The Materialise Shoulder Guide and Models are intended to be used as a surgical instrument to assist in the intraoperative positioning of glenoid components used with total and reverse shoulder arthroplasty by referencing anatomic landmarks of the shoulder that are identifiable on preoperative CT-imaging scans. The Materialise Shoulder Guide and Models are single use only. The Materialise Shoulder Guide and Models can be used in conjunction with the following total and reverse shoulder implants systems and their respective compatible components: Depuy Synthes' GLOBAL® APG+ Shoulder System (K052472), DELTA XTEND™ Reverse Shoulder System (K120174, K062250, K183077, K203694), GLOBAL® STEPTECH® APG Shoulder System (K092122), INHANCE™ Anatomic Shoulder System (K202716), INHANCE™ Reverse Shoulder System (K212737); Enovis' Reverse® Shoulder Prosthesis (K051075, K111629, K092873), Turon® Shoulder System (K080402), AltiVate™ Anatomic Shoulder System (K162024), AltiVate™ Anatomic Augmented Glenoid (K213387); Smith+Nephew's Titan™ Total Shoulder System (K100448, K112438, K142413, K152047), Titan™ Reverse Shoulder System (K130050, K161189, K173717, K181999); Lima's SMR™ Shoulder System (K100858), SMRTM Reverse Shoulder System (K110598), SMRTM Modular Glenoid (K113254) (K143256), SMR™ 3-Pegs Glenoid (K130642), SMR™ TT Metal Back Glenoid (K133349), SMRTM 40mm Glenosphere (K142139), SMRTM TT Augmented 360 Baseplate (K220792), SMR™ TT Hybrid Glenoid (K220792); Stryker's ReUnion RSA Reverse Shoulder System (K183039), Reunion TSA Total Shoulder Arthroplasty System (K183039). SurgiCase Shoulder Planner is intended to be used as a pre-surgical planner for simulation of surgical interventions for shoulder orthopedic surgery. The software is used to assist in the positioning of shoulder components. SurgiCase Shoulder Planner allows the surgeon to visualize, measure, reconstruct, annotate and edit pre-surgical plan data. The software leads to the generation of a surgery report along with a pre-surgical plan data file which can be used as input data to design the Materialise Shoulder Guide and Models.
Device Story
System comprises SurgiCase Shoulder Planner software and patient-specific 3D-printed glenoid guides/models. Surgeon uses software to visualize, measure, and reconstruct patient anatomy from preoperative CT scans; simulates implant positioning; generates surgical plan. If requested, Materialise manufactures patient-specific glenoid guides and bone/graft models based on approved plan. Guides used intraoperatively by surgeons to transfer pre-planned pin positioning to patient anatomy. System facilitates accurate component placement in total/reverse shoulder arthroplasty. Benefits include improved surgical precision and planning. Used in clinical settings by orthopedic surgeons.
Clinical Evidence
No clinical data provided. Substantial equivalence supported by bench testing, including biocompatibility, cleaning, debris, dimensional stability, packaging, and software verification/validation. Previous simulated surgeries using rapid-prototyped bone models and cadaver testing from predicate/reference devices are cited as applicable.
Technological Characteristics
Patient-specific 3D-printed surgical guides and bone/graft models. Software-based preoperative planning tool. Connectivity: Standalone planning software. Sterilization: Not specified (implied single-use). Software: Rule-based/interactive planning tool for visualization, measurement, and annotation. Materials: Not specified (standard medical-grade polymers/metals for 3D printing).
Indications for Use
Indicated for patients undergoing total or reverse shoulder arthroplasty requiring assistance in intraoperative glenoid component positioning via patient-specific guides derived from preoperative CT scans.
Regulatory Classification
Identification
A shoulder joint metal/polymer semi-constrained cemented prosthesis is a device intended to be implanted to replace a shoulder 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 humeral resurfacing component made of alloys, such as cobalt-chromium-molybdenum, and a glenoid resurfacing component made of ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene, and is limited to those prostheses intended for use with bone cement (§ 888.3027).
