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
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 ↗
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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 18, 2026. Data downloaded through openFDA, which notes it is not validated for clinical or regulatory use.
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