The Lapdoc navigation system is a computerized navigational system intended to provide assistance in both the preoperative planning and the intra-operative surgical phases of dental implantation surgery. The system provides precise navigational guidance of surgical instruments such as a dental bur, with regard to the pre-operative planning in the dental implantation procedure.
Device Story
Lapdoc is a computer-assisted surgical navigation system for dental implantology. Input: 3D medical image data (CT) and real-time spatial tracking data. Operation: Surgeon performs pre-operative planning by placing virtual implant models on CT images and marking sensitive structures (e.g., nerves). Intra-operatively, an infrared-based stereo camera tracks rigid bodies attached to the patient (via dental splint) and the surgical bur (via cone nut connector). The system calculates real-time deviation between actual and planned bur position/orientation. Output: Visual and audible guidance via a mini-display near the patient's mouth. Surgeon manually adjusts bur position to match the plan. Benefits: Increased precision; reduced complication rates; avoidance of injury to sensitive structures. Used in clinics by dental implantologists. Does not replace human judgment; surgeon retains ultimate responsibility.
Clinical Evidence
Bench testing only. No clinical data presented. Performance validation focused on system accuracy (+/- 1.0 mm) compared against state-of-the-art technology, expert opinion, and predicate device specifications.
Technological Characteristics
Optical infrared-based stereo camera system; rigid body trackers with reflectors; dental splint and cone nut connector. Materials: Stainless steel (ASTM E889, A182), Titanium (ASTM F8265, F67). Connectivity: Computer-based system. Software: Programmable electrical medical system. Sterilization: Not specified. Standards: IEC 60601-1, IEC 60601-1-2, IEC 60601-1-1, IEC 60601-1-4, ISO 10993-5/10, ISO 14971.
Indications for Use
Indicated for patients undergoing dental implantation surgery requiring precise navigational guidance of surgical instruments (e.g., dental bur) relative to pre-operative planning. No specific age or gender contraindications stated.
Regulatory Classification
Identification
A stereotaxic instrument is a device consisting of a rigid frame with a calibrated guide mechanism for precisely positioning probes or other devices within a patient's brain, spinal cord, or other part of the nervous system.
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510(k) Notification Lapdoc
SECTION E - 510(k) SUMMARY
SEP - 5 2006
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| Section E - 510(k) Summary | | Erstelli<br>Geprüft | | |
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| Applicant´s Name: | RoboDent GmbH<br>Kurfürstendamm 213<br>10719 Berlin<br>Tel: +49 (30) 49 500 820<br>Fax: +49 (30) 49 500 822 | Genehmigt<br>Freigegeben | | |
| Contact Person : | Prof. Dr. mult. h.c. Jürgen Bier<br>RoboDent GmbH<br>Kurfürstendamm 213<br>10719 Berlin<br>Tel: +49 (30) 49 500 823<br>Fax: +49 (30) 49 500 822<br>i.bier@robodent.com | | | |
| Date prepared : | April 2006 | | | |
| Trade Name | Lapdoc | | | |
| Common name | Image Guided Surgery System, CAS / Stereotaxic Instrument | | | |
| Classification name | Stereotaxic Instrument (per 21 CFR section 880.4560 HAW) | | | |
| Regulatory Class: | Class II | | | |
| Predicate Devices: | IGI-System (K023424)<br>OrthoPilot (K003347)<br>Vectorvision Cranial / ENT (K023651)<br>Vectorvision2 (K983831) | | | |
Classification: The FDA has classified "stereotaxic Instruments" devices as class II, pursuant to 21 CFR 882.4560 (product code: HAW).
Description of the Device: The Lapdoc System is a computer based assistance system for dental implantologists. It supports surgeons during planning and execution phase of dental implant procedures by providing highly precise quiding assistance during the implantation process within the human jaw. The systems supports the surgical implantation process by providing visual guidance for position and orienting of a dental bur relative to a planned implant position.
The Lapdoc system is designed to support clinicians by decreasing complication rates of surgical interventions in the field of dental implantology. Using the system will allow precise orientation of the surgeon within the human jaw both in the medical image model of the jaw during the planning phase as well as in real anatomy during the execution phase. This is achieved by objective measuring the spatial positions of surgical instruments and the patients anatomy. Based on three dimensional medical image data, the surgeon plans an intervention by virtually placing models of implants within the graphical depiction (of the medical image set) of the jaw. The surgeon views and interprets the medical images which are graphically augmented with the computer models of the implants. It is further possible to manually mark the outlines of sensitive anatomical structures (i.e. nerves) within
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the medical images. To perfectly understand the geometric dimensions of the patients anatomy and the later intervention, a three dimensional model is created from isodense surfaces in the CT images and displayed on the computer screen. Lapdoc uses the geometric information of the planned implants within the medical images to generate highly precise information to guide the surgeon's instrument directly to the intended implant position and orientation.
