AVANOS 45836Recalls & reported problems

Summary

The FDA's MAUDE database contains 5 adverse event reports that list this exact device (DI 00350770458366), received between Feb 13, 2020 and May 23, 2024 — classified as 3 injuries, 2 malfunctions.

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. How this data works · Data updated Oct 13, 2026.

Most reported problems

Recent adverse event reports

The 5 most recent of 5 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.

• InjuryMay 23, 2024Use of Device Problem; Use of Device Problem

  IT WAS REPORTED, PATIENT WAS TAKEN TO MRI WITH THE MAGNET INTACT DURING THE TESTING. NO PATIENT INJURY.

  Patient problems: Insufficient Information

  MAUDE report 19388059 ↗
• MalfunctionAug 17, 2022Break; Break

  IT WAS REPORTED "THE MAGNET DISCONNECTED FROM THE PROBE WHILE PLACING THE CORGRIP. THE PATIENT NEEDED FURTHER ASSISTANCE FROM THE ENT [EAR, NOSE AND THROAT] PHYSICIAN TO REMOVE THE MAGNET FROM THE NASAL CAVITY." THERE WAS NO REPORTED INJURY. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION RECEIVED (B)(6)2022 STATED ENT WAS CONSULTED AND THE ENT SPENT 3-HOURS AT THE BEDSIDE TRYING TO RETRIEVE THE MAGNET AND "MAY HAVE CAUSED SOME TRAUMA." THERE WERE NO REPORTS OF ADVERSE EFFECTS RELATED TO THE REMOVAL PROCEDURE.

  Patient problems: Foreign Body In Patient; Unspecified Tissue Injury

  MAUDE report 15245775 ↗
• InjuryMar 2, 2022Device Dislodged or Dislocated; Device Dislodged or Dislocated

  IT WAS REPORTED THAT DURING AN ENDOSCOPIC PROCEDURE, THE CORGRIP BECAME LODGED INSIDE THE PATIENT¿S NARE (NOSTRIL); THE CORGRIP WAS UNABLE TO BE EXTRACTED. AN (ENT) EAR NOSE AND THROAT PHYSICIAN WAS CONSULTED AND THE CORGRIP WAS REMOVED. THERE WAS NO REPORTED INJURY. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION RECEIVED 07-FEB-2022 PROVIDED PATIENT INFORMATION. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION RECEIVED 11-FEB-2022 REPORTED THAT THE CLINICIAN BELIEVED IT WAS THE CLIP THAT WAS ATTACHED TO THE CORTRAK TUBE THAT WAS INSIDE THE NARE.

  Patient problems: Insufficient Information

  MAUDE report 13655753 ↗
• InjuryFeb 19, 2021Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

  IT WAS REPORTED THE CORGRIP TUBE RETENTION DEVICE CAUSED NASAL EROSION AND WOUND CARE THERAPY WAS REQUIRED FOR THE PATIENT. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION RECEIVED 28-JAN-2021 STATING THE DEVICE WAS PLACED ON (B)(6) 2021 AND THE WOUND WAS NOTED ON (B)(6) 2021. MEDICAL INTERVENTION ENTAILED A WOUND CARE CONSULT, WITH ADDITIONAL WOUND FOLLOW-UP AND THE TUBE RETENTION DEVICE WAS REPOSITIONED. THE PATIENT IS REPORTED TO BE "RECOVERING."

  Patient problems: Skin Erosion

  MAUDE report 11349866 ↗
• MalfunctionFeb 13, 2020Detachment of Device or Device Component; Detachment of Device or Device Component

  IT WAS REPORTED THAT A "NURSE WAS PLACING THE CORGRIP IN THE PATIENT. SHE HEARD THE SNAP WHEN THE TWO ENDS CONNECTED. SHE WHEN SHE TRIED TO PULL THE STRING THROUGH, SHE COULDN'T GET IT THROUGH. SHE REMOVED THE TWO ENDS, AND THE MAGNET WAS MISSING." NO PATIENT INJURY WAS REPORTED.

  Patient problems: Foreign Body In Patient

  MAUDE report 9705732 ↗