Special Controls
*Classification.* Class II. The special controls for this device are:(1) FDA's:
(i) “Use of International Standard ISO 10993 ‘Biological Evaluation of Medical Devices—Part I: Evaluation and Testing,’ ”
(ii) “510(k) Sterility Review Guidance of 2/12/90 (K90-1),”
(iii) “Guidance Document for Testing Orthopedic Implants with Modified Metallic Surfaces Apposing Bone or Bone Cement,”
(iv) “Guidance Document for the Preparation of Premarket Notification (510(k)) Application for Orthopedic Devices,” and
(v) “Guidance Document for Testing Non-articulating, ‘Mechanically Locked’ Modular Implant Components,”
(2) International Organization for Standardization's (ISO):
(i) ISO 5832-3:1996 “Implants for Surgery—Metallic Materials—Part 3: Wrought Titanium 6-aluminum 4-vandium Alloy,”
(ii) ISO 5832-4:1996 “Implants for Surgery—Metallic Materials—Part 4: Cobalt-chromium-molybdenum casting alloy,”
(iii) ISO 5832-12:1996 “Implants for Surgery—Metallic Materials—Part 12: Wrought Cobalt-chromium-molybdenum alloy,”
(iv) ISO 5833:1992 “Implants for Surgery—Acrylic Resin Cements,”
(v) ISO 5834-2:1998 “Implants for Surgery—Ultra-high Molecular Weight Polyethylene—Part 2: Moulded Forms,”
(vi) ISO 6018:1987 “Orthopaedic Implants—General Requirements for Marking, Packaging, and Labeling,” and
(vii) ISO 9001:1994 “Quality Systems—Model for Quality Assurance in Design/Development, Production, Installation, and Servicing,” and
(3) American Society for Testing and Materials':
(i) F 75-92 “Specification for Cast Cobalt-28 Chromium-6 Molybdenum Alloy for Surgical Implant Material,”
(ii) F 648-98 “Specification for Ultra-High-Molecular-Weight Polyethylene Powder and Fabricated Form for Surgical Implants,”
(iii) F 799-96 “Specification for Cobalt-28 Chromium-6 Molybdenum Alloy Forgings for Surgical Implants,”
(iv) F 1044-95 “Test Method for Shear Testing of Porous Metal Coatings,”
(v) F 1108-97 “Specification for Titanium-6 Aluminum-4 Vanadium Alloy Castings for Surgical Implants,”
(vi) F 1147-95 “Test Method for Tension Testing of Porous Metal,”
(vii) F 1378-97 “Standard Specification for Shoulder Prosthesis,” and
(viii) F 1537-94 “Specification for Wrought Cobalt-28 Chromium-6 Molybdenum Alloy for Surgical Implants.”
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September 12, 2023
Materialise NV Giulia Girola Regulatory Affairs Specialist Technologielaan 15 Leuven, 3001 Belgium
Re: K231112
Trade/Device Name: Materialise Shoulder System™, Materialise Shoulder Guide and Models, SurgiCase Shoulder Planner
Regulation Number: 21 CFR 888.3660 Regulation Name: Shoulder joint metal/polymer semi-constrained cemented prosthesis Regulatory Class: Class II Product Code: OHE, KWS, PHX Dated: July 7, 2023 Received: July 7, 2023
Dear Giulia Girola:
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. Thomas Mcnamara -S
Digitally signed by Thomas Mcnamara -S Date: 2023.09.12 15:07:59 -04'00"
For: Farzana Sharmin, Ph.D. Assistant Director DHT6A: Division of Joint Arthroplasty Devices OHT6: Office of Orthopedic Devices Office of Product Evaluation and Quality Center for Devices and Radiological Health
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# Indications for Use
#### 510(k) Number (if known)
#### K231112
Device Name Materialise Shoulder System™ Materialise Shoulder Guide and Models SurgiCase Shoulder Planner
### Indications for Use (Describe)
Hardware
The Materialise Shoulder Guide and Models are intended to be used as a surgical instrument to assist in the intraoperative positioning of glenoid components used with total and reverse shoulder arthroplasty by referencing anatomic landmarks of the shoulder that are identifiable on preoperative CT-imaging scans.
