NeoConnect Enteral Feeding Tube PFTL5.0P-NCRecalls & reported problems

Summary

The FDA's MAUDE database contains 2 adverse event reports that list this exact device (DI 00817584011748), received between Apr 6, 2020 and Oct 20, 2020 — classified as 2 malfunctions.

The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Migration or Expulsion of Device” (2 reports).

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

Recent adverse event reports

The 2 most recent of 2 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.

• MalfunctionOct 20, 2020Migration or Expulsion of Device; Migration or Expulsion of Device

  IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE NASOGASTRIC (NG) TUBE KEPT MIGRATING OUT OF THE PATIENT. DURING THE FIRST MIGRATION INCIDENT, AT 7:28PM, THE INFANT PATIENT WAS BEARING DOWN AND THE NG TUBE WAS "BOWING OUT" ABOUT 3CM. THE TUBE WAS PUT BACK INTO PLACE. LATER AT 8PM THE INFANT WAS FOUND TO BE PULLING ON THE TUBE. THE TUBE WAS PUT BACK IN PLACE AND RE-TAPED WITH EXUDERM AND ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE TAPE, WHICH HAD BEEN USED TWICE FOR RE-TAPING DURING THE DAY SHIFT. THEN LATER AGAIN AT 10:53PM THE INFANT SNEEZED AND THE NG TUBE CAME ALMOST ALL OF THE WAY OUT. THE INFANT WAS SWADDLED, AND COULD NOT PULL ON THE TUBE WITH THEIR HANDS. NEW TAPE WAS USED TO SECURE THE NG TUBE. AT 11:07PM THE INFANT SNEEZED AGAIN AND THE NG TUBE CAME ALMOST ALL THE WAY OUT. AGAIN THE NG TUBE WAS PUT BACK IN PLACE, THIS TIME WITH THE ADDITION OF TEGADERM AS AN ADDITIONAL SECUREMENT. THERE WAS NO HARM TO THE PATIENT.

  Patient problems: No Consequences Or Impact To Patient

  MAUDE report 10707783 ↗
• MalfunctionApr 6, 2020Migration or Expulsion of Device; Detachment of Device or Device Component

  NG TUBE FOR INFANT WITH SCREW IN END-PIECE. WITH THIS DEVICE THE CAP IS SECURED TO THE FEEDING TUBE BY ITS LOOP BUT CAN FREELY MIGRATE UP AND DOWN LENGTH OF TUBE WHEN OPENED FOR PERIOD OF TIME IN WHICH FEEDING IS ADMINISTERED BY FEEDING PUMP. INFANT WAS NOTED TO HAVE MOVED HIS HEAD DURING FEEDING AND SCREW CAP MIGRATED DOWN LENGTH OF TUBE AND PUT PRESSURE ON INFANT'S FACE. SMALL INDENTATION NOTED ON FACE AT END OF FEEDING WHEN SYRINGE WAS DETACHED AND RN SOUGHT SCREW CAP END TO CLOSE OFF END OF FEEDING TUBE. CONCERN OVER PRESSURE ULCER POTENTIAL OR CHOKING HAZARD DUE TO FREELY MOVABLE PIECE.

  Patient problems: Pressure Sore/Ulcer

  MAUDE report 9928225 ↗