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# FDA Clears Panther Orthopedics Fixation Device
- URL: https://www.fdaweb.com/fda-clears-panther-orthopedics-fixation-device/
- Published: 2018-03-07T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-14T23:28:11.000Z
- Author: David McFarland
- Tags: Drugs, #legacy-id-D5140926

FDA has cleared a Panther Orthopedics 510(k) for the Puma System, an implantable flexible fixation device indicated for syndesmosis fixation, hallux valgus reconstruction, and tarsometatarsal fixation. The device was designed to solve problems experienced with stiff metal screws, which serve as stress risers and prohibit normal physiological joint motion, and with flexible fixation devices that creep and eventually lose compression, according to the company. It allows for a 2.8 mm pilot hole that is intended to preserve bone tissue, and comes in one size for a “customized approach that can be trimmed to the specific anatomy in order to provide stable dynamic fixation of the joint,” the company says.