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AxiumTM FC-5-20-3DRecalls & reported problems

Micro Therapeutics, Inc. · FRAMING COIL FC-5-20-3D V01 · Class 2 · Implant

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Data updated Oct 18, 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 00847536022966), received between Dec 5, 2019 and Dec 5, 2019 — classified as 1 injury.

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 18, 2026.

Most reported problems

Device problems

  • Detachment of Device or Device Component1

Patient problems

  • Foreign Body In Patient1
  • Therapeutic Response, Decreased1

Recent adverse event reports

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

  • InjuryDec 5, 2019Detachment of Device or Device Component; Detachment of Device or Device Component

    MEDTRONIC RECEIVED REPORT THAT THE FRAMING COIL UNINTENTIONALLY DETACHED. THIS EVENT WAS TREATED BY PLACING A STENT AND ADHERING THE COIL TO THE VESSEL WALL. THE PATIENT WAS ALSO PLACED ON ASPIRIN. THERE WAS NO FRICTION DURING THE DELIVERY. THE COIL WAS NOT REPOSITIONED. A CONTINUOUS FLUSH WAS USED. IT IS UNKNOWN IF THE DEVICES WAS PREPARED AND USED PER THE INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE (IFU). ANCILLARY DEVICE: 6F SOPHIA THIS EVENT OCCURRED DURING THE TREATMENT OF A RUPTURED ICA, BASILAR ANEURYSM THAT WAS 6.5MM X 3.5MM AND 2.5MM NECK. NO ADDITIONAL IN FORMATION IS KNOWN.

    Patient problems: Foreign Body In Patient; Therapeutic Response, Decreased

    MAUDE report 9419294 ↗

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