions reduced compared to MRH XS/XL components. Single-use.
Indications for Use
Indicated for replacement of distal femur and/or proximal tibia in oncology cases or limb salvage procedures (severe trauma, failed previous prosthesis) requiring radical bone resection. Intended for patients with smaller bone structure or skeletally immature patients. Contraindicated in cases of local/distant tumor spread, pathological fracture, overt infection, poor biopsy incision placement, rapid disease progression, or neuromuscular disorders creating risk of instability/fixation failure.
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).
Predicate Devices
- MRS Pediatric Tibial Bearing Component
- MRH Crossover Tibial Bearing Component