Strata® 44430Recalls & reported problems
Medtronic Ps Medical, Inc. · SHUNT 44430 STRATA KIT NSC LP ASSY · Class 2 · Implant
All models of Strata (53)
Data updated Oct 16, 2026 from official FDA records · Editorial policy
- Adverse event reports
- 1
- Deaths reported
- 1
- Injuries reported
- 0
- Recalls naming it
- 0
Summary
The FDA's MAUDE database contains 1 adverse event report that list this exact device (DI 00643169010772), received between Jul 28, 2017 and Jul 28, 2017 — classified as 1 death.
The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Device Operates Differently Than Expected” (1 report).
1 other recall cover devices cleared under the same FDA submission (K123524); 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 16, 2026.
Most reported problems
Device problems
- Device Operates Differently Than Expected1
Patient problems
- Death1
- Hydrocephalus1
Recent adverse event reports
The 1 most recent of 1 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.
DeathJul 28, 2017Device Operates Differently Than Expected; Device Operates Differently Than Expected
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION RECEIVED REPORTED THE PATIENT WAS NOT HAVING SURGERY AT THE TIME OF THEIR DEATH. IT WAS STATED THERE HAD BEEN NO ALLEGATION THAT THE DEATH WAS RELATED TO THE PRODUCT.
Patient problems: Death; Hydrocephalus
MAUDE report 6750782 ↗
Recalls under the same FDA submission
These recalls involve devices cleared under K123524. One submission often covers many models, so check the product and lot details in each record.
- Z-1116-2021 · Jan 11, 2021 · Open, ClassifiedMedtronic Cerebro Spinal Fluid Flow Control Valves and Shunts. STRATA II Valves and Shunts for the following CFNs: 27739 - SHUNT 27739 STRATA NSC SNAP SML 120CM, 27740 - SHU
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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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