AVANOS 40-7432Recalls & reported problems

Summary

The FDA's MAUDE database contains 13 adverse event reports that list this exact device (DI 00350770460338), received between Jul 6, 2022 and Sep 28, 2026 — classified as 4 injuries, 9 malfunctions.

The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Malposition of Device” (3 reports).

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 13 most recent of 13 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.

• MalfunctionSep 28, 2026Difficult to Remove; Material Perforation

  It was reported that the guidewire can only be removed with significant force. The patient had the tube in place and experiences considerable difficulty and discomfort during guidewire removal. The patient returned one hour later because the tube had become perforated, requiring replacement with another tube. The tube was not flushed prior to removal of the guidewire.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 50915849 ↗
• MalfunctionJul 15, 2026Leak/Splash; Material Split, Cut or Torn

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 25825752 ↗
• MalfunctionJul 1, 2026Leak/Splash; Material Puncture/Hole

  THE CUSTOMER REPORTED THAT DURING INSERTION OF A CORFLO NASOGASTRIC/NASOINTESTINAL FEEDING TUBE, STAFF IDENTIFIED A HOLE IMMEDIATELY BELOW THE FEEDING PORTS THAT CAUSED FLUID TO LEAK FROM THE TUBING. THE DEVICE HAD BEEN IN USE FOR ONE DAY. NO PATIENT INJURY OR MEDICAL INTERVENTION WAS REPORTED.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 25682701 ↗
• MalfunctionMar 17, 2026Failure to Advance; Detachment of Device or Device Component

  IT WAS REPORTED VIA FDA MEDWATCH MW5182520, ¿DURING ATTEMPT TO INSERT AN AVANOS CORFLO NASOGASTRIC/NASOINTESTINAL FEEDING TUBE, NURSE EXPERIENCED DIFFICULTY ADVANCING THE TUBE PAST THE ET (ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE) TUBE. WHEN UNSUCCESSFUL ADVANCEMENT WAS APPARENT, THE TUBE WAS PULLED OUT, THE YELLOW TIP OF THE TUBE WAS MISSING. STAT X-RAY CONFIRMED THE TIP WAS LODGED IN THE PATIENT'S THROAT, REQUIRING REMOVAL VIA BRONCHOSCOPY, WHICH THE PATIENT HAD TO GO FOR ANYWAY TO CLEAR OUT COPIOUS SECRETIONS OF BOTH RIGHT AND LEFT BRONCHIAL LOBES FROM ASPIRATION.¿

  Patient problems: Foreign Body In Patient

  MAUDE report 24621306 ↗
• MalfunctionMar 4, 2026Complete Blockage

  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 9611594-2026-00112 FOR THE SECOND EVENT. IT WAS REPORTED THE TUBE WAS CLOGGING MORE EASILY. THERE WAS NO INJURY SUSTAINED, JUST DISCOMFORT DUE TO DEFECTIVE TUBE REQUIRING REPLACEMENT, AND INSERTION WAS UNPLEASANT. ALSO REQUIRED X-RAY CONFIRMATION OF PLACEMENT." THERE WAS NO REPORTED INJURY.

  Patient problems: Discomfort

  MAUDE report 24512483 ↗
• MalfunctionMar 4, 2026Complete Blockage

  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 9611594-2026-00108 FOR THE FIRST EVENT. IT WAS REPORTED THE TUBE WAS CLOGGING MORE EASILY. THERE WAS NO INJURY SUSTAINED, JUST DISCOMFORT DUE TO DEFECTIVE TUBE REQUIRING REPLACEMENT, AND INSERTION WAS UNPLEASANT. ALSO REQUIRED X-RAY CONFIRMATION OF PLACEMENT." THERE WAS NO REPORTED INJURY.

  Patient problems: Discomfort

  MAUDE report 24506653 ↗
• MalfunctionFeb 18, 2026Break

  IT WAS REPORTED THE PROBE WAS, PASSED UNDER ENDOSCOPY, WHEN PERFORMING PERMEABILITY CHECK IS OBSERVED ORIFICE OUTLET, PERFORATED PROBE. THERE WAS NO REPORTED PATIENT INJURY. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION RECEIVED ON 27-JAN-2026 STATING THE PERFORATION OCCURRED OUTSIDE OF THE PATIENT, APPROXIMATELY AT THE 1-CM MARK OF THE 'Y' CONNECTOR. THE DEVICE WAS NOT RETAINED INSIDE OF THE PATIENT. MEDICAL INTERVENTION WAS NOT REQUIRED.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 24380486 ↗
• InjuryJul 30, 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 9611594-2025-00174 FOR THE FIRST EVENT. IT WAS REPORTED THERE WAS AN INCIDENT WHILE INSERTING THE FEEDING TUBE INTO PATIENT'S STOMACH "IT HAS GONE INTO WINDPIPE AND CAUSED LUNG PUNCTURE." THE "PATIENT WAS INJURED DURING THIS INCIDENCE AND HIGHER MEDICAL INTERVENTION WAS PROVIDED."

