FDA Releases Final Guidance on Bone Anchor Premarket Notification 510(k) Submissions

This week’s release of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) final guidance on “Bone Anchors – Premarket Notification (510(k)) Submissions” is based on the agency’s draft guidance from January 2017. While there are no significant differences between the draft document and the final guidance, the FDA did update this document to reflect other released guidance documents and minimal revisions.

Required information for premarket notification submissions (product descriptions) includes:

• General dimensions
• Assembly of multiple components and the mechanism on attachment
• Information on sutures, if provided, or sizing information for sutures not provided
• Bone preparation
• Material or device-specific details, when appropriate

Within the guidance, additional helpful data points and information are provided:

• Lists of specific bench tests
• Examples of when human data may be required
• Examples of when a new 510(k) may be required
• Information to be included within the Indications for Use and the Directions for Use
• Example of the Substantial Equivalence Table
• List of biocompatibility tests to consider
• Basic information on sterilization, reusability, packaging, and magnetic resonance (MR) compatibility
• List of bench tests to be considered, including sample sizes for the bench testing
• Brief summary of when clinical data may be required

The FDA’s full guidance may be found here.

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