K183553 · Biomet, Inc. · MBF · Jan 22, 2019 · Orthopedic
Device Facts
Record ID
K183553
Device Name
Compress and Mini Compress Anti-Rotation Spindles
Applicant
Biomet, Inc.
Product Code
MBF · Orthopedic
Decision Date
Jan 22, 2019
Decision
SESE
Submission Type
Traditional
Regulation
21 CFR 888.3670
Device Class
Class 2
Attributes
Therapeutic
Indications for Use
Correction of revision of unsuccessful osteotomy, arthrodesis, or previous joint replacement. Tumor resections. Revision of previously failed total joint arthroplasty. Trauma. The Compress Segmental Femoral Replacement System components are intended for uncemented use. The Compress Segmental Humeral Replacement System components are intended for uncemented use. The Discovery® Elbow and Nexel® Elbow components when used in conjunction with the Compress Segmental Humeral Replacement System are restricted to the Compress Segment System indications and are intended to be inserted with bone cement. The Modular Hybrid® Glenoid when used in conjunction with the Compress Segmental Humeral Replacement System is restricted to the Compress Segmental Humeral Replacement System indications and is intended to be used with bone cement. The optional porous titanium peg may be inserted without bone cement. The optional polyethylene peg should be inserted with bone cement.
Device Story
Compress and Mini Compress Anti-Rotation Spindles are components of Compress Segmental Femoral and Humeral Replacement Systems. Spindles attach to anchor plug and proximal/distal femoral/humeral components to fix segmental joint replacement to host bone. Conical washers apply compressive load at prosthetic implant-bone interface during insertion. Spindle collar includes holes for pin placement to prevent component rotation. Used in limb salvage arthroplasty procedures; operated by orthopedic surgeons. Submission updates surgical techniques regarding recommended pin selection range. No changes to materials, design, or dimensions.
Clinical Evidence
No clinical data provided. Substantial equivalence supported by geometric evaluation of surgical technique modifications.
Technological Characteristics
Anti-rotation spindles with conical washers for compressive loading and collar holes for anti-rotation pins. Materials, dimensions, and design features remain unchanged from predicate devices. Uncemented use for primary components; cemented use for specific compatible elbow/glenoid components.
Indications for Use
Indicated for patients requiring limb salvage arthroplasty due to unsuccessful osteotomy, arthrodesis, or previous joint replacement; tumor resections; revision of failed total joint arthroplasty; or trauma.
Regulatory Classification
Identification
A shoulder joint metal/polymer/metal nonconstrained or semi-constrained porous-coated uncemented prosthesis is a device intended to be implanted to replace a shoulder joint. The device limits movement in one or more planes. It has no linkage across-the-joint. This generic type of device includes prostheses that have a humeral component made of alloys such as cobalt-chromium-molybdenum (Co-Cr-Mo) and titanium-aluminum-vanadium (Ti-6Al-4V) alloys, and a glenoid resurfacing component made of ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene, or a combination of an articulating ultra-high molecular weight bearing surface fixed in a metal shell made of alloys such as Co-Cr-Mo and Ti-6Al-4V. The humeral component and glenoid backing have a porous coating made of, in the case of Co-Cr-Mo components, beads of the same alloy or commercially pure titanium powder, and in the case of Ti-6Al-4V components, beads or fibers of commercially pure titanium or Ti-6Al-4V alloy, or commercially pure titanium powder. The porous coating has a volume porosity between 30 and 70 percent, an average pore size between 100 and 1,000 microns, interconnecting porosity, and a porous coating thickness between 500 and 1,500 microns. This generic type of device is designed to achieve biological fixation to bone without the use of bone cement.
Special Controls
*Classification.* Class II (special controls). The special control for this device is FDA's “Class II Special Controls Guidance: Shoulder Joint Metal/Polymer/Metal Nonconstrained or Semi-Constrained Porous-Coated Uncemented Prosthesis.”