The Materialise Shoulder Guide and Models are single use only.
The Materialise Shoulder Guide and Models can be used in conjunction with the following total and reverse shoulder
- implants systems and their respective compatible components:
- · Depuy Synthes'
- GLOBAL® APG+ Shoulder System (K052472)
- DELTA XTEND™ Reverse Shoulder System (K120174, K062250, K183077, K203694)
- GLOBAL® STEPTECH® APG Shoulder System (K092122)
- INHANCE™ Anatomic Shoulder System (K202716)1
- INHANCE™ Reverse Shoulder System (K212737)
- · Enovis'2 (DJO)
- Reverse® Shoulder Prosthesis (K051075, K111629, K092873)
- Turon® Shoulder System (K080402)
- AltiVate™ Anatomic Shoulder System (K162024)
- AltiVate™ Anatomic Augmented Glenoid (K213387)
- · Smith+Nephew's 3
- Titan™ Total Shoulder System (K100448, K112438, K142413, K152047)
- Titan™ Reverse Shoulder System (K130050, K161189, K173717, K181999)
- Lima's
- SMR™ Shoulder System (K100858)
- SMRTM Reverse Shoulder System (K110598)
- SMRTM Modular Glenoid (K113254) (K143256)
- SMR™ 3-Pegs Glenoid (K130642)
- SMR™ TT Metal Back Glenoid (K133349)
- SMRTM 40mm Glenosphere (K142139)
- SMRTM TT Augmented 360 Baseplate (K220792)
- SMR™ TT Hybrid Glenoid (K220792)
- · Stryker's
- ReUnion RSA Reverse Shoulder System (K183039)
- Reunion TSA Total Shoulder Arthroplasty System (K183039)
## Software
SurgiCase Shoulder Planner is intended to be used as a pre-surgical planner for simulation of surgical interventions for shoulder orthopedic surgery. The software is used to assist in the positioning of shoulder components. SurgiCase Shoulder Planner allows the surgeon to visualize, measure, reconstruct, annotate and edit pre-surgical plan data. The software leads to the generation of a surgery report along with a pre-surgical plan data file which can be used as input data to design the Materialise Shoulder Guide and Models.
<sup>1</sup> The implant system was originally cleared under K202716 as the Ignite Anatomic Shoulder System and was rebranded by DePuy Synthes as INHANCE™ Anatomic Shoulder System.
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| 2 DJO company name changed to Enovis. The shoulder products of Enovis were originally cleared under the company name of DJO (Encore Medical). |
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3 The Integra shoulder portfolio was acquired by Smith+Nephew in 2020. The shoulder products of the Titan™ Shoulder System were transferred from Integra to Smith+Nephew.
Type of Use (Select one or both, as applicable)
> Prescription Use (Part 21 CFR 801 Subpart D)
_ Over-The-Counter Use (21 CFR 801 Subpart C)
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# 510(k) Summary
The following section is included as required by the Safe Medical Devices Act (SMDA) of 1990 and 21CFR 807.92.18
| 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 66 11 |
| Fax number | +32 16 39 66 06 |
| Primary contact person | Giulia Girola |
| Phone number | +39 3285339108 |
| Contact title | Regulatory Affairs Specialist |
| Contact e-mail address | Regulatory. Affairs@materialise.be |
| Additional contact person | Jenny Jones |
| Contact title | Global Quality Regulatory Manager |
| Contact e-mail address | Jenny.Jones@materialise.com |
## Submission date
The date of the Traditional 510(k) submission is April 17, 2023.
