K150741 · THINK Surgical, Inc. · OJP · Oct 22, 2015 · Neurology
Device Facts
Record ID
K150741
Device Name
TSolution One w/ACG surgical System
Applicant
THINK Surgical, Inc.
Product Code
OJP · Neurology
Decision Date
Oct 22, 2015
Decision
SESE
Submission Type
Traditional
Regulation
21 CFR 882.4560
Device Class
Class 2
Attributes
Therapeutic
Indications for Use
The TSolution One™ w/ACG Surgical System is intended for use as a device that uses diagnostic images of the patient acquired specifically to assist the physicial planning and to provide orientation and reference information during intraoperative procedures. The robotic surgical tool, under the surgeon, precisely implements the presurgical software plan. The preoperative planning software and robotic surgical tool is used as an alternative to manual planning and broaching/reaming/impacting techniques for femoral canal and acetabular cup preparation in primary cementless total hip arthroplasty (THA) using a posterior approach. The TSolution One™ w/ACG Surgical System is indicated for orthopedic procedures in which the broaching, reaming and impacting techniques used in primary cementless total hip arthroplasty (THA) using a posterior approach may be considered to be safe and effective and where references to rigid anatomical structures may be made. The TSolution One™ w/ACG Surgical System is also intended to assist the surgeon in determining reference alignment axes in relation to anatomical and instrumentation structures during stereotactic orthopedic surgical procedures. The TSolution One™ w/ACG Surgical System facilitates accurate positioning of THA implants, relative to these alignment axes.
Device Story
System comprises TPLAN preoperative planning workstation and TCAT robotic system; includes electromechanical arm, control electronics, display, and surgical accessories (cutters, probes, markers). Inputs: patient CT scan data. Process: surgeon uses TPLAN to create 3D surgical plan; TCAT robotic arm implements plan via point-to-surface registration to patient anatomy. Output: precise femoral canal and acetabular cup preparation. Used in OR by surgeons to assist in THA procedures; replaces manual broaching/reaming/impacting. Benefits: improved accuracy in implant positioning and alignment relative to anatomical axes.
Clinical Evidence
No clinical data. Evidence based on benchtop accuracy testing, software verification, usability testing, and cadaveric simulated-use testing. All tests passed.
Technological Characteristics
Stereotaxic robotic system; electromechanical arm; CT-based preoperative planning; point-to-surface registration; includes irrigation pump, cutter motor controller, and load cells. Connectivity includes control electronics and display monitor. Software-driven robotic implementation of surgical plan.
Indications for Use
Indicated for patients requiring primary cementless total hip arthroplasty (THA) via posterior approach where manual broaching, reaming, and impacting are considered safe and effective. Used for orthopedic procedures requiring reference to rigid anatomical structures and stereotactic alignment of THA implants.
Regulatory Classification
Identification
A stereotaxic instrument is a device consisting of a rigid frame with a calibrated guide mechanism for precisely positioning probes or other devices within a patient's brain, spinal cord, or other part of the nervous system.
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Food and Drug Administration 10903 New Hampshire Avenue Document Control Center - WO66-G609 Silver Spring, MD 20993-0002
October 22, 2015
THINK Surgical Incorporated % Mr. Glen Emelock Senior Partner The CRO Group, Incorporated 32 Harrison Street Melrose. Massachusetts 02176
Re: K150741
Trade/Device Name: TSolution One™ w/ACG Surgical System Regulation Number: 21 CFR 882.4560 Regulation Name: Stereotaxic instrument Regulatory Class: Class II Product Code: OJP, OLO Dated: October 1, 2015 Received: October 2, 2015
Dear Mr. Emelock:
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. 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 yours.
Mark N. Melkerson -S
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
510(k) Number (if known)
K150741
Device Name
TSolution One™ w/ACG Surgical System
## Indications for Use (Describe)
The TSolution One™ w/ACG Surgical System is intended for use as a device that uses diagnostic images of the patient acquired specifically to assist the physicial planning and to provide orientation and reference information during intraoperative procedures. The robotic surgical tool, under the surgeon, precisely implements the presurgical software plan.
