# K023596: Medrad 8-Receiver Phased Array Neurovascular Coil

- Pathway: 510(k) (Special)
- Applicant: Medrad, Inc.
- Decided: Nov 8, 2002 after 11 days
- Product code: MOS (Coil, Magnetic Resonance, Specialty)
- Device class: 2
- Regulation: 21 CFR 892.1000
- Recalls of this device: none
- Data: FDA decisions to Oct 25, 2026; recalls to Oct 12, 2026

## Lineage
Longest line of descent: 3 generations back to K892235 (1989). 5 ancestors in all.
2 later devices descend from it; 2 cite it directly.
0 of 8 devices in its family (counting itself) have a Class I recall.

## Predicates on the family tree (from the FDA summary)
- K984257: Medrad Phased Array Neurovascular Coil, Medrad, Inc. (1999) Summary page 1.

## Most influential descendants
- K093689: 1.5 Tesla 16- Channel Receive-Only Phased- Array Head Coil for Siemans (2010), 0 descendants of its own
- K052827: Modification to Medrad 8-Receiver Phased Array Neurovascular Coil for Siemens (2005), 0 descendants of its own

## Indications for use
The Medrad Phased Array Neurovascular coil is a receive-only coil intended to be used with the General Electric Superconducting MRI scanners. The coil will facilitate complete MR imaging of the intracranial/extracranial Neurovascular, skull base and C-Spine without moving the patient or the coil, i.e., no scan room intervention.

Source page: https://510kreport.com/device/K023596
Methodology: https://510kreport.com/methodology