# K053252: U-Clip Device, Models B140, B160 and B180

- Pathway: 510(k) (Special)
- Applicant: Medtronic Vascular
- Decided: Dec 16, 2005 after 25 days
- Product code: FZP (Clip, Implantable)
- Device class: 2
- Regulation: 21 CFR 878.4300
- Recalls of this device: none
- Data: FDA decisions to Oct 25, 2026; recalls to Oct 12, 2026

## Lineage
Longest line of descent: 9 generations back to K933887 (1993). 15 ancestors in all.
1 later device descends from it; 1 cites it directly.
0 of 17 devices in its family (counting itself) have a Class I recall.

## Predicates on the family tree (from the FDA summary)
- K031623: Modification to Coalescent Surgical U-Clip and Accessories, Coalescent Surgical (2003) Summary page 2.
- K024366: Coalescent Surgical U-Clip and Accessories, Coalescent Surgical (2003) Summary page 1.
- K023125: Coalescent U-Clip- and Accessories, Coalescent Surgical (2002) Summary page 2.
- K021407: Coalescent Surgical U-Clip - or Other TBD and Accessories, Coalescent Surgical (2002) Summary page 2.
- K013664: Coalescent Surgical U-Clip, Coalescent Surgical (2002) Summary page 2.
- K012317: Coalescent Surgical U-Clip, Coalescent Surgical (2001) Summary page 2.
- K994160: Coalescent Surgical Sutured-Clip, Coalescent Surgical (2000) Summary page 2.
- K971588: Evi Sutured-Clip Applier, Elective Vascular Intervention Inc. (Evi) (1997) Summary page 2.

## Most influential descendants
- K062821: U-Clip Device (2006), 0 descendants of its own

## Indications for use
The U-CLIP Device is intended for endoscopic and non-endoscopic general soft tissue and prosthetic material approximation/attachment and/or ligation and the creation of anastomosis in blood vessels, grafts and other tubular structures.

Source page: https://510kreport.com/device/K053252
Methodology: https://510kreport.com/methodology