# K080773: Thor Anterior Plating System

- Pathway: 510(k) (Traditional)
- Applicant: Stryker Spine
- Decided: Jun 9, 2008 after 82 days
- Product code: KWQ (Appliance, Fixation, Spinal Intervertebral Body)
- 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: 3 generations back to K983583 (1998). 6 ancestors in all.
101 later devices descend from it; 2 cite it directly.
0 of 108 devices in its family (counting itself) have a Class I recall.

## Predicates on the family tree (from the FDA summary)
- K073437: Thor Anterior Plating System, Stryker Spine (2008) Summary page 1.
- K994347: Centaur Spinal System, Howmedica Osteonics Corp. (2000) Summary page 1.
- K001844: Modification to Centaur Spinal System, Howmedica Osteonics Corp. (2000) Summary page 4.
- K012870: Xia Stainless Steel System, Howmedica Osteonics Corp. (2001) Summary page 1.

## Most influential descendants
- K091253: Thoracolumbar Plate, Model 1208-41FXX, Lumber Plate, Model 1208-41FXXL, Sacral Plate, Model 1208-41FXXS (2009), 73 descendants of its own
- K131533: Cayman MI Plate System (2013), 72 descendants of its own
- K172941: CASCADIA Interbody System (2018), 52 descendants of its own
- K142699: LITe Plate System (2014), 46 descendants of its own
- K181347: Aries® Lumbar Interbodies (2018), 24 descendants of its own

## Indications for use
When used as an anterior non-pedicle fixation system in the lumbar and lumbosacral spine (LI-Sl), THOR Anterior Plating System is intended for use via a lateral or anterolateral surgical approach above the bifurcation of the great vessels. THOR Anterior Plating System is intended to provide additional support during fusion using autograft or allograft in skeletally mature patients in the treatment of the following acute and chronic instabilities or deformities: 1) Degenerative Disc Disease (defined as back pain of discogenic origin with degenerative disc confirmed by history and radiographic studies); 2) Pseudoarthrosis 3) Spondylolysis 4) Spondyloisthesis 5) Trauma (i.e. Fracture of Dislocation) 6) Deformities (i.e. Scoliosis or Lordosis) 7) Spinal Stenosis 8) Failed previous Fusion When used as an anterolateral non-pedicle fixation system in the thoracic and thoracolumbar spine (Tl1-5), THOR Anterior Piating System is intended to provide additional support during fusion using autograft or allograft in skeletally mature patients in the treatment of the following acute and chronic instabilities or deformities: 1) Degenerative disc Disease (defined as back pain of discogenic origin with degenerative disc confirmed by history and radiographic studies) 2) Trauma (i.e. Fracture or Dislocation) 3) Spinal Stenosis 4) Deformities (i.e. Scoliosis, Kyphosis and/or Lordosis) 5) Tumors 6) Failed Previous Fusion

Source page: https://510kreport.com/device/K080773
Methodology: https://510kreport.com/methodology