Beacon Tip Torcon NB G11202Recalls & reported problems

Summary

The FDA's MAUDE database contains 1 adverse event report that list this exact device (DI 00827002112025), received between Sep 18, 2014 and Sep 18, 2014 — classified as 1 injury.

The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Tip breakage” (1 report).

1 FDA recall record name this device's identifier, 1 still open.

1 other recall cover devices cleared under the same FDA submission (K173289); 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.

Recalls naming this device

1. May 15, 2025Open, Classified

   Cook Medical identified that catheters supplied in the affected device lots may experience tip separation.

   Z-1902-2025 · Root cause: Process change control · Recall details · FDA record ↗

Most reported problems

Recent adverse event reports

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

• InjurySep 18, 2014Tip breakage

  A PROCEDURE WAS PERFORMED (B)(6) 2014 ON A (B)(6) YEAR OLD MALE PATIENT WITH CARCINOMA OF URINARY BLADDER. AFTER THE PROCEDURE, THE CATHETER WAS KEPT INSIDE THE PATIENT. DURING IMAGING ON (B)(6) 2014, IT WAS NOTED THAT THE TIP OF CATHETER HAD DISCONNECTED. THE TIP OF CATHETER HAD FALLEN INTO A BLOOD VESSEL FROM THE RIGHT SIDE OF INTERNAL ILIAC ARTERY. WHEN THE PHYSICIAN FOUND THIS CONDITION, HE DID NOT PERFORM ANY ADDITIONAL PROCEDURES ON THE PATIENT ACCORDING TO THE REPORT. PATIENT WAS STILL IN THE HOSPITAL. ACCORDING TO THE REPORT OF COMPLAINANT, THE PHYSICIAN DID NOT INTEND TO RETRIEVE THE TIP OF CATHETER FROM THE PATIENT BY NOW. ACCORDING TO THE INITIAL REPORTER, THE PATIENT DID NOT EXPERIENCE ANY ADVERSE EFFECTS DUR TO THIS OCCURRENCE.

  Patient problems: Nonresorbable materials, unretrieved in body

  MAUDE report 4209305 ↗

Recalls under the same FDA submission

These recalls involve devices cleared under K173289. One submission often covers many models, so check the product and lot details in each record.

• Z-1936-2026 · Apr 2, 2026 · Open, Classified
  Beacon Tip Centimeter Sizing Catheter RPN/GPN NR5.0-35-70-P-10S-0-CSC-20 G31213 NR5.0-35-100-P-10S-0-CSC-20 G31214 NR5.0-35-100-P-10S-PIG-CSC-20 G31216 NR5.0-35-70-P-10S-VCF-CSC-20