# Submission Information
| Trade Name | Materialise Shoulder System™<br>Materialise Shoulder Guide and Models<br>SurgiCase Shoulder Planner |
|--------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Common Name | Patient specific instrumentation for shoulder<br>arthroplasty + 3D planning software |
| Classification Name | Prosthesis, Shoulder, Semi-Constrained,<br>Metal/Polymer Cemented |
| Primary product code | QHE (21 CFR 888.3660) |
| Additional product codes | KWS (21 CFR 888.3660)<br>PHX (21 CFR 888.3660) |
# Predicate Device
The predicate device to which substantial equivalence is claimed:
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| Trade or proprietary or model name | Materialise Shoulder System™<br>Materialise Shoulder Guide and Models<br>SurgiCase Shoulder Planner |
|------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 510(k) number | K220452 |
| Decision date | August 17, 2022 |
| Classification product code | QHE (21 CFR 888.3660)<br>KWS (21 CFR 888.3660)<br>PHX (21 CFR 888.3660) |
| Manufacturer | Materialise N.V. |
#### Reference Device
| Trade or proprietary or model name | Materialise Shoulder System™<br>Materialise Shoulder Guide and Models<br>SurgiCase Shoulder Planner |
|------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 510(k) number | K230315 |
| Decision date | March 6, 2023 |
| Classification product code | QHE (21 CFR 888.3660)<br>KWS (21 CFR 888.3660)<br>PHX (21 CFR 888.3660) |
| Manufacturer | Materialise N.V. |
#### Device Description
Materialise Shoulder System™ is a patient-specific medical device that is designed to be used to assist the surgeon in the placement of shoulder components during total anatomic and reverse shoulder replacement surgery. This can be done by generating a pre-surgical shoulder plan and, if requested by the surgeon, by manufacturing a patient-specific glenoid guide and models to transfer the glenoid plan to surgery. The device is a system composed of the following:
- . a software component, branded as SurgiCase Shoulder Planner. This software is a planning tool used to generate a pre-surgical plan for a specific patient.
- Materialise Shoulder Guide and Models, which are a patient-specific guide and models that are ● based on a pre-surgical plan. This pre-surgical plan is generated using the software component. Patient-specific glenoid guide and models will be manufactured if the surgeon requests patientspecific guides to transfer the glenoid plan to surgery. The Materialise Shoulder Guide is designed and manufactured to fit the anatomy of a specific patient. A bone model of the scapula is delivered with the Materialise Shoulder Guide. A graft model can be delivered with the Materialise Shoulder Guide. The graft model visualizes the graft-space between implant and bone, based on the preoperative planning of the surgeon. The graft model serves as a visual reference for the surgeon in the OR.
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## Indications for Use
#### Hardware
The Materialise Shoulder Guide are intended to be used as a surgical instrument to assist in the intraoperative positioning of glenoid components used with total and reverse shoulder arthroplasty by referencing anatomic landmarks of the shoulder that are identifiable on preoperative CT-imaging scans.
## The Materialise Shoulder Guide and Models are single use only.
The Materialise Shoulder Guide and Models can be used in conjunction with the following total and reverse shoulder implants systems and their respective compatible components:
- DePuy Synthes' .
- -GLOBAL® APG+ Shoulder System (K052472)
- DELTA XTEND™ Reverse Shoulder System (K120174, K062250, K183077, -K203694)
- GLOBAL® STEPTECH® APG Shoulder System (K092122) -
- INHANCE™ Anatomic Shoulder System (K202716)1 -
- INHANCE™ Reverse Shoulder System (K212737) -
- Enovis'2 (DJO) .
- Reverse® Shoulder Prosthesis (K051075, K111629, K092873) -
- Turon® Shoulder System (K080402) -
- AltiVate™ Anatomic Shoulder System (K162024) -
- AltiVate™ Anatomic Augmented Glenoid (K213387) -
- Smith+Nephew's 3 ●
- Titan™ Total Shoulder System (K100448, K112438, K142413, K152047) -
- -Titan™ Reverse Shoulder System (K130050, K161189, K173717, K181999)
- Lima's .
