- Device
- X STOP INTERSPINOUS PROCESS DECOMPRESSION SYSTEM
- Applicant
- Medtronic Sofamor Danek, Inc.
- PMA number
- P040001
- Supplement
- S002
- Product code
- NQO
- Generic name
- Prosthesis, spinous process spacer/plate
- Decision date
- 2006-08-08
- Decision code
- APPR
- Date received
- 2006-03-01
- Supplement type
- Normal 180 Day Track
- Supplement reason
- Change Design/Components/Specifications/Material
- Approval order statement
- APPROVAL FOR THE X STOPPK, A MODIFIED VERSION OF THE X STOP THAT INCLUDES A PEEK SPACER AND ADDITIONAL 16 MM SPACER SIZE. THE DEVICE, AS MODIFIED, WILL BE MARKETED UNDER THE TRADE NAME X STOPPK AND IS INDICATED FOR TREATMENT OF PATIENTS AGED 50 OR OLDER SUFFERING FROM NEUROGENIC INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION SECONDARY TO A CONFIRMED DIAGNOSIS OF LUMBAR SPINAL STENOSIS (WITH X-RAY, MRI, AND/OR CT EVIDENCE OF THICKENING LIGAMENTUM FLAVUM, NARROWED LATERAL RECESS AND/OR CENTRAL CONAL NARROWING). THE X STOPPK IS INDICATED FOR THOSE PATIENTS WITH MODERATELY IMPAIRED PHYSICAL FUNCTION WHO EXPERIENCE RELIEF IN FLEXION FROM THEIR SYMPTOMS OF LEG/BUTTOCK/GROIN PAIN, WITH OR WITHOUT BACK PAIN, AND HAVE UNDERGONE A REGIMEN OF AT LEAST 6 MONTHS OF NONOPERATIVE TREATMENT. THE X STOPPK MAY BE IMPLANTED AT ONE OR TWO LUMBAR LEVELS IN PATIENTS IN WHOM OPERATIVE TREATMENT IS INDICATED AT NO MORE THAN TWO LEVELS.