# K950216: Scimed Choice PT Plus (RM) Ptca Guide Wire

- Pathway: 510(k) (Traditional)
- Applicant: Scimed Life Systems, Inc.
- Decided: Jun 22, 1995 after 154 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
No predicates in its family tree.
59 later devices descend from it; 4 cite it directly.
2 of 60 devices in its family (counting itself) have a Class I recall.

## Predicates on the family tree (from the FDA summary)
- None. FDA has not posted a summary or statement for it, so its predicates are not known.

## Most influential descendants
- K973494: HI-Torque Balance Guide Wire with Hydrocoat Hydrophilic Coating, Acs HI-Torque Balance Middleweight Guide Wire with Hydg (1997), 43 descendants of its own
- K013833: HI-Toque Balance Middleweight Universal Guide Wire with Hydrocoat Hydrophilic Coating, #1009659,1009659J, 1009660, 10096 (2002), 26 descendants of its own
- K072460: HI-Torque Balance Middleweight Universal II Guide Wire (2008), 21 descendants of its own
- K962572: Scimed Choice PT Vision Ptca Guide Wire (1996), 16 descendants of its own
- K103101: HI-Torque Balance Middleweight Elite (2011), 13 descendants of its own

Source page: https://510kreport.com/device/K950216
Methodology: https://510kreport.com/methodology