# K112886: Upstream Support Catheter

- Pathway: 510(k) (Traditional)
- Applicant: Upstream Peripheral Technologies
- Decided: Feb 23, 2012 after 146 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: 7 generations back to K935425 (1994). 18 ancestors in all.
No later device cites it as a predicate yet.
0 of 19 devices in its family (counting itself) have a Class I recall.

## Predicates on the family tree (from the FDA summary)
- K051772: Asahi Tornus Support Catheter, Asahi Intecc Co., Ltd. (2005)
- K082561: Spectranetics Quick-Cross Extreme Support Catheters, Spectranetics Corp. (2008) Summary page 1.
- K092396: Spectranetics Quick Cross Extreme Support Catheters, Spectranetics Corp. (2009) Summary page 1.

## Indications for use
The Upstream Support Catheter is intended to be used in conjunction with a steerable guidewire to access discrete regions of the vasculature and for guidewire exchange. The Upstream Support Catheter is not intended for use in the coronary, cerebral or carotid vasculature.

Source page: https://510kreport.com/device/K112886
Methodology: https://510kreport.com/methodology