  Patient problems: Pneumothorax

  MAUDE report 22667604 ↗
• InjuryJul 30, 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 9611594-2025-00178 FOR THE SECOND EVENT. IT WAS REPORTED THERE WAS AN INCIDENT WHILE INSERTING THE FEEDING TUBE INTO PATIENT'S STOMACH "IT HAS GONE INTO WINDPIPE AND CAUSED LUNG PUNCTURE." THE "PATIENT WAS INJURED DURING THIS INCIDENCE AND HIGHER MEDICAL INTERVENTION WAS PROVIDED."

  Patient problems: Pneumothorax

  MAUDE report 22667590 ↗
• MalfunctionJun 20, 2025Labelling, Instructions for Use or Training Problem; Labelling, Instructions for Use or Training Problem

  IT WAS REPORTED THERE WAS AN UNINTENDED RETENTION OF A FOREIGN BODY PATIENT SAFETY EVENT RELATED TO THE AVANOS DOBHOFF FEEDING TUBE STYLET. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION RECEIVED 01-JUN-2025 STATING "THE CLINICIANS DID NOT REMOVE THE STYLET AFTER TUBE CONFIRMATION AND BEGAN FEED INFUSION. ONCE DISCOVERED, THE STYLET WAS REMOVED. NO PATIENT INJURY REPORTED."

  Patient problems: Foreign Body In Patient

  MAUDE report 22297324 ↗
• InjuryOct 10, 2023Malposition of Device; Malposition of Device

  IT WAS REPORTED, A NASOGASTRIC TUBE (NGT) WAS PLACED IN THE PATIENT DUE TO THE PATIENT NOT BEING ABLE TO ¿PSYCHOLOGICALLY¿ TAKE COLOPEG IN PREPARATION FOR A DIGESTIVE ENDOSCOPIC EXAMINATION. THE PATIENT DOES NOT HAVE SWALLOWING PROBLEMS. DURING PLACEMENT OF NGT, STAFF HAD CONCERNS OF TUBE PLACEMENT DUE TO THE ABSENCE OF NOISE DURING VERIFICATION WITH A STETHOSCOPE. THE PATIENT DID NOT COUGH AND DID NOT HAVE ANY RESPIRATORY PROBLEMS DURING THE INSERTION OF THE NGT. AN XRAY WAS TAKEN TO VERIFY NGT PLACEMENT WHICH ¿SHOWED INAPPROPRIATE POSITIONING OF THE NASOGASTRIC TUBE AS WELL AS THE PRESENCE OF A PNEUMOTHORAX (PROBE LEFT IN THE RIGHT BRONCHUS).¿ THE PATIENT WAS UNCOMFORTABLE AND HAD RIGHT FLANK PAIN. A CHEST TUBE WAS PLACED AND THE PATIENT WAS STARTED ON ANTIBIOTICS AND ANALGESICS. ¿THE NEXT DAY: THE DRAIN IS STILL IN PLACE AND AN ES OF MORPHINE IS STARTED / TO MANAGE THE PAIN. THE PULMONOLOGY DOCTORS RECOMMEND THAT WE KEEP THE PATIENT IN PULMONOLOGY UNTIL AT LEAST MONDAY (B)(6) 2023 FOR PEC OF THE PNEUMOTHORAX (PATIENT STILL WITH A CHEST TUBE AND PAIN) AND ALSO MONITORING OF THE RISK OF INFECTION. PATIENT DISCHARGED MEDICALLY ON (B)(6) 2023. CURRENT STATE OF THE PATIENT: THE AFTER

  Patient problems: Pain; Pneumothorax

  MAUDE report 17907451 ↗
• InjuryJun 20, 2023Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

  THE REGISTERED NURSE (RN) REPORTED, THE CORFLO FEEDING TUBE WAS PLACED IN A PATIENT'S LUNG CAUSING A PNEUMOTHORAX. THE PATIENT RECEIVED A CHEST TUBE AFTER THE INCIDENT. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION RECEIVED ON 31MAY2023 REPORTED, ON (B)(6) 2023 AN X-RAY WAS USED TO CONFIRM THE TUBE WAS PLACED IN THE PATIENT¿S RIGHT LUNG; THE PATIENT WAS NOT INTUBATED AND WAS REPORTED TO BE STABLE.

  Patient problems: Pneumothorax

  MAUDE report 17167661 ↗
• MalfunctionJul 6, 2022Material Integrity Problem; Material Integrity Problem

  IT WAS REPORTED THAT AT THE TIME OF THE REMOVAL OF THE GUIDE OF THE NASOGASTRIAL PROBE, IT SEEMED IMPOSSIBLE TO REMOVE, AS THOUGH IT WERE BLOCKED. WHEN THE GUIDE WAS PULLED A LITTLE HARDER IT GRADUALLY MOVED BUT BROKE TWICE. THE GUIDE WAS REMOVED BY FORCE AND DURING REMOVAL THE PROBE SEEMED TO WRINKLE. WATER WAS INJECTED INTO THE DEVICE AND MULTIPLE LEAKS WERE THROUGH MULTIPLE HOLES WERE DISCOVERED. THERE WAS NO REPORTED INJURY. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION RECEIVED ON (B)(6) 2022, CONFIRMED THAT THERE WAS NO PATIENT INJURY, AND NO MEDICAL ATTENTION WAS PROVIDED.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 14929774 ↗