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Modification to Sapphire Detachable Coil System (Tetris 3-D)

K040694510(k) SpecialCleared Mar 25, 20048-day reviewClass II21 CFR 882.5950

Data to Oct 25, 2026 (FDA decisions) Oct 12, 2026 (recalls) Sep 30, 2026 (MAUDE) refreshed weekly, last Nov 3, 2026

Micro Therapeutics, Inc. · HCG Device, Neurovascular Embolization

Cleared on Mar 25, 2004 after an 8-day review. The summary cites one number, which could not be confirmed as its predicate (see the table below). 29 later devices descend from it.

Decided
Mar 25, 2004
Review
8 days
Class
Class II
Product code
HCG
Recalls
None
Predicates
1

29 later devices descend from it, 1 citing it directly.

Descendants, by year cleared 2004: 1 descendant cleared2007: 1 descendant cleared2005: 3 descendants cleared2006: 1 descendant cleared2015: 3 descendants cleared2008: 1 descendant cleared2017: 1 descendant cleared2009: 1 descendant cleared2013: 2 descendants cleared2014: 3 descendants cleared2021: 2 descendants cleared2018: 3 descendants cleared2026: 2 descendants cleared2023: 1 descendant cleared2022: 2 descendants cleared2020: 1 descendant cleared2019: 1 descendant cleared200020052010201520202025
  1. This deviceK040694 Modification to Sapphire Detachable Coil System (Tetris 3-D)Micro Therapeutics, Inc. · 2004
  2. Descendant · cites it directly · 28 of its ownK041649 Sapphire NXT Detachable Coil SystemMicro Therapeutics, Inc. · 2004
  3. Descendant · 2 generations on · 27 of its ownK050543 Nexus Detachable Coil SystemMicro Therapeutics, Inc. · 2005
  4. Descendant · 3 generations on · 24 of its ownK051560 Nexus Detachable Coil, Multi-Diameter CSR and Helix Super Soft CSRMicro Therapeutics, Inc. · 2005
  5. Descendant · 3 generations on · 24 of its ownK051425 Nexus Detachable Coil System, Helix Super Soft CSRMicro Therapeutics, Inc. · 2005
  6. Descendant · 2 generations on · 23 of its ownK060747 FX Detachable Coil SystemMicro Therapeutics, Inc. · 2007 · Recalled

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Descendants cleared per year

2004: 12005: 32006: 12007: 12008: 12009: 12013: 22014: 32015: 32017: 12018: 32019: 12020: 12021: 22022: 22023: 12026: 2
2004high 3 (2005) · low 0 (2010)2026

Most influential descendants

Showing 5 of 29 · See all
  • K041649Sapphire NXT Detachable Coil SystemMicro Therapeutics, Inc. · 2004 · cites it directly28descendants
  • K050543Nexus Detachable Coil SystemMicro Therapeutics, Inc. · 2005 · 2 generations on27descendants
  • K051560Nexus Detachable Coil, Multi-Diameter CSR and Helix Super Soft CSRMicro Therapeutics, Inc. · 2005 · 3 generations on24descendants
  • K051425Nexus Detachable Coil System, Helix Super Soft CSRMicro Therapeutics, Inc. · 2005 · 3 generations on24descendants
  • K060747FX Detachable Coil SystemMicro Therapeutics, Inc. · 2007 · 2 generations on23descendants
View FIG. 1 as a table

Line of descent and top descendants

GenerationNumberDeviceApplicantDecidedRecalls
0 (this device)K040694Modification to Sapphire Detachable Coil System (Tetris 3-D)Micro Therapeutics, Inc.2004—
+1K041649Sapphire NXT Detachable Coil SystemMicro Therapeutics, Inc.2004—
+2K050543Nexus Detachable Coil SystemMicro Therapeutics, Inc.2005—
+3K051560Nexus Detachable Coil, Multi-Diameter CSR and Helix Super Soft CSRMicro Therapeutics, Inc.2005—
+3K051425Nexus Detachable Coil System, Helix Super Soft CSRMicro Therapeutics, Inc.2005—
+2K060747FX Detachable Coil SystemMicro Therapeutics, Inc.20072

Descendants by year cleared

Year clearedDevicesWith a Class I recall
200410
200530
200610
200710
200810
200910
201320
201430
201530
201710
201830
201910
202010
202120
202220
202310
202620
FIG. 1 — Lineage of K040694, 2004–2026Source: FDA 510(k) summaries, read by 510(k) Report · How lineage is built

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What was it cleared against? (1)

Devices the submitter claimed this one is substantially equivalent to (*), and reference devices cited for a specific test or feature (†), as written in the FDA summary; numbers the summary cites that cannot be its predicate are marked – and kept off the family tree.

