K201157 · Microport Orthopedics, Inc. · MBL · Aug 24, 2021 · Orthopedic
Device Facts
Record ID
K201157
Device Name
Prime BIOFOAM® Multi-Hole Shells
Applicant
Microport Orthopedics, Inc.
Product Code
MBL · Orthopedic
Decision Date
Aug 24, 2021
Decision
SESE
Submission Type
Traditional
Regulation
21 CFR 888.3358
Device Class
Class 2
Attributes
Therapeutic
Indications for Use
The Prime Acetabular Cup System is intended for use in total hip arthroplasty for reduction or relief of pain and/or improved hip function in skeletally mature patients. Indications for Use 1) non-inflammatory degenerative joint disease such as osteoarthritis, avascular necrosis, ankylosis, protrusio acetabuli, and painful hip dysplasia; 2) inflammatory degenerative joint disease such as rheumatoid arthritis; 3) correction of functional deformity; and, 4) revision procedures where other treatments or devices have failed. Shells with BIOFOAM® coating are intended only for uncemented arthroplasty.
Device Story
Prime BIOFOAM® Multi-Hole Shells are acetabular components for total hip arthroplasty; line extension of Prime Acetabular System. Device consists of Ti alloy shell with BIOFOAM® (commercially pure Ti foam) coating; features 10, 12, or 14 screw holes; outer diameters 42-68mm. Implanted by orthopedic specialists in operating room; used with existing MicroPort instrumentation. Device provides structural support for hip joint replacement; facilitates bone ingrowth via porous coating. Benefits include pain reduction and improved hip function for patients with degenerative joint disease or functional deformity.
Clinical Evidence
No clinical data provided. Substantial equivalence supported by nonclinical bench testing, including frictional torque/pinch load (ISO 7206-2, ISO 7206-12), finite element analysis (ASTM F3090), long-term shell fatigue (ASTM F1820, ASTM F2068, ASTM F3090), and MR conditionality assessments (ASTM F2052, ASTM F2119, ASTM F2503, ASTM F2182).
Technological Characteristics
Materials: Ti alloy (ASTM F620) shell with Commercially Pure Ti foam (ASTM F67) coating. Dimensions: 42-68mm outer diameter. Configuration: 10, 12, or 14 screw holes. Sterilization: Gamma radiation. Uncemented porous-coated prosthesis.
Indications for Use
Indicated for skeletally mature patients requiring total hip arthroplasty due to non-inflammatory degenerative joint disease (osteoarthritis, avascular necrosis, ankylosis, protrusio acetabuli, painful hip dysplasia), inflammatory degenerative joint disease (rheumatoid arthritis), functional deformity, or revision procedures. Intended for uncemented arthroplasty only.
Regulatory Classification
Identification
A hip joint metal/polymer/metal semi-constrained porous-coated uncemented prosthesis is a device intended to be implanted to replace a hip 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 has a femoral component made of a cobalt-chromium-molybdenum (Co-Cr-Mo) alloy or a titanium-aluminum-vanadium (Ti-6Al-4V) alloy and an acetabular component composed of an ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene articulating bearing surface fixed in a metal shell made of Co-Cr-Mo or Ti-6Al-4V. The femoral stem and acetabular shell have a porous coating made of, in the case of Co-Cr-Mo substrates, beads of the same alloy, and in the case of Ti-6Al-4V substrates, fibers of commercially pure titanium or Ti-6Al-4V alloy. 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. The generic type of device has a design to achieve biological fixation to bone without the use of bone cement.
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August 24, 2021
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MicroPort Orthopedics Inc. Ryan Ross Manager - Regulatory Affairs 5677 Airline Road Arlington, Tennessee 38002
Re: K201157
Trade/Device Name: Prime BIOFOAM® Multi-Hole Shells Regulation Number: 21 CFR 888.3358 Regulation Name: Hip Joint Metal/Polymer/Metal Semi-Constrained Porous-Coated Uncemented Prosthesis Regulatory Class: Class II Product Code: MBL, LPH, LZO Dated: August 11, 2021 Received: August 12, 2021
Dear Ryan Ross:
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,
for
Limin Sun, Ph.D. Acting Assistant Director DHT6A: Division of Joint Arthroplasty Devices OHT6: Office of Orthopedic Devices Office of Product Evaluation and Ouality Center for Devices and Radiological Health
Enclosure
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# Indications for Use
510(k) Number (if known)
K201157
Device Name Prime BIOFOAM® Multi-Hole Shells
#### Indications for Use (Describe)
The Prime Acetabular Cup System is intended for use in total hip arthroplasty for reduction or relief of pain and/or improved hip function in skeletally mature patients.
Indications for Use
1) non-inflammatory degenerative joint disease such as osteoarthritis, avascular necrosis, ankylosis, protrusio acetabuli, and painful hip dysplasia;
2) inflammatory degenerative joint disease such as rheumatoid arthritis;
- 3) correction of functional deformity; and,
4) revision procedures where other treatments or devices have failed.
Shells with BIOFOAM® coating are intended only for uncemented arthroplasty.
