# K964551: Choice Super Support Ptca Guide Wire, Choice Plus Super Support Ptca Guide Wire, Choice Exchange Super Support Ptca Guid

- Pathway: 510(k) (Traditional)
- Applicant: Scimed Life Systems, Inc.
- Decided: May 21, 1997 after 189 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: 1 generation back to K943192 (1994). 5 ancestors in all.
4 later devices descend from it; 3 cite it directly.
0 of 10 devices in its family (counting itself) have a Class I recall.

## Predicates on the family tree (from the FDA summary)
- K943192: Scimed Choice (TM) Ptca Guide Wire, Scimed Life Systems, Inc. (1994) Summary page 2.
- K950141: Scimed (R) Choice (TM) Ptca Guide Wire, Scimed Life Systems, Inc. (1995) Summary page 2.
- K961015: Scimed Choice/Ptca Guide Wire/Plus Ptca Guide Wire/Exchange Ptca Guide Wire, Scimed Life Systems, Inc. (1996) Summary page 2.
- K945129: Scimed Chioce Plus Ptca Guide Wire, Scimed Life Systems, Inc. (1995) Summary page 2.
- K950113: Scimed (R) Chice (TM) Exchange Ptca Guide Wire, Scimed Life Systems, Inc. (1995) Summary page 2.

## Most influential descendants
- K090554: Acuity Mailman and Strait-Trak Guidewire (2009), 1 descendant of its own
- K110479: Acuity Whisper View Guide Wires (2011), 0 descendants of its own
- K974241: Scimed Informer Pressure Wire System (1998), 0 descendants of its own
- K980360: Scimed Quest Floppy and Moderate Support Guide Wires (1998), 0 descendants of its own

## Indications for use
The SCIMED ChoICE Guide Wires are intended to facilitate the placement of balloon dilatation catheters or other therapeutic devices during PTCA or other intravascular interventional procedures. The ChoICE Guide Wire family is not intended for use in the cerebral vasculature.

Source page: https://510kreport.com/device/K964551
Methodology: https://510kreport.com/methodology