FDA Product Code DQO: Catheter, Intravascular, Diagnostic

FDA product code DQO covers diagnostic intravascular catheters used for hemodynamic assessment and angiography.

These catheters are advanced into heart chambers or vessels to measure intracardiac and intravascular pressures, sample blood for oxygen saturation, and inject contrast for angiographic imaging. They are used in cardiac catheterization laboratory diagnostic studies.

DQO devices are Class II medical devices, regulated under 21 CFR 870.1200 and reviewed by the FDA Cardiovascular panel.

Leading manufacturers include Cordis Corp., Boston Scientific Corp and C.R. Bard, Inc..