Retrospective pediatric clinical cases (US and OUS)
Retrospective analysis of clinical cases was conducted to support the safety and short-term efficacy of the SurgiCase Orthopaedics system for the expanded pediatric indication.
Retrospective analysis; Pediatric clinical cases; Safety and efficacy
Clinical Evidence
Study Design
Population
Comparator
Key Endpoints
Retrospective analysis of US and OUS pediatric clinical cases; Retrospective analysis
Pediatric patients
Not applicable for this study
Safety and short-term efficacy
Indications for Use
The SurgiCase Orthopaedics system is intended to be used as a surgical instrument to assist in pre-operative planning and/ or in guiding the marking of bone and/or guide surgical instruments in non-acute, non-joint replacing osteotomies · For adult patients; in upper extremity orthopedic surgical procedures and orthopedic surgical procedures around the knee. · For pediatic patients 7 years of age and older; in orthopedic surgical procedures involving the radius and ulna. SurgiCase Guides are intended for single use only.
Device Story
System comprises SurgiCase Connect software and SurgiCase Guides (patient-specific templates). Surgeon uses Connect software to visualize, measure, and edit medical data for pre-surgical simulation. Guides are designed/manufactured based on patient anatomy from pre-surgical plan. During surgery, guides assist in marking bone and directing cutting/drilling instruments. Stability Model algorithm identifies optimal base plate position on patient anatomy to ensure guide stability. Used in clinical settings for non-acute, non-joint replacing osteotomies. Benefits include improved surgical accuracy and planning. Pediatric use requires strict 3-week useful life limit between scan and surgery to account for bone growth.
Clinical Evidence
Retrospective analysis of US and OUS pediatric clinical cases supported safety and short-term efficacy. Non-clinical testing included 3D-printed pediatric bone model fit tests to evaluate guide stability against simulated growth. Bench testing confirmed biocompatibility, sterilization, and functional elements (drill sleeves, cutting slots) remain identical to the predicate.
Technological Characteristics
Patient-specific templates (SurgiCase Guides) and planning software (SurgiCase Connect). Guides feature drill sleeves, cutting slots, and fixation holes. Stability Model algorithm used for base plate positioning. Anatomy-independent design. Single-use. Software-driven design process.
Indications for Use
Indicated for adult patients undergoing upper extremity or knee-related orthopedic osteotomies, and pediatric patients (≥7 years) undergoing radius and ulna osteotomies.
Regulatory Classification
Identification
Single/multiple component metallic bone fixation appliances and accessories are devices intended to be implanted consisting of one or more metallic components and their metallic fasteners. The devices contain a plate, a nail/plate combination, or a blade/plate combination that are made of alloys, such as cobalt-chromium-molybdenum, stainless steel, and titanium, that are intended to be held in position with fasteners, such as screws and nails, or bolts, nuts, and washers. These devices are used for fixation of fractures of the proximal or distal end of long bones, such as intracapsular, intertrochanteric, intercervical, supracondylar, or condylar fractures of the femur; for fusion of a joint; or for surgical procedures that involve cutting a bone. The devices may be implanted or attached through the skin so that a pulling force (traction) may be applied to the skeletal system.
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Food and Drug Administration 10903 New Hampshire Avenue Document Control Center - WO66-G609 Silver Spring, MD 20993-0002
January 18, 2017
Materialise N.V. Oliver Clemens Regulatory Officer Technologielaan 15 Leuven, BE 3001 Belgium
Re: K163156
Trade/Device Name: Surgicase Orthopaedics, Surgicase Connect, Surgicase Guides Regulation Number: 21 CFR 888.3030 Regulation Name: Single/Multiple Component Metallic Bone Fixation Appliances And Accessories Regulatory Class: Class II Product Code: PBF Dated: November 4, 2016 Received: November 10, 2016
Dear Mr. Clemens:
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.
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Sincerely yours,
Mark N. Melkerson -S
Mark N. Melkerson Director Division of Orthopedic Devices Office of Device Evaluation Center for Devices and Radiological Health
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Food and Drug Administration
#### Indications for Use
510(k) Number (if known) K163156
Device Name SurgiCase Orthopaedics system
The SurgiCase Orthopaedics system is intended to be used as a surgical instrument to assist in pre-operative planning and/ or in guiding the marking of bone and/or guide surgical instruments in non-acute, non-joint replacing osteotomies
· For adult patients; in upper extremity orthopedic surgical procedures and orthopedic surgical procedures around the knee.
· For pediatic patients 7 years of age and older; in orthopedic surgical procedures involving the radius and ulna.
SurgiCase Guides are intended for single use only.
Type of Use (Select one or both, as applicable)
X Prescription Use (Part 21 CFR 801 Subpart D)
Over-The-Counter Use (21 CFR 801 Subpart C)
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# 510(k) Summary
# Submitter information
| Company name | Materialise N.V. |
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
| Establishment registration number | 3003998208 |
| Street Address | Technologielaan 15 |
| City | Leuven |
| Postal code | 3001 |
| Country | Belgium |
| Phone number | +32 16 39 62 80 |
| Fax number | +32 16 39 66 06 |
| Contact name | Oliver Clemens |
| Contact title | Regulatory officer |
| Contact e-mail address | regulatory.affairs@materialise.be |
### Submission date
The date of the Traditional 510(k) submission is November 4th, 2016.
