# K972142: Acs HI-Torque All Star 0.014 Guide Wire with Microglide Coating

- Pathway: 510(k) (Traditional)
- Applicant: Guidant Corp.
- Decided: Aug 25, 1997 after 80 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 K942066 (1994). 2 ancestors in all.
No later device cites it as a predicate yet.
0 of 3 devices in its family (counting itself) have a Class I recall.

## Predicates on the family tree (from the FDA summary)
- K950156: Acs HI-Torque Extra S'port (TM) Guide Wire, Advanced Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. (1995) Summary page 1.
- K942066: Acs HI-Torque Extra S'port Guide Wire, Advanced Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. (1994) Summary page 1.

## Indications for use
To facilitate the placement of balloon dilatation catheters during percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) and percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA). To facilitate the placement of equipment such as compatible stent devices during other diagnostic or therapeutic intravascular procedures.

Source page: https://510kreport.com/device/K972142
Methodology: https://510kreport.com/methodology