# K070173: Verte-Stack Spinal System

- Pathway: 510(k) (Special)
- Applicant: Medtronic Sofamor Danek, Inc.
- Decided: Mar 14, 2007 after 55 days
- Product code: MQP (Spinal Vertebral Body Replacement Device)
- Device class: 2
- Regulation: 21 CFR 888.3060
- Recalls of this device: none
- Data: FDA decisions to Oct 25, 2026; recalls to Oct 12, 2026

## Lineage
Longest line of descent: 10 generations back to K003155 (2001). 19 ancestors in all.
648 later devices descend from it; 5 cite it directly.
1 of 668 devices in its family (counting itself) has a Class I recall.

## Predicates on the family tree (from the FDA summary)
- K052931: Modification to Verte-Stack Spinal System, Medtronic Sofamor Danek (2005) Summary page 2.
- K062133: Modification to Verte-Stack Spinal System, Medtronic Spinal and Biologics Div (2006) Summary page 2.

## Most influential descendants
- K073285: Peek Prevail Cervical Interbody Device (2008), 637 descendants of its own
- K094042: Peek Prevail Cervical Interbody Device (2010), 397 descendants of its own
- K100214: Cornerstone PSR Cervical Interbody Fusion Device (2010), 389 descendants of its own
- K111264: Cornerstone (R) PSR Cervical Fusion System (2011), 331 descendants of its own
- K133494: Chesapeake Spinal System (2014), 330 descendants of its own

## Indications for use
The VERTE-STACK® Spinal System is a vertebral body replacement device intended for use in the thoracolumbar spine (Tl-L5) to replace a collapsed, damaged, or unstable vertebral body due to tumor or trauma (i.e., fracture). The VERTE-STACK® Spinal System is to be used with supplemental fixation. Specificall9, the VERTE-STACK® device is to be used with the Medtronic ZPLATE IITM Anterior Fixation System, the DYNA-LOK CLASSIC® Spinal System, the VANTAGE® Anterior Fixation System, the TSRH® Spinal System, the CD HORIZON® Spinal System and/or the GDLH® Spinal System. Additionally, the VERTE-STACK® device is intended to be used with bone graft.

Source page: https://510kreport.com/device/K070173
Methodology: https://510kreport.com/methodology