K Number
K963320
Manufacturer
Date Cleared
1996-12-03

(102 days)

Product Code
Regulation Number
870.1330
Panel
CV
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Intended Use

TFX Medical Guidewires are intended to fit inside a percutaneous catheter for the purpose of directing it through a blood vessel or other natural channel excluding use in coronary arteries and in the neurovasculature.

Device Description

TFX Medical will supply a standard range of guidewires as sterile, packed finished products, and will also supply in bulk to other manufacturer to their specific size requirements (for example: for inclusion in a kit).

The kev features of the TFX Medical Guidewire are:

  • O Core Wire
  • O Ribbon Wire (where fitted)
  • O Spring Wire
  • O Welds
  • Coating (p.t.f.e. coating or uncoated stainless steel)
  • Tips (available straight and "J" forms, one or two tips)

Guidewires will be manufactured of grade 302/304 stainless steel and be available:

  • . with and without a ribbon wire
  • ♥ in fixed and moveable core designs
  • . uncoated and p.t.f.e. coated
  • with straight and "J" formed end(s)
  • with and without a length marking
AI/ML Overview

I am sorry, but the provided text does not contain the detailed information required to fulfill your request. The document is a 510(k) summary for a medical guidewire and mentions "Test data in the premarket notification demonstrates TFX Medical Guidewires meeting the requirements of the appropriate parts of British Standard BS 7174: 1990: Part 4." However, it does not provide the specific acceptance criteria, reported device performance in a table, details about the study (sample size, data provenance, ground truth, experts, adjudication, MRMC, or standalone performance), or information about the training set.

§ 870.1330 Catheter guide wire.

(a)
Identification. A catheter guide wire is a coiled wire that is designed to fit inside a percutaneous catheter for the purpose of directing the catheter through a blood vessel.(b)
Classification. Class II (special controls). The device, when it is a torque device that is manually operated, non-patient contacting, and intended to manipulate non-cerebral vascular guide wires, is exempt from the premarket notification procedures in subpart E of part 807 of this chapter subject to the limitations in § 870.9.