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Cook G06484Recalls & reported problems

Cook Incorporated · Multipurpose Drainage Catheter Ultrathane · Class U · Implant

Data updated Oct 13, 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 00827002064843), received between Jul 18, 2017 and Jul 18, 2017 — classified as 1 injury.

The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Break” (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. How this data works · Data updated Oct 13, 2026.

Most reported problems

Device problems

  • Break1

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.

  • InjuryJul 18, 2017Break; Break

    CUSTOMER REPORTED THAT A PATIENT STATUS POST THORACENTESIS RECEIVED A ULTRATHANE PIGTAIL MULTIPURPOSE DRAINAGE CATHETER AS A CHEST TUBE FOR DRAINAGE OF A LARGE PARA PNEUMONIC PLEURAL EFFUSION. THE IMPLANT DATE IS NOT KNOWN. THE CUSTOMER REPORTED THAT THE NURSE RETURNED TO THE PATIENTS' ROOM AND DISCOVERED THAT THE CHEST TUBE WAS DISCONNECTED. THE NURSE CLAMPED THE TUBE AND FOUND THAT THE TUBE WAS BROKEN OFF AT THE JUNCTION OF THE TUBE AND STOPCOCK. THE PHYSICIAN BELIEVES THIS EVENT MAY BE A MANUFACTURING ISSUE, HOWEVER, THE PATIENTS' NURSE "BELIEVES THIS MAY BE RELATED TO THE PATIENT'S AGITATION AND WITHDRAWAL SYMPTOMS." ADDITIONAL EVENT AND PATIENT INFORMATION WAS REQUESTED. NO FURTHER INFORMATION WAS RECEIVED.

    Patient problems: No Code Available

    MAUDE report 6721079 ↗

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