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Note: This medical device record is a PMA supplement. A supplement may have changed the device description/function or indication from that approved in the original PMA. Be sure to look at the original PMA record for more information.
 
DeviceLT-CAGE TAPERED FUSION DEVICE
Generic NameIntervertebral fusion device with bone graft, lumbar
Regulation Number888.3080
ApplicantSOFAMOR DANEK
1800 Pyramid Place
Memphis, TN 38132
PMA NumberP970015
Supplement NumberS020
Date Received04/04/2002
Decision Date08/12/2002
Reclassified Date 07/12/2007
Product Code MAX 
Advisory Committee Orthopedic
Supplement TypeNormal 180 Day Track
Supplement Reason Labeling Change - Indications/instructions/shelf life/tradename
Expedited Review Granted? No
Combination ProductNo
Approval Order Statement  
APPROVAL FOR A REVISED LAPAROSCOPIC SURGICAL TECHNIQUE FOR IMPLANTATION OF THE LT-CAGE. THE DEVICE REMAINS MARKETED UNDER THE TRADE NAME LT-CAGE TAPERED FUSION DEVICE AND IS INDICATED FOR SPINAL FUSION PROCEDURES IN SKELETALLY MATURE PATIENTS WITH DEGENERATIVE DISC DISEASE (DDD) AT ONE LEVEL FORM L2-S1. DDD IS DEFINED AS DISCOGENIC BACK PAIN WITH DEGENERATION OF THE DISC CONFIRMED BY PATIENT HISTORY AND RADIOGRAPHIC STUDIES. THESE DDD PATIENTS MAY ALSO HAVE UP TO GRADE I SPONDYLOLISTHESIS OR RETROLISTHESIS AT THE INVOLVED LEVEL. LT-CAGE IMPLANTS ARE TO BE USED WITH AUTOGENOUS BONE GRAFT AND IMPLANTED VIA A LAPAROSCOPIC OR AN OPEN ANTERIOR APPROACH. PATIENTS RECEIVING THE LT-CAGE LUMBAR TAPERED FUSION DEVICE SHOULD HAVE HAD AT LEAST SIX MONTHS OF NONOPERATIVE TREATMENT PRIOR TREATMENT WITH THE LT-CAGE.
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