K Number
K233507
Date Cleared
2024-01-18

(79 days)

Product Code
Regulation Number
888.3565
Panel
OR
Reference & Predicate Devices
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Intended Use

The EVOLUTION® Tibial Cones are indicated for use in knee arthroplasty in skeletally mature patients with the following conditions:

  1. Non-inflammatory degenerative joint disease: including osteoarthritis, traumatic arthritis, or avascular necrosis

  2. Inflammatory degenerative joint disease, including rheumatoid arthritis;

  3. Correction of functional deformity

  4. Revision procedures where other treatments or devices have failed; and treatment of fractures that are unmanageable using other techniques

The EVOLUTION® Tibial Cones are for uncemented use only.

Device Description

The EVOLUTION® Tibial Cones are hollow, cone shaped accessory implants made of a Titanium Alloy substrate conforming to ASTM F136 and has a diffusion-bonded porous coating on the inner and out surface made Titanium conforming to ASTM F67 (OsteoSync™ Ti). These cones are to be used in knee arthroplasty in skeletally mature patients as part of the tibial implant construct. The subject device is press-fit into a reamed tibial void and then filled with bone cement to provide a reinforced cement mantle for the compatible tibial construct.

The EVOLUTION® Tibial Cones consist of 6 sizes of porous cones to be used particularly for complex knee replacement cases where there is severe defect where the bone will not provide appropriate fixation for the EVOLUTION® implants. The subject device is stackable to a construct of maximum 3 compatible sizes.

Overall functionality and indications for use of the device are identical to the predicate device, Regenerex™ Porous Titanium Sleeve Augments (K072336). The subject device possesses similar design characteristics being a tapered cone implant of similar dimension with a porous coating to promote greater bone adhesion.

The subject EVOLUTION® Tibial Cones are compatible with the EVOLUTION® Revision Tibia components (K162026, K231947) and the EVOLUTION® Hinge Knee System modular tibial bases (K230563). This 510(k) also seeks to expand the compatibility of the cement keel (K231947) to also be used with the EVOLUTION® Hinge Modular Tibial Base (K230563) as they are used in conjunction with the subject EVOLUTION® Tibia Cones. The EVOLUTION® Hinge Modular Tibia Base possesses the same identical modular stem taper as the currently compatible EVOLUTION® Revision Tibia (K162026). Therefore, assessments presented in K231947 are sufficient to support the compatibility with EVOLUTION® Hinge Modular Tibia Base.

AI/ML Overview

The provided document is a 510(k) summary for the Microport Orthopedics EVOLUTION® Tibial Cones. This document does not contain information about acceptance criteria or a study that proves the device meets specific performance criteria in the context of an AI/ML device.

Instead, this document details the substantial equivalence of a physical medical device (tibial cones used in knee arthroplasty) to legally marketed predicate devices. The "testing" mentioned is non-clinical bench testing for material properties and an MRI safety evaluation, not clinical studies or performance evaluations against acceptance criteria for an AI/ML algorithm.

Therefore, I cannot provide the requested information because the provided text does not describe an AI/ML device or its performance study.

Here's a breakdown of why this information is not present in the provided text:

  • No AI/ML Device: The document describes "EVOLUTION® Tibial Cones" which are hollow, cone-shaped accessory implants made of titanium alloy with a porous coating. This is a physical orthopedic implant.
  • No Acceptance Criteria for AI/ML Performance: The document does not mention any AI/ML model, its output, or any performance metrics like sensitivity, specificity, AUC, or accuracy which would be subject to acceptance criteria in an AI/ML study.
  • No Study Proving AI/ML Performance: The "Nonclinical Testing" Section D lists tests related to the physical properties of the implant (e.g., porous coating evaluation, abrasion resistance, tensile strength, MRI safety). These are standard for physical medical devices and are not AI/ML performance studies.
  • No Clinical Testing: Section E explicitly states, "Clinical data was not submitted or relied on for a determination of substantial equivalence." This further confirms that no studies involving human data (which would be central to an AI/ML medical device's evaluation) were performed or relied upon for this submission.

If you have a document describing an AI/ML medical device and its performance study, please provide that, and I would be happy to help.

§ 888.3565 Knee joint patellofemorotibial metal/polymer porous-coated uncemented prosthesis.

(a)
Identification. A knee joint patellofemorotibial metal/polymer porous-coated uncemented prosthesis is a device intended to be implanted to replace a knee 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 is designed to achieve biological fixation to bone without the use of bone cement. This identification includes fixed-bearing knee prostheses where the ultra high molecular weight polyethylene tibial bearing is rigidly secured to the metal tibial base plate.(b)
Classification. Class II (special controls). The special control is FDA's guidance: “Class II Special Controls Guidance Document: Knee Joint Patellofemorotibial and Femorotibial Metal/Polymer Porous-Coated Uncemented Prostheses; Guidance for Industry and FDA.” See § 888.1 for the availability of this guidance.