Compress Segmental Humeral Replacement System (K112905)
Compress Segmental Humeral Replacement System (K123297)
Reference Devices
Discovery® Elbow System
Zimmer Nexel® Elbow System
Biomet's Comprehensive® Segmental Revision System
Modular Hybrid® Glenoid
Submission Summary (Full Text)
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January 22, 2019
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Michael McBurney Regulatory Affairs Associate 56 East Bell Drive Warsaw, Indiana 46581
# Re: K183553
Trade/Device Name: Compress and Mini Compress Anti-Rotation Spindles Regulation Number: 21 CFR 888.3670 Regulation Name: Shoulder Joint Metal/Polymer/Metal Nonconstrained Or Semi-Constrained Porous-Coated Uncemented Prosthesis Regulatory Class: Class II Product Code: MBF, JDC, KWS, KWT, JDI, KRO, KWY, KWZ, LPH, LZO, MEH Dated: December 18, 2018 Received: December 20, 2018
Dear Michael McBurney:
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. Although this letter refers to your product as a device, please be aware that some cleared products may instead be combination products. The 510(k) Premarket Notification Database located at https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfpmn/pmn.cfm identifies combination product submissions. 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,
# Daniel S. Ramsey -S 2019.01.22 17:35:50 -05'00'
FOR Mark N. Melkerson Director Division of Orthopedic Devices Office of Device Evaluation Center for Devices and Radiological Health
Enclosure
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# Indications for Use
Form Approved: OMB No. 0910-0120 Expiration Date: 06/30/2020 See PRA Statement below.
510(k) Number (if known)
## K183553
Device Name
Compress Segmental Femoral Replacement System
Indications for Use (Describe)
- 1. Correction of revision of unsuccessful osteotomy, arthrodesis, or previous joint replacement.
- 2. Tumor resections.
- 3. Revision of previously failed total joint arthroplasty.
- 4. Trauma.
The Compress Segmental Femoral Replacement System components are intended for uncemented use.
| Type of Use (Select one or both, as applicable) | |
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X Prescription Use (Part 21 CFR 801 Subpart D)
| Over-The-Counter Use (21 CFR 801 Subpart C)
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# Indications for Use
Form Approved: OMB No. 0910-0120 Expiration Date: 06/30/2020 See PRA Statement below.
510(k) Number (if known)
#### K183553
Device Name
Compress Segmental Humeral Replacement System
Indications for Use (Describe)
1. Correction or revision of unsuccessful osteotomy, arthrodesis, or previous joint replacement.
2. Tumor resections.
3. Revision of previously failed total joint arthroplasty.
4. Trauma.
The Compress Segmental Humeral Replacement System components are intended use.
The Discovery® Elbow and Nexel® Elbow components when used in conjunction with the Compress Segmental Humeral Replacement System are restricted to the Compress Segment System indications and are intended to be inserted with bone cement.
When components of the Compress Segmental Humeral Replacement System are used with Biomet's Discovery® Elbow System, the user should refer to the package insert contained with the Discovery® components for additional information (01-50-0901). Compatibility is limited to Biomet manufactured Discovery® Elbow components.
When components of the Compress Segmental Humeral Replacement System are used with the Zimmer Nexel® Elbow System, the user should refer to the package insert contained with the Nexel® components for additional information (87-6204-077-88).
When components of the Compress Segmental Humeral Replacement System are used with Biomet's Comprehensive® Segmental Revision System, the user should refer to the package insert contained with the Comprehensive Segmental Revision System components for additional information (01-50-0911).
The Modular Hybrid® Glenoid when used in conjunction with the Compress Segmental Humeral Replacement System is restricted to the Compress Segmental Humeral Replacement System indications and is intended to be used with bone cement. The optional porous titanium peg may be inserted without bone cement. The optional polyethylene peg should be inserted with bone cement.
| 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
In accordance with 21 CFR §807.92 and the Safe Medical Devices Act of 1990, the following information is provided for the subject 510(k) premarket notification. The submission was prepared in accordance with the FDA guidance document, 'Format for Traditional and Abbreviated 510(k)s', issued on August 12, 2005.
