# K132559: Monument Spacers

- Pathway: 510(k) (Traditional)
- Applicant: Globus Medical, Inc.
- Decided: Dec 30, 2013 after 137 days
- Product code: OVD (Intervertebral Fusion Device With Integrated Fixation, Lumbar)
- Device class: 2
- Regulation: 21 CFR 888.3080
- Recalls of this device: none
- Data: FDA decisions to Oct 25, 2026; recalls to Oct 12, 2026

## Lineage
Longest line of descent: 12 generations back to K841189 (1984). 22 ancestors in all.
166 later devices descend from it; 4 cite it directly.
0 of 189 devices in its family (counting itself) have a Class I recall.

## Predicates on the family tree (from the FDA summary)
- K082252: Independence Spacer, Globus Medical, Inc. (2008) Summary page 1.
- K120101: Independence Spacer, Globus Medical, Inc. (2012) Summary page 1.

## Most influential descendants
- K152022: SUSTAIN® R Spacers, PATRIOT® Spacers, CALIBER® Spacers, RISE® Spacers, COALITION® Spacers, COALITION AGX™ Spacers, INDEPENDENCE® Spacers, FORTIFY®-R Corpectomy Spacers, FORTIFY® I-R Corpectomy Spacers, XPand®-R Corpectomy Spacers, NIKO® Corpectomy Spacers, MONUMENT™ Spacers, ALTERA™ Spacers, MAGNIFY™ Spacers, InterContinental® Plate-Spacer (2017), 149 descendants of its own
- K181357: PATRIOT® Lumbar Spacers, SUSTAIN® Spacers (2018), 97 descendants of its own
- K191391: HEDRON Lumbar Spacers (2019), 84 descendants of its own
- K173115: COALITION® and COALITION® TPS, COALITION MIS® and COALITION MIS® TPS, COALITION AGX® and COALITION AGX® TPS (2017), 83 descendants of its own
- K171848: FORTIFY and FORTIFY Integrated Corpectomy Spacers, XPand Corpectomy Spacers, NIKO Corpectomy Spacers, SUSTAIN Spacers, COALITION Spacers, PATRIOT Lumbar Spacers, PATRIOT Cervical Spacers, ALTERA Spacers, RISE Spacers, CALIBER Spacers, ELSA Spacers, LATIS Spacers, MONUMENT Spacers, InterContinental Plate-Spacer, MAGNIFY Spacers, INDEPENDENCE Spacers (2017), 55 descendants of its own

## Indications for use
The MONUMENT Spacer is an interbody fusion device intended for use in patients with degenerative disc disease (DDD) at one or two contiguous levels of the lumbosacral spine (L2-S1). DDD is defined as discogenic back pain with degeneration of the disc confirmed by history and radiographic studies. These patients should be skeletally mature and have had at least six (6) months of non-operative treatment. In addition, these patients may have up to Grade 1 spondylolisthesis or retrolisthesis at the involved level(s). The MONUMENT Spacer is to be filled with autogenous bone graft material, and is to be used with four titanium alloy screws that accompany the implant. The device is intended to be used with supplemental fixation (i.e. pedicle screws, facet fixation).

Source page: https://510kreport.com/device/K132559
Methodology: https://510kreport.com/methodology