K103170 · Medacta International S.A. · JWH · Mar 24, 2011 · Orthopedic
Device Facts
Record ID
K103170
Device Name
GMK REVISION KNEE SC LINERS
Applicant
Medacta International S.A.
Product Code
JWH · Orthopedic
Decision Date
Mar 24, 2011
Decision
SESE
Submission Type
Special
Regulation
21 CFR 888.3560
Device Class
Class 2
Attributes
Therapeutic
Indications for Use
The GMK® Total Knee System is designed for cemented use in total knee arthroplasty, if there is evidence of sufficient sound bone to seat and support the components. This knee replacement system is indicated in the following cases: · Severely painful and/or disabled joint as a result of arthritis, traumatic arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis or polyarthritis. · Avascular necrosis of femoral condyle. · Post traumatic loss of joint configuration. · Primary implantation failure. The tibial augments are to be attached to the tibial baseplate with both the fixing cylinders and bone cement. In case a semi-constrained liner is used, an extension stem must be implanted both on the tibial and on the femoral components.
Device Story
GMK® Revision SC (Semiconstrained) liners are tibial inserts for total knee arthroplasty; designed to replace articular surface of tibial plateau; limit femoral component translation and rotation. Used with GMK® Revision femoral PS components and GMK® tibial baseplates. Surgeon-operated in clinical setting. Liners attach to baseplates via CoCrMo support peg. Compatible with extension stems, offset connectors, and tibial wedges. Provides additional thickness options (10-26 mm) for revision scenarios. Benefits patient by restoring joint function and stability in complex revision cases.
Clinical Evidence
Bench testing only. No clinical data provided. Verification included static and dynamic A/P testing, M/L static testing, pullout testing, rotary/laxity, varus/valgus testing, range of motion, and contact area evaluation. All tests met pre-defined acceptance criteria.
Technological Characteristics
Tibial inserts made of UHMWPE; support peg made of CoCrMo. Sizes 1-6; thicknesses 10-26 mm. Semi-constrained design. Cemented fixation. No software or electronic components.
Indications for Use
Indicated for patients with severely painful/disabled joints due to arthritis (traumatic, rheumatoid, polyarthritis), avascular necrosis of femoral condyle, post-traumatic joint configuration loss, or primary implantation failure. Requires sufficient sound bone for component seating. Contraindicated if insufficient bone stock exists; requires extension stems on tibial and femoral components when using semi-constrained liners.
Regulatory Classification
Identification
A knee joint patellofemorotibial polymer/metal/polymer semi-constrained cemented prosthesis is a device intended to be implanted to replace a knee joint. The device limits translation and rotation in one or more planes via the geometry of its articulating surfaces. It has no linkage across-the-joint. This generic type of device includes prostheses that have a femoral component made of alloys, such as cobalt-chromium-molybdenum, and a tibial component or components and a retropatellar resurfacing component made of ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene. This generic type of device is limited to those prostheses intended for use with bone cement (§ 888.3027).
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## 510(k) Summary
Manufacturer:
Medacta International SA Strada Regina 6874 Castel San Pietro (CH) Switzerland Phone (+41) 91 696 60 60 FAX (+41) 91 696 60 66
Ms. Natalie J. Kennel
Contact Person:
Consultant NJK & Associates, Inc. 13721 Via Tres Vista San Diego, CA 92129 USA Phone: (858) 705-0350 Fax: (858) 764-9739 email: NKennel@njkconsulting.com
Date Prepared: March 4, 2011
DEVICE INFORMATION
| Trade/Proprietary Name: | GMK® Total Knee System- Revision<br>Semi-Constrained Liners |
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| Common Name | Total Knee Prosthesis – Tibial Inserts |
| Classification Name: | Knee joint patellofemorotibial metal/polymer/metal<br>semiconstrained cemented prosthesis, |
| Classification: | Class II, 21 CFR 888.3560 |
| Product Code: | JWH |
| Predicate Devices: | K090988 GMK® Total Knee System (Medacta<br>International), cleared July 10, 2009 |
# Product Description:
This modification to the original Medacta GMK® (Global Medacta Knee) Total Knee System is a line extension to include the GMK® Revision SC (Semiconstrained) liners. The GMK® Revision SC liners work with components
GMK® Revision SC Liners Special 510(k)
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from the GMK® Total Knee System and from the GMK® Revision, a previously cleared Special 510(k) to the GMK® Total Knee System.
