# K032411: JS Vascular Guide Wire Vise/Torque Device

- Pathway: 510(k) (Traditional)
- Applicant: Js Vascular, Inc.
- Decided: Oct 7, 2003 after 63 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
Longest line of descent: 1 generation back to K861606 (1986). 6 ancestors in all.
28 later devices descend from it; 2 cite it directly.
0 of 35 devices in its family (counting itself) have a Class I recall.

## Predicates on the family tree (from the FDA summary)
- K910969: Torque Device for a Guide Wire, Terumo Corp. (1991) Summary page 1.
- K003398: Wireclip Torquer, Boston Scientific Corporation Northwest Technology (2000). Our reading of the summary gave K003898, FDA’s number for Ebi Vuecath Spinal Endoscopic System (Ebi, L.P.). Corrected to the number one digit away whose FDA name carries the summary’s words for the device, “Boston Scientific WireClip Torquer”.
- K950752: Acs Torque Device, Acs Guide Wire Introducer, Acs Guide Wire Accessory Kits, Advanced Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. (1995) Summary page 1.
- K861606: Schneider-Shiley Wire Torquer, Shiley, Inc. (1986) Summary page 1.
- K862409: Snap-on Torquer, Advanced Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. (1986) Summary page 1.
- K922356: Flow Control Valve, Cat. NO. Acv-38, American Omni Medical, Inc. (1993) Summary page 1.

## Most influential descendants
- K060745: Asahi Tornus Support Catheter with Torque Device Accessory (2006), 22 descendants of its own
- K083313: Wildcat 7F Guidewire Support Catheter (2009), 21 descendants of its own
- K102022: Wildcat 6F Guidewire Support Catheter Model W400L and W400S (2010), 18 descendants of its own
- K111338: Wildcat Catheter (2011), 17 descendants of its own
- K122380: Ocelot System (2012), 14 descendants of its own

## Indications for use
This device is intended for use as a torque device for guidewires with a diameter of 0,014 - 0.038” to facilitate twisting and advancing the guidewire during a procedure.

Source page: https://510kreport.com/device/K032411
Methodology: https://510kreport.com/methodology