ARROW IPN033348Recalls & reported problems
Teleflex Incorporated · PICC Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter Set with Blue FlexTip(R) Catheter Seldinger Access Set with 45 cm Wire · Class 2 · Implant
All models of ARROW (1494)
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 00801902095312), received between Jun 21, 2023 and Jun 21, 2023 — classified as 1 malfunction.
The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Material Deformation” (1 report).
4 other recalls cover devices cleared under the same FDA submission (K042126); 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
- Material Deformation1
Patient problems
- Insufficient Information1
Recent adverse event reports
The 1 most recent of 1 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.
MalfunctionJun 21, 2023Material Deformation; Material Deformation
THE COMPLAINT IS REPORTED AS: "THE PATIENT WAS CATHETERIZED ON THE SECOND ATTEMPT, AND A GUIDE WIRE WAS PASSED. SUBSEQUENTLY, A DILATOR WAS INSERTED, BUT IT WAS NOT POSSIBLE TO ADVANCE IT DUE TO THE TIP OF THE DILATOR BREAKING OPEN. LATER, THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED RETRACTION, LEADING TO THE REMOVAL OF THE DILATOR." NO PATIENT INJURY WAS REPORTED. THE PATIENT'S CURRENT CONDITION WAS REPORTED TO BE CRITICAL. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WAS REQUESTED BUT WAS NOT AVAILABLE AT THE TIME OF THIS REPORT.
Patient problems: Insufficient Information
MAUDE report 17174076 ↗
Recalls under the same FDA submission
These recalls involve devices cleared under K042126. One submission often covers many models, so check the product and lot details in each record.
- Z-2378-2026 · Apr 21, 2026 · Open, ClassifiedDescription/REF: PI PICC: 3: 6FR x 55CM w CHG/ DLX-35563-HPKC; AGBA PICC: 2L 5.5 FR X 45 CM/ASK-44552-ABKB; AGBA PICC/DELTA KIT: 5.5 FR X 55 CM/ASK-45552-MHBV; AGBA PICC: 1L 4.5FR
- Z-2825-2015 · Aug 27, 2015 · TerminatedArrow Kits with Medtronic Covidien 0.9% Sodium Chloride Flush Syringes
- Z-2462-2015 · Jul 30, 2015 · TerminatedPICC Kits with Peel-Away Sheath Component; catheter, intravascular, therapeutic, ultrasound Product Usage: catheter, intravascular, therapeutic, ultrasound
- Z-1503-2009 · Feb 11, 2009 · TerminatedArrow Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter
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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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