# K141339: Asahi RG3 Guidewire/Asahi RG3 Soft Guidewire

- Pathway: 510(k) (Traditional)
- Applicant: Asahi Intecc Co., Ltd.
- Decided: Oct 23, 2014 after 155 days
- Product code: DQX (Wire, Guide, Catheter)
- Device class: 2
- Regulation: 21 CFR 870.1330
- Recalls of this device: none
- Data: FDA decisions to Oct 25, 2026; recalls to Oct 12, 2026

## Lineage
Longest line of descent: 12 generations back to K890505 (1989). 21 ancestors in all.
6 later devices descend from it; 1 cites it directly.
0 of 28 devices in its family (counting itself) have a Class I recall.

## Predicates on the family tree (from the FDA summary)
- K031277: Jowire Asahi Ptca Catheter Guide Wires, Models AG145300,141300,142300,132200,14M350,14M345,14M360,143390,141002, Jomed, Inc. (2003) Summary page 4.
- K133865: Asahi Gaia First, Second, Third, Asahi Intecc Co., Ltd. (2014) Summary page 4.

## Most influential descendants
- K151234: R350 guidewire (2015), 5 descendants of its own
- K161702: Endura guidewire (2016), 4 descendants of its own
- K163444: Spectre guidewire (2017), 3 descendants of its own
- K173532: Raider Guidewire (2017), 1 descendant of its own
- K181647: Bandit guidewire (2018), 0 descendants of its own

## Indications for use
ASAHI PTCA Guide Wires are intended to facilitate the placement of balloon dilatation catheters during percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) and percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA). The ASAHI PTCA Guide wires are not to be used in the neurovasculature.

Source page: https://510kreport.com/device/K141339
Methodology: https://510kreport.com/methodology