K172186 · Cayenne Medical, Inc. · MBI · Oct 16, 2017 · Orthopedic
Device Facts
Record ID
K172186
Device Name
BioWick X Implant with Driver
Applicant
Cayenne Medical, Inc.
Product Code
MBI · Orthopedic
Decision Date
Oct 16, 2017
Decision
SESE
Submission Type
Traditional
Regulation
21 CFR 888.3040
Device Class
Class 2
Attributes
Therapeutic
Indications for Use
The Cayenne Medical, Inc. BioWick™ X Implant is intended to be used for the reattachment of soft tissue to bone in rotator cuff repairs.
Device Story
The BioWick™ X Implant is a sterile, manually operated suture anchor system used for reattaching soft tissue to bone during rotator cuff repairs. The device consists of an implant preloaded with floating UHMWPE sutures, mounted on a disposable stainless steel and ABS plastic driver. It is designed for use in arthroscopic, open, or limited access surgical procedures. The surgeon uses the driver to place the implant into a pre-tapped hole in the bone. The device functions as a mechanical fixation fastener to secure soft tissue, facilitating healing and structural repair. It is intended for use by orthopedic surgeons in a clinical or hospital operating room setting.
Clinical Evidence
No clinical data was used to establish substantial equivalence. Evidence consists of non-clinical bench testing, including biocompatibility, non-pyrogenicity, sterility validation, and mechanical/cadaveric usability testing.
Technological Characteristics
Materials: PEEK, PLGA, and UHMWPE. Driver: Stainless steel shaft, ABS plastic handle. Dimensions: 5.5 mm and 6.5 mm implant sizes; 158 mm driver shaft length. Principle: Mechanical bone fixation fastener. Sterilization: Sterile, single-procedure use. Connectivity: None (manual device).
Indications for Use
Indicated for patients requiring reattachment of soft tissue to bone during rotator cuff repair procedures.
Regulatory Classification
Identification
A smooth or threaded metallic bone fixation fastener is a device intended to be implanted that consists of a stiff wire segment or rod made of alloys, such as cobalt-chromium-molybdenum and stainless steel, and that may be smooth on the outside, fully or partially threaded, straight or U-shaped; and may be either blunt pointed, sharp pointed, or have a formed, slotted head on the end. It may be used for fixation of bone fractures, for bone reconstructions, as a guide pin for insertion of other implants, or it may be implanted through the skin so that a pulling force (traction) may be applied to the skeletal system.
Predicate Devices
Cayenne Medical BioWick™ SureLock® Implant (K151068)
Submission Summary (Full Text)
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October 16, 2017
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Cayenne Medical, Inc. Ms. Shima Hashemian QA/RA Associate Director 16597 N. 92nd Street. Suite 101 Scottsdale, Arizona 85260
Re: K172186
Trade/Device Name: BioWick™ X Implant with Driver Regulation Number: 21 CFR 888.3040 Regulation Name: Smooth or threaded metallic bone fixation fastener Regulatory Class: Class II Product Code: MBI Dated: July 19, 2017 Received: July 20, 2017
Dear Ms. Hashemian:
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, Katherine D. Kavlock -5 for 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
Device Name: BioWick™ X Implant with Driver
Indications for Use:
The Cayenne Medical, Inc. BioWick™ X Implant is intended to be used for the reattachment of soft tissue to bone in rotator cuff repairs.
Prescription Use X (Part 21 CFR 801 Subpart D)
Over-The-Counter Use AND/OR (21 CFR 801 Subpart C)
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Concurrence of CDRH, Office of Device Evaluation (ODE)
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# 510(k) Summary
## Cayenne Medical, Inc.
BioWick™ X Implants and Driver
## Administrative Information
| Date of summary: | 07/19/2017 |
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| Manufacturer Name: | Cayenne Medical, Inc.<br>16597 N. 92nd St., Suite 101<br>Scottsdale, AZ 85260<br>Telephone (480) 502-3661<br>FAX (480) 502-3670 |
| Official Contact: | Shima Hashemian<br>16597 N. 92nd St., Suite 101<br>Scottsdale, AZ 85260<br>Shima.Hashemian@zimmerbiomet.com<br>Telephone (480) 502-3661<br>FAX (480) 502-3670 |
### Device Name
| Classification Name: | Smooth or threaded metallic bone fixation fastener |
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| Trade/Proprietary Name: | BioWick™ X Implant with Driver |
| Common Name: | Suture Anchor |
### Device Classification
FDA has classified bone screws as Class II devices (21 CFR 888.3040). The product code for Fastener, Fixation, Nondegradable, and Soft Tissue is MBI.
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#### Device Description
The BioWick™ X Implant is a sterile, manually operated, single procedure implant device for reattachment of soft tissue to bone. The implant is preloaded with floating suture and loaded on a disposable driver. The BioWick™ X implant incorporates design features that facilitate implant placement under arthroscopic, open, or limited access conditions in soft tissue to bone reattachment procedures.
The BioWick™ X implant is offered in two sizes, 5.5 mm and 6.5 mm. The implant is made out of PolyEtherEtherKetone (PEEK), L-lactide/glycolide copolymer (PLGA), and Ultra High Molecular Weight Polyethylene (UHMWPE). The floating sutures are size 2 non-absorbable Ultra High Molecular Weight Polyethylene (UHMWPE) surgical sutures. The implant is either preloaded with two or three surgical sutures.
The disposable driver has a working shaft length (from handle to distal tip of anchor) of 6.24 in (158mm) with an outer shaft diameter of 0.159 in (4.0mm). The driver shaft is made out of surgical grade stainless steel and the handle is made out of ABS plastic. The driver facilitates the placement of the implant into a hole tapped in the bone.
#### Intended use
The Cayenne Medical, Inc. BioWick™ X Implant is intended to be used for the reattachment of soft tissue to bone in rotator cuff repairs.
### Technological Differences
The BioWick™ X Implant is similar in its indication for use, intended use, design features, technology, and materials to the predicate device.
The subject BioWick™ X device has the same intended use and indication for use as the predicate device, the Cayenne Medical BioWick™ SureLock® Implant (previously named as SureLock W Suture Anchor).
The subject device differs from the predicate device, Cayenne Medical BioWick™ SureLock®, in terms of design features (number of floating sutures) and the offered sizes.
#### Non-clinical Testing
Non-clinical testing data submitted, referenced, or relied upon to demonstrate substantial equivalence is included. The subject device was tested to be non-pyrogenic, assessed for biocompatibility, validated sterility, and performed mechanical and cadaveric usability testing.
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## Clinical Testing
Clinical testing was not used to establish substantial equivalence to predicate device.
#### Equivalence to Marketed Product
Cayenne Medical, Inc. demonstrated that, for the purposes of FDA's regulation of medical devices, the Biowick™X implant is substantially equivalent in indications and performance to the legally marketed predicate device, K151068 SureLock W Suture Anchor. The substantial equivalence of Biowick™ X implant is based on similarities in indications for use, intended use, design features, technology, and materials to the predicate device.
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