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Reviewers Guidance Checklist For Orthopedic External Fixation Devices Version #5

FinalCenter for Devices and Radiological Health02/20/1997

Description

This guidance was written prior to the February 27, 1997 implementation of FDA's Good Guidance Practices, GGP's. It does not create or confer rights for or on any person and does not operate to bind FDA or the public. An alternative approach may be used if such approach satisfies the requirements of the applicable statute, regulations, or both. This guidance will be updated in the next revision to include the standard elements of GGP's.

Scope & Applicability

Product Classes

2
Orthopedic External Fixation Devices

Subject of the guidance document; Subject of the reviewers guidance checklist

Class II Device

Devices subject to section 522 postmarket surveillance orders; devices subject to postmarket surveillance orders

Stakeholders

1
Manufacturer

Entity responsible for submitting NDINs

Regulatory Context

Attributes

3
MRI compatibility

Devices claiming this will not be reviewed by third parties

substantial equivalence

The standard for clearing a 510(k) device relative to a predicate.

Material composition

Required data element for patient-centric and physician-centric devices

Identified Hazards

Hazards

1
Thermal necrosis

Risk due to heat generated during drilling through bone

Related CFR Sections (3)

See Also (8)

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