# K961883: Versa-Cath Arterial Catheter

- Pathway: 510(k) (Traditional)
- Applicant: Ideas For Medicine, Inc.
- Decided: Jan 13, 1997 after 243 days
- Product code: DXE (Catheter, Embolectomy)
- Device class: 2
- Regulation: 21 CFR 870.5150
- Recalls of this device: none
- Data: FDA decisions to Oct 25, 2026; recalls to Oct 12, 2026

## Lineage
Longest line of descent: 1 generation back to K832023 (1983). 1 ancestor in all.
52 later devices descend from it; 1 cites it directly.
0 of 54 devices in its family (counting itself) have a Class I recall.

## Predicates on the family tree (from the FDA summary)
- K832023: Embolectomy Catheter, Bionomy, Inc. (1983). Our OCR of the scanned summary read “K832023.” beside “510(k)”; FDA’s K832023 is the only number that fits it and carries the summary’s name for the device. Summary page 1.
- (no number) Robicsek Angiography: named in the summary without a submission number

## Most influential descendants
- K040010: Genesis Medical Interventional F.a.S.T. (Facilitated Aspiration/Suction Thrombectomy) Systems (2004), 51 descendants of its own
- K143563: Infusion Aspiration Catheter System (2015), 35 descendants of its own
- K092623: F.a.S.T. System Sed and CXD (2009), 7 descendants of its own
- K163549: ClotTriever Thrombectomy System (2017), 6 descendants of its own
- K162970: FlowTriever Retrieval/Aspiration System, Aspiration Guide Catheter, Retraction Aspirator (2016), 6 descendants of its own

## Indications for use
The catheters are primarily intended for use in the removal of arterial emboli and thrombi during embolectomy and thrombectomy.

Source page: https://510kreport.com/device/K961883
Methodology: https://510kreport.com/methodology