← Product Code [ETB](/submissions/EN/subpart-d%E2%80%94prosthetic-devices/ETB) · K952481

# RICHARDS PORP (K952481)

_Smith & Nephew Richards, Inc. · ETB · Jun 16, 1995 · Ear, Nose, Throat · SESE_

**Canonical URL:** https://fda.innolitics.com/submissions/EN/subpart-d%E2%80%94prosthetic-devices/ETB/K952481

## Device Facts

- **Applicant:** Smith & Nephew Richards, Inc.
- **Product Code:** [ETB](/submissions/EN/subpart-d%E2%80%94prosthetic-devices/ETB.md)
- **Decision Date:** Jun 16, 1995
- **Decision:** SESE
- **Submission Type:** Traditional
- **Regulation:** 21 CFR 874.3450
- **Device Class:** Class 2
- **Review Panel:** Ear, Nose, Throat

## Regulatory Identification

A partial ossicular replacement prosthesis is a device intended to be implanted for the functional reconstruction of segments of the ossicular chain and facilitates the conduction of sound wave from the tympanic membrane to the inner ear. The device is made of materials such as stainless steel, tantalum, polytetrafluoroethylene, polyethylene, polytetrafluoroethylene with carbon fibers composite, absorbable gelatin material, porous polyethylene, or from a combination of these materials.

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**Source:** [https://fda.innolitics.com/submissions/EN/subpart-d%E2%80%94prosthetic-devices/ETB/K952481](https://fda.innolitics.com/submissions/EN/subpart-d%E2%80%94prosthetic-devices/ETB/K952481)

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