# K991059: Spectranetics 0.014 Support Catheter, Model 518-016, Spectranetics 0.018 Support Catheter, Model 518-017

- Pathway: 510(k) (Traditional)
- Applicant: Spectranetics Corp.
- Decided: Nov 16, 1999 after 231 days
- Product code: DQY (Catheter, Percutaneous)
- Device class: 2
- Regulation: 21 CFR 870.1250
- 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 K935425 (1994). 1 ancestor in all.
165 later devices descend from it; 7 cite it directly.
1 of 167 devices in its family (counting itself) has a Class I recall.

## Predicates on the family tree (from the FDA summary)
- K935425: Metronic Buchbinder Envoy Percutaneous Catheters, Medtronics Interventional Vascular (1994) Summary page 1.

## Most influential descendants
- K022138: Spectranetics 0.035 Support Catheter, Model 518-028 (2002), 108 descendants of its own
- K033678: Spectranetics Quick Cross Catheters, Models 518-032, 518-033, 518034, 518-035, 518-036, 518-037 and 518-038 (2004), 106 descendants of its own
- K052258: Vascular Solutions Skyway Support Catheter (2005), 80 descendants of its own
- K013284: Lumend Frontrunner Cto Coronary Catheter (2002), 72 descendants of its own
- K023114: Lumend Frontrunner Cto Catheter (2003), 69 descendants of its own

## Indications for use
The Spectranetics Support Catheter is a coronary intravascular catheter used to support a guidewire, to assist in guidewire exchange or placement in distal vessels, and to provide a conduit for the delivery of saline solutions or diagnostic contrast agents. It is designed for patients needing vascular intervention.

Source page: https://510kreport.com/device/K991059
Methodology: https://510kreport.com/methodology