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# BREMER HALO SYSTEM TITANIUM SKULL PIN (K993099)

_Depuyacromed · JEC · Dec 15, 1999 · Orthopedic · SESE_

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## Device Facts

- **Applicant:** Depuyacromed
- **Product Code:** [JEC](/submissions/OR/subpart-d%E2%80%94prosthetic-devices/JEC.md)
- **Decision Date:** Dec 15, 1999
- **Decision:** SESE
- **Submission Type:** Traditional
- **Regulation:** 21 CFR 888.3040
- **Device Class:** Class 2
- **Review Panel:** Orthopedic
- **Attributes:** Therapeutic

## Intended Use

The Bremer Halo System Titanium Skull Pins are intended for use in conjunction with Bremer's Halo System cervical traction devices and accessories, which provide cervical immobilization necessary for healing and rehabilitation of cervical spinal cord injuries.

## Device Story

Bremer Halo System Titanium Skull Pin is a modification of the previously cleared Bremer Halo System Sterile Cervical Traction Skull Pin. The device is a metallic bone fastener used for skull traction. It features a drill bit tip design and increased length compared to the predicate. The pin is used in clinical settings by healthcare providers to secure the halo traction system to the patient's skull, providing necessary cervical immobilization for spinal cord injury recovery. The device functions as a mechanical anchor for the halo apparatus.

## Clinical Evidence

Bench testing only.

## Technological Characteristics

Implant grade titanium alloy conforming to ASTM F-136. Mechanical bone fastener with drill bit tip geometry. Dimensions modified for increased length compared to predicate.

## Regulatory 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

- Bremer Halo System Sterile Cervical Traction Skull Pin

## Submission Summary (Full Text)

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## K99309

DEC I 5 1999

510(k) Summarv

SUBMITTER:

DePuv AcroMed 326 Paramount Drive Ravnham. MA 02767 Fax (508) 828-3797

Bremer Medical 4801 Dawin Road Jacksonville.FL 32207

- CONTACT PERSON: Frank Maas (508) 828-3390 Lisa Gilman (508) 880-8287
DATE PREPARED: 12-8-99

CLASSIFICATION NAME AND REFERENCE: Smooth or threaded metallic bone fastener, §888.3040 Skull tong for traction, §888.3070

COMMON NAME: Traction Skull Pin

Bremer Halo System Titanium Skull Pin PROPRIETARY NAME:

PURPOSE: Modification of an existing device.

DESCRIPTION:

The Bremer Halo System Titanium Skull Pin described in this submission is a modification of the previously cleared Bremer Halo System Sterile Cervical Traction Skull Pin, The modified pin is longer than the previously cleared pin and the tip is a drill bit rather than a pointed tip.

The Bremer Halo System Titanium Skull Pin is manufactured from implant grade titanium alloy that conforms to ASTM standard F-136.

Testing was presented to evaluate the performance characteristics of the Bremer Halo System Titanium Skull Pin.

The substantial equivalence of the Bremer Halo System Titanium Skull Pin is based on an equivalence in intended use, materials, design, and relative indications and contraindications to the existing Bremer Halo System Sterile Cervical Traction Skull Pin.

The Bremer Halo System Titanium Skull Pin is intended for use in conjunction with Bremer's Halo System cervical traction devices and accessories (Halo System), which provide cervical immobilization necessary for healing and rehabilitation of cervical spinal cord injuries.

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Food and Drug Administration 9200 Corporate Boulevard Rockville MD 20850

DEC 1 5 1999

Mr. Frank Maas Manager, Regulatory Affairs DePuy AcroMed, Inc. 325 Paramount Drive Raynham, Massachusetts 02767

Re: K993099

Trade Name: Bremer Halo System Titanium Skull Pin Regulatory Class: II Product Code: JEC and HWC Dated: September 13, 1999 Received: September 16, 1999

Dear Mr. Maas:

We have reviewed your Section 510(k) notification of intent to market the device referenced above and we have determined the device is substantially equivalent (for the indications for use stated in the enclosure) to 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). 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.

If your device is classified (see above) into either class II (Special Controls) or class III (Premarket Approval), it may be subject to such additional controls. Existing major regulations affecting your device can be found in the Code of Federal Regulations, Title 21, Parts 800 to 895. A substantially equivalent determination assumes compliance with the current Good Manufacturing Practice requirement, as set forth in the Quality System Regulation (QS) for Medical Devices: General regulation (21 CFR Part 820) and that, through periodic (QS) inspections, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will verify such assumptions. Failure to comply with the GMP regulation may result in regulatory action. In addition, FDA may publish further announcements concerning your device in the Federal Register. Please note: this response to your premarket notification submission does not affect any obligation you might have under sections 531 through 542 of the Act for devices under the Electronic Product Radiation Control provisions, or other Federal laws or regulations.

This letter will allow you to begin marketing your device as described in your 510(k) premarket notification. The FDA finding of substantial equivalence of your device to a legally marketed predicate device results in a classification for your device and thus, permits your device to proceed to the market.

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Sincerely yours,
Neil A. P. Ogden

James E. Dillard III Acting Director Division of General and Restorative Devices Office of Device Evaluation Center for Devices and Radiological Health

Enclosure

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Indications for Use

510(k) Number (if known): K993099

Device Name:

Indications for Use:

The Bremer Halo System Titanium Skull Pins are intended for use in conjunction with Bremer's Halo System cervical traction devices and accessories, which provide cervical immobilization necessary for healing and rehabilitation of cervical spinal cord injuries.

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