TypeNumberDeviceApplicantDecidedRecalls
Kept off the family treeK913418FDA’s K913418 is Senographe DMR/SMR/DM
Our reading of the summary gave K913418, FDA’s number for Senographe DMR/SMR/DM (General Electric Co.). Its FDA name has none of the distinctive words the summary uses for the device it names, “Sapphire Detachable Coil System”. Kept off the family tree.
General Electric Co.19921

What descends from it? (29)

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1 later device cites it directly; ranked here by how many devices descend from each in turn.

NumberDeviceApplicantDecidedDescendants
K041649Sapphire NXT Detachable Coil SystemMicro Therapeutics, Inc.200428

Has anything in its family been recalled? (0 Class I)

No FDA recall names this device.

No ancestor or descendant has a Class I recall.

What does this lineage say?

  • Of its descendants, K041649 (Micro Therapeutics, Inc., 2004) has gone furthest, with 28 descendants of its own.

How does its category compare?

All HCG devices

HCG Device, Neurovascular Embolization: FDA decisions, review times, recalls and adverse event reports over 20 years.

FDA decisions per year · HCG

3in 2025

2007: 82008: 92009: 72010: 82011: 92012: 72013: 72014: 52015: 52016: 72017: 52018: 42019: 12020: 22021: 52022: 32023: 22024: 42025: 32026 (partial year): 4
2007high 9 (2008) · low 1 (2019)2026

2026 to Oct 25, outlined.

Median 510(k) review, days · HCG

107in 2025

2007: 50 days median2008: 71 days median2009: 48 days median2010: 72 days median2011: 78 days median2012: 30 days median2013: 67 days median2014: 66 days median2015: 60 days median2016: 37 days median2017: 97 days median2018: 173 days median2021: 103 days median2022: 114 days median2024: 49 days median2025: 107 days median2026 (partial year): 30 days median
2007high 173 (2018) · low 30 (2012)2026

Receipt to decision; years with fewer than 3 clearances left blank.

Recalls per year · HCG

1in 2025

2007: 12008: 32010: 22011: 12013: 22014: 42022: 22024: 12025: 1, 1 Class I2026 (partial year): 1
2007high 4 (2014) · low 0 (2009)2026

Class I (1 since 2007) Class II/III not classified

Adverse event reports per year · HCG

537in 2025

2007: 3262008: 7302009: 8212010: 8512011: 8942012: 1,1462013: 1,1032014: 1,7292015: 1,5982016: 1,9912017: 2,4942018: 2,0582019: 1,7632020: 1,7542021: 2,2682022: 6632023: 5682024: 5522025: 537
2007high 2,494 (2017) · low 326 (2007)2025

MAUDE reports naming product code HCG, not matched to any one device; reports are not rates.

View these four charts as a table
YearDecisionsMedian 510(k) review, daysRecalls (Class I)MAUDE reports
20078501326
20089713730
20097480821
20108722851
20119781894
201273001,146
201376721,103
201456641,729
201556001,598
201673701,991
201759702,494
2018417302,058
20191—01,763
20202—01,754
2021510302,268
202231142663
20232—0568
20244491552
202531071 (1)537
20264301—

What is it indicated for?

The SapphireTM Detachable Coils are intended for the endovascular embolization of intracranial aneurysms that - because of their morphology, their location, or the patient's general medical condition - are considered by the treating neurosurgical team to be a) very high risk for management by traditional operative techniques, or b) be inoperable. The Sapphire Tm Detachable Coils are also intended for the embolization of other neuro vascular abnormalities, such as, arteriovenous malformations and arteriovenous fistulae.

Indications for use as stated in the FDA summary.

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510(k) Report. “K040694: Modification to Sapphire Detachable Coil System (Tetris 3-D).” Lineage record from FDA 510(k) data and the FDA summary. Updated Nov 3, 2026. Accessed Nov 3, 2026. https://510kreport.com/device/K040694

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Record history
  • FDA decision record loaded May 2, 2026
  • Summary read Oct 13, 2026 (extraction version 9eaa42aa01ed)
  • Lineage and recalls computed Nov 3, 2026
  • Page last updated Nov 3, 2026