# K071727: QXT Extraction Catheter

- Pathway: 510(k) (Traditional)
- Applicant: Vascular Solutions, Inc.
- Decided: Sep 28, 2007 after 95 days
- Product code: QEZ (Aspiration Thrombectomy Catheter)
- Device class: 2
- Regulation: 21 CFR 870.5150
- Recalls of this device: none
- Data: FDA decisions to Oct 25, 2026; recalls to Oct 12, 2026

## Lineage
Longest line of descent: 3 generations back to K010579 (2001). 16 ancestors in all.
12 later devices descend from it; 1 cites it directly.
0 of 29 devices in its family (counting itself) have a Class I recall.

## Predicates on the family tree (from the FDA summary)
- K052232: Vascular Solutions Pronto V3 Extraction Catheter, Vascular Solutions, Inc. (2005) Summary page 5.
- K063371: Pronto V3 Extraction Catheter, Model 5003, Vascular Solutions, Inc. (2006) Summary page 5.
- K051917: Diver C.E. Catheter, Invatec Innovative Technologies, S.R.L. (2005) Summary page 5.
- K050276: Diver C.E. Catheter, Invatec Innovative Technologies, S.R.L. (2005) Summary page 5.
- K040869: Export Catheter, Medtronic Vascular (2004) Summary page 5.

## Cited in the summary but kept off the family tree
- K061059: Modified Merci Retriever, Model 90092, Concentric Medical, Inc. (2006). Our reading of the summary gave K061059, FDA’s number for Modified Merci Retriever, Model 90092 (Concentric Medical, Inc.). Its FDA name has none of the distinctive words the summary uses for the device it names, “Export XT Extraction Catheter”. Kept off the family tree. Summary page 5.

## Most influential descendants
- K072810: Pronto Low Profile (LP) Extraction Catheter, Model 5010 (2007), 11 descendants of its own
- K083784: Pronto V3 Extraction Center, Model 5003, Pronto LP Extraction Catheter, Model 5010, Skyway RX Support Catheter, (2009), 10 descendants of its own
- K103405: Pronto V4 Extraction Catheter 5.5F; Pronto V4 Extraction Catheter 6F; Pronto V4 Extraction 7F; Pronto V4 Extraction Cath (2010), 4 descendants of its own
- K161506: Penumbra Aspiration System (2016), 3 descendants of its own
- K163618: INDIGO Aspiration System (2017), 2 descendants of its own

## Indications for use
The QXT catheter is indicated for the removal of fresh, soft emboli and thrombi from vessels in the coronary and peripheral vasculature.

Source page: https://510kreport.com/device/K071727
Methodology: https://510kreport.com/methodology