# K003173: Aspire Covered Stent and Delivery Catheter

- Pathway: 510(k) (Traditional)
- Applicant: Vascular Architects, Inc.
- Decided: Mar 13, 2001 after 154 days
- Product code: ESW (Prosthesis, Esophageal)
- Device class: 2
- Regulation: 21 CFR 878.3610
- Recalls of this device: none
- Data: FDA decisions to Oct 25, 2026; recalls to Oct 12, 2026

## Lineage
No predicates in its family tree.
22 later devices descend from it; 5 cite it directly.
0 of 23 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
- K012544: Vascular Architects Aspire Covered Stent and Controlled Expansion Delivery System (2001), 21 descendants of its own
- K030947: Alveolus Inc., TB-STS Tracheobronchial Stent System (2003), 18 descendants of its own
- K033990: Alveolus Inc. TB-STS Tracheobronchial Stent System (2004), 15 descendants of its own
- K033053: Alveolus, TB-STS Tracheobronchial Stent System (2004), 15 descendants of its own
- K062511: Aero Tracheobronchial Stent System, Model 90129-2XX (2007), 14 descendants of its own

Source page: https://510kreport.com/device/K003173
Methodology: https://510kreport.com/methodology