Steinmann Pins and Kirschner Wires

K211508 · Stryker GmbH · JDW · Oct 5, 2021 · Orthopedic

Device Facts

• Record ID: K211508
• Device Name: Steinmann Pins and Kirschner Wires
• Applicant: Stryker GmbH
• Product Code: JDW · Orthopedic
• Decision Date: Oct 5, 2021
• Decision: SESE
• Submission Type: Traditional
• Regulation: 21 CFR 888.3040
• Device Class: Class 2
• Attributes: Therapeutic

Intended Use

The Steinmann Pins are intended to be used in conjunction with a compatible Stryker external supporting frame for stabilization of open and/or unstable fractures and where soft tissue injury may preclude the use of other fracture treatments such as IM rodding, casting and other means of internal fixation. The Kirschner Wires are intended for use in skeletal traction for alignment and reduction of long bone fractures, and as guide wires in hip pinning, and as fracture fixation devices in certain other small bone fractures. • For use as guide wires in hip pinning procedures, • For use in aligning and reducing long bone fractures, • For use in securing temporary stabilization of bone fractures such as olecranon fractures; tibia plateau fractures; hand and foot bone fractures; humeral, radial and ulnar fractures. • For use with cerclage wire/cable in treating greater trochanter fractures.

Device Story

Steinmann Pins and Kirschner Wires are metallic bone fixation fasteners; used by orthopedic surgeons in clinical settings. Pins/wires inserted into bone to provide skeletal traction, fracture alignment, reduction, or temporary stabilization. Steinmann Pins used with external supporting frames for open/unstable fractures; Kirschner Wires used as guide wires for hip pinning or fixation for small bone fractures. Devices feature varying diameters, lengths, and tip geometries (trocar or diamond); some are threaded. Devices provide mechanical support to bone segments; aid in guiding cannulated instruments or evaluating screw trajectories. Single-use, sterile devices; facilitate fracture healing by maintaining bone position.

Clinical Evidence

No clinical data provided. Substantial equivalence demonstrated via bench testing and comparison to predicate devices. Packaging validated per ISO 11607-1 and ISO 11607-2; bench testing performed per ASTM standards.

Technological Characteristics

Material: Stainless steel (1.4441). Design: Smooth or threaded pins/wires with trocar or diamond tip geometries. Dimensions: Variable diameters and lengths. Sterilization: Radiation. Standards: ISO 5838-1 (implants for surgery), ISO 11607-1/2 (packaging).

Indications for Use

Indicated for patients requiring skeletal traction, fracture alignment, reduction, or temporary stabilization of long bone and small bone fractures (e.g., olecranon, tibia plateau, hand, foot, humeral, radial, ulnar, greater trochanter). Also indicated for use as guide wires in hip pinning procedures and with external fixation frames for open/unstable fractures where other internal fixation methods are precluded.

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

• Apex Fixation Pins (K001886)
• Osteo Kirschner Wires (K971962)

Submission Summary (Full Text)

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October 5, 2021

Stryker GmbH Keith Neligan Senior Staff Regulatory Affairs Specialist 325 Corporate Drive Mahwah, New Jersey 07430

Re: K211508

Trade/Device Name: Steinmann Pins and Kirschner Wires Regulation Number: 21 CFR 888.3040 Regulation Name: Smooth or Threaded Metallic Bone Fixation Fastener Regulatory Class: Class II Product Code: HTY, JDW Dated: August 18, 2021 Received: August 24, 2021

Dear Keith Neligan:

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,

Brent L. Showalter, Ph.D. Assistant Director DHT6B: Division of Spinal 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) K211508

Device Name Steinmann Pins

Indications for Use (Describe)

The Steinmann Pins are intended to be used in conjunction with a compatible Stryker external supporting frame for stabilization of open and/or unstable fractures and where soft tissue injury may preclude the use of other fracture treatments such as IM rodding, casting and other means of internal fixation.

| Type of Use (Select one or both, as applicable) | |
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| <div> <span> ☑ Prescription Use (Part 21 CFR 801 Subpart D) </span> </div> | <div> <span> ☐ Over-The-Counter Use (21 CFR 801 Subpart C) </span> </div> |

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# Indications for Use

Form Approved: OMB No. 0910-0120 Expiration Date: 06/30/2020 See PRA Statement below.

510(k) Number (if known) K211508

Device Name Kirschner Wires

## Indications for Use (Describe)

The Kirschner Wires are intended for use in skeletal traction for alignment and reduction of long bone fractures, and as guide wires in hip pinning, and as fracture fixation devices in certain other small bone fractures.

· For use as guide wires in hip pinning procedures,

· For use in aligning and reducing long bone fractures,

· For use in securing temporary stabilization of bone fractures such as olecranon fractures; tibia plateau fractures; hand and foot bone fractures; humeral, radial and ulnar fractures.

· For use with cerclage wire/cable in treating greater trochanter fractures.

