# K140438: Micro Guide Catheter Elite

- Pathway: 510(k) (Traditional)
- Applicant: Cordis Corp., A Johnson & Johnson Co.
- Decided: Nov 14, 2014 after 266 days
- Product code: PDU (Catheter For Crossing Total Occlusions)
- 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: 2 generations back to K021593 (2002). 2 ancestors in all.
1 later device descends from it; 1 cites it directly.
0 of 4 devices in its family (counting itself) have a Class I recall.

## Predicates on the family tree (from the FDA summary)
- K082143: Micro Guide Catheter XP, Cordis Corp. (2008) Summary page 4.

## Most influential descendants
- K150187: ELITECROSS Support Catheter (2015), 0 descendants of its own

## Indications for use
The Micro Guide Catheter ELITE accessory is to be used with the Frontrunner® CTO Catheter. The Frontrunner® CTO Catheter is intended to facilitate the intraluminal placement of conventional guide wires beyond stenotic lesions (including chronic total occlusions) in the peripheral vasculature prior to further percutaneous intervention.

Source page: https://510kreport.com/device/K140438
Methodology: https://510kreport.com/methodology