# K152447: ASAHI Caravel

- Pathway: 510(k) (Traditional)
- Applicant: Asahi Intecc Co., Ltd.
- Decided: Jan 22, 2016 after 148 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: 8 generations back to K001992 (2000). 15 ancestors in all.
2 later devices descend from it; 1 cites it directly.
0 of 18 devices in its family (counting itself) have a Class I recall.

## Predicates on the family tree (from the FDA summary)
- K151103: ASAHI Corsair Microcatheter, Asahi Intecc Co., Ltd. (2015) Summary page 4.

## Most influential descendants
- K173560: Microcatheter (2018), 1 descendant of its own
- K232647: Microcatheter (2023), 0 descendants of its own

## Indications for use
This microcatheter is intended to provide support to facilitate the placement of guide wires in the coronary and peripheral vasculatures, and can be used to exchange one guide wire for another. This microcatheter is also intended to assist in the delivery of contrast media into the coronary and peripheral vasculatures. Do not use this microcatheter other than for use in the coronary and peripheral vasculatures.

Source page: https://510kreport.com/device/K152447
Methodology: https://510kreport.com/methodology