# K002206: HI-Torque Whisper LS Guide Wire with Hydrocoat Hydrophilic Coating, HI-Torque Whisper MS Guide Wire with Hydrocoat Hydro

- Pathway: 510(k) (Traditional)
- Applicant: Guidant Corp.
- Decided: Aug 24, 2000 after 34 days
- Product code: DQX (Wire, Guide, Catheter)
- Device class: 2
- Regulation: 21 CFR 870.1330
- Recalls of this device: none
- Data: FDA decisions to Oct 25, 2026; recalls to Oct 12, 2026

## Lineage
No predicates in its family tree.
44 later devices descend from it; 4 cite it directly.
2 of 45 devices in its family (counting itself) have a Class I recall.

## Predicates on the family tree (from the FDA summary)
- None. FDA has not posted a summary or statement for it, so its predicates are not known.

## Most influential descendants
- K013092: HI-Toque Whisper LS and MS Guide Wire with Hydrocoat Hydrophilic Coating (2001), 33 descendants of its own
- K020340: Modification to HI-Torque Whisper LS and MS Guide Wires with Hydrocoat Hydrophilic Coating (2002), 32 descendants of its own
- K013833: HI-Toque Balance Middleweight Universal Guide Wire with Hydrocoat Hydrophilic Coating, #1009659,1009659J, 1009660, 10096 (2002), 26 descendants of its own
- K072460: HI-Torque Balance Middleweight Universal II Guide Wire (2008), 21 descendants of its own
- K030549: HI-Torque Pilot 50 Guide Wire with Hydrocoat Hydrophilic Coating, HI-Torque Pilot 150 Guide Wire with Hydrocoat Hydrophg (2003), 18 descendants of its own

Source page: https://510kreport.com/device/K002206
Methodology: https://510kreport.com/methodology