MIC PEG TUBE 8170-20Recalls & reported problems

Summary

The FDA's MAUDE database contains 1 adverse event report that list this exact device (DI 00350770006567), received between Jul 11, 2025 and Jul 11, 2025 — classified as 1 malfunction.

The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Difficult to Remove” (1 report).

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 1 most recent of 1 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.

• MalfunctionJul 11, 2025Difficult to Remove; Difficult to Remove

  AVANOS MEDICAL RECEIVED A SINGLE REPORT THAT REFERENCED THREE DIFFERENT INCIDENCES, WHICH WERE ASSOCIATED WITH SEPARATE UNITS, INVOLVING THREE DIFFERENT EVENTS. THIS IS THE FIRST OF THREE REPORTS. REFER TO 9611594-2025-00152 FOR THE SECOND EVENT. REFER TO 9611594-2025-00153 FOR THE THIRD EVENT. IT WAS REPORTED THE INNER BUMPER IS EXTREMELY STIFF, THIS HAS MADE THE TOOL NOT REMOVABLE EXTERNALLY AS THE INTERNAL BUMPER CANNOT FIT INTO THE FISTULA ORIFICE WITHOUT CREATING MASSIVE TRAUMA. THIS HAS FORCED THE CLINICIANS TO PERFORM AN UPPER ENDOSCOPY. THE PERCUTANEOUS ENDOSCOPIC GASTROSTOMY (PEG) TUBE HAS TO BE CUT, AND THE INTERNAL BUMPER REMOVED THROUGH THE MOUTH NOT ONLY THAT BUT THE INTERNAL BUMPER LACKS FLEXIBILITY, MAKE IT DIFFICULT TO DRAG THROUGH THE ESOPHAGUS AND SOMETIMES CAN RESULT IN TRAUMATIC COMPLICATIONS, INCLUDING SUPERFICIAL MUCOSAL TEARS OF THE ESOPHAGUS OR UPPER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER.

  Patient problems: Foreign Body In Patient

  MAUDE report 22480039 ↗

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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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