The MySpine WebPlanner is a surgical pre-operative planning software intended to provide assistance to surgeons in viewing, storing, and measuring radiological images, as well as planning the surgical placement of the spinal fixation devices. The MyBalance, a module of the MySpine WebPlanner, allows to perform generic as well as specific measurements of patient's sagittal alignment and to plan spinal surgical procedures ( osteotomies or Lordosis/ Kyphosis correction in spinal fusion surgeries). To properly use the MySpine WebPlanner, and the MyBalance module, clinical judgment and experience are required.
Device Story
Web-based surgical pre-operative planning application; processes patient DICOM radiological images and bone segmentations. MySpine WebPlanner allows surgeons to view, store, and measure images; plan spinal fixation device placement. MyBalance module enables assessment of patient sagittal alignment and simulation of sagittal corrections (osteotomies, Lordosis/Kyphosis correction). Workflow involves Medacta operators performing initial quality control, landmark acquisition, and planning; surgeons perform final simulations and surgical planning. Output is a surgical plan used for clinical decision-making and potential manufacturing of patient-specific spinal guides. Used in clinical settings by surgeons; accessible via web browser on PCs or tablets.
Clinical Evidence
No clinical studies were conducted. Evidence consists of bench testing, including software verification and validation (accuracy and repeatability testing for MyBalance measurements).
Technological Characteristics
Web application; platform-independent (PC/tablet). Supports DICOM image format. Integrates with internal MyPlanner software for computations. Software-based measurement and planning tool. No patient contact.
Indications for Use
Indicated for surgeons requiring assistance in viewing, storing, and measuring radiological images, and planning spinal fixation device placement, osteotomies, or Lordosis/Kyphosis correction in spinal fusion surgeries. Requires clinical judgment and experience.
Regulatory Classification
Identification
A medical image management and processing system is a device that provides one or more capabilities relating to the review and digital processing of medical images for the purposes of interpretation by a trained practitioner of disease detection, diagnosis, or patient management. The software components may provide advanced or complex image processing functions for image manipulation, enhancement, or quantification that are intended for use in the interpretation and analysis of medical images. Advanced image manipulation functions may include image segmentation, multimodality image registration, or 3D visualization. Complex quantitative functions may include semi-automated measurements or time-series measurements.
Special Controls
*Classification.* Class II (special controls; voluntary standards—Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM) Std., Joint Photographic Experts Group (JPEG) Std., Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) Test Pattern).
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Medacta International SA % Mr. Christopher Lussier Senior Director, Quality and Regulatory Medacta USA 3973 Delp Street MEMPHIS TN 83118
Re: K211386
Trade/Device Name: MySpine WebPlanner & MyBalance Regulation Number: 21 CFR 892.2050 Regulation Name: Medical image management and processing system Regulatory Class: Class II Product Code: LLZ Dated: May 26, 2021 Received: May 27, 2021
Dear Mr. Lussier:
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
Thalia T. Mills, Ph.D. Director Division of Radiological Health OHT7: Office of In Vitro Diagnostics and Radiological Health Office of Product Evaluation and Quality Center for Devices and Radiological Health
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# Indications for Use
510(k) Number (if known) K211386
Device Name MySpine WebPlanner & MyBalance
### Indications for Use (Describe)
The MySpine WebPlanner is a surgical pre-operative planning software intended to provide assistance to surgeons in viewing, storing, and measuring radiological images, as well as planning the surgical placement of the spinal fixation devices. The MyBalance, a module of the MySpine WebPlanner, allows to perform generic as well as specific measurements of patient's sagittal alignment and to plan spinal surgical procedures ( osteotomies or Lordosis/ Kyphosis correction in spinal fusion surgeries). To properly use the MySpine WebPlanner, and the MyBalance module, clinical judgment and experience are required.
| Type of Use (Select one or both, as applicable) | |
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| <span style="font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="font-family: Arial;"> <span> <span style="font-weight: bold;">Prescription Use (Part 21 CFR 801 Subpart D)</span> </span> </span> </span> | <span> <span> <span> <span style="font-weight: bold;">☑</span> </span> </span> </span> |
| <span style="font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="font-family: Arial;"> <span> <span style="font-weight: bold;">Over-The-Counter Use (21 CFR 801 Subpart C)</span> </span> </span> </span> | <span> <span> <span> <span style="font-weight: bold;">☐</span> </span> </span> </span> |
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# 510(k) Summary - K211386
#### I. Submitter
Medacta International SA Strada Regina 6874 Castel San Pietro (CH) Switzerland Phone (+41) 91 696 60 60 Fax (+41) 91 696 60 66
Contact Person: Stefano Baj, Regulatory and Compliance Director, Medacta International SA Applicant Correspondent: Chris Lussier, Senior Director of Quality and Regulatory, Medacta USA Date Prepared: May 2, 2021 Date Revised: July 23, 2021
### II. Device
| Device Proprietary Name: | MySpine WebPlanner & MyBalance |
|--------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|
| Common or Usual Name: | Picture archiving and communications system (PACS) |
| Classification Name: | Medical image management and processing system |
| Primary Product Code: | LLZ |
| Regulation Number: | 21 CFR 892.2050 |
| Device Classification | II |
#### III. Predicate Device
Substantial equivalence is claimed to the following devices:
Primary predicate device:
> Surgimap Spine, K111019, Nemaris Inc.
