Bard Snare US SRK30Recalls & reported problems

Summary

The FDA's MAUDE database contains 5 adverse event reports that list this exact device (DI 00857834006544), received between Nov 20, 2019 and Jun 19, 2026 — classified as 5 malfunctions.

The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Break” (2 reports).

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. How this data works · Data updated Oct 13, 2026.

Most reported problems

Recent adverse event reports

The 5 most recent of 5 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.

• MalfunctionJun 19, 2026Detachment of Device or Device Component

  ON (B)(6) 2026, A PATIENT UNDERWENT A PERCUTANEOUS INFERIOR VENA CAVA FILTER RETRIEVAL USING A SNARE RETRIEVAL KIT. DURING THE PROCEDURE, THE RADIOPAQUE CATHETER WAS ALLEGEDLY DISLODGED AND EMBOLIZED UP THE IVC. THE PROCEDURE WAS COMPLETED USING ANOTHER BALLOON. THERE WAS NO REPORTED PATIENT INJURY.

  Patient problems: Foreign Body Embolism

  MAUDE report 25563582 ↗
• MalfunctionJul 7, 2023Material Fragmentation; Material Fragmentation

  IT WAS REPORTED THAT DURING A SNARE RETRIEVAL PROCEDURE, DEVICE ALLEGEDLY BROKEN INSIDE THE PATIENT. IT WAS FURTHER REPORTED THAT THE BROKEN PIECES WERE RETRIEVED. THERE WAS NO REPORTED PATIENT INJURY.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 17279936 ↗
• MalfunctionMar 23, 2022Material Fragmentation; Material Fragmentation

  IT WAS REPORTED THAT DURING A FILTER RETRIEVAL PROCEDURE, THE DEVICE ALLEGEDLY BROKE OFF IN THE PATIENT. THERE WAS NO REPORTED PATIENT INJURY.

  Patient problems: Foreign Body In Patient

  MAUDE report 13867934 ↗
• MalfunctionDec 20, 2019Break; Fracture; Break; Fracture

  THE PATIENT IN THIS REPORT WAS A MIDDLE AGED FEMALE WITH HISTORY OF DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS (DVT) AND SHE WAS MORBIDLY OBESE. "WHEN TRYING TO REMOVE THE BARD INFERIOR VENA CAVA (IVC) FILTER WITH THE BARD RETRIEVAL SNARE THE SNARE BROKE INSIDE THE PATIENT. ALL PIECES WERE RETRIEVED FROM THE PATIENT" SNARE WAS INSERTED AND THE HOOK OF THE FILTER WAS CAPTURED AND CAREFULLY LINED IN A STRAIGHT LINE. INNER SHEATH WAS ADVANCED OVER THE PROXIMAL HOOK AND FILTER AND ADVANCED APPROXIMATE 1 CM AND WOULD NOT GO ANY FURTHER. OUTER SHEATH WAS TAKEN OVER AND MULTIPLE ATTEMPTS WERE MADE TO PASS THE SHEATH SYSTEM IN COMBINATION AND SINGLY OVER THE FILTER WITH BACK PRESSURE ON THE SNARE. THIS WAS ATTEMPTED MULTIPLE TIMES WITH MULTIPLE PASSES IN THE SNARE BURST. SNARE AND ITS COMPONENTS WERE THEN CAREFULLY REMOVED ALONG WITH THE FIRST SET OF SHEATHS AND A SECOND RETRIEVAL SYSTEM WAS OPENED AND PLACED OVER THE WIRE AND A NEW SNARE WAS BROUGHT DOWN AND THE SNARE WAS USED TO GRAB THE HOOK AND AGAIN MULTIPLE ATTEMPTS WERE MADE TO PASS THE NEW SYSTEM OVER TOP OF THE FILTER COLLAPSING IT IN GOOD BACK PRESSURE WAS AGAIN APPLIED. THIS WOULD NOT BUDGE THE FILTER WOULD NOT COLLAPSE. WITH THIS INFORMATION SNARE W

  Patient problems: No Known Impact Or Consequence To Patient

  MAUDE report 9506141 ↗
• MalfunctionNov 20, 2019Break; Difficult to Remove; Failure to Advance

  THE PATIENT IN THIS REPORT WAS A MIDDLE AGED FEMALE WITH HISTORY OF DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS (DVT) AND SHE WAS MORBIDLY OBESE. "WHEN TRYING TO REMOVE THE BARD INFERIOR VENA CAVA (IVC) FILTER WITH THE BARD RETRIEVAL SNARE THE SNARE BROKE INSIDE THE PATIENT. ALL PIECES WERE RETRIEVED FROM THE PATIENT" SNARE WAS INSERTED AND THE HOOK OF THE FILTER WAS CAPTURED AND CAREFULLY LINED IN A STRAIGHT LINE. INNER SHEATH WAS ADVANCED OVER THE PROXIMAL HOOK AND FILTER AND ADVANCED APPROXIMATE 1 CM AND WOULD NOT GO ANY FURTHER. OUTER SHEATH WAS TAKEN OVER AND MULTIPLE ATTEMPTS WERE MADE TO PASS THE SHEATH SYSTEM IN COMBINATION AND SINGLY OVER THE FILTER WITH BACK PRESSURE ON THE SNARE. THIS WAS ATTEMPTED MULTIPLE TIMES WITH MULTIPLE PASSES IN THE SNARE BURST. SNARE AND ITS COMPONENTS WERE THEN CAREFULLY REMOVED ALONG WITH THE FIRST SET OF SHEATHS AND A SECOND RETRIEVAL SYSTEM WAS OPENED AND PLACED OVER THE WIRE AND A NEW SNARE WAS BROUGHT DOWN AND THE SNARE WAS USED TO GRAB THE HOOK AND AGAIN MULTIPLE ATTEMPTS WERE MADE TO PASS THE NEW SYSTEM OVER TOP OF THE FILTER COLLAPSING IT IN GOOD BACK PRESSURE WAS AGAIN APPLIED. THIS WOULD NOT BUDGE THE FILTER WOULD NOT COLLAPSE. WITH THIS INFORMATION SNARE W

  Patient problems: No Known Impact Or Consequence To Patient

  MAUDE report 9346954 ↗