# K042488: Perifix Catheter and Contiplex Catheter

- Pathway: 510(k) (Traditional)
- Applicant: B.Braun Medical, Inc.
- Decided: Sep 30, 2004 after 17 days
- Product code: BSO (Catheter, Conduction, Anesthetic)
- Device class: 2
- Regulation: 21 CFR 868.5120
- Recalls of this device: none
- Data: FDA decisions to Oct 25, 2026; recalls to Oct 12, 2026

## Lineage
Longest line of descent: 5 generations back to K896422 (1990). 14 ancestors in all.
9 later devices descend from it; 6 cite it directly.
1 of 24 devices in its family (counting itself) has a Class I recall.

## Predicates on the family tree (from the FDA summary)
- K951927: Combined End-Multiple Lateral Holes Epidural Catheter (Cemlh Epidural Catheter), Csen, Ltd. (1997) Summary page 1.
- K030830: B. Braun Nerve Block Catheter, B.Braun Medical, Inc. (2003) Summary page 2.

## Most influential descendants
- K043500: Functional Anaesthetic Discography (Fad) System, Including Fad Catheter Kit and Fad Introducer Needle (2005), 3 descendants of its own
- K061210: Functional  Anaesthetic Discography (Fad) Catheter System, Model D01A ; Introducer Needle, Model D01B (2006), 2 descendants of its own
- K063071: Discyphor Catheter System, Model D01A; Discyphor Introducer Needle, Model D01B (2007), 1 descendant of its own
- K153297: Perifix and Contiplex Catheter (2016), 0 descendants of its own
- K150731: Medline Epidural Catheter (2016), 0 descendants of its own

## Indications for use
The B. Braun Regional Anesthesia Catheter is a device intended to provide, via percutaneous administration, continuous and/or intermittent infusion of local anesthetics and analgesics in the epidural space or near a nerve for regional anesthesia and pain management during the pre-operative, perioperative and postoperative periods associated with general and orthopedic surgery as well as labor and delivery. Routes of administration include epidural and perineural (peripheral nerve block).

Source page: https://510kreport.com/device/K042488
Methodology: https://510kreport.com/methodology