← Product Code [JWH](/submissions/OR/subpart-d%E2%80%94prosthetic-devices/JWH) · K954909

# PROFIX POSTERIOR-STABILIZED KNEE SYSTEM (K954909)

_Smith & Nephew Richards, Inc. · JWH · Jan 31, 1996 · Orthopedic · SN_

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## Device Facts

- **Applicant:** Smith & Nephew Richards, Inc.
- **Product Code:** [JWH](/submissions/OR/subpart-d%E2%80%94prosthetic-devices/JWH.md)
- **Decision Date:** Jan 31, 1996
- **Decision:** SN
- **Submission Type:** Traditional
- **Regulation:** 21 CFR 888.3560
- **Device Class:** Class 2
- **Review Panel:** Orthopedic

## Regulatory Identification

A knee joint patellofemorotibial polymer/metal/polymer semi-constrained cemented prosthesis is a device intended to be implanted to replace a knee 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 includes prostheses that have a femoral component made of alloys, such as cobalt-chromium-molybdenum, and a tibial component or components and a retropatellar resurfacing component made of ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene. This generic type of device is limited to those prostheses intended for use with bone cement (§ 888.3027).

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