# K072460: HI-Torque Balance Middleweight Universal II Guide Wire

- Pathway: 510(k) (Traditional)
- Applicant: Abbott Vascular, Inc.
- Decided: Apr 11, 2008 after 224 days
- Product code: DQX (Wire, Guide, Catheter)
- Device class: 2
- Regulation: 21 CFR 870.1330
- 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 K913353 (1991). 7 ancestors in all.
21 later devices descend from it; 5 cite it directly.
1 of 29 devices in its family (counting itself) has a Class I recall.

## Predicates on the family tree (from the FDA summary)
- K013833: HI-Toque Balance Middleweight Universal Guide Wire with Hydrocoat Hydrophilic Coating, #1009659,1009659J, 1009660, 10096, Guidant Corp. (2002) Summary page 1.

## Most influential descendants
- K103101: HI-Torque Balance Middleweight Elite (2011), 13 descendants of its own
- K091825: HI-Torque Progress Guide Wire Family (2009), 9 descendants of its own
- K112957: HI-Torque Powerturn (2011), 7 descendants of its own
- K122573: HI-Torque Command Guide Wire Family (2012), 6 descendants of its own
- K101011: HI-Torque Balance Middleweight Universal (2010), 4 descendants of its own

## Indications for use
This HI-TORQUE Guide Wire is intended to facilitate the placement of balloon dilatation catheters during percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) and percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA). This guide wire may also be used with compatible stent devices during therapeutic procedures.

Source page: https://510kreport.com/device/K072460
Methodology: https://510kreport.com/methodology