| Sponsor: | Biomet Inc.<br>56 East Bell Drive<br>PO Box 587<br>Warsaw, IN 46581<br>Establishment Registration Number: 1825034 | |
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| Contact Person: | Michael McBurney<br>Regulatory Affairs Associate<br>Telephone: (574-373-2564) | |
| Date: | January 18, 2019 | |
| Subject Device: | Trade Name: Compress and Mini Compress Anti-<br>Rotation Spindles | |
| | Common Name: Limb salvage arthroplasty | |
| | Classification Name:<br>• MBF - prosthesis, shoulder, semi-constrained,<br>metal/polymer, uncemented (21 CFR 888.3670)<br>• JDC – prosthesis, elbow, constrained, cemented<br>(21 CFR 888.3150)<br>• KWS - prosthesis, shoulder, semi-constrained,<br>metal/polymer cemented (21 CFR 888.3660)<br>• KWT - prosthesis, shoulder, non-constrained,<br>metal/polymer cemented (21 CFR 888.3650)<br>• JDI - prosthesis, hip, semi-constrained,<br>metal/polymer, cemented (21 CFR 888.3350)<br>• KRO - prosthesis, knee, femorotibial, constrained<br>cemented, metal/polymer (21 CFR 888.3510)<br>• KWY - prosthesis, hip, hemi-, femoral,<br>metal/polymer, cemented or uncemented (21 CFR<br>888.3390)<br>• KWZ - prosthesis, hip, constrained, cemented or<br>uncemented, metal/polymer (21 CFR 888.3310) | |
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- . LPH - prosthesis, hip, semi-constrained, metal/polymer, porous uncemented (21 CFR 888.3358) LZO - prosthesis, hip, semi-constrained, . metal/ceramic/polymer, cemented or non-porous, uncemented (21 CFR 888.3353) . MEH - prosthesis, hip, semi-constrained, uncemented, metal / polymer, non-porous, calcium phosphate (21 CFR 888.3353) Predicate Device(s): Primary Predicate Device: K101475 Compress Anti-Rotation Spindles (Biomet, Inc.) Additional Predicates: K112905 Compress Segmental Humeral Replacement System (Biomet, Inc.) K123297 Compress Segmental Humeral Replacement System (Biomet, Inc.) Description: The Compress and Mini Compress Anti-Rotation Spindles are components of the Compress Segmental Femoral Replacement System and Compress Segmental Humeral Replacement System. The Anti-Rotation Spindles attach to an anchor plug and a proximal/distal femoral/humeral component to serve as a method of fixing a segmental joint replacement to a patient's host bone. The Anti-Rotation Spindles contain several conical washers which allow a compressive load to be applied at the prosthetic implant-bone interface at the time of device insertion. The Anti-Rotation Spindles also include a series of holes around the spindle collar to allow placement of pins to prevent rotation of the component. The purpose of this submission is the update of the surgical techniques associated with the Compress and Mini Compress Anti-Rotation Spindles to revise the recommended pin selection range for use with the Anti-Rotation Spindles. Summary of Technological Characteristics: The updates to the surgical techniques do not impact indications, materials, design features or dimensions, packaging or sterilization. The subject devices are
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Traditional 510(k)
intended for use in limb salvage arthroplasty. The indications for use are as follows:
- . Indications for Use - Compress Segmental Femoral Replacement System:
1. Correction of revision of unsuccessful osteotomy, arthrodesis, or previous joint replacement.
- 2. Tumor resections.
3. Revision of previously failed total joint arthroplasty.
- 4. Trauma.
The Compress Segmental Femoral Replacement System components are intended for uncemented use.
#### Indications for Use - Compress Segmental ● Humeral Replacement System:
1. Correction or revision of unsuccessful osteotomy, arthrodesis, or previous joint replacement.
- 2. Tumor resections.
3. Revision of previously failed total joint arthroplasty.
- 4. Trauma.
The Compress Segmental Humeral Replacement System components are intended for uncemented use.
The Discovery® Elbow and Nexel® Elbow components when used in conjunction with the Compress Segmental Humeral Replacement System are restricted to the Compress Segmental Humeral Replacement System indications and are intended to be inserted with bone cement.
When components of the Compress Segmental Humeral Replacement System are used with Biomet's Discovery® Elbow System, the user should refer to the package insert contained with the Discovery® components for additional information (01-50-0901). Compatibility is limited to Biomet manufactured Discovery® Elbow components.
When components of the Compress Segmental Humeral Replacement System are used with the Zimmer Nexel® Elbow System, the user should refer to the package insert contained with the Nexel®
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components for additional information (87-6204-077-88).
When components of the Compress Segmental Humeral Replacement System are used with Biomet's Comprehensive® Segmental Revision System, the user should refer to the package insert contained with the Comprehensive® Segmental Revision System components for additional information (01-50-0911). The Modular Hybrid® Glenoid when used in conjunction with the Compress Segmental Humeral Replacement System is restricted to the Compress Segmental Humeral Replacement System indications and is intended to be used with bone cement. The optional porous titanium peg may be inserted without bone cement. The optional polyethylene peg should be inserted with bone cement.
## Summary of Performance Data (Nonclinical and/or Clinical)
#### Non-Clinical Tests: .
- Geometric evaluation was conducted, o demonstrating the necessity for revisions to the subject surgical techniques to clarify the Anti-Rotation Pin usage.
#### ● Clinical Tests:
Clinical data was not provided for the subject devices.
The subject surgical technique modifications are implemented per the results of the geometric evaluation. The subject devices are substantially equivalent to the legally marketed predicate devices.
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