Lacrimal Probe K7-2623Recalls & reported problems

Summary

The FDA's MAUDE database contains 1 adverse event report that list this exact device (DI 00841668108840), received between Dec 19, 2019 and Dec 19, 2019 — 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. 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 1 most recent of 1 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.

• InjuryDec 19, 2019Break; Material Fragmentation; Material Twisted/Bent; Break; Material Fragmentation; Material Twisted/Bent

  AS PROVIDED BY THE SITE: PLASTIC REPAIR OF LEFT CANALICULUS, PROBING DILATION AND SILASTIC TUBE INTUBATION OF THE LEFT NASOLACRIMAL DRAINAGE SYSTEM, EXCISION OF CANALICULAR ABSCESS AND DIVERTICULUM WITH OVER SEWING AND CLOSURE WITH A MICROSCOPE. AFTER A GUIBOR TUBE WAS PASSED, THE TIP OF THE METAL ROD WAS GUIDED OUT WITH THE CRAWFORD RETRIEVAL HOOK. UPON REMOVING THE METAL ROD, THE TIP OF THE CRAWFORD RETRIEVAL HOOK WAS NOTED TO BREAK OFF. ATTEMPTS WERE MADE TO EXTRACT THIS DIRECTLY BUT WERE UNSUCCESSFUL. VISUALIZATION OF THE PIECE WAS MADE WITH A NASAL ENDOSCOPE. THE AREA WAS SUCTIONED NUMEROUS TIMES. THE PIECE WAS NOT RETRIEVED IN THE SUCTION CANISTER TRAP. THE METAL PIECE WAS GONE UPON RE-VISUALIZATION OF THE AREA. PATIENT WAS DISCHARGED HOME AND REFERRED TO AN OTOLARYGOLOGIST FOR FURTHER EVALUATION. FOLLOW-UP VISIT: THE OTOLARYNGOLOGIST HAS SEEN THE PATIENT AND HAS NO FURTHER RECOMMENDATIONS. HE FOUND NO EVIDENCE OF RETAINED METAL DURING HIS EXAM.

  Patient problems: Foreign Body In Patient

  MAUDE report 9497691 ↗