AMPLATZ GOOSE NECK™ GN2000Recalls & reported problems

Summary

The FDA's MAUDE database contains 7 adverse event reports that list this exact device (DI 00763000225278), received between Dec 14, 2022 and Dec 14, 2025 — classified as 2 injuries, 5 malfunctions.

The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Detachment of Device or Device Component” (7 reports).

1 other recall cover devices cleared under the same FDA submission (K972511); 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. How this data works · Data updated Oct 13, 2026.

Most reported problems

Recent adverse event reports

The 7 most recent of 7 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.

• MalfunctionDec 14, 2025Detachment of Device or Device Component; Detachment of Device or Device Component

  IT WAS REPORTED THAT A PATIENT HAD A SCHEDULED IVC FILTER RETRIEVAL ATTEMPT. A GOOSENECK SNARE WAS USED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE IFU. POST-PROCEDURE, A NEWLY IDENTIFIED 1MM RADIOPAQUE BAND WAS NOTED IN THE CRANIAL ASPECT OF THE IVC. FOLLOWING THE CASE, THE GOOSENECK SNARE RETRIEVAL DEVICE WAS COMPARED WITH A NEW/UNUSED DEVICE, AND THE 1MM RADIOPAQUE BAND WAS NOTED TO BE ABSENT. NO PATIENT COMPLICATIONS HAVE BEEN REPORTED AS A RESULT OF THIS EVENT.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 23799511 ↗
• InjuryOct 22, 2024Detachment of Device or Device Component; Detachment of Device or Device Component

  A PHYSICIAN WAS PERFORMING A VENOUS EMBOLIZATION (PELVIC CONGESTION SYNDROME) IN THE OVARIAN VEIN AND REMOVED A MISPLACED COIL USING AN AMPLATZ GOOSENECK SNARE.  INITIALLY, THE COIL WAS PARTIALLY IN THE OVARIAN VEIN, BUT IT COULDN'T BE REMOVED USING THE GOOSE NECK. AFTER REPOSITIONING IT WITH A BALLOON, IT WAS SUCCESSFULLY RETRIEVED WITH THE SNARE. UPON COIL REMOVAL, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE MARKER HAD DETACHED FROM THE CATHETER BELONGING TO THE GOOSENECK SNARE AND HAD MIGRATED TO THE RENAL VEIN. NOTABLY, THE CATHETER WITH THE MARKER WAS FIRST ATTEMPTED TO BE INSERTED VIA A 7F GUIDING SHEATH,  BUT THIS WAS UNSUCCESSFUL, LEADING TO ITS INTRODUCTION VIA A REGULAR SHEATH. THE PHYSICIAN TRIED TO RETRIEVE THE MARKER, BUT DID NOT SUCCEED. SO IT WAS LEFT IN THE RENAL VEIN WITHOUT COMPLICATIONS.

  Patient problems: Insufficient Information; No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 20505630 ↗
• MalfunctionJun 27, 2024Detachment of Device or Device Component; Positioning Problem; Detachment of Device or Device Component; Positioning Problem

  IT WAS REPORTED WITH LIMITED INFORMATION THAT A GOOSENECK SNARE WAS INTENDED TO BE USED FOR PATIENT TREATMENT BUT WAS DAMAGED. THE PRODUCT WAS REPLACED TO COMPLETE THE CASE. NO PATIENT INJURY REPORTED. WHEN THE DEVICE WAS RETURNED, IT WAS NOTED THAT THE CATHETER WAS DETACHED.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 19622021 ↗
• MalfunctionFeb 20, 2024Detachment of Device or Device Component; Detachment of Device or Device Component

  PHYSICIAN ATTEMPTED TO USE A GOOSENECK SNARE DURING PATIENT TREATMENT. THERE WERE NO ABNORMALITIES REPORTED IN RELATION TO ANATOMY. IT WAS REPORTED THE MARKER DETACHED FROM GOOSENECK CATHETER AND REMAINED IN A BRANCH OF PULMONARY ARTERY. NO PATIENT SYMPTOMS OR COMPLICATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS EVENT.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 18737506 ↗
• MalfunctionFeb 20, 2024Detachment of Device or Device Component; Detachment of Device or Device Component

  PHYSICIAN ATTEMPTED TO USE A GOOSENECK SNARE DURING PATIENT TREATMENT. LITTLE VESSEL TORTUOSITY AND NO VESSEL CALCIFICATION WERE REPORTED. THERE WERE NO ABNORMALITIES REPORTED IN RELATION TO ANATOMY. THE DEVICE WAS INSPECTED WITH NO ISSUES NOTED. THE DEVICE WAS PREPPED PER THE IFU WITH NO ISSUES IDENTIFIED. IT WAS REPORTED DURING THE PROCEDURE WHILE TRYING TO SNARE A DOUBLE J STENT IN THE PATIENTS PROXIMAL URETER THE MARKER BAND FROM THE CATHETER BECAME DISLODGED AND FREE-FLOATING IN THE PATIENT¿S BODY. NO PATIENT INJURY REPORTED.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 18737323 ↗
• InjuryJan 2, 2024Detachment of Device or Device Component; Detachment of Device or Device Component

  A PHYSICIAN WAS ATTEMPTING TO USE A AMPLATZ GOOSENECK SNARE KIT 20MM, IT WAS REPORTED THAT IN PROCESS OF USING THE SNARE THE TIP BROKE OFF IN THE PATIENT. ANOTHER SNARE WAS USED AND SUCCESSFULLY RETRIEVED THE TIP WITH NO HARM TO THE PATIENT.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 18426683 ↗
• MalfunctionDec 14, 2022Detachment of Device or Device Component; Detachment of Device or Device Component

  A PHYSICIAN WAS USING A GOOSENECK SNARE DURING A GU CATHETER EXCHANGE PROCEDURE. IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE RADIOPAQUE TIP OF SNARE DEVICE DETACHED AND FELL INTO THE RENAL PELVIS. BY THE END OF THE EXAM, THE TIP HAD MOVED DOWN THE URETER, MIDWAY IN BETWEEN THE KIDNEY AND UROSTOMY. NO FURTHER PATIENT INFORMATION REPORTED FOR THIS EVENT

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 15976252 ↗

Recalls under the same FDA submission

These recalls involve devices cleared under K972511. One submission often covers many models, so check the product and lot details in each record.

• Z-0992-2007 · May 18, 2007 · Terminated
  Amplatz Goose Neck Snare Kit, 6 Fr, Lot 1650307, REF: GN3000, Use By 2009-09-01, Sterile EO ev3 4600 Nathan Lane North, Plymouth, MN 55442-2920 USA THE ENDOVASCULAR COMPANY. The