# K120808: Export XT Catheter, Export AP Catheter

- Pathway: 510(k) (Special)
- Applicant: Medtronic, Inc.
- Decided: Jun 7, 2012 after 83 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: 5 generations back to K010579 (2001). 9 ancestors in all.
5 later devices descend from it; 1 cites it directly.
0 of 15 devices in its family (counting itself) have a Class I recall.

## Predicates on the family tree (from the FDA summary)
- K061958: Medtronic Export XT Catheter, Medtronic Vascular (2006) Summary page 6.
- K081573: Medtronic Export AP Catheter, Medtronic Vascular (2008) Summary page 6.

## Most influential descendants
- K130536: Export Advance Aspiration Catheter (2013), 4 descendants of its own
- K152335: Export Advance Aspiration Catheter (2015), 2 descendants of its own
- K253589: Liberant™ RX Aspiration Catheter (2026), 0 descendants of its own
- K190619: Aspiron (TM) Aspiration Catheter (2019), 0 descendants of its own
- K163031: Bunegin-Albin Air Aspiration Set (2017), 0 descendants of its own

## Indications for use
- Removal/aspiration of embolic material (thrombus/debris) from vessels of the arterial system, and - To sub selectively infuse/deliver diagnostics or therapeutics agents with or without vessel occlusion.

Source page: https://510kreport.com/device/K120808
Methodology: https://510kreport.com/methodology