Skip to content

CanGaroo Envelope CMCV-009-XXLRecalls & reported problems

Elutia Med LLC · The CanGaroo® Envelope is intended to securely hold a cardiac implantable electronic device or an implantable neurostimulator to create a stable environment when implanted in the body. The cardiac implantable electronic devices that may be used with the CanGaroo® Envelope include pacemaker pulse generators, defibrillators, or other cardiac implantable electronic devices. The implantable neurostimulator devices that may be used with the CanGaroo® Envelope include vagus nerve stimulators, spinal cord neuromodulators, deep brain stimulators and sacral nerve stimulators. · Class 2 · Implant

All models of CanGaroo Envelope (4)

Data updated Oct 18, 2026 from official FDA records · Editorial policy

Adverse event reports
5
Deaths reported
0
Injuries reported
5
Recalls naming it
0

Summary

The FDA's MAUDE database contains 5 adverse event reports that list this exact device (DI 00859389005119), received between Mar 3, 2020 and Nov 15, 2023 — classified as 5 injuries.

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.

Reports received per month

Nov 2023: 1 reportsDec 2023: 0 reportsJan 2024: 0 reportsFeb 2024: 0 reportsMar 2024: 0 reportsApr 2024: 0 reportsMay 2024: 0 reportsJun 2024: 0 reportsJul 2024: 0 reportsAug 2024: 0 reportsSep 2024: 0 reportsOct 2024: 0 reportsNov 2024: 0 reportsDec 2024: 0 reportsJan 2025: 0 reportsFeb 2025: 0 reportsMar 2025: 0 reportsApr 2025: 0 reportsMay 2025: 0 reportsJun 2025: 0 reportsJul 2025: 0 reportsAug 2025: 0 reportsSep 2025: 0 reportsOct 2025: 0 reportsNov 2025: 0 reportsDec 2025: 0 reportsJan 2026: 0 reportsFeb 2026: 0 reportsMar 2026: 0 reportsApr 2026: 0 reportsMay 2026: 0 reportsJun 2026: 0 reportsJul 2026: 0 reportsAug 2026: 0 reportsSep 2026: 0 reportsOct 2026: 0 reports2024202520261
Last 36 months. The most recent month may be incomplete.

Most reported problems

Device problems

  • Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem5

Patient problems

  • Unspecified Infection3
  • Purulent Discharge2
  • Bacterial Infection1
  • Hematoma1
  • Seroma1

Recent adverse event reports

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

  • InjuryNov 15, 2023Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

    EMAIL RECEIVED FROM SALES REP WITH ADVERSE EVENT REPORT AS FOLLOWS: POCKET INFECTION. 65-YEAR OLD MALE HAD SUBQ ICD (BOSTON SCIENTIFIC) DEVICE PLACED (B)(6) 2023 USING THE CANGAROO ENVELOPE (CMCV-009-XXL, LOT #M23F1182). PATIENT BECAME FEBRILE WITHIN 24 HOURS AND WAS PLACED ON TWO ANTIBIOTICS POST-OPERATIVELY. ICD AND CANGAROO EXPLANTED (B)(6) 2023 FOR POCKET INFECTION, WITH APPROXIMATELY 500CC OF PUS REMOVED. CULTURES WERE PERFORMED AND RESULTS WERE NEGATIVE. PATIENT RECEIVED A WOUND VAC FOR THE SITE OF THE EXPLANT AND PLAN IS TO SEND PATIENT HOME EVENTUALLY WITH A LIFE VEST. EXPLANTING PHYSICIAN STATED THAT INFECTION WAS "DEFINITELY RELATED" TO THE ICD DEVICE BUT COULD NOT RULE OUT INVOLVEMENT OF THE CANGAROO ENVELOPE.

    Patient problems: Purulent Discharge; Unspecified Infection

    MAUDE report 18143012 ↗
  • InjuryJun 29, 2022Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

    EMAIL RECEIVED FROM AZIYO SALES REP REPORTING EXPLANT DUE TO INFECTION. PATIENT DESCRIBED AS 50-YEAR OLD MALE WITH DE NOVO S-ICD IMPLANT IN (B)(6) 2022 WITH EXPLANT ONE WEEK LATER DUE TO PUS NOTED. REPORTED AS "POSSIBLY RELATED" TO PROCEDURE AND "POSSIBLY RELATED" TO AZIYO DEVICE. PATIENT RECEIVED MEDICATION AND WEARING A LIFE VEST, AWAITING ANOTHER IMPLANT. DATES IN THIS REPORT ARE APPROXIMATE--ACTUAL DATES UNKNOWN.

    Patient problems: Purulent Discharge; Unspecified Infection

    MAUDE report 14858264 ↗
  • InjuryJan 31, 2022Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

    NOTIFIED BY EMAIL FROM AZIYO SALES REP REGARDING A PATIENT WHO RECEIVED AN ICD GENERATOR CHANGE WITH IMPLANT OF CANGAROO ENVELOPE (MODEL CMCV-009-XXL, LOT M21F1209) ON (B)(6) 2021. SEROMA NOTED (B)(6) 2021. DEVICE EXPLANTED (B)(6) 2022. CULTURES RETURNED POSITIVE FOR PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACNE.

    Patient problems: Bacterial Infection; Seroma

    MAUDE report 13393076 ↗
  • InjuryMar 9, 2020Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

    DEVICE WAS PART OF A SYSTEM REVISION DUE TO INFECTION.

    Patient problems: Unspecified Infection

    MAUDE report 9808668 ↗
  • InjuryMar 3, 2020Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

    IT WAS REPORTED THAT REIMPLANT WAS DONE FOR THE PATIENT'S DEVICE. PATIENT HAD HEMATOMA. DEVICE WAS PLACED SUBMUSCULAR VERSUS PREVIOUSLY INTRAMUSCULAR POSITION.

    Patient problems: Hematoma

    MAUDE report 9781251 ↗

Other Mesh, Surgical devices

All Mesh, Surgical devices →

Sources and updates

How reports and recalls are matched · Editorial policy · Report an error on this page