The PINNACLE Dual Mobility Metal Liners are designed to provide additional stability where there is an unstable joint and are for use in total hip arthroplasty which is intended to provide increased patient mobility and reduce pain by replacing the damaged hip joint articulation in patients where there is evidence of sufficient sound bone to seat and support the components. The PINNACLE Dual Mobility Metal Liners are intended for single use only.
Device Story
DePuy PINNACLE Dual Mobility Liner is a cobalt-chrome-molybdenum alloy implant for total hip arthroplasty. Device functions as a modular dual-articulation construct; it features a taper-locking mechanism for assembly into PINNACLE Acetabular Shells. The inner surface articulates with a UHMWPE mobile bearing head. Used by orthopedic surgeons in clinical settings to replace damaged hip joint articulations; provides increased stability for patients with dislocation risks or failed prior surgeries. Benefits include improved joint stability and reduced pain. Device is provided sterile via gamma irradiation.
Clinical Evidence
No clinical tests were conducted. Substantial equivalence is supported by non-clinical bench testing, including range of motion (ISO 21535:2007/AMD 2016), product compatibility verification, standard walking wear testing, jump distance assessment, mechanical testing (partial compliance with ASTM F1820), taper performance testing, and bacterial endotoxin testing (ANSI/AAMI ST72:2011).
Technological Characteristics
Material: Cobalt-chrome-molybdenum alloy. Design: Modular dual articulation. Compatibility: Porous Ti6Al4V shells (48mm–72mm), UHMWPE mobile bearing heads (22.2mm and 28mm IDs). Sterilization: Gamma. Shelf life: 10 years. Packaging: Double PETG blister with Tyvek lid. Standards: ISO 21535:2007, ASTM F1820 (partial), ANSI/AAMI ST72:2011.
Indications for Use
Indicated for patients requiring total hip replacement due to severely painful/disabled joints (typically non-inflammatory degenerative joint disease), failed previous hip surgery, or dislocation risks. Intended for cementless applications.
Regulatory Classification
Identification
A hip joint metal/polymer/metal semi-constrained porous-coated uncemented prosthesis is a device intended to be implanted to replace a hip 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 has a femoral component made of a cobalt-chromium-molybdenum (Co-Cr-Mo) alloy or a titanium-aluminum-vanadium (Ti-6Al-4V) alloy and an acetabular component composed of an ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene articulating bearing surface fixed in a metal shell made of Co-Cr-Mo or Ti-6Al-4V. The femoral stem and acetabular shell have a porous coating made of, in the case of Co-Cr-Mo substrates, beads of the same alloy, and in the case of Ti-6Al-4V substrates, fibers of commercially pure titanium or Ti-6Al-4V alloy. The porous coating has a volume porosity between 30 and 70 percent, an average pore size between 100 and 1,000 microns, interconnecting porosity, and a porous coating thickness between 500 and 1,500 microns. The generic type of device has a design to achieve biological fixation to bone without the use of bone cement.
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September 11, 2020
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DePuy Ireland UC % Melissa Cook Regulatory Affairs Specialist III DePuy Orthopaedics, Inc. 700 Orthopaedic Drive Warsaw. Indiana 46582
Re: K200854
Trade/Device Name: DePuy PINNACLE Dual Mobility Liner Regulation Number: 21 CFR 888.3358 Regulation Name: Hip Joint Metal/Polymer/Metal Semi-Constrained Porous-Coated Uncemented Prosthesis Regulatory Class: Class II Product Code: LPH, LZO, MEH Dated: August 10, 2020 Received: August 12, 2020
Dear Melissa Cook:
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 Vesa Vuniqi Acting 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
Enclosure
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#### Indications for Use
510(k) Number (if known) K200854
Device Name
DePuy PINNACLE Dual Mobility Liner
Indications for Use (Describe)
Total hip replacement is indicated in the following conditions:
- 1. A severely painful and/or disabled joint (typically due to non inflammatory degenerative joint disease).
- 2. Failed previous hip surgery.
- 3. Dislocation risks.
PINNACLE Dual Mobility Metal Liners and Porous-coated PINNACLE Acetabular Cups are intended for cementless applications.
