# K042187: Echelon 10,45 Tip Shape Micro Catheter Echelon 10,90 Tip Shape Micro Catheter, Echelon 14,45 Tip Shape Micro Catheter,90

- Pathway: 510(k) (Special)
- Applicant: Micro Therapeutics, Inc.
- Decided: Sep 2, 2004 after 21 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: 4 generations back to K974473 (1998). 4 ancestors in all.
5 later devices descend from it; 2 cite it directly.
0 of 10 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.
- K031992: Echelon Micro Catheter, Model 105-5091, Micro Therapeutics, Inc. (2003) Summary page 1.

## Most influential descendants
- 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
- K202318: Marathon Flow Directed Micro Catheter (2020), 0 descendants of its own
- K090870: Echelon Micro Catheter, Models 105-5092-150SA, 145-5092-150SA and 190-5092-150SA and Syringe Adapter Accessory (2009), 0 descendants of its own

## Indications for use
The Tip-Shape Echelon TM 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/K042187
Methodology: https://510kreport.com/methodology