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Trade Name | VERTICAL EXPANDABLE PROSTHETIC TITANIUM RIB (VEPTR) |
Classification Name | prosthesis, rib replacement |
Generic Name | prosthesis, rib replacement |
Regulation Number | 888.3070 |
Applicant |
SYNTHES SPINE |
325 paramount drive |
raynham, MA 02767 |
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HDE Number | H030009 |
Supplement Number | S004 |
Date Received | 03/15/2007 |
Decision Date | 05/25/2007 |
Product Code | |
Advisory Committee |
Orthopedic |
Supplement Type | normal 75 day track |
Supplement Reason | change design/components/specifications/material |
Expedited Review Granted? | No |
Combination Product | No |
Approval Order Statement Approval for minor component modifications and related changes to the labeling for the vertical expandable prosthetic titanium rib (veptr). The device, asmodified, will be marketed under the trade name vertical expandable prosthetic titanium rib ii (veptr ii) and is indicated for the treatment of thoracic insufficiency syndrome (tis) in skeletally immature patients. Tis is defined as the inability of the thorax to support normal respiration or lung growth. For the purpose of identifying potential tis patients, the categories in which tis patients fall are as follows: 1) flail chest syndrome;2) constrictive chest wall §yndrome, including a) rib fusion and scoliosis;3) hypoplastic thorax syndrome, including a) jeune's syndrome b) achondroplasia c) jarcho-levin syndrome d) ellis van creveld syndome4) progressive scoliosis of congenital or neurogenic origin without rib anomaly. |