# K120495: Impulse and Expo Angiographic Catheter

- Pathway: 510(k) (Special)
- Applicant: Boston Scientific Corp
- Decided: May 21, 2012 after 94 days
- Product code: DQO (Catheter, Intravascular, Diagnostic)
- Device class: 2
- Regulation: 21 CFR 870.1200
- 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 K934581 (1994). 4 ancestors in all.
1 later device descends from it; 1 cites it directly.
1 of 6 devices in its family (counting itself) has a Class I recall.

## Predicates on the family tree (from the FDA summary)
- K964859: Scimed 5 French Impulse Angiographic Catheters, Scimed Life Systems, Inc. (1997) Summary page 1.
- K974559: Scimed 6 French Impulse Angiographic Catheters, Scimed Life Systems, Inc. (1998) Summary page 1.
- K934581: Scimed 5, 7, and 8 French Angiographic Catheters, Scimed Life Systems, Inc. (1994) Summary page 1.
- K934541: Scimed 6 French Angiographic Catheter Modification, Scimed Life Systems, Inc. (1994) Summary page 1.

## Most influential descendants
- K152605: Impulse Angiographic Catheter, Expo Angiographic Catheter (2015), 0 descendants of its own

## Indications for use
The lmpulseTM and ExpoTm Angiographic Catheters are designed to provide a pathway to be used for delivering contrast media to selected sites in the vascular system during an angiographic procedure.

Source page: https://510kreport.com/device/K120495
Methodology: https://510kreport.com/methodology