- SMR™ Shoulder System (K100858) -
- SMR™ Reverse Shoulder System (K110598) -
- SMR™ Modular Glenoid (K113254) (K143256) -
- SMR™ 3-Pegs Glenoid (K130642) -
- SMR™ TT Metal Back Glenoid (K133349) -
- SMR™ 40mm Glenosphere (K142139) -
- -SMR™ TT Augmented 360 Baseplate (K220792)
- SMR™ TT Hybrid Glenoid (K220792) -
- Stryker's ●
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- -ReUnion RSA Reverse Shoulder System (K183039)
- -Reunion TSA Total Shoulder Arthroplasty System (K183039)
## Software
SurgiCase Shoulder Planner is intended to be used as a pre-surgical planner for simulation of surgical interventions for shoulder orthopedic surgery. The software is used to assist in the positioning of shoulder components. SurgiCase Shoulder Planner allows the surgeon to visualize, measure, reconstruct, annotate and edit pre-surgical plan data. The software leads to the generation of a surgery report along with a presurgical plan data file which can be used as input data to design the Materialise Shoulder Guide and Models.
1 The implant system was originally cleared under K202716 as the Ignite Anatomic Shoulder System and was rebranded by DePuy Synthes as INHANCE™ Anatomic Shoulder System.
2DJO company name changed to Enovis. The shoulder products of Enovis were originally cleared under the company name of DJO (Encore Medical).
3 The Integra shoulder portfolio was acquired by Smith+Nephew in 2020. The shoulder products of the Titan™ Shoulder System were transferred from Integra to Smith+Nephew.
### Functioning of the Device
The Materialise Shoulder System™ generates a pre-surgical plan based on medical imaging the SurgiCase Shoulder Planner. The SurgiCase Shoulder Planner allows a qualified surgeon to visualize, measure, reconstruct, annotate, edit and approve pre-surgical plan data, which leads to the generation of a case planning report. The SurgiCase Shoulder Planner allows for the creation of a glenoid and/or humeral pre-operative plan. If requested by the surgeon, Materialise Shoulder Guide and Models are designed and manufactured based on the approved glenoid pre-surgical plan. Materialise Shoulder Guide and Models are patient specific templates which transfer the pre-operatively determined pin positioning to the patient intraoperatively assisting the surgeon in positioning glenoid components used with total and reverse shoulder arthroplasty procedures. The Materialise Shoulder Guide and Models are available for glenoid components only.
## Technological Characteristics
The Materialise Shoulder System™ has an equivalent intended use and the same fundamental scientific technology as the predicate device. The subject device's software is intended for positioning shoulder components, i.e. glenoid components and humeral components (same as the predicate device). The subject device's hardware is intended for positioning shoulder glenoid components only (same as the predicate device).
#### Software
The subject software device employs similar fundamental technologies as the predicate software device. Technological similarities include:
- . Device functionality: The planning functionality, visualization options and planning features are the same for the glenoid planning of the subject device as for the predicate device.
- Software technology: The subject device has the same code base as the predicate device and uses the same methods for design and verification and validation as the predicate device.
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Following technological differences exist between the subject device software and the predicate device software:
- The main difference between the subject device and previously cleared predicate device K220452 is the addition of the following Enovis' (the previous company name was DJO) component in the software component of the subject device for the surgeon to select during the planning stage:
- AltiVate™ Anatomic Augmented Glenoid (K213387).
- Ability to more easily visualize muscle elongation which previously had to be measured ● manually.
The subject software technology differences have been demonstrated that they do not affect the safety or effectiveness, or that they do not raise any new issues regarding to the safety and effectiveness compared to the predicate device.
### Hardware
The subject hardware device is substantially equivalent in intended use, design, functionality, operating principles, materials and performance characteristics compared with the predicate device.
The main difference between the subject device hardware and the predicate device is the extension of compatibility of the SurgiCase Shoulder Guides and Models with additional Enovis' (the previous company name was DJO) Implant component:
- AltiVate™ Anatomic Augmented Glenoid (K213387). -
## Performance Data (non-clinical)
#### Hardware:
Previous testing for biocompatibility, cleaning, debris, dimensional stability and packaging are applicable to the subject device and demonstrate substantial equivalence with the predicate device. Testing verified that the accuracy and performance of the system is adequate to perform as intended. The stability of the device placement, surgical technique, intended use and functional elements of the subject device are the same as that of the predicate device of Materialise Shoulder System™ K220452 and previously cleared devices K212569, K193560, K172054, K172054, K170893, K153602 and K131559, and therefore previous simulated surgeries using rapid prototyped bone models and previous cadaver testing on previously cleared devices K153602 and K131559 are considered applicable to the subject device.
