# K171704: CAPRI Corpectomy Cage System

- Pathway: 510(k) (Traditional)
- Applicant: K2m
- Decided: Aug 31, 2017 after 84 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: 21 generations back to K841189 (1984). 215 ancestors in all.
10 later devices descend from it; 1 cites it directly.
1 of 226 devices in its family (counting itself) has a Class I recall.

## Predicates on the family tree (from the FDA summary)
- K142016: CAPRI, K2m, Inc. (2014) Summary page 4.
- K170055: CAPRI Corpectomy Cage System, K2m (2017) Summary page 4.
- K111294: Santorini Spinal System, K2m, Inc. (2012) Summary page 4.
- K003043: Surgical Titanium Mesh System, Depuyacromed (2001) Summary page 4.

## Most influential descendants
- K180665: SANTORINI Corpectomy Cage System, CAPRI Corpectomy Cage System (2018), 9 descendants of its own
- K211320: CAPRI Corpectomy Cage System (2022), 2 descendants of its own
- K221490: Tritanium C Anterior Cervical Cage, Tritanium PL Cage, Tritanium TL Curved Posterior Lumbar Cage, Tritanium X PL Expandable Posterior Lumbar Cage, Tritanium X TL Expandable Curved Posterior Lumbar Cage, Stryker Spine VLIFT Vertebral Body Replacement System, VLIFT-s Vertebral Body Replacement System, Ascential IBD PEEKc Spacer, Aero-AL Lumbar Cage System, Aero-LL Lumbar Cage System, Aero-C Cervical Cage System, AVS Aria PEEK Spacer, AVS Anchor-C Cervical Cage System, AVS Anchor-L Spacer (2023), 1 descendant of its own
- K202637: F3D Corpectomy System (2020), 1 descendant of its own
- K200235: KONG-TL VBR System, KONG-C VBR System (2020), 1 descendant of its own

## Indications for use
The CAPRI Corpectomy Cage Systems is a vertebral body replacement device intended for use in the thoracolumbar spine (T1 to L5) to replace collapsed, damaged, or unstable vertebral bodies due to tumor ot trauma (i.e. fracture). The CAPRI Corpectomy Cage Systems is designed to provide anterior spinal column support even in the absence of fusion for a prolonged period. The CAPRI device may be used with allograft or autograft. For all the above indications the CAPRI implants are intended to be used with supplemental internal fixation appropriate for the implanted level, including K2M Pedicle Screw and Hook Systems, and K2M Spinal Plate Systems.

Source page: https://510kreport.com/device/K171704
Methodology: https://510kreport.com/methodology