# K993967: Oratec Spinecath Intradiscal Catheter, Model 920002

- Pathway: 510(k) (Special)
- Applicant: Oratec Interventions, Inc.
- Decided: Dec 17, 1999 after 24 days
- Product code: GEI (Electrosurgical, Cutting & Coagulation & Accessories)
- Device class: 2
- Regulation: 21 CFR 878.4400
- Recalls of this device: none
- Data: FDA decisions to Oct 25, 2026; recalls to Oct 12, 2026

## Lineage
Longest line of descent: 2 generations back to K896183 (1990). 6 ancestors in all.
3 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)
- K974464: Oratec Spinecath Intradiscal Catheter, Oratec Interventions, Inc. (1998). Our OCR of the scanned summary read K974664, which is not a number in FDA’s lists. Corrected to the number one digit away whose FDA name carries the summary’s words for the device, “SpineCATH™ Intradiscal Catheter”.

## Most influential descendants
- K013622: Nucleotomy Intradiscal Catheter (2002), 1 descendant of its own
- K073466: Smith & Nephew Intradiscal Catheter System (2008), 0 descendants of its own
- K063480: Stryker RF Intradiscal Adaptor, Model 406-750 (2007), 0 descendants of its own

## Indications for use
The ORATEC® SpineCATH™ Intradiscal Catheter is intended for use for the coagulation and decompression of disc material to treat symptomatic patients with annular disruption of contained herniated discs. The ORATEC SpineCATH Intradiscal Catheter is intended for use with ORATEC ElectroThermal™ Spine System Generator.

Source page: https://510kreport.com/device/K993967
Methodology: https://510kreport.com/methodology