#### Software:
Software verification and validation were performed, and documentation was provided following the "Guidance for the Content of Premarket Submissions for Software Contained in Medical Devices." This includes verification against defined requirements, and validation aqainst user needs.
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# Conclusion
The non-clinical performance testing indicates that the subject device is as safe and effective as the predicate device. Therefore, it can be concluded that the Materialise Shoulder System™ is substantially equivalent to the predicate device.
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Select multiple rows in the results table (aim for under ~10), then open the PDF Viewer tab. Ask one question — it goes to all selected devices in parallel, each with citations. This is the fastest way to compare and contrast devices: training data, PCCP scope, how they handled adding new scanners, and so on.
What does the side-by-side PDF viewer mode do?
Select multiple devices, open the PDF viewer tab, and ask one question (e.g., "Describe the training data"). It queries all selected devices simultaneously with citations, so you can compare and contrast quickly.
6. Collections
With rows selected, go to the Collections tab and create a labeled collection (e.g., "Cobb Angle Project"). Reload that selection any time — before a client call, pull up the collection and ask questions across all of its devices at once.
How do you save a set of selected devices for later use?
Select the rows, go to the Collections tab, and create a labeled collection (e.g., "Cobb Angle Project"). You can reload the selection anytime and carry it into the PDF viewer and other tabs that support selections.
7. Product codes and the regulations tree
Click a product code in the results to jump to it in the regulations tree — identification text, sibling product codes, and devices you can open in a PDF viewer on the right. Click a regulation number to see its identification, special controls, and related product codes. You can also search by product code or regulation number at the top of the tree. Always read the special controls if any exist for your device — it broadens your search and sharpens pre-kickoff research.
What can you do from the regulations tree view?
Browse product codes and regulation numbers, read the identification text and special controls, browse sibling product codes, open device PDFs on the right, and search by product code or regulation number at the top of the tree.
8. Chart view
Click Show Chart and segment by regulation number (or product code) to see which regulations dominate your result set. Clicking a regulation takes you into the regulations tree. Great for spotting that most matches are, say, hardware laparoscopic devices — a cue to go back and filter.
How do you see which regulations dominate a search result set?
Click "Show Chart" and segment by Regulation Number. Clicking a regulation takes you to the regulations tree.
9. The predicate graph
Open the Predicates tab for a family-tree view of predicate relationships. Click a node to trace its parents and children; selections from search carry over pre-selected. Commonly predicated devices are worth reading — a lot of people predicated them for a reason. The visual lineage is also handy on client calls, e.g. to show how a predicate family evolved and justify why your predicate still holds.
In the predicate graph, why are commonly predicated devices worth reading?
A lot of people predicated them for a reason. Clicking a node traces parents and children, and selections from search carry over pre-selected.
10. Embeddings: the galaxy map
The Embeddings tab plots every matching document in a 2-D "galaxy map" where semantically similar devices cluster together. Hover or click clusters to explore, and let AI label the clusters for you. Embeddings beat product codes for grouping: two devices can carry different product codes (LLZ vs. QIH) yet do the same thing — the embedding captures the meaning of the intended use and device story. This is also exactly how retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) works under the hood, and it makes a great visual on client calls.
Try it yourself
Head to the search page and work through a few of these AI/ML fuzzy searches to build intuition: perivascular fat on CT · aortic valve calcification opportunistic screening on noncontrast CT · breast cancer prediction on digital pathology slides · autism detection · gestational age prediction · a hearing aid that can also detect a pulse · foundation model based analysis of ECG · large language models · penetration test. Watch how the relevance scores, intended use, and AI Performance tables tell you when results stop being meaningful.