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Hunter 0.014 Inch Super Soft / Hunter O.014 Inch Soft Guide Wires W/Thromboresistant PC Coating

K970938510(k) TraditionalCleared Nov 17, 1997249-day reviewClass II21 CFR 870.1330

Data to Oct 25, 2026 (FDA decisions) Oct 12, 2026 (recalls) Sep 30, 2026 (MAUDE) refreshed weekly, last Nov 3, 2026

Biocompatibles Cardiovascular, Inc. · DQX Wire, Guide, Catheter

Cleared on Nov 17, 1997 as substantially equivalent to K802473 (Medrad, Inc., 1980) after a 249-day review. Its family tree reaches back 1 generation to 1980.

Decided
Nov 17, 1997
Review
249 days
Class
Class II
Product code
DQX
Recalls
None
Predicates
1

Its longest line of descent runs back 1 generation to K802473 (1980). No later device cites it as a predicate yet.

K802473 · Benzalkonium-Heparin Coated Guidewires · Medrad, Inc. · 19801980198519901995
K802473 · Benzalkonium-Heparin Coated Guidewires · Medrad, Inc. · 19800
  1. Root · 1 generation backK802473 Benzalkonium-Heparin Coated GuidewiresMedrad, Inc. · 1980
  2. This deviceK970938 Hunter 0.014 Inch Super Soft / Hunter O.014 Inch Soft Guide Wires…Biocompatibles Cardiovascular, Inc. · 1997
View FIG. 1 as a table

Line of descent and top descendants

GenerationNumberDeviceApplicantDecidedRecalls
−1K802473Benzalkonium-Heparin Coated GuidewiresMedrad, Inc.1980—
0 (this device)K970938Hunter 0.014 Inch Super Soft / Hunter O.014 Inch Soft Guide Wires…Biocompatibles Cardiovascular, Inc.1997—
FIG. 1 — Lineage of K970938, 1980–1997Source: FDA 510(k) summaries, read by 510(k) Report · How lineage is built

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Sources: FDA 510(k) database (decision fields), the FDA summary (predicates and indications), FDA recall and enforcement reports, and MAUDE; processed by 510(k) Report. Verify on FDA.gov · Methodology and accuracy.

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What was it cleared against? (1)

Devices the submitter claimed this one is substantially equivalent to (*), and reference devices cited for a specific test or feature (†), as written in the FDA summary.

TypeNumberDeviceApplicantDecidedRecalls
*K802473Benzalkonium-Heparin Coated GuidewiresMedrad, Inc.1980—

What descends from it?

No later submission names this one as a predicate yet.

Has anything in its family been recalled? (0 Class I)

No FDA recall names this device.

No ancestor or descendant has a Class I recall.

What does this lineage say?

  • Its one ancestor has no recall.

How does its category compare?

All DQX devices

DQX Wire, Guide, Catheter: FDA decisions, review times, recalls and adverse event reports over 20 years.

FDA decisions per year · DQX

10in 2025

2007: 142008: 192009: 182010: 212011: 182012: 202013: 182014: 182015: 152016: 142017: 192018: 192019: 132020: 142021: 62022: 152023: 102024: 112025: 102026 (partial year): 12
2007high 21 (2010) · low 6 (2021)2026

2026 to Oct 25, outlined.

Median 510(k) review, days · DQX

177in 2025

2007: 85 days median2008: 87 days median2009: 87 days median2010: 63 days median2011: 43 days median2012: 62 days median2013: 119 days median2014: 103 days median2015: 112 days median2016: 179 days median2017: 85 days median2018: 114 days median2019: 173 days median2020: 106 days median2021: 161 days median2022: 212 days median2023: 136 days median2024: 134 days median2025: 177 days median2026 (partial year): 145 days median
2007high 212 (2022) · low 43 (2011)2026

Receipt to decision; years with fewer than 3 clearances left blank.

Recalls per year · DQX

3in 2024

2007: 122008: 72009: 492010: 342011: 32012: 52013: 7, 4 Class I2015: 12016: 2, 2 Class I2017: 172018: 92019: 22020: 1, 1 Class I2024: 32026 (partial year): 4, 1 Class I
2007high 49 (2009) · low 0 (2014)2026

Class I (8 since 2007) Class II/III not classified

Adverse event reports per year · DQX

2,178in 2025

2007: 7602008: 7152009: 6872010: 9872011: 1,3112012: 1,3372013: 1,4742014: 1,3232015: 1,3232016: 1,4662017: 1,5242018: 1,7372019: 1,6792020: 1,5362021: 1,7132022: 1,6472023: 2,0682024: 2,2102025: 2,178
2007high 2,210 (2024) · low 687 (2009)2025

MAUDE reports naming product code DQX, not matched to any one device; reports are not rates.

View these four charts as a table
YearDecisionsMedian 510(k) review, daysRecalls (Class I)MAUDE reports
2007148512760
200819877715
2009188749687
2010216334987
2011184331,311
2012206251,337
2013181197 (4)1,474
20141810301,323
20151511211,323
2016141792 (2)1,466
20171985171,524
20181911491,737
20191317321,679
2020141061 (1)1,536
2021616101,713
20221521201,647
20231013602,068
20241113432,210
20251017702,178
2026121454 (1)—

What is it indicated for?

The Hunter™ Super Soft and Soft guide wires with phosphorylcholine (PC) coating

are intended to facilitate the placement of PTA and/or PTCA balloon catheters

within the peripheral and coronary vasculature. This guide wire is 0.014-inch size

and designed for safe use within appropriately sized balloon catheters. This device

is not for use in the cerebral vasculature.

Indications for use read by OCR from a scanned FDA summary, so letters may be misread. Check the PDF before quoting it.

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3 FDA decisions under this applicant name. See the company

  • K9627176 French, 7 French, and 8 French Guiding Catheters with Phosphorylcholine (PC) Polymer CoatingBiocompatibles Cardiovascular, Inc. · 1997
  • K9622660.014 Inch Extra Long Floppy and 0.014 Extra Long Intermediate Guide Wires with Phosphorylcholine (PC)…Biocompatibles Cardiovascular, Inc. · 1996

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https://510kreport.com/device/K970938 · printed Nov 6, 2026

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510(k) Report. “K970938: Hunter 0.014 Inch Super Soft / Hunter O.014 Inch Soft Guide Wires W/Thromboresistant PC Coating.” Lineage record from FDA 510(k) data and the FDA summary. Updated Nov 3, 2026. Accessed Nov 6, 2026. https://510kreport.com/device/K970938

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Record history
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  • Page last updated Nov 3, 2026