Type of Use (Select *one* or *both*, as applicable)X Prescription Use (Part 21 CFR 801 Subpart D)
Over-The-Counter Use (21 CFR 801 Subpart C)
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### 510(K) SUMMARY
(As required by 21 CFR 807.92)
| Submitter Information | |
|---------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Name | DePuy Ireland UC |
| Address | Loughbeg<br>Ringaskiddy<br>Co. Cork, Ireland |
| Phone number | 574-453-7014 |
| Establishment Registration<br>Number | 3015516266 |
| Name of contact person | Melissa Cook |
| Date prepared | March 27, 2020 |
| Name of device | |
| Trade or proprietary name | DePuy PINNACLE Dual Mobility Liner |
| Common or usual name | Total hip joint replacement prosthesis |
| Classification name | Hip joint metal/polymer/metal semi-constrained porous-coated uncemented<br>prosthesis<br>Hip joint metal/ceramic/polymer semi-constrained cemented or nonporous<br>uncemented prosthesis |
| Class | II |
| Classification panel | 87 Orthopedics |
| Regulation | 21 CFR 888.3358, 888.3353 |
| Product Code(s) | LPH, LZO, MEH |
| Legally marketed device(s) to<br>which equivalence is claimed | Stryker Modular Dual Mobility (MDM) Liner (K103233, cleared February 3,<br>2011)<br>Reference device: BI-MENTUM Dual Mobility System (K181744, cleared<br>December 11, 2018) |
| Reason for 510(k) submission | The subject devices are an addition to the DePuy PINNACLE Acetabular<br>implant portfolio, to provide a dual mobility construct for total hip<br>arthroplasty. |
| Device description | The DePuy PINNACLE Dual Mobility Liner is manufactured from cobalt-<br>chrome-molybdenum alloy. The Liner is assembled with a taper locking<br>mechanism to PINNACLE Acetabular Shells. The inner surface of the Dual<br>Mobility Metal Liner articulates with a BI-MENTUM polyethylene mobile |
| | bearing head. The Dual Mobility construct is compatible with DePuy metal<br>or ceramic modular femoral heads, for use in total hip arthroplasty. |
| Intended Use | The PINNACLE Dual Mobility Metal Liners are designed to provide<br>additional stability where there is an unstable joint and are for use in total hip<br>arthroplasty which is intended to provide increased patient mobility and<br>reduce pain by replacing the damaged hip joint articulation in patients where<br>there is evidence of sufficient sound bone to seat and support the<br>components.<br>The PINNACLE Dual Mobility Metal Liners are intended for single use only. |
| Indications for use | Total hip replacement or hip arthroplasty is indicated in the following<br>conditions: |
| | 1. A severely painful and/or disabled joint (typically due to non<br>inflammatory degenerative joint disease).<br>2. Failed previous hip surgery.<br>3. Dislocation risks. |
| | PINNACLE Dual Mobility Metal Liners and Porous-coated PINNACLE<br>Acetabular Cups are intended for cementless applications. |
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| SUMMARY OF THE TECHNOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE DEVICE COMPARED TO THE<br>PREDICATE DEVICE | | | |
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| Characteristics | Subject Device:<br>DePuy PINNACLE Dual Mobility<br>Insert | Predicate Device:<br>Stryker Modular Dual Mobility<br>Metal Liner<br>(K103233) | Reference Device:<br>BI-MENTUM Dual Mobility<br>System<br>(K181744) |
| Intended Use | The PINNACLE Dual Mobility Metal<br>Liners are designed to provide additional<br>stability where there is an unstable joint<br>and are for use in total hip arthroplasty<br>which is intended to provide increased<br>patient mobility and reduce pain by<br>replacing the damaged hip joint<br>articulation in patients where there is<br>evidence of sufficient sound bone to seat<br>and support the components.<br>The PINNACLE Dual Mobility Metal<br>Liners are intended for single use only. | Total hip arthroplasty | Total hip replacement |
| Liner Material | Cobalt-chrome-molybdenum alloy liner | Cobalt-chrome-molybdenum<br>alloy liner | N/A – Device does not<br>incorporate a modular liner |
| Design | Modular dual articulation | Modular dual articulation | Monoblock dual articulation |
| Compatible<br>Acetabular<br>Shells | Porous Ti6Al4V Shells, sizes 48mm –<br>72mm | Porous Ti6Al4V Shells, sizes<br>44mm – 80mm | Stainless steel Shells with<br>commercially pure titanium and<br>hydroxyapatite coating, sizes<br>41mm – 69mm |
| Compatible<br>Mobile<br>Bearing Heads | UHMWPE mobile bearing heads,<br>22.2mm and 28mm IDs | UHMWPE mobile bearing heads,<br>22.2mm and 28mm IDs | UHMWPE mobile bearing heads,<br>22.2mm and 28mm IDs |
| Sterile Method | Gamma | Gamma | Gamma |
| Packaging | Double PETG blister with Tyvek peel lid | Double PETG blister with Tyvek<br>peel lid | Shells: Double PETG blister with<br>Tyvek peel lid<br>Mobile bearing heads: Vacuum-<br>packed in bags and sealed in<br>blister packaging |
| Shelf Life | 10 years | 5 years | 5 years |
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The subject PINNACLE Dual Mobility Metal Liner has the same intended use, design, and material as the predicate Stryker Modular Dual Mobility Metal Liner (K10323). The subject device is intended for total hip arthroplasty; is a modular dual articulation construct; is made of cobalt-chromium-molybdenum alloy; and is available in the same as the predicate device. The subject PINNACLE Dual Mobility Metal Liner has the same intended use and is compatible with the same UHMWPE Mobile Bearing Heads as the reference device BI-MENTUM Dual Mobility System (K181744).
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# PERFORMANCE DATA
### SUMMARY OF NON-CLINICAL TESTS CONDUCTED FOR DETERMINATION OF SUBSTANTIAL EQUIVALENCE
The following tests were performed on the PINNACLE Dual Mobility Metal Liner to demonstrate substantial equivalence of safety and efficacy with the predicate devices:
- Range of motion in accordance with ISO 21535:2007 / AMD 2016 .
- Verification of product compatibility ●
- Standard walking wear testing .
- Jump distance assessment .
- Mechanical testing in partial compliance with ASTM F1820 ●
- Taper performance testing ●
- The proposed devices also meet the requirement of bacterial endotoxin testing as specified in ANSVAAMI ST72:2011 ●
# SUMMARY OF CLINICAL TESTS CONDUCTED FOR DETERMINATION OF SUBSTANTIAL EQUIVALENCE AND/OR OF CLINICAL INFORMATION
No clinical tests were conducted to demonstrate substantial equivalence.
# CONCLUSIONS DRAWN FROM NON-CLINICAL AND CLINICAL DATA
The subject PINNACLE Dual Mobility Metal Liners are substantially equivalent to the predicate Stryker Modular Dual Mobility Metal Liner.
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