# K031992: Echelon Micro Catheter, Model 105-5091

- Pathway: 510(k) (Special)
- Applicant: Micro Therapeutics, Inc.
- Decided: Aug 7, 2003 after 41 days
- Product code: KRA (Catheter, Continuous Flush)
- Device class: 2
- Regulation: 21 CFR 870.1210
- 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 K974473 (1998). 3 ancestors in all.
7 later devices descend from it; 4 cite it directly.
0 of 11 devices in its family (counting itself) have a Class I recall.

## Predicates on the family tree (from the FDA summary)
- K030688: Echelon Micro Catheter, Model 105-5092-150, Micro Therapeutics, Inc. (2003) Summary page 1.

## Most influential descendants
- K051990: Echelon Micro Catheter (2006), 5 descendants of its own
- K042187: Echelon 10,45 Tip Shape Micro Catheter Echelon 10,90 Tip Shape Micro Catheter, Echelon 14,45 Tip Shape Micro Catheter,90 (2004), 5 descendants of its own
- K093750: Echelon Micro Catheter, Marathon Micro Catheter, Nautica Micro Catheter Ultraflow HPC Flow Directed Micro Catheter, Reba (2009), 3 descendants of its own
- K210114: Rebar Micro Catheter (2021), 1 descendant of its own
- K243534: Micro Catheter (2025), 0 descendants of its own

## Indications for use
The Echelon Micro Catheter is intended to access peripheral and neuro vasculature for the controlled selective infusion of physician-specified therapeutic agents such as embolization materials and of diagnostic materials such as contrast media.

Source page: https://510kreport.com/device/K031992
Methodology: https://510kreport.com/methodology