# K052258: Vascular Solutions Skyway Support Catheter

- Pathway: 510(k) (Traditional)
- Applicant: Vascular Solutions, Inc.
- Decided: Dec 13, 2005 after 116 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 K935425 (1994). 8 ancestors in all.
80 later devices descend from it; 2 cite it directly.
1 of 89 devices in its family (counting itself) has a Class I recall.

## Predicates on the family tree (from the FDA summary)
- K011562: Lumend Percutaneous Catheter, Lumend, Inc. (2002)
- K033678: Spectranetics Quick Cross Catheters, Models 518-032, 518-033, 518034, 518-035, 518-036, 518-037 and 518-038, Spectranetics Corp. (2004) Summary page 2.

## Most influential descendants
- K070372: Gopher 2F Support Catheter, Model 5600 and Gopher 3F Support Catheter, Model 5610 (2007), 44 descendants of its own
- K082337: Minnie Support Catheter (2009), 35 descendants of its own
- K083313: Wildcat 7F Guidewire Support Catheter (2009), 21 descendants of its own
- K091345: Gopher Gold Catheter, Model 5620 (2009), 20 descendants of its own
- K102022: Wildcat 6F Guidewire Support Catheter Model W400L and W400S (2010), 18 descendants of its own

## Indications for use
The Skyway Support Catheter is to be used in conjunction with steerable guidewires in order to access discrete regions of the coronary and peripheral arterial vasculature and to facilitate placement of guidewires and other interventional devices.

Source page: https://510kreport.com/device/K052258
Methodology: https://510kreport.com/methodology