# K101229: Longevity IT Highly Crosslinked Polyethylene Elevated Liners, Continuum Acetabular System and Trilogy Integrated Taper

- Pathway: 510(k) (Traditional)
- Applicant: Zimmer, Inc.
- Decided: Dec 3, 2010 after 214 days
- Product code: LPH (Prosthesis, Hip, Semi-Constrained, Metal/Polymer, Porous Uncemented)
- Device class: 2
- Regulation: 21 CFR 888.3358
- Recalls of this device: none
- Data: FDA decisions to Oct 25, 2026; recalls to Oct 12, 2026

## Lineage
Longest line of descent: 4 generations back to K934765 (1994). 8 ancestors in all.
143 later devices descend from it; 7 cite it directly.
0 of 152 devices in its family (counting itself) have a Class I recall.

## Predicates on the family tree (from the FDA summary)
- K091508: Zimmer Continuum Acetabular System, Zimmer Trilogy IT Acetabular System, Zimmer, Inc. (2009) Summary page 1.
- K093846: Longevity IT Highly Crosslinked Polyethylene Elevated Liners, Zimmer, Inc. (2010) Summary page 1.

## Most influential descendants
- K103662: Continuum and Trilogy Integrated Taper (IT) Acetabular Systems; Longevity IT Highly Crosslinked Polyethylene Elevated LI (2011), 137 descendants of its own
- K120370: Vivacit-E Vitamin E Highly Crosslinked Polyethylene Liners (2012), 88 descendants of its own
- K121771: Zimmer Persona the Personalized Knee System (2012), 59 descendants of its own
- K121874: G7 Acetabular System (2012), 53 descendants of its own
- K140669: G7 Osseoti Acetublar Shells (2014), 35 descendants of its own

## Indications for use
The system is indicated for primary or revision surgery in skeletally mature individuals for rehabilitating hips damaged as a result of noninflammatory degenerative joint disease (NIDJD) or its composite diagnoses of osteoarthiitis, avascular necrosis, protrusio acetabuli, traumatic arthritis, slipped capital epiphysis, fuised hip, fracture of the pelvis, and diastrophic variant. The system is intended for use either wit or without bone cement in total hip arthroplasty.

Source page: https://510kreport.com/device/K101229
Methodology: https://510kreport.com/methodology