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GORE VIABAHN Endoprosthesis with Heparin VBHR060202ARecalls & reported problems

W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. · VIABAHN SX ENDO HEPARIN 35 RO 6mmX2.5cm 7Fr120cmCath · Class 3 · Implant

All models of GORE VIABAHN Endoprosthesis with Heparin (62)

Data updated Oct 18, 2026 from official FDA records · Editorial policy

Adverse event reports
1
Deaths reported
0
Injuries reported
1
Recalls naming it
0

Summary

The FDA's MAUDE database contains 1 adverse event report that list this exact device (DI 00733132622726), received between Sep 3, 2020 and Sep 3, 2020 — classified as 1 injury.

The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Migration” (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 18, 2026.

Most reported problems

Device problems

  • Migration1

Patient problems

  • No Code Available1

Recent adverse event reports

The 1 most recent of 1 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.

  • InjurySep 3, 2020Migration; Migration

    THE FOLLOWING WAS REPORTED TO GORE: ON (B)(6) 2020, THE PATIENT PRESENTED WITH AN UNKNOWN ETIOLOGY IN THE RENAL ARTERY AND UNDERWENT TREATMENT USING A GORE® VIABAHN® ENDOPROSTHESIS (VSX) AND THREE GORE® VIABAHN® VBX BALLOON EXPANDABLE ENDOPROSTHESIS (VBX). THE PHYSICIAN DEPLOYED THE FIRST VBX DEVICE APPROXIMATELY 1 CM SHALLOW IN THE TREATMENT ZONE. THEN THE PHYSICIAN EXTENDED THE PLACED ENDOPROSTHESIS WITH AN ADDITIONAL VBX DEVICE. THE PHYSICIAN THEN DEPLOYED A VSX DEVICE TO LINE BOTH VBX DEVICES. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE THE ROSEN GUIDEWIRE, THE WIRE DISLODGED ALL OF THE STENTS AND PULLED THE VBX & VSX DEVICES OUT OF THE VESSEL. THE PHYSICIAN WAS THEN ABLE TO SNARE ALL THREE DEVICES AND CAPTURE THE DEVICES FOR REMOVAL WITH A LARGE BORE SHEATH. A FEMORAL CUT DOWN WAS THEN USED TO REMOVE ALL SNARED DEVICES FROM PATIENT. THE PATIENT TOLERATED THE PROCEDURE.

    Patient problems: No Code Available

    MAUDE report 10491455 ↗

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