### Submission information
| Trade Name | SurgiCase Orthopaedics system, SurgiCase Connect, SurgiCase<br>Guides |
|---------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Common Name | Orthopaedic surgical planning and instruments guide |
| Classification Name | Orthopaedic surgical planning and instruments guide |
| Product code | PBF |
### Predicate devices
| Trade or proprietary or model name | SurgiCase Orthopaedics system |
|------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
| 510(k) number | K132290 |
| Decision date | 04/10/2014 |
| Product code | PBF |
| Manufacturer | Materialise N.V. |
# Device Information
#### Description and functioning of the device
The SurgiCase Orthopaedics system is intended to be used as a surgical instrument to transfer a pre-surgical plan to surgeries involving osteotomies in upper extremity orthopedic surgical procedures and orthopedic surgical procedures around the knee.
For pediatric patients 7 years of age and older, it is intended to be used in osteotomies involving the radius and ulna.
The SurgiCase Orthopaedics system is composed of two components: SurgiCase Connect (software) and SurgiCase Guides (hardware).
SurgiCase Connect is a medical device for Materialise and a surgeon for pre-surgical simulation of surgical treatment options. This includes transferring, visualizing, measuring, and editing medical data.
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The SurgiCase Guides are patient specific templates that are designed and manufactured based on a pre-surgical software plan for a specific patient. In surgery these guides are used to assist a surgeon in guiding the marking of bone and/or guiding surgical instruments to cut and drill according to the pre-surgical plan.
All guides are individually designed and manufactured for each patient using a design and manufacturing process with strict procedures and work instructions. Part of this process is a scientific Stability Model which measures the sensitivity of a guide to movement during surgery. The use of this Stability Model provides a way to find the most stable position of the base plate on the individual patient's anatomy for accurate guiding of surgical instruments. The Stability Model is anatomy independent, thus it can be applied to any bony structure in upper and lower extremity surgical procedures.
### Intended use
The SurgiCase Orthopaedics system is intended to be used as a surgical instrument to assist in pre-operative planning and/or in guiding the marking of bone and/or guide surgical instruments in non-acute, non-joint replacing osteotomies
- For adult patients; in upper extremity orthopedic surgical procedures and orthopedic surgical procedures around the knee.
- . For pediatric patients 7 years of age and older; in orthopedic surgical procedures involving the radius and ulna.
SurgiCase Guides are intended for single use only.
### Summary of technological characteristics
The proposed device has the same design, functionality, fundamental technology, materials, and software components as the predicate device (K13290). The only difference between the proposed device and the predicate device (K132290) is the intended patient population of the proposed device which has been expanded to the radius and ulna in pediatric patients 7 years of age and older. Since pediatric patients may not be fully grown, the guide might not adequately fit on the patient when too much time has passed between scan and surgery. Performance testing was conducted to address this concern.
### Performance data
#### Non-clinical testing
In terms of biocompatibility, sterilization dimensional stability, cleaning, packaging and shipment, the SurgiCase Guides are identical to the predicate device. No new tests on these topics are needed.
The functional elements on the guides, i.e. drill sleeves, cutting slots, fixation holes, remain identical to the predicate device when used on a pediatric patient. The only part of the guide that requires extra testing is the base plate: the guide might not fit on the patient when too much time has passed between scan and surgery as the anatomy of the pediatric patient is likely to be growing. This changing anatomy is not a new risk compared to the predicate device, but the anatomical changes for pediatric patients are more profound. Several risk reduction measures are in place to account for a changing anatomy. One of the risk reduction measures is the useful life. The useful life period depends on the age of the patient, and the surgical area. The useful life is determined based on a literature study, covering both growth in diameter of the bone, and fit tests. The goal of the fit tests was to determine the maximal allowed growth, which still ensures a good fit. The maximal allowed growth cannot be investigated by a sawbones or a cadaver lab, since those bones cannot grow. The only alternative is to simulate growth for pediatric bones coming from pediatric clinical cases. As such, a fit test is performed in which guides were placed on the grown, 3D-printed, pediatric bone models and evaluated.
Based on this maximal growth and the literature study the is calculated as the period that can pass between scan date and surgery date without posing any risks with respect to the guide fit.
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Due to the lack of literature on bone growth rates in pediatric patients, many extrapolations were made to the worst-case growth rate calculations and thereby the useful life calculations. Because of these extrapolations, multiple safety factors were incorporated into the useful life calculations, and in addition the shortest calculated useful life amongst all age/gender categories, i.e., 3 weeks, is to be used in all indicated pediatric patients. With a useful life of 3 weeks, indicated pediatric patients are not expected to have bone growth that would affect the performance of the proposed device. The proposed device is expected to perform substantially equivalent in indicated pediatric patients to the predicate device (K132290).
Like the predicate device, the additional use of a scientific Stability Model provides a way to find the most stable position of the base plate on the individual patient's anatomy for accurate guiding of surgical instruments. This Stability Model is anatomy independent and thus is applicable for pediatric bones as well.
#### Clinical testing
Retrospective analysis of US and OUS pediatric clinical cases helped to further support the safety and short-term efficacy of the proposed device.
#### Summary
All non clinical testing and the retrospective analysis of clinical cases indicate that the subject device is as safe, as effective, and performs as well as the predicate device.
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