Type of Use (Select one or both, as applicable)

| <div> <input checked="true" type="checkbox"/> <span>Prescription Use (Part 21 CFR 201 Subpart D)</span> </div> |
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| <div> <input type="checkbox"/> <span>Over-The-Counter Use (Part 21 CFR 201 Subpart C)</span> </div> |

> Prescription Use (Part 21 CFR 801 Subpart D)

| | Over-The-Counter Use (21 CFR 801 Subpart C)

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## 510(k) Summary

| Proprietary Names: | Steinmann Pins<br>Kirschner Wires |
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| Common Name: | Pin, Fixation, Threaded; Pin, Fixation, Smooth |
| Regulation Description: | Smooth or threaded metallic bone fixation fastener |
| Regulation Number: | 21 CFR 888.3040 |
| Classification Product Code: | JDW, HTY |
| Device Class: | II |
| Submitter: | Stryker GMBH<br>Bohnackerweg 1<br>2545 Selzach, Switzerland |
| Contact Person: | Keith Neligan<br>Senior Staff Regulatory Affairs Specialist<br>IDA Business & Technology Park, Carrigtwohill,<br>Co. Cork, Ireland T45 HX08<br>Phone: [phone] |
| Date: | August 09, 2021 |
| Primary Predicate Device | Apex Fixation Pins (K001886) |
| Additional Predicate Device | Osteo Kirschner Wires (K971962) |
| Device Description: | The Steinmann Pins and Kirschner Wires are designed for multiple purposes<br>which allow the use in skeletal traction for alignment and reduction of bone<br>fractures, function as fracture fixation devices in certain fractures, preliminary<br>fixation for implants (for example plates) and for evaluation of screw<br>trajectories or guidance for cannulated instruments.<br><br>The Steinmann Pins and Kirschner Wires are available in different dimensions<br>and provide several design features. The dimensions vary in diameter and<br>length. The design features are the tip geometry which can be a three-sided<br>trocar tip or a two-sided diamond tip on either one end or both ends of the pin.<br>Additionally, some pins are threaded.<br><br>The pins and wires are made from stainless steel (1.4441). |
| Indications for Use: | The Steinmann Pins are intended to be used in conjunction with a compatible<br>Stryker external supporting frame for immobilization of open and/or unstable<br>fractures and where soft tissue injury may preclude the use of other fracture<br>treatments such as IM rodding, casting and other means of internal fixation. |
| | The Kirschner Wires are intended for use in skeletal traction for alignment and<br>reduction of long bone fractures, and as guide wires in hip pinning, and as<br>fracture fixation devices in certain other small bone fractures.<br>• For use as guide wires in hip pinning procedures,<br>• For use in aligning and reducing long bone fractures,<br>• For use in securing temporary stabilization of bone fractures such as<br>olecranon fractures; patella fractures; tibia plateau fractures; small hand and<br>foot bone fractures; humeral, radial and ulnar fractures.<br>• For use with cerclage wire/cable in treating greater trochanter fractures. |
| Summary of Technologies: | Steinmann Pins:<br>The intended use of the subject devices (Steinmann Pins) are similar to those<br>detailed in the predicate device (Apex Fixation Pins). There is no change in the<br>fundamental scientific technology shared by both the subject device and<br>predicate device. |
| | Kirschner Wires<br>The intended use of the subject devices (Kirschner Wires) are similar to those<br>detailed in the predicate device (Osteo Kirschner Wires). There is no change in the<br>fundamental scientific technology shared by both the subject device and<br>predicate device. |
| Performance Data (Nonclinical): | Non-Clinical Performance and Conclusions:<br>The Steinmann Pins and Kirschner wires are single use instruments, sterilized<br>by means of radiation; they are sterile stainless steel wires with diameter and<br>lengths comparable to those of the predicate devices. The design is<br>substantially equivalent to that of the predicate devices; the indications for use<br>are included in those of the predicate devices; the material of the Steinmann<br>Pins and Kirschner wire are the same as that of the predicate device. Moreover,<br>Steinmann Pins and Kirschner wires conform to the international standard ISO<br>5838-1. Testing, therefore, is not needed to demonstrate that the subject devices<br>are substantially equivalent to other legally marketed Steinmann Pins and<br>Kirschner wires. |
| | Packaging tests were performed according ISO 11607-1 and ISO 11607-2. All<br>bench tests performed in accordance with ASTM standards. |
| | Clinical Performance and Conclusions:<br>Clinical data and conclusions were not needed for these devices to demonstrate<br>substantial equivalence to the predicate devices. |
| Conclusion: | The subject devices have the same intended use and similar indications for use<br>as the predicate devices. The subject devices use the same operating principle,<br>incorporate the same basic design and labeling and are manufactured and<br>sterilized using the same materials and processes as the predicate devices.<br>The performance data and analyses demonstrate that:<br>• any differences do not raise new questions of safety and effectiveness as<br>established with performance testing; and<br>• the subject devices are at least as safe and effective as the legally marketed<br>predicate devices |

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