The preoperative planning software and robotic surgical tool is used as an alternative to manual planning and broaching/reaming/impacting techniques for femoral canal and acetabular cup preparation in primary cementless total hip arthroplasty (THA) using a posterior approach.
The TSolution One™ w/ACG Surgical System is indicated for orthopedic procedures in which the broaching, reaming and impacting techniques used in primary cementless total hip arthroplasty (THA) using a posterior approach may be considered to be safe and effective and where references to rigid anatomical structures may be made.
The TSolution One™ w/ACG Surgical System is also intended to assist the surgeon in determining reference alignment axes in relation to anatomical and instrumentation structures during stereotactic orthopedic surgical procedures. The TSolution One™ w/ACG Surgical System facilitates accurate positioning of THA implants, relative to these alignment axes.
Type of Use (Select one or both, as applicable)
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# 510(k) Summary of Safety and Effectiveness
This summary of 510(k) safety and effectiveness information is being submitted in accordance with the requirements of SMDA 1990 and 21 CFR 807.92.
| Submitter Name: | THINK Surgical, Inc. |
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| Submitter Address : | 47320 Mission Falls Court Fremont, CA 94539 |
| Contact Person: | Glen Emelock |
| Phone Number: | (510) 249-2300 |
| Fax Number: | (510) 249-2396 |
| Date Prepared: | March, 2015 |
| Device Trade Name: | TSolution One™ w/ACG Surgical System |
| Device Common Name: | Stereotaxic Instrument |
| Classification Name: | Orthopedic Computer Controlled Surgical System, OJP, OLC |
| Regulation Number: | 21 CFR 882.4560 |
| Predicate device: | TCAT™/TPLAN™ Surgical System, K140585 |
| Reason for submission: | Not previously marketed in the USA |
#### Device Description:
The TSolution One™ w/ACG Surgical System is a three-dimensional, graphical, preoperative planner and implementation tool for treatment of patients who require a total hip arthroplasty (THA) procedure. This device is intended as an alternative to manual template planning, broaching, reaming and impacting techniques for the preparation of femoral canal and acetabular cup for patients requiring a primary THA procedure. The system consists of the TPLAN™ Preoperative Planning Workstation and TCAT™, a robotic system composed of an electromechanical arm, arm base including control electronics and computer, display monitor, and miscellaneous accessories such as cutters, drapes, irrigation sets, probes, and markers. TPLANTM and TCAT™ when used according to the instructions for use, make precision femoral canal and acetabular cup preparation possible before and during THA surgical procedures..
#### Intended Use:
The TSolution One™ w/ACG Surgical System is intended for use as a device that uses of the patient acquired specifically to assist the physician with presurgical planning and to provide orientation and reference information during intraoperative procedures. The robotic surgical tool, under the direction of the surgeon, precisely implements the presurgical software plan.
The preoperative planning software and robotic surgical tool is used as an alternative to manual planning and broaching/reaming/impacting techniques for femoral canal and acetabular cup preparation in primary cementless total hip arthroplasty (THA) using a posterior approach.
The TSolution One w/ACG Surgical System is indicated for orthopedic procedures in which the broaching, reaming and impacting techniques used in primary cementless total hip arthroplasty (THA) using a posterior approach may be considered to be safe and effective and where references to rigid anatomical structures may be made.
The TSolution One™ w/ACG Surgical System is also intended to assist the surgeon in determining reference alignment axes in relation to anatomical and instrumentation structures during stereotactic orthopedic surgical procedures. The TSolution One™ w/ACG Surgical System facilitates accurate positioning of THA implants, relative to these alignment axes.
#### Predicate Device:
The TSolution One™ w/ACG Surgical System is substantially equivalent to the TCAT™/TPLANTM Surgical System, K140585 and the OrthAlign OrthAlign Plus® System, K140331.
#### Comparison of Technological Characteristics and Principles of Operation:
The TSolution One™ w/ACG Surgical System is similar to the legally marketed devices listed previously in that they share the same intended use and indications, technological characteristics, principles of operation and performance data as the predicate devices.
