FDA Product Code DQY: Catheter, Percutaneous

Percutaneous catheters are foundational tools in interventional cardiology and vascular medicine. FDA product code DQY covers catheters designed for percutaneous access to the vascular system.

These devices enable clinicians to navigate blood vessels to deliver therapies, measure pressures, or access cardiac structures without open surgery. They are used in angioplasty, electrophysiology, structural heart procedures, and hemodynamic monitoring.

DQY devices are Class II medical devices, regulated under 21 CFR 870.1250 and reviewed by the FDA Cardiovascular panel.

Leading manufacturers include Medtronic Vascular, Cordis Corp. and C.R. Bard, Inc..