Strata® 27740Recalls & reported problems
Medtronic Ps Medical, Inc. · SHUNT 27740 STRATA NSC SNAP REG 120CM · 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
- 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 00643169496866), received between Jun 2, 2017 and Jun 2, 2017 — classified as 1 malfunction.
The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Break” (1 report).
2 other recalls cover devices cleared under the same FDA submission (K060681); 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
- Break1
Patient problems
- No Known Impact Or Consequence To Patient1
Recent adverse event reports
The 1 most recent of 1 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.
MalfunctionJun 2, 2017Break; Break
IT WAS REPORTED TO MEDTRONIC NEUROSURGERY THAT THE PHYSICIAN WAS IMPLANTING A DEVICE, AND THEY HAD ALREADY PASSED THE PERITONEAL CAT HETER. ACCORDING TO THE REPORT, THE PHYSICIAN WAS GETTING READY TO SNAP THE SNAP BASE ONTO THE VENTRICULAR CATHETER WHEN THEY REALIZED THE PLASTIC ON THE SNAP BASE WAS BENT PREVENTING IT FROM SNAPPING INTO PLACE. REPORTEDLY, THE PHYSICIAN ENDED UP CUTTING OFF THE SNAP BASE, OPENING A NEW SNAP SHUNT, AND CUTTING OFF THE SNAP BASE AND USING A STRAIGHT CONNECTOR TO CONNECT IT TO THE REST OF THE ORIGINAL ASSEMBLY THAT WAS ALREADY IMPLANTED. IT WAS STATED THERE WAS NO PATIENT INJURY, AND THE PATIENT WAS WELL.
Patient problems: No Known Impact Or Consequence To Patient
MAUDE report 6609611 ↗
Recalls under the same FDA submission
These recalls involve devices cleared under K060681. 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
- Z-1121-2017 · Jan 17, 2017 · TerminatedMedtronic Strata II / Strata NSC Valves (includes Burr Hole and Lumbar Peritoneal. All Catalog Numbers. Strata-type valves are used in the management of hydrocephalus. The Strata
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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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