# K063836: Rivulet Ventricular and Snap Shunt and Convertible Ventricular Catheters, Models 41701 and 41704-41715

- Pathway: 510(k) (Traditional)
- Applicant: Medtronic Neurosurgery
- Decided: Aug 16, 2007 after 233 days
- Product code: JXG (Shunt, Central Nervous System And Components)
- Device class: 2
- Regulation: 21 CFR 882.5550
- Recalls of this device: none
- Data: FDA decisions to Oct 25, 2026; recalls to Oct 12, 2026

## Lineage
Longest line of descent: 1 generation back to K792007 (1980). 2 ancestors in all.
No later device cites it as a predicate yet.
0 of 3 devices in its family (counting itself) have a Class I recall.

## Predicates on the family tree (from the FDA summary)
- K792007: CSF-Ventricular Catheter, Standard Des, Pudenz-Schulte Medical Research Corp. (1980) Summary page 1.
- K874498: CSF-Ventriculostomy Reservoir, Pudenz-Schulte Medical Research Corp. (1988) Summary page 1.

## Indications for use
The Rivulet™ Ventricular Catheter is designed for use as the proximal component of CSF Flow Control Shunts used in shunting cerebrospinal fluid fram the ventricles of the brain to the peritoneal cavity or the right atrium of the heart.

Source page: https://510kreport.com/device/K063836
Methodology: https://510kreport.com/methodology