An optical measurement system consisting of an infrared-based stereo camera system and a set of two rigid structures (also known as rigid bodies or trackers) with attached reflectors is used to measure the spatial positions of the patient and the instruments. Therefore, the trackers are reproducible attached to the patient (using a dental splint) and to the surgical bur (using a cone nut connector). The stereo camera system comprises an internal position measurement processor and is connected to the Lapdoc computer. It senses the positions of the instruments and the patients tracker and communicates it to the Lapdoc computer. The computer calculates in real time the deviation between the actual and the desired (from the planning phase) transformation of the positions of both trackers. The actual bur position and the planned implant position and orientation are graphically displayed to the surgeon using a mini-display is placed within the vicinity of the surgeon and near the patient's mouth. The surgeon minimizes this deviation during the drill procedure by moving the bur in a way, that position and orientation of both the dental bur and planned implant are congruent. The system supports the surgeon by actieving a highly precise surgical outcome according to the planned scenario.
Lapdoc system will graphically and audibly signal to the surgeon, if the plan is fulfilled and the surgical bur has reached its designated position and orientation. It will further warn the surgeon by reaching a minimal proximity value close to sensitive anatomical structures (i.e. nerves) and therefore avoids injury of such structures. Lapdoc is specifically designed to minimize the interaction between the user and the system. The application of the system follows simple ergonomic rules. The usage and working principle is easy to understand by the surgeon. The clinical workflow is not altered using Lapdoc.
To describe the patients anatomy and the medical image model in one common coordinate system, it is necessary to perform an image registration process. This registration process comprises a navigation bow of known geometry and an algorithm to detect and measure the position of the navigation bow within the medical image data set. Lapdoc correlates the positions of the navigation bow within the image data with its measured spatial position. Since the navigation bow is attached reproducible to the patients jaw by click-snaping it onto the patient's teeth, positions on or within the patients anatomy can also be described within the medical image data set using the registration function.
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The Lapdoc provides accurate guidance during the process of dental implantation. Surgical instruments are guided according to a pre-operative planning. The surgeon is assisted by avoiding the risk of causing damage to critical anatomical structures. Lapdoc is defined as a clinical assistance system, to support the surgeon during the implantation process with the ability of precise determination of position and orientation of surgical instruments within the patients anatomy. Lapdoc does not replace the human judgment. It is always the surgeons choice to define specific locations and angulations of the implant and to pursue this decision within the clinical treatment phase. Thus. the surgeon will not be released from his/her sole and ultimate clinical responsibility.
Intended use: The Lapdoc navigation system is a computerized navigational system intended to provide assistance in the preoperative planning and the intra-operative surgical phases of dental implantation surgery. The system provides precise navigational guidance of surgical instruments such as a dental bur, according to the preoperative planning in the dental implantation procedure.
Substantial Equivalence: Lapdoc shares technological and clinical features and an identical Intended use with different FDA-cleared tracking devices. The DenX-IGI (K023424), the Orthopilot (K003347), the VectorVision Cranial / ENT® (K023651) and the VectorVision 2 ® (K983831) system. Together, all this devices share some important features (not exclusively):
- All devices serve as assistance systems by providing visual support during the freehand ﻪ positioning and orientation process of surgical instruments relative to the patients anatomy;
- All devices measure positions of the human anatomy and surgical instruments by means of optical infrared-based measurement systems consisting of stereo camera systems;
- All devices calculate the position and orientation of surgical instruments within the medical image data set by using the position measurement data;
- All devices use sophisticated, yet easily understandable software tools to visualize medical ・ image data in different manners (slices and three dimensional models) and the positions and orientation of surgical instruments;
- All devices reduce the risk of harming or damaging anatomical structures by visualization of ﻴﺮ ﺍﻟﻤﺴﺎﺣﺔ ﺍﻟﻤﺴﺘﻘﻠﺔ ﺍﻟﻤﺘﺤﺪﺓ ﺍﻟﻤﺘﺤﺪﺓ ﺍﻟﻤﺘﺤﺪﺓ ﺍﻟﻤﺘﺤﺪﺓ ﺍﻟﻤﺘﺤﺪﺓ ﺍﻟﻤﺘﺤﺪﺓ ﺍﻟﻤﺘﺤﺪﺓ ﺍﻟﻤﺘﺤﺪﺓ ﺍﻟﻤﺘﺤﺪﺓ ﺍﻟﻤﺘﺤﺪﺓ ﺍﻟﻤﺘﺤﺪﺓ ﺍﻟﻤﺘﺤﺪﺓ ﺍﻟﻤﺘﺤﺪﺓ ﺍﻟﻤﺘﺤﺪﺓ ﺍﻟﻤﺘﺤﺪﺓ ﺍﻟﻤﺘﺤﺪﺓ ﺍﻟﻤﺘﺤﺪﺓ ﺍﻟﻤﺘﺤﺪﺓ ﺍﻟﻤﺘﺤﺪﺓ ﺍ such with respect to the actual positions of surgical tools;
- All devices provide navigational accuracy of +/- 1,0 mm (overall system accuracy), which can not be achieved by brut human visual inspection.
