Cleared Traditional

K233989 - CarboClear® Posterior Cervical Screw System (FDA 510(k) Clearance)

Mar 2024
Decision
100d
Days
Class 2
Risk

K233989 is an FDA 510(k) clearance for the CarboClear® Posterior Cervical Screw System. This device is classified as a Posterior Cervical Screw System (Class II - Special Controls, product code NKG).

Submitted by CarboFix Orthopedics , Ltd. (Herzeliya, IL). The FDA issued a Cleared decision on March 27, 2024, 100 days after receiving the submission on December 18, 2023.

This device falls under the Orthopedic FDA review panel. Regulated under 21 CFR 888.3075. Posterior Cervical Screw Systems Are Intended For Use In Fusion Procedures Of The Cervical Spine And/or Craniocervical Junction And/or Cervicothoracic Junction For: 1) Spinal Fractures And Dislocations; 2) Deformities; 3) Instabilities; 4) Failed Previous Fusions; 5) Tumors; 6) Inflammatory Disorders; 7) Spinal Degeneration, 8) Facet Degeneration With Instability; And 9) Reconstruction Following Decompression To Treat Radiculopathy And/or Myelopathy. These Systems Are Also Intended To Stabilize The Spine In The Absence Of Fusion For A Limited Time Period In Patients With Tumors Involving The Cervical Spine In Whom Life Expectancy Is Of Insufficient Duration To Permit Achievement Of Fusion..

Submission Details

510(k) Number K233989 FDA.gov
FDA Decision Cleared Substantially Equivalent - Traditional 510(k) (SESE)
Date Received December 18, 2023
Decision Date March 27, 2024
Days to Decision 100 days
Submission Type Traditional
Review Panel Orthopedic (OR)
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Device Classification

Product Code NKG — Posterior Cervical Screw System
Device Class Class II - Special Controls
CFR Regulation 21 CFR 888.3075
Definition Posterior Cervical Screw Systems Are Intended For Use In Fusion Procedures Of The Cervical Spine And/or Craniocervical Junction And/or Cervicothoracic Junction For: 1) Spinal Fractures And Dislocations; 2) Deformities; 3) Instabilities; 4) Failed Previous Fusions; 5) Tumors; 6) Inflammatory Disorders; 7) Spinal Degeneration, 8) Facet Degeneration With Instability; And 9) Reconstruction Following Decompression To Treat Radiculopathy And/or Myelopathy. These Systems Are Also Intended To Stabilize The Spine In The Absence Of Fusion For A Limited Time Period In Patients With Tumors Involving The Cervical Spine In Whom Life Expectancy Is Of Insufficient Duration To Permit Achievement Of Fusion.

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