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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Prime BIOFOAM® Multi-Hole Shell Traditional 510(k) Tab 007: 510(k) Summary
# 510(k) Summary Prime BIOFOAM® Multi-Hole Shell
In accordance with 21 CFR 807.92 and the Safe Medical Devices Act of 1990, this information serves as a Summary of Substantial Equivalence for the Prime BIOFOAM® Multi-Hole Shell. The submission was prepared in accordance with FDA Guidance Document "Format for Traditional and Abbreviated 510(k)s", issued September 13, 2019.
| Submitted by: | MicroPort Orthopedics Inc.<br>5677 Airline Road<br>Arlington, TN 38002<br>USA | | |
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| Date: | August 24, 2021 | | |
| Contact Person: | Ryan Ross<br>Sr. Manager, Regulatory Affairs<br>Phone: (901) 867-4401<br>Fax: (901) 451-6018<br>Email: ryan.ross@ortho.microport.com | | |
| Proprietary Name: | Prime BIOFOAM® Multi-Hole Shell | | |
| Common Name: | Acetabular Shell | | |
| Classification<br>Name and<br>Reference: | 21 CFR 888.3358<br>Hip joint metal/polymer/metal semi-constrained porous-coated uncemented<br>prosthesis - Class II | | |
| | 21 CFR 888.3353<br>Hip joint metal/ceramic/polymer semi-constrained cemented or nonporous<br>uncemented prosthesis - Class II | | |
| Subject Panel and<br>Product Code(s): | Orthopedics/87/MBL, LPH, LZO | | |
| Legally Marketed Devices to which Substantial Equivalence is claimed: | | | |
| Primary Predicate: | K170444 | Prime Acetabular Cup System | MicroPort Orthopedics Inc. |
| Predicate Devices: | K122382 | DYNASTY® BIOFOAM® Shell | MicroPort Orthopedics Inc. |
DYNASTY® BIOFOAM® Shell
K082924
MicroPort Orthopedics Inc.
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### DEVICE INFORMATION
### A. Device Description
MicroPort is introducing the Prime BIOFOAM® Multi-Hole Shells as a line extension of its existing Prime Acetabular System (K170444, K171181, K180798, and K181598). The subject implants are single use only, are provided sterile, and are to be implanted only by orthopedic specialists in an operating room setting. Associated instrumentation is reusable, provided nonsterile, and are to be used only by orthopedic specialists in an operating room setting.
The Prime BIOFOAM® Multi-Hole Shell includes 10, 12, or 14 screw hole variations. The subject acetabular shells can be used with existing MicroPort devices listed in Section G, Table 3 to form a complete total hip system.
- Multi-Hole Acetabular Shells
- Material: Ti alloy conforming to ASTM F620 O
- Coating: Commercially Pure Ti Foam conforming to ASTM F67 O (BIOFOAM®)
- Outer diameters: 42mm to 68mm with 2 mm increments O
- Variants: 10, 12, or 14 screw holes O
- Sterilized using Gamma Radiation O
### B. Intended Use
The Prime Acetabular Cup System is intended for use in total hip arthroplasty for reduction or relief of pain and/or improved hip function in skeletally mature patients.
#### Indications for Use
- 1) non-inflammatory degenerative joint disease such as osteoarthritis, avascular necrosis, ankylosis, protrusio acetabuli, and painful hip dysplasia;
- 2) inflammatory degenerative joint disease such as rheumatoid arthritis;
- 3) correction of functional deformity; and,
- 4) revision procedures where other treatments or devices have failed.
Shells with BIOFOAM® coating are intended only for uncemented arthroplasty.
#### C. Summary of Technological Characteristics
The design features and materials of the Prime BIOFOAM® Multi-Hole Shell are substantially equivalent to those of the predicate devices. The indications are identical to the predicate devices. The fundamental scientific technology of the subject devices has not change relative to the predicate devices. Sterilization methods are identical to the predicate devices.
Different from the predicate acetabular shells, which have 3 screw holes, the subject acetabular shell has 10, 12, or 14 screw holes dependent on shell size.
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The safety and effectiveness of the subject devices are adequately supported by the substantial equivalence information, materials information, and analysis of data provided within this Premarket Notification.
## D. Nonclinical Testing
Nonclinical bench testing was performed to evaluate and demonstrate the substantial equivalence of the subject Prime BIOFOAM® Multi-Hole Shells to their legally marketed predicate devices.
- Frictional Torque/Pinch Load, per ISO 7206-2 and ISO 7206-12 ●
- Finite Element Analysis, per ASTM F3090 ●
- Long-Term Shell Fatigue, per ASTM F1820, ASTM F2068, and ASTM F3090 ●
Predicate nonclinical test results were leveraged to support the subject device via equivalency rationale.
- MR Conditionality Assessments (Field Interactions, Artifacts, RF Heating), per ● ASTM F2052, ASTM F2119, ASTM F2503, ASTM F2182
## E. Clinical Testing
Clinical testing was not provided for the subject devices.
## F. Biocompatibility
The intended patient contact and materials used in the subject implant devices are identical to the predicate devices.
All subject instruments have identical patient contact and materials as instrumentation cleared as part of K170444.
## G. Instrumentation
The Prime BIOFOAM® Multi-Hole Shell uses existing instrumentation submitted as part of K170444. No new instrumentation is being introduced for the subject device.
## H. Conclusion
Based on the intended use, indications for use, design features, the use of established wellknown materials, and results of the nonclinical bench testing, the subject Prime BIOFOAM® Multi-Hole Shell is substantially equivalent to the legally marketed devices listed in this summary.
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