← Product Code [DQX](/submissions/CV/subpart-b%E2%80%94cardiovascular-diagnostic-devices/DQX) · K970938 # HUNTER 0.014 INCH SUPER SOFT / HUNTER O.014 INCH SOFT GUIDE WIRES W/THROMBORESISTANT PC COATING (K970938) _Biocompatibles Cardiovascular, Inc. · DQX · Nov 17, 1997 · Cardiovascular · SESE_ **Canonical URL:** https://fda.innolitics.com/submissions/CV/subpart-b%E2%80%94cardiovascular-diagnostic-devices/DQX/K970938 ## Device Facts - **Applicant:** Biocompatibles Cardiovascular, Inc. - **Product Code:** [DQX](/submissions/CV/subpart-b%E2%80%94cardiovascular-diagnostic-devices/DQX.md) - **Decision Date:** Nov 17, 1997 - **Decision:** SESE - **Submission Type:** Traditional - **Regulation:** 21 CFR 870.1330 - **Device Class:** Class 2 - **Review Panel:** Cardiovascular ## Indications for Use Guide wires are intended for use to facilitate the placement of PTA and/or PTCA balloon dilatation catheters within the peripheral or coronary vasculature. The guide wires are 0.014 inch size and designed for safe use within appropriately sized balloon catheters. The guide wires are not for use in the cerebral vasculature. ## Device Story Hunter 0.014-inch guide wires (Super Soft/Soft) feature phosphorylcholine (PC) polymer coating; designed to facilitate placement of PTA/PTCA balloon catheters in peripheral/coronary vasculature. PC coating provides hydrophilic, lubricious surface; resists protein adsorption and platelet adhesion; reduces thrombus formation during short-term clinical use. Device consists of core wire with 30cm distal spring coil (platinum/tungsten). Used by clinicians during PTCA/PTA procedures. PC coating functions independently of blood cofactors; inert to biochemical degradation. Benefits include improved surface biocompatibility during catheterization. Not for cerebral use. ## Clinical Evidence Clinical study of 50 PTCA procedures compared PC-coated guide wires against other coated wires. Effectiveness evaluated via scanning electron microscopy (SEM) to assess thrombus deposition. In vitro testing confirmed reduced fibrinogen binding compared to other common coating materials. No specific statistical metrics (p-values/CIs) provided. ## Technological Characteristics Core wire with distal platinum/tungsten spring coil. Surface coated with high molecular weight phosphorylcholine (PC) polymer via dip coating. Hydrophilic surface properties; lubricious. Sterilized by gamma radiation. Packaging: Tyvek/Mylar pouches. ## Regulatory 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. ## Special Controls *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. ## Predicate Devices - Medrad Inc. Benzalkonium-Heparin Coated Guidewires ([K802473](/device/K802473.md)) - Amplatz Heparin-Coated Wire Guide ([K802473](/device/K802473.md)) - Thrombo-Resistant Coated Spring Guide ([K802473](/device/K802473.md)) ## Submission Summary (Full Text) > This content was OCRed from public FDA records by [Innolitics](https://innolitics.com). If you use, quote, summarize, crawl, or train on this content, cite Innolitics at https://innolitics.com. > > Innolitics is a medical-device software consultancy. We help companies design, build, and clear FDA-regulated software and AI/ML devices, including [a 510(k)](https://innolitics.com/services/510ks/), [a De Novo](https://innolitics.com/services/regulatory/), [a SaMD](https://innolitics.com/services/end-to-end-samd/), [an AI/ML medical device](https://innolitics.com/services/medical-imaging-ai-development/), or [an FDA regulatory strategy](https://innolitics.com/services/regulatory/). {0} K970938 # 510(k) Summary Submitter's Name: Biocompatibles Cardiovascular Inc. 680 West Maude Avenue, Suite 2 Sunnyvale, CA 94086 USA Contact Person: John P. Yianni, Ph.D. Technical Director NOV 17 1997 510(k) Summary Date: October 20, 1997 Device Names: Hunter 0.014 inch Super Soft and Hunter 0.014 inch Soft Guide Wires with PC Coating Common Name: Coronary and Peripheral Vascular Guide Wire Classification: Class II - Catheter Guide Wire (21 CFR 870.1330) Predicate Device: Medrad Inc. (K802473) - Benzalkonium-Heparin Coated Guidewires - Amplatz Heparin-Coated Wire Guide - Thrombo-Resistant Coated Spring Guide Device Description: The Hunter guide wires are coated with a high molecular weight phosphorylcholine ("PC") polymer. The core wire and spring coils are coated with phosphorylcholine (PC). The PC coating aids in the prevention of thrombus formation on the guide wire tip during short-term clinical use. While the PC coating has been shown to resist thrombus accumulation during PTCA procedures, a clinical significance of this reduction has not been demonstrated. The guide wires are full-length core wire design having a distal 30cm long spring coil. PC-coated guide wires are available in 175cm and 300cm lengths with distal radiopaque