In cemented or cementless hip arthroplasty, when an acetabular shell plug is thought to be advantageous. Indications for use when used with the Trident II Acetabular Shells. · Painful, disabling joint disease of the hip resulting from: degenerative arthritis, rheumatic arthritis or late stage avascular necrosis. - · Revision of previous unsuccessful femoral head replacement, cup arthroplasty or other procedure. · Clinical management problems where arthrodesis or alternative techniques are less likely to achieve satisfactory results. · Where bone stock is of poor quality or is inadequate for other reconstructive techniques as indicated by deficiencies of the acetabulum. When used with MDM Liners · Treatment of nonunion, femoral neck and trochanteric fractures of the proximal femur with head involvement that are unmanageable using other techniques. • Dislocation risks When used with Constrained Liners • The Trident® Constrained Acetabular Insert is indicated for use in primary and revision patients at high risk of hip dislocation due to a history of prior dislocation, bone loss, joint or soft tissue laxity, neuromuscular disease, or intraoperative instability. The Trident II Acetabular Shells are indicated for cementless use only.
Device Story
Acetabular Dome Hole Plug is an optional accessory for acetabular shells; threaded disc profile screws into the shell's dome hole to seal it. Once assembled, the plug's inferior face sits flush with the shell's internal surface. Used in orthopedic surgery (hip arthroplasty) by surgeons to manage acetabular bone stock deficiencies or shell sealing. Device is purely mechanical; no electronic or software components. This submission specifically updates labeling to replace an obesity contraindication with a patient weight warning to align with parent acetabular shell labeling.
Clinical Evidence
No clinical data. Bench testing was not required as the submission is limited to labeling modifications.
Technological Characteristics
Mechanical acetabular shell plug; threaded disc profile; identical design and materials to predicate. No energy source, software, or connectivity. Sterilization method remains unchanged.
Indications for Use
Indicated for patients undergoing cemented or cementless hip arthroplasty requiring acetabular shell sealing; includes patients with degenerative, rheumatoid, or post-traumatic arthritis, avascular necrosis, failed previous hip procedures, or poor acetabular bone stock. Specific indications for MDM liners include proximal femur fractures/nonunion and dislocation risks. Constrained liners indicated for primary/revision patients at high risk of dislocation due to prior history, bone loss, laxity, neuromuscular disease, or instability.
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.
Stryker Orthopaedics Total Hip Systems Labeling Update (K153345)
Submission Summary (Full Text)
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March 9, 2022
Howmedica Osteonics Corp., dba Stryker Orthopaedics Lin Song Senior Manager, Regulatory Affairs 325 Corporate Drive Mahwah, New Jersey 07430
Re: K220376
Trade/Device Name: Acetabular Dome Hole Plug 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, KWZ, LZO, MEH, JDI Dated: February 8, 2022 Received: February 10, 2022
Dear Lin Song:
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,
Limin Sun, Ph.D. Acting Assistant Director DHT6A: Division of Joint Arthroplasty Devices OHT6: Office of Orthopedic Devices Office of Product Evaluation and Ouality Center for Devices and Radiological Health
Enclosure
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# Indications for Use
510(k) Number (if known) K220376
Device Name Acetabular Dome Hole Plug
## Indications for Use (Describe)
Indications:
In cemented or cementless hip arthroplasty, when an acetabular shell plug is thought to be advantageous. Indications for use when used with the Trident II Acetabular Shells.
· Painful, disabling joint disease of the hip resulting from: degenerative arthritis, rheumatic arthritis or late stage avascular necrosis.
- · Revision of previous unsuccessful femoral head replacement, cup arthroplasty or other procedure.
· Clinical management problems where arthrodesis or alternative techniques are less likely to achieve satisfactory results.
· Where bone stock is of poor quality or is inadequate for other reconstructive techniques as indicated by deficiencies of the acetabulum.
When used with MDM Liners
· Treatment of nonunion, femoral neck and trochanteric fractures of the proximal femur with head involvement that are unmanageable using other techniques.
• Dislocation risks
When used with Constrained Liners
• The Trident® Constrained Acetabular Insert is indicated for use in primary and revision patients at high risk of hip dislocation due to a history of prior dislocation, bone loss, joint or soft tissue laxity, neuromuscular disease, or intraoperative instability.
The Trident II Acetabular Shells are indicated for cementless use only.
