§ 888.3083. Spinal spheres for use in intervertebral fusion procedures.
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(a)Identification. A spinal sphere device is an implanted, solid, spherical, prescription device manufactured from metallic or polymeric materials. The device is inserted into the intervertebral body space of the lumbar spine to provide stabilization and to help promote intervertebral body fusion. The device is to be used with bone graft material.
(b)Classification. Class III.
(c)Date premarket approval application
(PMA)or notice of completion of product development protocol
(PDP)is required. A PMA or notice of completion of a PDP is required to be filed with the Food and Drug Administration on or before October 30, 2025, for any spinal sphere for use in intervertebral fusion procedures as identified in paragraph
(a)of this section that was in commercial distribution before May 28, 1976, or that has, on or before October 30, 2025, been found to be substantially equivalent to any spinal sphere device for use in intervertebral fusion procedures identified in paragraph
(a)of this section, that was in commercial distribution before May 28, 1976. Any other spinal sphere device for use in intervertebral fusion procedures identified in paragraph
(a)of this section shall have an approved PMA or declared completed PDP in effect before being placed in commercial distribution. [88 FR 18990, 18993, Mar. 30, 2023]
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§ 888.3083
Spinal spheres for use in intervertebral fusion procedures.
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