When placed across the SI joint, the Granite implant provides sacroiliac fusion and sacropelvic fixation as a foundational element for multi-segment spinal fusion
SI-BONE receives FDA 510(k) clearance for smaller diameter iFuse Bedrock Granite implant with expanded indication and application. (Credit: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration/Wikimedia Commons)
SI-BONE, Inc., (Nasdaq: SIBN), a Silicon Valley-based medical device company dedicated to solving musculoskeletal disorders of the sacropelvic anatomy, announces FDA 510(k) premarket clearance of the iFuse Bedrock Granite Implant System (Granite) in a smaller (9.5 mm) diameter with both an expanded indication in pediatric patients and an expanded application that includes use in the S1 trajectory. When placed across the SI joint, the Granite implant provides sacroiliac fusion and sacropelvic fixation as a foundational element for multi-segment spinal fusion.
This 510(k) clearance follows the initial clearance of the iFuse Bedrock Granite System in May 2022 that included implants of 10.5 mm and 11.5 mm in diameter. The iFuse Bedrock Granite System was also awarded a Breakthrough Device Designation (BDD) by the Food & Drug Administration (FDA) and a New Technology Add-on Payment (NTAP) by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).
According to Chris Shaffrey, MD, Chief of the Spine Division at Duke University, “The addition of a 9.5 mm diameter implant will seamlessly blend into my workflow, especially with both closed head and open head options. I’m very excited for patients to benefit from this breakthrough spinopelvic technology.”
“With the expanded sacral indication and a smaller diameter Granite implant, I can utilize the Granite technology at S1, a segment which published literature has shown to be one of the most challenging segments in the spine, with reported screw loosening rates ranging from 16-41%,”1,2,3 said Brian A. O’Shaughnessy, MD, Reconstructive Spinal Surgeon at Howell Allen Clinic in Nashville, TN.
Greg Mundis, MD, Orthopedic Spine Surgeon at Scripps Hospital mentions, “There is increasing interest among the surgeon community to include pelvic fixation in high-risk patients undergoing shorter (2-3 level) lumbar fusions. The addition of a 9.5 mm diameter to the Granite product line now offers surgeons one of the more commonly used sizes to treat these patients.”
Source: Company Press Release