| Device Proprietary Name: | Surgimap Spine |
|--------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|
| Common or Usual Name: | Picture archiving and communications system (PACS) |
| Classification Name: | Medical image management and processing system |
| Primary Product Code: | LLZ |
| Regulation Number: | 21 CFR 892.2050 |
| Device Classification: | II |
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Reference device:
- > MySpine S2-Alar/Alar-Iliac Pedicle Screw Placement Guides, K200792, Medacta Interational SA
| Device Proprietary Name: | MySpine S2-Alar/Alar-Iliac Pedicle Screw Placement Guides |
|--------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|
| Common or Usual Name: | Pedicle Screw Placement Guide |
| Classification Name: | Thoracolumbosacral Pedicle Screw System |
| Primary Product Code: | PQC |
| Regulation Number: | 21 CFR 888.3070 |
| Device Classification: | II |
### Device Description IV.
The subject device MySpine WebPlanner & MyBalance is an interactive web application using the patient's radiological images and the related bone segmentations to allow the end-users performing a pre-operative surgical planning.
The data and the information displayed in the web interface named WebPlanner are computed and loaded by an internal software named MyPlanner.
The MyBalance is an optional module of the MyPlanner, thus available on the WebPlanner interface, and it allows the surgeon to verify the actual patient sagittal alignment and to simulate a sagittal correction in order to determine balance condition after the planned correction.
The image format supported is DICOM. The end-user with its credentials can access the MySpine WebPlanner at https://myspine.medacta.com/.
The purpose of the current 510(k) submission is to obtain the clearance for the MySpine WebPlanner & MyBalance as a planning software. The subject device software uses the computations made by the predicate MyPlanner software, already cleared within K200792, to manufacture MySpine guides thus the surgeons after the planning with the subject MySpine & MyBalance can request (if preferred by the surgeon) for the MySpine guides to be manufactured, per the clearance within K200792. Please review Figure 1 below for a breakdown of the MySpine software interactions.
The MySpine WebPlanner & MyBalance software are of a major level of concern according to FDA's Guidance for Industry and FDA Staff: Guidance for the Content of Premarket Submissions for Software Contained in Medical Devices (issued May 11, 2005).
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Internal software performing the computations
## MyPlanner
Image /page/5/Figure/4 description: The image shows a diagram of the MyPlanner system. On the left side of the image, a blue box lists the steps of the MyPlanner process, including case creation, image upload, QC check, 3D model segmentation, planning by Medacta operator, planning modification, planning report, and guides production. On the right side of the image, an orange box describes the MySpine WebPlanner, which is a web application that allows users to interact with the MyPlanner system and MyBalance calculations. A green box at the bottom left of the image describes MyBalance, which is used for sagittal alignment verification.
Figure 1. MySpine software interactions.
### V. Indications for Use
The MySpine WebPlanner is a surgical pre-operative planning software intended to provide assistance to surgeons in viewing, storing, and measuring radiological images, as well as planning the surgical placement of the spinal fixation devices.
The MyBalance, a module of the MySpine WebPlanner, allows to perform generic as well as specific measurements of patient's sagittal alignment and to plan spinal surgical procedures or Lordosis/ Kyphosis correction in spinal fusion surgeries).
To properly use the MySpine WebPlanner, and the MyBalance module, clinical judgment and experience are required.
### Comparison of Technological Characteristics VI.
The MySpine WebPlanner & MyBalance and the predicate devices, MySpine S2 (K200792) and Surgimap Spine (K111019), share the following characteristics:
- image input and storage:
- user interface:
- . workflow:
- output and measurements; and ●
- patient contact.
The MySpine WebPlanner & MyBalance differs from the predicate devices. MyPlanner (K200792) and Surgimap Spine (K111019), with regards to the following characteristics:
- design: ●
- operative system; and ●
- user interactions. ●
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The subject device's design is quite different from the predicate devices since it has been developed as a web application instead of a desktop application and this difference makes the subject device independent from the operative system and usable also on a tablet. It is a design choice not raising new questions of safety and effectiveness as demonstrated by software verification activities. The slightly different user interactions between the subject and predicate devices, especially with regards to the MyBalance and with respect to the predicate Surgimap Spine (K111019), does not introduce any further risk since the main workflow steps of the subject devices (e.g. images quality control check, initial planning, landmarks acquisition) are performed by Medacta operators specifically trained for this purpose and only the simulations and the final surgical planning steps are performed by the surgeons.
# Discussion
The subject and predicate devices are substantially equivalent with reference to the intended use, user interfaces, input images and their storage, workflow, measurements output and patient contact. The slight differences between the subject and predicate devices with regards to design, operative system and user interactions do not raise new questions of safety and effectiveness as demonstrated by verification and validation activities. Based on the comparison of technological characteristics and performance data provided within this submission, the data supports the substantial equivalence of the MySpine WebPlanner & MyBalance to the identified predicate devices.
#### VII. Performance Data
Based on the risk analysis, testing activities were conducted to written protocols. The following validation and tests are being provided in support of the substantial equivalence determination:
## Non-Clinical Studies
- software verification;
- software validation, including accuracy and repeatability test for MyBalance measurements. ●
## Clinical Studies:
- . No clinical studies were conducted.
#### VIII. Conclusion
The information provided above supports that the MySpine WebPlanner & MyBalance are substantially equivalent to the predicate devices.
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