Table 1 provides a comparison of technological characteristics and principles of operation between the TSolution One™ w/ACG Surgical System and its predicate devices.
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| Device | Patient Image Data | Presurgical<br>Plan | Surgical<br>Plan Data | Machine<br>Instructions | Patient/Device<br>Registration<br>Requirement | Robot<br>Electromechanical<br>Arm |
|--------------------------------------------|--------------------|---------------------|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| TCAT™/TPLAN™<br>Surgical System | Yes, CT Scan | Yes,<br>Presurgery | Yes, high<br>level<br>operative<br>plan | Yes, Robotic<br>Arm driven<br>by validated<br>control<br>software and<br>hardware | Yes, point to<br>surface<br>registration | Yes, robot with<br>single<br>electromechanical<br>arm and end<br>effector implement<br>control file<br>instructions |
| TSolution One™<br>w/ACG Surgical<br>System | Yes, CT Scan | Yes,<br>Presurgery | Yes, high<br>level<br>operative<br>plan | Yes, Robotic<br>Arm driven<br>by validated<br>control<br>software and<br>hardware | Yes, point to<br>surface<br>registration | Yes, robot with<br>single<br>electromechanical<br>arm and end<br>effector implement<br>control file<br>instructions |
| OrthAlign OrthAlign<br>Plus® System | Not specified | Yes,<br>Presurgery | Yes, high<br>level<br>operative<br>plan | N/A,<br>surgeon<br>manipulates<br>based on<br>computer<br>module info | Yes, point to<br>surface<br>registration | No |
Any minor differences between the TSolution One™ w/ACG Surgical System and its predicate devices raise no new questions of safety or effectiveness nor change the device's intended therapeutic effect in comparison to its predicate.
## Performance Data:
The TSolution One™ w/ACG Surgical System has been evaluated with non-clinical performance testing as per Table 2 below for the following modifications and or improvements:
- TPLAN Acetabular Cup Module prepares surgeon for acetabular cup reaming and impacting .
- TCAT Acetabular Cup Module guides surgeon during acetabular cup reaming and impacting ●
- . Irrigation Pump Modification - results in improved irrigation of surgical site during bone cutting
- Acetabular Cup Bone Motion Recovery Markers permits continuation of procedure in event of acetabular ● cup motion during surgery
- . Acetabular Cup Tools – provides reusable surgical instruments facilitating acetabular cup reaming and impacting
- Cutter Motor Controller provides additional cutter motor control capabilities for future surgical systems .
- Direct Drive Z-axis provides more responsive Z-axis positioning during robot movement ●
- Load Cell Change for RoHS compliance .
- BMM Cable Change for improved BMM signal quality ●
### Table 2: Verification / Validation Activities
| Verification / Validation Activity | Purpose | Results |
|------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------|
| Software Testing | Verify TPLAN presurgical planning and TCAT<br>surgical system software function as intended to<br>successfully complete THA procedure including<br>Acetabular Cup Guidance | PASS |
| Usability Testing | Verify TPLAN presurgical planning and TCAT user<br>interface functions as intended to successfully<br>complete THA procedure including Acetabular<br>Cup Guidance and meet user needs. | PASS |
| Benchtop Accuracy Testing | Verify overall system (TPLAN presurgical<br>planning, and TCAT surgical system) accuracy in<br>meeting specified requirements. | PASS |
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| Cadaver Testing | Validate that the workflow of the TSolution One™ wACG Surgical System including THA software as<br>well as tools and accessories in a simulated use<br>environment functions as intended to successfully<br>complete a THA procedure including Acetabular<br>Gup Guidance and meets customer requirements. | PASS |
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#### Conclusions
The results of performance testing indicated the device performed within the intended use and the differences between the predicate and the TSolution One™ w/ACG Surgical System do not raise any new safety or efficacy
issues. Supporting information included in this premarket submissi Surgical System is adequate for the intended use and is substantially equivalent to the predicate device.
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