The DenxIGP (K023424) system is a system for computer aided navigation of surgical instruments, whose purpose is to position a dental bur on the human jaw to optimally place and drill implant cavities. The system is based on the planning of such implant position within a three dimensional medical image data set (CT) and to pursue this position and angulation during the implantation process using an integrated position measurement device. The Orthopilot® (K003347) is
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### SECTION E - 510(k) SUMMARY
a computer aided system to navigate surgical instruments and to optimize the positions of cutting templates/guides for total knee replacement surgery and providing intra-operative measurements of bone alignment. The VectorVision Cranial / ENT® (K023651) and the VectorVision 2 °(K983831) are computer-aided systems for open or percutaneous surgery. They are indicated for any medical condition, where a reference to a rigid anatomical structure, such as the skull, a long bone or vertebra can be identified relative to a CT, MR or X-ray based model of anatomy.
Lapdoc and its predicate devices provide precise and accurate guidance of surgical tools and instruments within the patient's anatomy, near to organs or parts of it. Guidance is achieved by measuring positions of both the instruments and the anatomy and objective visualization of proportions and/or coherences of this spatial relationship.
All described devices do not intend to replace the surgeons expert knowledge and to release the clinicians responsibility.
The following navigation systems are used for the same body organs:
| System | organ / body part / clinical application |
|---------------------|------------------------------------------|
| DenX IGI® (K023424) | Navigation in dental implantology |
| Lapdoc | Navigation in dental implantology |
Since the general principle of surgical navigation can be applied to any surgical field the following described navigation systems are used on different body organs:
| System | organ / body part / clinical application |
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| DenX IGI® (K023424) | Navigation in dental implantology |
| Orthopilot® (K003347) | Navigation for knee replacement surgery and bone alignment surgery |
| VectorVision 2 ® (K983831) | Navigation in open/percutaneous surgery (skull/long-bones/vertebraes) |
| VectorVision Cranial / ENT® | Navigation in open/percutaneous surgery (skull/long-bones/vertebraes) |
| (K023651) | |
| Lapdoc | Navigation in dental implantology |
The effectiveness of all navigation support systems is based on their accuracy during the actual spatial guiding process for surgical instruments. The underlying principles of measuring positions of parts of the human anatomy and the positions of instruments, the registration of medical image data to the anatomy does not change with respect to the specific field of application remain the same. It can be assumed, that the safety and performance assumptions are not altered, when the principle of navigation is applied to the field of dental navigation. Summarized, the LapDoc-system is substantially equivalent to the declared predicate devices.
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Conclusions: Data presented above clearly demonstrate that the Lapdoc-System is substantially equivalent to its predicate devices in its technological features, clinical intended uses, its safety and effectiveness.
#### Performance standards:
510(k) Notification
Lapdoc
| Standards<br>No. | Standards<br>Organization | Standards Title | Version | Date |
|------------------|---------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------|---------|
| 601-1 | IEC | Medical electrical equipment - Part 1: General requirements<br>for safety | German version<br>EN 60601-:1990 +<br>A1:1993 +.A2:1995 | 03/1996 |
| 60601-1-2 | IEC | Equipment<br>-<br>Part<br>Medical<br>Electrical<br>1-2:<br>General<br>Requirements<br>Safety -<br>Collateral<br>for<br>Standard:<br>Electromagnetic Compatibility Requirements and Tests. | German version<br>EN 60601-1-2:2001 | 10/2002 |
| 60601-1-1 | IEC | Medical electrical equipment - Part 1-1: General requirements<br>for safety - Collateral standard: Safety requirements for<br>medical electrical systems | German version<br>EN 60601-1-1:2001 | 08/2002 |
| 60601-1-4 | IEC | Medical electrical equipment Part 1-4: General requirements<br>for safety - Collateral standard: Programmable electrical<br>medical systems | German version<br>IEC 60601-1-<br>4:1996+A1:1999 | 04/2001 |
| 60601-1/A13 | EN | Medical electrical equipment - Part 1: General requirements<br>for safety | German version<br>EN 60601-1 : 1990/<br>AM 13 :1996 | 10/1996 |
| 15223 | ાકભ | Medical Devices - Symbols to be used with medical device<br>labels, labelling and information to be supplied | 2nd edition | 04/2000 |
| 10993-5 | ાટળ | Biological Evaluation of medical devices<br>Part 5: Tests for cytotoxicity: in-vitro methods | German Version<br>EN ISO 10993-<br>5:1999 | 11/1999 |
| 10993-10 | ાકેર | Biological Evaluation of medical devices<br>Part 10: Tests for irritation and delayed-type hypersensitivity | German version<br>EN ISO 10993-<br>10:2002 | 02/2003 |
| 14791 | ાકર | Medical devices - Application of risk management to medical<br>devices | German version<br>EN ISO<br>14971:2001 | 03/2001 |
