MIC PEG TUBE 7180-20Recalls & reported problems

Summary

The FDA's MAUDE database contains 4 adverse event reports that list this exact device (DI 00350770006178), received between Jan 16, 2025 and Sep 10, 2025 — classified as 2 injuries, 2 malfunctions.

The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Malposition of Device” (2 reports).

14 other recalls cover devices cleared under the same FDA submission (K924065); they may or may not involve this specific model.

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.

Most reported problems

Recent adverse event reports

The 4 most recent of 4 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.

• MalfunctionSep 10, 2025Difficult to Remove; Difficult to Remove

  IT WAS REPORTED THE PROVIDER WAS OF NOT ABLE TO REMOVE THE "AVANOS MIC G TUBES BY TRACTION AT BEDSIDE DESPITE THE TUBE BEING LABELED AS TRACTION REMOVABLE. UPON ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE THE TUBE THE INTERNAL BUMPER WOULD NOT COMPRESS AND THE TUBE COULDN'T BE REMOVED SO [THE HEALTHCARE PROVIDER] HAD TO DO AN EGD (ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY)FOR ENDOSCOPIC REMOVAL. UPON EXAMINATION BY EGD, THERE WAS A SMALL MUCOSAL TEAR FOUND WITH OOZING FROM EARLIER ATTEMPT AT REMOVAL.

  Patient problems: Unspecified Tissue Injury

  MAUDE report 23015157 ↗
• MalfunctionMar 25, 2025Material Separation; Material Separation

  IT WAS REPORTED VIA MAUDE ADVERSE EVENT REPORT / MDR REPORT KEY (B)(4), "PEG WAS PULLED "BED-SIDE". THE INTERNAL BUMPER ON THE PEG BROKE OFF INTO THE PT'S STOMACH AND PASSED THE PYLORUS. A KIDNEY, URETER, AND BLADDER TEST (KUB) WAS OBTAINED SHOWING THE BUMPER IN THE SMALL BOWEL AND SUBSEQUENTLY AT THE ILEOCECAL VALVE VS CECUM, AN X-RAY WAS DONE, AND THE BUMPER WAS SEEN IN THE CECUM. A COLONOSCOPY WAS PERFORMED, AND THE BUMPER WAS SUCCESSFULLY REMOVED."

  Patient problems: Foreign Body In Patient

  MAUDE report 21691694 ↗
• InjuryJan 16, 2025Malposition of Device; Malposition of Device

  AVANOS MEDICAL RECEIVED A SINGLE REPORT THAT REFERENCED TWO DIFFERENT INCIDENCES, WHICH WERE ASSOCIATED WITH SEPARATE UNITS, INVOLVING TWO DIFFERENT EVENTS. THIS IS THE FIRST OF TWO REPORTS. REFER TO 3006646024-2025-00005 FOR THE SECOND EVENT. IT WAS REPORTED, WHEN PULLING THE PEG [PERCUTANEOUS ENDOSCOPIC GASTROSTOMY] TUBE THROUGH THE ESOPHAGUS AND THE LES [LOWER ESOPHAGEAL SPHINCTER]', THE INTERNAL BUMPER OF THE PEG TORE THE LES. PATIENT TEAR NEEDED TO BE CLIPPED TO STOP THE BLEEDING.

  Patient problems: Laceration(s) of Esophagus

  MAUDE report 21172444 ↗
• InjuryJan 16, 2025Malposition of Device; Malposition of Device

  AVANOS MEDICAL RECEIVED A SINGLE REPORT THAT REFERENCED TWO DIFFERENT INCIDENCES, WHICH WERE ASSOCIATED WITH SEPARATE UNITS, INVOLVING TWO DIFFERENT EVENTS. THIS IS THE SECOND OF TWO REPORTS. REFER TO 3006646024-2025-00004 FOR THE FIRST EVENT. IT WAS REPORTED AN ESOPHAGEAL TEAR DISCOVERED IN ESOPHAGUS DURING PEG [PERCUTANEOUS ENDOSCOPIC GASTROSTOMY] PROCEDURE. NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED.

  Patient problems: Laceration(s) of Esophagus

  MAUDE report 21172416 ↗

Recalls under the same FDA submission

These recalls involve devices cleared under K924065. One submission often covers many models, so check the product and lot details in each record.

• Z-2348-2026 · Apr 30, 2026 · Open, Classified
  Product Name: MIC Safety Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy PEG Kit with ENFit Connectors 20 Fr PUSH OTW Model/Catalog Number: 8170-20
• Z-2352-2026 · Apr 30, 2026 · Open, Classified
  Product Name: MIC Safety Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy PEG Kit with ENFit Connectors 24 Fr PULL Model/Catalog Number: 8180-24
• Z-2341-2026 · Apr 30, 2026 · Open, Classified
  Product Name: MIC Safety Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy PEG Kit 14 Fr PUSH OTW Model/Catalog Number: 7170-14 Product Description: Feeding Tube Kit
• Z-2349-2026 · Apr 30, 2026 · Open, Classified
  Product Name: MIC Safety Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy PEG Kit with ENFit Connectors 24 Fr PUSH OTW Model/Catalog Number: 8170-24
• Z-2351-2026 · Apr 30, 2026 · Open, Classified
  Product Name: MIC Safety Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy PEG Kit with ENFit Connectors 20 Fr PULL Model/Catalog Number: 8180-20
• Z-2345-2026 · Apr 30, 2026 · Open, Classified
  Product Name: MIC Safety Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy PEG Kit 20 Fr PULL Model/Catalog Number: 7180-20
• Z-2346-2026 · Apr 30, 2026 · Open, Classified
  Product Name: MIC Safety Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy PEG Kit 24 Fr PULL Model/Catalog Number: 7180-24
• Z-2343-2026 · Apr 30, 2026 · Open, Classified
  Product Name: MIC Safety Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy PEG Kit 24 Fr PUSH OTW Model/Catalog Number: 7170-24 Product Description: Feeding Tube Kit Component: No
• Z-2344-2026 · Apr 30, 2026 · Open, Classified
  Product Name: MIC Safety Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy PEG Kit 14 Fr PULL Model/Catalog Number: 7180-14
• Z-2347-2026 · Apr 30, 2026 · Open, Classified
  Product Name: MIC Safety Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy PEG Kit with ENFit Connectors 14 Fr PUSH OTW Model/Catalog Number: 8170-14 Product Description: Feeding Tube Kit Comp
• Z-2350-2026 · Apr 30, 2026 · Open, Classified
  Product Name: MIC Safety Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy PEG Kit with ENFit Connectors 14 Fr PULL Model/Catalog Number: 8180-14
• Z-2342-2026 · Apr 30, 2026 · Open, Classified
  Product Name: MIC Safety Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy PEG Kit 20 Fr PUSH OTW Model/Catalog Number: 7170-20 Product Description: Feeding Tube Kit Component: No
• Z-0565-2022 · Dec 22, 2021 · Terminated
  MIC* Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy PEG Kit - 20 Fr-PULL
• Z-0566-2022 · Dec 22, 2021 · Terminated
  MIC* Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy PEG Kit with ENFit Connectors - 20 Fr-PULL