The GMK® Revision SC Liners, the subject of this 510(k), are a set of tibial inserts which work with the GMK® Revision femoral PS components and the GMK® tibial baseplates. These liners provide the surgeon with an additional option. The GMK® Revision SC Liners are offered in six sizes with seven thicknesses from 10 mm to 26 mm. The GMK® Revision SC Liners are attached to the GMK® tibial baseplates of the same size from the GMK® Total Knee System using a support peg made of CoCrMo. The device is used to replace the articular surface of the tibial plateau in the knee joint by limiting the movement of the prosthetic femoral component in translation and rotation. The GMK® Revision SC Liners attached to the GMK® tibial baseplates can also be combined with an extension stem, an offset connector and tibial wedges.
## Indications for Use:
The GMK® Total Knee System is designed for cemented use in total knee arthroplasty, if there is evidence of sufficient sound bone to seat and support the components.
This knee replacement system is indicated in the following cases:
- · Severely painful and/or disabled joint as a result of arthritis, traumatic arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis or polyarthritis.
- · Avascular necrosis of femoral condyle.
- · Post traumatic loss of joint configuration.
- · Primary implantation failure.
The tibial augments are to be attached to the tibial baseplate with both the fixing cylinders and bone cement.
In case a semi-constrined liner is used, an extension stem must be implanted both on the tibial and on the femoral components.
#### Comparison to Predicate Devices
The GMK® Total Knee System was cleared under K090988. GMK® Revision components, as a line extension, was cleared under a Special 510(k), K102437. The subject of this submission is the GMK® Revision SC liners, an additional line extension of this system.
The indications for use for the modified system remain the same as the original 510(k), K090988.
The GMK® Revision SC Liners are made of Ultra High Molecular Weight Polvethylene (UHMWPE), the same material and processing, as is used in the GMK® Total Knee System's standard, ultracongruent, and posteriorstabilized (PS) tibial inserts and patellas. Like the GMK® Total Knee System's PS tibial inserts, the GMK® Revision SC liners are attached to the GMK® fixed bearing tibial baseplates, cleared in the original GMK® Total
GMK® Revision SC Liners Special 510(k)
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Knee System. They are attached with a support peg, similar to the fixing screw used with the GMK® PS tibial inserts.
The GMK® Revision SC liners are offered in sizes 1 – 6, the same as all of the GMK® Total Knee System components. The GMK® Revision SC liners only work with the same size GMK® Tibial baseplate, similar to how the previously cleared tibial inserts work. The same tibial insert may be used with either a left or right hand GMK® Tibial baseplate in the same manner as the previously cleared tibial inserts. The GMK® Revision SC liners when attached to the GMK® Tibial baseplates allow the use of extension stems, offset connectors, and tibial wedges, identical to the other previously cleared tibial inserts.
The GMK® Revision SC liners differ from the tibial inserts in the GMK® Total Knee System in that they are offered in thicknesses from 10 mm to 26 mm instead of 10 mm to 20 mm. These additional thicknesses are provided as additional options to support the situations that the surgeon may encounter.
#### Performance Testing
No performance standards applicable to this device have been adopted under Section 514 of the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act.
