# K082337: Minnie Support Catheter

- Pathway: 510(k) (Traditional)
- Applicant: Vascular Solutions, Inc.
- Decided: Jan 15, 2009 after 154 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: 5 generations back to K935425 (1994). 11 ancestors in all.
35 later devices descend from it; 5 cite it directly.
1 of 47 devices in its family (counting itself) has a Class I recall.

## Predicates on the family tree (from the FDA summary)
- K991059: Spectranetics 0.014 Support Catheter, Model 518-016, Spectranetics 0.018 Support Catheter, Model 518-017, Spectranetics Corp. (1999) Summary page 1.
- K022138: Spectranetics 0.035 Support Catheter, Model 518-028, Spectranetics Corp. (2002) Summary page 1.
- 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 1.
- K072750: Spectranetics Quick-Cross SUPPORT2 Catheters, Models 518-065 and 518-066, Spectranetics Corp. (2007) Summary page 1.
- K052258: Vascular Solutions Skyway Support Catheter, Vascular Solutions, Inc. (2005) Summary page 1.
- K060327: Vascular Solutions Twin-Pass Dual Access Catheter and Skyway Support Catheter, Vascular Solutions, Inc. (2006) Summary page 1.

## Most influential descendants
- K091750: Guideliner Catheter, Models 5571, 5572, 5573 (2009), 14 descendants of its own
- K112082: Guideliner V2 Catheter (2011), 12 descendants of its own
- K172090: GuideLiner V3 Catheter (2017), 8 descendants of its own
- K141649: Spex Support Catheter (2014), 6 descendants of its own
- K173662: speX Support Catheter (2017), 5 descendants of its own

## Indications for use
The Minnie support catheters are intended to be used in conjunction with steerable guidewires in order to access discreet regions of the arterial and or coronary vasculature. It may be used to facilitate placement and exchange of guidewires and other interventional devices. The Minnie support catheters also may be used to subselectively infuse/deliver therapeutic agents.

Source page: https://510kreport.com/device/K082337
Methodology: https://510kreport.com/methodology