AVANOS 20-7438Recalls & reported problems
Avanos Medical, Inc. · CORFLO* Nasogastric/Nasointestinal Feeding Tube with Stylet · Class 2
Data updated Oct 16, 2026 from official FDA records · Editorial policy
- Adverse event reports
- 1
- Deaths reported
- 0
- Injuries reported
- 0
- Recalls naming it
- 0
Summary
The FDA's MAUDE database contains 1 adverse event report that list this exact device (DI 00350770457611), received between Jan 19, 2021 and Jan 19, 2021 — classified as 1 malfunction.
The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Break” (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 16, 2026.
Most reported problems
Device problems
- Break1
Patient problems
- Vomiting1
Recent adverse event reports
The 1 most recent of 1 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.
MalfunctionJan 19, 2021Break; Break
IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE FEEDING TUBE RUPTURED INSIDE THE PATIENT. THE PATIENT VOMITED THE RUPTURED TUBE PIECES OUT. PER ADDITIONAL INFORMATION RECEIVED 05 JAN 2021, THE FEEDING TUBE WAS IN PLACE FOR LESS THAN A DAY. THERE WAS NO INJURY TO THE PATIENT, AND THE FEEDING TUBE WAS NOT REPLACED. THE TUBE HAD BEEN PLACED FOR A COLON CLEANOUT PREPARATION, AND ONLY CLEAR SOLUTION, GOLYTELY, WAS ADMINISTERED THROUGH THE TUBE FOR THE PURPOSES OF COLON CLEANOUT. THERE HAD BEEN NO ISSUES WITH CLOGGING PRIOR TO THE EVENT.
Patient problems: Vomiting
MAUDE report 11197233 ↗
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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 16, 2026. Data downloaded through openFDA, which notes it is not validated for clinical or regulatory use.
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