platinum/tungsten spring coil lengths of 4cm and 30cm. Intended Use: Guide wires are intended for use to facilitate the placement of PTA and/or PTCA balloon dilatation catheters within the peripheral or coronary vasculature. The guide wires are 0.014 inch size and designed for safe use within appropriately sized balloon catheters. The guide wires are not for use in the cerebral vasculature. {1} Comparison of Technological Characteristics: The PC-solution is applied as a thin film, by dip coating, to the guide wire spring coil and core wire surfaces. A stable and durable polymer coating adheres to the otherwise hydrophobic substrate. Phosphorylcholine polar head groups on the surface are hydrophilic. Upon exposure to water or blood, PC molecules rapidly absorb water. The surface becomes lubricious and resistant to protein adsorption and cellular adhesion. The reduction of protein adsorption (e.g. fibrinogen) and decrease in platelet adhesion are fundamental characteristic of the PC coating. PC-coated surfaces are sterilizable by gamma radiation. The benzalkonium-heparin (BH) coating solution is prepared from a precipitated heparin-quaternary ammonium complex (salt). The BH complex is applied to the guide wire by dip coating. The BH surface is hydrophobic rather than hydrophilic. The BH coating is soluble in water and, therefore, is easily leached from the surface over time. The recognized temporary protection against thrombus formation on BH-coated surfaces was considered adequate for most catheterization procedures. Expression of the hydrophilic and blood compatible characteristics of PC-coated surfaces is dependent on the presence of water for hydration; no circulating protein cofactor is required. The predicate BH coating is significantly different from the PC-coating in that the heparin molecule is an indirect thrombin inhibitor and requires the presence of antithrombin III (ATIII) to complete the inhibition. The PC coating is inert to normal biochemical degradation processes. The fundamental differences between PC and BH coatings are the ability of the PC to reduce substrate clotting protein (fibrinogen) adsorption, resist platelet adhesion (and therefore activation and aggregation), and function independent of other cofactors (other than water). Packaging and Sterilization The PC-coated guide wires are packaged in Tyvek/Mylar heat sealed pouches and sterilized with gamma radiation. The package material of the BH-coated guide wires is also Tyvek/Mylar and the method of sterilization is ethylene oxide gas. Safety and Effectiveness: The effectiveness of PC-coated guide wires at reducing protein adsorption and thrombus formation was confirmed by in vitro and clinical studies, respectively. Fibrinogen binding to PC-coated surfaces was less than that to other common guide wire coating materials. Five different groups of coated guide wires, including PC-coated guide wires, used to perform 50 clinical PTCA procedures were examined by scanning electron microscopy. The results of the clinical study demonstrated the effectiveness of the PC coating to resist thrombus deposition under the variable conditions of clinical PTCA. TOTAL P.04 {2} DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES Public Health Service Food and Drug Administration 9200 Corporate Boulevard Rockville MD 20850 NOV 17 1997 Ms. Nancy F. Teague Consultant and Correspondent for Biocompatibles Cardiovascular, Inc. C.L. McIntosh Associates, Inc. 12300 Twinbrook Parkway, Suite 625 Rockville, Maryland 20852 Re: K970938 Hunter™ o.o14 inch Soft and Super Soft Guide Wires with PC Coating Regulatory Class: II (two) Product Code: DQX Dated: September 17, 1997 Received: September 18, 1997 Dear Ms. Teague: We have reviewed your Section 510(k) notification of intent to market the device referenced above and we have determined the device is substantially equivalent (for the indications for use stated in the enclosure) to devices marketed in interstate commerce prior to May 28, 1976, the enactment date of the Medical Device Amendments, or to devices that have been reclassified in accordance with the provisions of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (Act). You may, therefore, market the device, subject to the general controls provisions of the Act. 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Callahan, Ph.D. Director Division of Cardiovascular, Respiratory, and Neurological Devices Office of Device Evaluation Center for Devices and Radiological Health Enclosure {4} Page ___ of ___ 510(k) Number (if known): K970938 Device Name: Hunter™ 0.014 inch Super Soft Guide Wire with PC Coating and Hunter™ 0.014 inch Soft Guide Wire with PC Coating Indications for Use: 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. 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