# K173621: Advocate PTA Catheter

- Pathway: 510(k) (Traditional)
- Applicant: Merit Medical Systems, Inc.
- Decided: Dec 13, 2017 after 21 days
- Product code: LIT (Catheter, Angioplasty, Peripheral, Transluminal)
- 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: 11 generations back to K001134 (2000). 33 ancestors in all.
1 later device descends from it; 1 cites it directly.
0 of 35 devices in its family (counting itself) have a Class I recall.

## Predicates on the family tree (from the FDA summary)
- K162316: Pirouette 014, Arravasc, Ltd. (2016) Summary page 5.
- K151153: Pirouette 018, Arravasc Limited (2015) Summary page 5.
- K161427: Pirouette 035, Arravasc Limited (2016) Summary page 5.

## Most influential descendants
- K192907: Advocate PTA Catheter (2019), 0 descendants of its own

## Indications for use
The Advocate PTA Catheter is intended for balloon dilation of the iliac, femoral, popliteal, infra-popliteal, and renal arteries.

Source page: https://510kreport.com/device/K173621
Methodology: https://510kreport.com/methodology