LimFlow V-Ceiver VC-US-23Recalls & reported problems
Inari Medical, Inc. · The LimFlow V-Ceiver is intended for use in the cardiovascular system to manipulate and retrieve guidewires specified in the IFU. · Class 2
Data updated Oct 16, 2026 from official FDA records · Editorial policy
- Adverse event reports
- 1
- Deaths reported
- 0
- Injuries reported
- 0
- Recalls naming it
- 0
Summary
The FDA's MAUDE database contains 1 adverse event report that list this exact device (DI 00850041730141), received between Nov 19, 2024 and Nov 19, 2024 — classified as 1 malfunction.
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 16, 2026.
Reports received per month
Most reported problems
Device problems
- Break1
- Entrapment of Device1
Patient problems
- Foreign Body Embolism1
Recent adverse event reports
The 1 most recent of 1 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.
MalfunctionNov 19, 2024Break; Entrapment of Device; Break; Entrapment of Device
A PATIENT WITH CLTI (CHRONIC LIMB-THREATENING ISCHEMIA), CLASSIFIED AS RUTHERFORD CATEGORY 6, UNDERWENT A TADV PROCEDURE (TRANSCATHETER ARTERIALIZATION OF DEEP VEINS) USING THE LIMFLOW DEVICES ON (B)(6) 2024. DURING THE PROCEDURE, THE V-CEIVER WAS INSERTED INTO THE PATIENT'S LATERAL PLANTAR VEIN (LPV) OVER A COMMAND 0.014" GUIDEWIRE. THE GUIDEWIRE HAD TRAVERSED FROM THE POSTERIOR TIBIAL VEIN THROUGH A PERFORATOR AND TO THE PERONEAL VEIN. DUE TO THE TORTUOSITY OF THIS PATIENT'S VENOUS ANATOMY, THE V-CEIVER COULD NOT TRAVERSE THROUGH THE PERONEAL VEIN; THE PHYSICIAN ATTEMPTED TO DELIVER THE V-CEIVER BUT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL. THEY DECIDED TO RETRACT THE V-CEIVER AND SWITCH OUT THE WIRE FOR A STIFFER (V14) GUIDEWIRE HOWEVER THEY WERE STILL NOT ABLE TO DELIVER THE V-CEIVER IN THE PERONEAL VEIN. THE PHYSICIAN STARTED TO RETRACT THE DEVICE WHEN THE TIP BECAME STUCK AND DISCONNECTED FROM THE CATHETER. THE PHYSICIAN MADE AN EFFORT TO RETRIEVE THE DETACHED TIP BY BALLOONING PROXIMAL TO THE TOP IN ATTEMPT TO DRAG THE TIP DOWN INTO THE PEDAL SHEATH WITH NO SUCCESS. GIVEN THE INABILITY TO RETRIEVE THE TIP, THE DECISION WAS MADE TO LEAVE IT IN PLACE. TO PREVENT MIGRATION, A STENT WAS DEPLOYED OVER T
Patient problems: Foreign Body Embolism
MAUDE report 20720077 ↗
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Sources and updates
- Device record: FDA GUDID, file dated Oct 13, 2026 · View this device in AccessGUDID ↗
- Adverse event reports: FDA MAUDE, file dated Oct 14, 2026 · each report above links to its original FDA record
- Recalls: FDA Medical Device Recalls, file dated Oct 16, 2026
- Page last rebuilt: Oct 16, 2026. Data downloaded through openFDA, which notes it is not validated for clinical or regulatory use.
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