Snaploc G59685Recalls & reported problems

Summary

The FDA's MAUDE database contains 2 adverse event reports that list this exact device (DI 00827002596856), received between Apr 17, 2025 and Oct 31, 2025 — classified as 2 malfunctions.

The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Detachment of Device or Device Component” (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. What reports can and can't tell you · How this data works · Data updated Oct 16, 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 31, 2025Detachment of Device or Device Component; Detachment of Device or Device Component

  DURING AN ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY (ERCP) PROCEDURE, THE PHYSICIAN USED A COOK SNAPLOC WIRE GUIDE LOCKING DEVICE. IT WAS REPORTED THAT WHEN THE ACCESSORY EXTRACTION BALLOON ENTERED THE DEVICE, IT IS ASSUMED THAT THE SILICONE SEAL OF THE WIRE LOCK UNKNOWINGLY WENT INTO THE CHANNEL OF THE SCOPE WITH THE BALLOON AND WAS SUBSEQUENTLY LOST INSIDE THE PATIENT. DOCTOR ONLY REALIZED THE SEAL WAS MISSING WHEN HE NOTICED A LOT OF AIR WAS LEAKING FROM THE SCOPE. BY THAT TIME THE SEAL COULD NOT BE TRACED, SO IT WAS ASSUMED THAT IT WAS INSIDE THE PATIENT. THE SILICONE SEAL SECTION OF THE SNAPLOC WAS NOT RETRIEVED. PER INITIAL REPORTER IT IS ASSUMED THAT THE SILICONE SEALING DEVICE UNKNOWINGLY WENT INTO THE CHANNEL OF THE SCOPE WITH THE BALLOON AND WAS SUBSEQUENTLY LOST INSIDE THE PATIENT AND WAS NOT RETRIEVED. THE PATIENT DID NOT REQUIRE ANY ADDITIONAL PROCEDURES DUE TO THIS OCCURRENCE. ACCORDING TO THE INITIAL REPORTER, THE PATIENT DID NOT EXPERIENCE ANY ADVERSE EFFECTS DUE TO THIS OCCURRENCE.

  Patient problems: Foreign Body In Patient; No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 23436531 ↗
• MalfunctionApr 17, 2025Difficult or Delayed Positioning; Device Slipped; Difficult or Delayed Positioning; Device Slipped

  DURING AN ENDOSCOPIC PROCEDURE, THE PHYSICIAN USED A COOK SNAPLOC WIRE GUIDE LOCKING DEVICE. IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE DOCTOR HAD TO HOLD THE WIRE-GUIDE WITH HIS HAND IN ORDER TO EXTRACT THE SPHINCTEROTOME. [WIRE LOCK UNABLE TO LOCK GUIDEWIRE]. A SECTION OF THE DEVICE DID NOT REMAIN INSIDE THE PATIENT¿S BODY. THE PATIENT DID NOT REQUIRE ANY ADDITIONAL PROCEDURES DUE TO THIS OCCURRENCE. ACCORDING TO THE INITIAL REPORTER, THE PATIENT DID NOT EXPERIENCE ANY ADVERSE EFFECTS DUE TO THIS OCCURRENCE.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 21861838 ↗