# K051772: Asahi Tornus Support Catheter

- Pathway: 510(k) (Traditional)
- Applicant: Asahi Intecc Co., Ltd.
- Decided: Sep 26, 2005 after 88 days
- Product code: DQY (Catheter, Percutaneous)
- Device class: 2
- Regulation: 21 CFR 870.1250
- 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 K001992 (2000). 4 ancestors in all.
119 later devices descend from it; 10 cite it directly.
1 of 124 devices in its family (counting itself) has a Class I recall.

## Predicates on the family tree (from the FDA summary)
- K032660: Xtrak Support Catheter, Xtrak Medical, Inc. (2003) Summary page 1.
- K012169: Ilt Support Catheter .014, Model C114LW1; Ilt Support Catheter Advancing Mechanism, Model A11AM1, Intra Luminal Therapeutics, Inc. (2001) Summary page 1.

## Most influential descendants
- K070372: Gopher 2F Support Catheter, Model 5600 and Gopher 3F Support Catheter, Model 5610 (2007), 44 descendants of its own
- K062885: Stride Microcatheter (2007), 34 descendants of its own
- K083127: Asahi Corsair Microcatheter (2009), 33 descendants of its own
- 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

## Indications for use
The ASAHI Tornus support catheter is intended to be used in conjunction with a steerable guidewire to access discrete regions of the vasculature and for guidewire exchange.

Source page: https://510kreport.com/device/K051772
Methodology: https://510kreport.com/methodology