| 880 | EN | Graphical symbols for use in the labelling of medical devices | German version<br>EN 980:2003 | 08/2003 |
| 1041 | EN | Information supplied by the manufacturer with medical devices | German version<br>EN 1041:1998 | 04/1998 |
| E889 | ASTM | Standard Specification for Stainless Steel for Surgical<br>Instruments | 02 | 04/2002 |
| A182 | ASTM | Forged or Rolled Alloy and Stainless Steel Pipe Flanges,<br>Forged Fittings, and Valves and Parts for High-Temperature<br>Service | 04 | 10/2004 |
| 8265 | ASTM | Standard Specification for Titanium and Titanium Alloy Strip | 03 | 11/2003 |
| F67 | ASTM | Standard Specification for unalloyed Titanium for surgical<br>Implant Applications | 00 | 10/2000 |
Accuracy and functional performance standard: As of today, there are no specific FDA Guidance documents regarding the Image-Guided surgery systems for oral and maxillofacial surgery. The level of accuracy, defined to be acceptable in dental implantation navigation, was +/- 1,0 mm. This level of accuracy was defined based on review of state of the art technology (see Appendix documents No. 8 to No. 12), opinions by experts in the field (see Appendix documents No. 6 to No. 8) and the accuracy specified for the FDA cleared predicate devices (see Appendix documents No. 13 to No. 16).
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Robodent GMBH % Mr. Juergen Bier Kurfurstendamm 213 Berlin, Germany 10719
Re: K061224
Trade/Device Name: Lapdoc Regulation Number: 21 CFR 882.4560 Regulation Name: Stereotaxic instrument Regulation Class: Class II Product Code: HAW Dated: August 14, 2006 Received: August 21, 2006
Dear Mr. Bier:
We have reviewed your Section 510(k) premarket notification of intent to market the device referenced above and have determined the device is substantially equivalent (for the indications for use stated in the enclosure) to legally marketed predicate devices marketed in interstate commerce prior to May 28, 1976, the enactment date of the Medical Device Amendments, or to devices that have been reclassified in accordance with the provisions of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (Act) that do not require approval of a premarket approval application (PMA). You may, therefore, market the device, subject to the general controls provisions of the Act. The general controls provisions of the Act include requirements for annual registration, listing of devices, good manufacturing practice, labeling, and prohibitions against misbranding and adulteration.
If your device is classified (see above) into either class II (Special Controls) or class III (PMA), it may be subject to such additional controls. Existing major regulations affecting your device can be found in the Code of Federal Regulations, Title 21, Parts 800 to 898. In addition, FDA may publish further announcements concerning your device in the Federal Register.
Please be advised that FDA's issuance of a substantial equivalence determination does not mean that FDA has made a determination that your device complies with other requirements of the Act or any Federal statutes and regulations administered by other Federal agencies. You must comply with all the Act's requirements, including, but not limited to: registration and listing (21 CFR Part 807); labeling (21 CFR Part 801); good manufacturing practice requirements as set forth in the quality systems (QS) regulation (21 CFR Part 820); and if applicable, the electronic product radiation control provisions (Sections 531-542 of the Act); 21 CFR 1000-1050.
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This letter will allow you to begin marketing your device as described in your Section 510(k) premarket notification. The FDA finding of substantial equivalence of your device to a legally marketed predicate device results in a classification for your device and thus, permits your device to proceed to the market.
If you desire specific advice for your device on our labeling regulation (21 CFR Part 801), please contact the Office of Compliance at (240) 276-0115. Also, please note the regulation entitled, "Misbranding by reference to premarket notification" (21CFR Part 807.97). You may obtain other general information on your responsibilities under the Act from the Division of Small Manufacturers, International and Consumer Assistance at its toll-free number (800) 638-2041 or (240) 276-3150 or at its Internet address http://www.fda.gov/cdrh/industry/support/index.html.
Sincerely yours,
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Mark N. Mekerson
Mark N. Mekerson Director Division of General, Restorative and Neurological Devices Office of Device Evaluation Center for Devices and Radiological Health
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# Indications for Use
510(k) Number (if known): K061224
Device Name: Lapdoc
Indications For Use:
The Lapdoc navigation system is a computerized navigational system intended to provide assistance in both the preoperative planning and the intra-operative surgical phases of dental implantation surgery. The system provides precise navigational guidance of surgical instruments such as a dental bur, with regard to the pre-operative planning in the dental implantation procedure.
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