# K120570: Choice Spine Vertebral Body Replacement (VBR) Device System

- Pathway: 510(k) (Traditional)
- Applicant: Choicespine, LP
- Decided: Apr 5, 2012 after 38 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: 6 generations back to K003275 (2001). 8 ancestors in all.
322 later devices descend from it; 3 cite it directly.
0 of 331 devices in its family (counting itself) have a Class I recall.

## Predicates on the family tree (from the FDA summary)
- K050553: Novel VBR Spinal System, Alphatec/Nexmed (2005) Summary page 1.
- K072465: Niko Corpectomy Spacer, Globus Medical, Inc. (2007) Summary page 1.
- K091426: Cervicore Corpectomy Cage, Verticor, Ltd. (2009) Summary page 1.

## Most influential descendants
- K130573: Tyber Medical Interbody System; Acif, Alif, Plif, Tlif, Dlif (2013), 251 descendants of its own
- K133967: Interbody Cage System (2014), 227 descendants of its own
- K143578: SUSTAIN R TPS Spacers, PATRIOT TPS Spacers, CALIBER TPS Spacer, COALITION TPS Spacers, INDEPENDENCE TPS Spacer, FORTIFY -R TPS Corpectomy Spacer, FORTIFY I-R TPS Corpectomy Spacer, XPand -R TPS Corpectomy Spacer, NIKO TPS Corpectomy Spacer (2016), 210 descendants of its own
- K161223: TransContinental® M Spacers and InterContinental® Plate-Spacers (2016), 117 descendants of its own
- K171686: Choice Spine Hawkeye™ Vertebral Body Replacement (VBR) System (2017), 116 descendants of its own

## Indications for use
The Choice Spine Vertebral Body Replacement (VBR) System is intended for use in the thoracolumbar spine (T1-L5) to replace a collapsed, damaged, or unstable vertebral body due to tumor or trauma (i.e. fracture). The VBR device is intended for use with supplemental fixation & is to be used with autograft and/or allograft bone graft material.

Source page: https://510kreport.com/device/K120570
Methodology: https://510kreport.com/methodology