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# 510(k) Summary
| Sponsor: | Howmedica Osteonics Corp dba Stryker Orthopaedics<br>325 Corporate Drive<br>Mahwah, NJ 07430 |
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| Contact Person: | Lin Song<br>Senior Manager, Regulatory Affairs<br>Howmedica Osteonics Corp<br>325 Corporate Drive<br>Mahwah, NJ 07430<br>lin.song@stryker.com<br>Phone: (201) 831-6617 |
| Date Prepared: | February 8, 2022 |
| Proprietary Name: | Acetabular Dome Hole Plug |
| Common Name: | Acetabular Implant Device |
| Classification Name: | Hip joint metal/polymer/metal semi-constrained porous-coated uncemented prosthesis (21 CFR §888.3358)<br>Hip joint metal/polymer semi-constrained cemented prosthesis (21 CFR §888.3350)<br>Hip joint metal/ceramic/polymer, semi-constrained cemented or non-Porous uncemented (21 CFR §888.3353)<br>Hip joint metal/polymer constrained cemented or uncemented prosthesis (21 CFR §888.3310) |
| Product Codes: | LPH, KWZ, LZO, MEH, JDI |
# Legally Marketed Predicate Device to Which Substantial Equivalence is Claimed:
- Acetabular Dome Hole Plugs (K942809, K191358) .
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#### Legally Marketed Reference Devices Supporting Substantial Equivalence:
- Stryker Orthopaedics Total Hip Systems Labeling Update (K153345) .
# Device Description
The Acetabular Dome Hole Plug, originally cleared via K942809, is an optional device used to seal acetabular shells. The Acetabular Dome Hole Plug has a threaded disc profile that can be screwed into the threaded dome hole of an acetabular shell sealing the device. Once assembled, the inferior face of the Acetabular Dome Hole Plug will be flush with the internal surface of the acetabular shell.
This Special 510(k) submission proposes labeling modifications to the package insert that was previously cleared in K191358 for the Acetabular Dome Hole Plug for use with the compatible Stryker Acetabular Shells. Specifically, the proposed labeling change is to remove the contraindication related to obesity and replace it with a warning statement concerning patient weight.
There is no change to the design (e.g., materials, dimensions, etc.) of the Acetabular Dome Hole Plug and no change to the direction for use of the device. The intended use, packaging, and sterilization of the Acetabular Dome Hole Plug device also remain unchanged.
#### Indications for Use
Indications
- . In cemented or cementless hip arthroplasty, when an acetabular shell plug is thought to be advantageous.
Indications for use when used with the Trident II Acetabular Shells.
• Painful, disabling joint disease of the hip resulting from: degenerative arthritis, theumatoid arthritis, post-traumatic arthritis or late stage avascular necrosis.
· Revision of previous unsuccessful femoral head replacement, cup arthroplasty or other procedure.
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· Clinical management problems where arthrodesis or alternative reconstructive techniques are less likely to achieve satisfactory results.
· Where bone stock is of poor quality or is inadequate for other reconstructive techniques as indicated by deficiencies of the acetabulum.
When used with MDM Liners
· Treatment of nonunion, femoral neck and trochanteric fractures of the proximal femur with head involvement that are unmanageable using other techniques.
• Dislocation risks
When used with Constrained Liners
• The Trident® Constrained Acetabular Insert is indicated for use in primary and revision patients at high risk of hip dislocation due to a history of prior dislocation, bone loss, joint or soft tissue laxity, neuromuscular disease, or intraoperative instability.
The Trident II Acetabular Shells are indicated for cementless use only.
## Summary of Technological Characteristics
There are no changes to the technological characteristics of the subject Acetabular Dome Hole Plug due to the revision to the labeling. The Acetabular Dome Hole Plug has identical design and is manufactured from the same materials as the predicate device. The way the Acetabular Dome Hole Plug interacts with the compatible Stryker Acetabular Shells remains unchanged.
## Non-Clinical Testing
Performance testing was not required in support of the labeling modifications to remove the obesity contraindication from, and add warning language concerning patient weight to, the package insert. The compatible acetabular shells do not contraindicate obesity. Since Acetabular Dome Hole Plug is an accessory to the shell, it is not practical to have a contraindication for an accessory device that is in conflict with the parent device.
Based on the definitions for "contraindications" and "warnings" from the FDA's Device Labeling Guidance #G91-1 (Blue Book Memo), obesity should not be considered a
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contraindication to total hip arthroplasty, but rather a warning that should be adequately assessed by the surgeon and clearly communicated to the patient.
The revisions to the Acetabular Dome Hole Plug package insert do not present any new issues of safety or effectiveness.
# Clinical Testing
Clinical testing was not required as a basis to demonstrate substantial equivalence.
# Conclusion
The subject Acetabular Dome Hole Plug is substantially equivalent to the predicate Acetabular Dome Hole Plug cleared in K942809 and K191358. Device comparison demonstrated that the subject Acetabular Dome Hole Plug is identical in design, materials, operational principles, and performance characteristics to its predicate. The proposed labeling modifications do not affect the safety or effectiveness of the subject device.
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