# K252686: EffortMed PEEK Cages & Corpectomy Cages

- Pathway: 510(k) (Traditional)
- Applicant: Effortmed, LLC
- Decided: Nov 21, 2025 after 87 days
- Product code: ODP (Intervertebral Fusion Device With Bone Graft, Cervical)
- 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: 28 generations back to K841189 (1984). 525 ancestors in all.
1 later device descends from it; 1 cites it directly.
1 of 527 devices in its family (counting itself) has a Class I recall.

## Predicates on the family tree (from the FDA summary)
- K240893: ARTFX MEDICAL Cervical PEEK Cages, Artfx Medical (2024) Summary page 5.
- K240889: ARTFX Lumbar PEEK Cages, Artfx Medical (2024) Summary page 5.
- K211892: ArtFx Corpectomy Cages (Espinax and Distractania Corpectomy Cages), Arftx Medical, LLC (2022) Summary page 5.

## Most influential descendants
- K260850: Osteomni Spinal Cages System (2026), 0 descendants of its own

## Indications for use
EFFORTMED CERVICAL PEEK CAGES are indicated for use in skeletally mature patients with degenerative disc disease (DDD) of the cervical spine with accompanying radicular symptoms at one disc level (C2-T1). DDD is defined as discogenic pain with degeneration of the disc confirmed by patient history and radiographic studies. CERVICAL PEEK CAGES facilitate intervertebral body fusion in the cervical spine and are placed via the anterior approach and packed with autograft/autologous bone graft. Patients should have received at least six (6) months of prior non-operative treatment. EFFORTMED CERVICAL PEEK CAGES are to be used with supplemental fixation. The EFFORTMED LUMBAR PEEK CAGES are indicated for intervertebral body fusion at one or two contiguous levels in the lumbar spine from L2 to S1 in skeletally mature patients with degenerative disc disease (DDD) of lumbar spine with up to Grade 1 spondylolisthesis or retrolisthesis at the involved level(s). Degenerative disc disease is defined as discogenic back pain with degeneration of the disc confirmed by history and radiographic studies. Patients should have received at least six (6) months of prior non-operative treatment. The devices are designed to be used with supplemental fixation and autograft/autologous bone graft to facilitate fusion for each spinal region. The EFFORTMED ORIZABA CERVICAL CORPECTOMY CAGE is intended for use in skeletally mature patients in the cervical spine (C2-T1) to replace a collapsed, damaged, or unstable vertebral body due to tumor, osteomyelitis, trauma (i.e. fracture), or for reconstruction following corpectomy performed to achieve decompression of the spinal cord and neural tissues in degenerative disorders. The EFFORTMED COTOPAXI LUMBAR CORPECTOMY CAGE is intended for use in skeletally mature patients in the thoracolumbar spine (T1-L5) to replace a collapsed, damaged, or unstable vertebral body due to tumor, osteomyelitis, trauma (i.e. fracture), or for reconstruction following corpectomy performed to achieve decompression of the spinal cord and neural tissues in degenerative disorders. The ORIZABA and COTOPAXI CORPECTOMY CAGES are also intended to restore the integrity of the spinal column even in the absence of fusion for a limited time period in patients with advanced stage tumors involving the cervical, thoracic, and lumbar spine in whom life expectancy is of insufficient duration to permit achievement of fusion, with bone graft used at the surgeon’s discretion. ORIZABA and COTOPAXI CORPECTOMY CAGES are intended to be used with supplemental spinal fixation systems cleared for use in the cervical, thoracic, and/or lumbar spine. The use of bone grafting material is optional.

Source page: https://510kreport.com/device/K252686
Methodology: https://510kreport.com/methodology