Shockwave IVL System with the Shockwave E8 Peripheral IVL Catheter E8IVL040080Recalls & reported problems
Shockwave Medical, Inc. · The IVL Catheter is a proprietary lithotripsy device delivered through the peripheral arterial system of the lower extremities to the site of an otherwise difficult to treat calcified stenosis. Energizing the lithotripsy device will generate acoustic pressure pulses within the target treatment site, disrupting calcium within the lesion and allowing subsequent dilation of a peripheral artery stenosis using low balloon pressure. The IVL Catheter is comprised of an integrated balloon with an array of integrated lithotripsy emitters for the localized delivery of acoustic pressure pulses. The system consists of an IVL Catheter, an IVL Connector Cable and an IVL Generator. The Shockwave E8 Peripheral IVL Catheter shaft contains an inflation lumen, a guidewire lumen, and the lithotripsy emitters. The emitters are positioned along the length of the balloon working length for delivery of acoustic pressure pulses. The balloon is located near the distal tip of the catheter. Two radiopaque marker bands within the balloon denote the length of the balloon to aid in positioning of the balloon during treatment. The balloon is designed to provide an expandable segment of known length and diameter at a specific pressure. The IVL Generator and Connector Cable are used with a Shockwave Medical IVL Catheter to deliver localized, lithotripsy-enhanced, balloon dilatation of calcified, stenotic arteries. The IVL Generator, IVL Connector Cable and IVL Catheters are designed to exchange data during patient treatment. · Class 2
Data updated Oct 18, 2026 from official FDA records · Editorial policy
- Adverse event reports
- 1
- Deaths reported
- 0
- Injuries reported
- 1
- Recalls naming it
- 0
Summary
The FDA's MAUDE database contains 1 adverse event report that list this exact device (DI 00195451000560), received between Feb 12, 2026 and Feb 12, 2026 — classified as 1 injury.
The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Detachment of Device or Device Component” (1 report).
Reports come from manufacturers, hospitals and patients and are not verified by the FDA. A report does not prove the device caused the event, and counts can't be used to compare devices or estimate failure rates. What reports can and can't tell you · How this data works · Data updated Oct 18, 2026.
Reports received per month
Most reported problems
Device problems
- Detachment of Device or Device Component1
- Difficult to Remove1
- Material Split, Cut or Torn1
Patient problems
- Foreign Body In Patient1
Recent adverse event reports
The 1 most recent of 1 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.
InjuryFeb 12, 2026Difficult to Remove; Detachment of Device or Device Component; Material Split, Cut or Torn
IT WAS REPORTED THAT A SHOCKWAVE E8 PERIPHERAL INTRAVASCULAR LITHOTRIPSY (IVL) CATHETER WAS USED DURING A PROCEDURE TO TREAT THE SUPERFICIAL FEMORAL ARTERY (SFA)/POPLITEAL LESION. 200 IVL PULSES WERE DELIVERED, AND THE TREATMENT OF THE POPLITEAL LESION WAS SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED. A 6FR GUIDE CATHETER WAS USED DURING THE PROCEDURE, AND THE IVL DEVICE HAD BEEN TRACKED THROUGH PRE-EXISTING ILIAC STENTS TO TREAT THE POPLITEAL LESION. DURING SHOCKWAVE IVL DEVICE REMOVAL ATTEMPTS, IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE IVL BALLOON BECAME CAUGHT IN THE ANSEL SHEATH. THE IVL BALLOON HAD BEEN FULLY DEFLATED PRIOR TO DEVICE REMOVAL ATTEMPTS. EXCESSIVE FORCE WAS APPLIED DURING MANIPULATION. THE PHYSICIAN TRIED TO PULL THE IVL CATHETER THROUGH THE UP-AND-OVER SHEATH BUT ENCOUNTERED TREMENDOUS RESISTANCE; AND THE IVL CATHETER SUBSEQUENTLY BECAME LODGED IN THE ARTERY. CONTINUED PULLING CAUSED THE SHAFT OF THE IVL CATHETER TO BREAK PROXIMAL TO THE IVL BALLOON. FURTHER PULLING AND MANIPULATION OF THE SHEATH CAUSED THE SHEATH TO SHEAR AND BREAK OFF IN THE ILIAC REGION AS WELL. THE DISTAL PORTION OF THE IVL CATHETER INCLUDING THE ENTIRE IVL BALLOON (APPROXIMATELY 80 MM) DETACHED AND REMAINED IN SITU IN THE ILIAC
Patient problems: Foreign Body In Patient
MAUDE report 24329326 ↗
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Sources and updates
- Device record: FDA GUDID, file dated Oct 13, 2026 · View this device in AccessGUDID ↗
- Adverse event reports: FDA MAUDE, file dated Oct 14, 2026 · each report above links to its original FDA record
- Recalls: FDA Medical Device Recalls, file dated Oct 16, 2026
- Page last rebuilt: Oct 18, 2026. Data downloaded through openFDA, which notes it is not validated for clinical or regulatory use.
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