The modification to the GMK® Total Knee system to include the addition of the GMK® Revision SC liners was evaluated by risk analysis to identify any new risks associated with the change. Based on the risk analysis, design verification was conducted to written protocols with pre-defined acceptance criteria. The protocols and pre-defined acceptance criteria were based on the standards. FDA quidance, and comparison to the predicate device system. The testing was conducted on the worst case component size and option/design based on engineering analysis. The performance testing conducted on the GMK® Revision SC Liners was very similar to the protocols conducted for the predicate device, the GMK® Total Knee System. The testing included static and dynamic testing in the A/P direction, static testing in the M/L direction, and pullout testing of the SC liner to the tibial baseplate. Rotary/laxity and varus/valgus testing was also conducted. Range of motion and contact area were both evaluated in comparison to the predicate device. The testing met all acceptance criteria and verifies that performance of the GMK® Revision SC Liners are substantially equivalent to the predicate device system, GMK® Total Knee System.
## Conclusion:
The results from design controls and the information provided in this submission support the conclusion that the GMK® Total Knee System-Revision SC Liners is substantially equivalent to its predicate device with respect to indications for use and technological characteristics.
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Medacta International % NJK & Associates, Inc. Ms. Natalie J. Kennel 13721 Via Tres Vista San Diego, California 92129
MAH 2 4 2011
Re: K103170
Trade/Device Name: GMK® Total Knee System - Revision SC Liners Regulation Number: 21 CFR 888.3560 Regulation Name: Knee joint patellofemorotibial polymer/metal/polymer semi-constrained cemented prosthesis Regulatory Class: II Product Code: JWH Dated: March 4, 2011 Received: March 7, 2011
Dear Ms. Kennel:
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. Please note: CDRH does not evaluate information related to contract liability warranties. We remind you, however, that device labeling must be truthful and not misleading.
If your device is classified (see above) into either class II (Special Controls) or class III (PMA), it may be subject to 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
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device-related adverse events) (21 CFR 803); 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 100-100.
lf you desire specific advice for your device on our labeling regulation (21 CFR Part 801), please go to http://www.fda.gov/AboutiFDA/CentersOffices/CDRH/CDRHOffices/ucm1 1 5809.html for the Center for Devices and Radiological Health's (CDRH's) Office of Compliance. Also, please note the regulation entitled, "Misbranding by reference to premarket notification" (21CFR Part 807.97). For questions regarding the reporting of adverse events under the MDR regulation (21 CFR Part 803), please go to
http://www.fda.gov/MedicalDevices/Safety/ReportaProblem/default.htm for the CDRH's Office of Surveillance and Biometrics/Division of Postmarket Surveillance.
You may obtain other general information on your responsibilities under the Act from the Division of Small Manufacturers, International and Consumer Assistance at its tolli inc
(800) 638 204) - (2012 504) 734 700 100 Consumer Assistance at its toll-free number (800) 638-2041 or (301) 796-7100 or at its Internet address http://www.fda.gov/MedicalDevices/Resourcesfor You/Industry/default.htm.
Sincerely yours.
Aiz B. R. for
Mark N. Melkerson Director Division of Surgical, Orthopedic, and Restorative Devices Office of Device Evaluation Center for Devices and Radiological Health
Enclosure
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## Indications for Use Statement
510(k) Number (if known): K103170
Device Name: GMK® Total Knee System - Revision SC Liners
Indications for Use:
The GMK® Total Knee System is designed for cemented use in total knee arthroplasty, if there is evidence of sufficient sound bone to seat and support the components.
This knee replacement system is indicated in the following cases:
- · Severely painful and/or disabled joint as a result of arthritis, traumatic arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis or polyarthritis.
- · Avascular necrosis of femoral condyle.
- · Post traumatic loss of joint configuration.
- · Primary implantation failure.
The tibial augments are to be attached to the tibial baseplate with both the fixing cylinders and bone cement.
In case a semi-constrained liner is used, an extension stem must be implanted both on the tibial and on the femoral components.
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for M. Melleckson
(Division Sign-Oft) Division of Surgical, Orthopedic, and Restorative Devices
510(k) Number K103170
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