Rear Tip Extender 72404330Recalls & reported problems
Boston Scientific Corporation · Stackable Rear Tip Extender for AMS 700 Inflatable Penile Prosthesis CX and LGX Cylinders · Class 3 · Implant
All models of Rear Tip Extender (6)
Data updated Oct 16, 2026 from official FDA records · Editorial policy
- Adverse event reports
- 2
- Deaths reported
- 0
- Injuries reported
- 1
- Recalls naming it
- 0
Summary
The FDA's MAUDE database contains 2 adverse event reports that list this exact device (DI 00878953004112), received between Dec 7, 2021 and Dec 30, 2025 — classified as 1 injury, 1 malfunction.
The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Device Contamination with Chemical or Other Material” (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
- Device Contamination with Chemical or Other Material1
- Inadequacy of Device Shape and/or Size1
Patient problems
- No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions2
Recent adverse event reports
The 2 most recent of 2 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.
MalfunctionDec 30, 2025Device Contamination with Chemical or Other Material; Device Contamination with Chemical or Other Material
IT WAS REPORTED THAT DURING THE PREPARATION OF AN IMPLANTATION OF THIS INFLATABLE PENILE PROSTHESIS (IPP) STACKABLE RTES WERE OPENED BY THE CIRCULATOR AND PASSED TO THE SCRUB TECHNICIAN, THE PACKAGING WAS NOT DAMAGED PRIOR TO OPENING. THE SCRUB TECH PREPPED THE IPP CYLINDERS AND DUMPED THE RTES OUT ONTO THE BACK TABLE TO ATTACH THEM TO THE CYLINDERS AND NOTED A HAIR ON ONE OF THE RTES. THE HAIR WAS INSIDE THE PACKAGING. AS A RESULT, THE PROCEDURE WAS COMPLETE WITH ANOTHER RTE. THE TECH RETAINED THE CONTAMINATED RTES TO SHOW HER MANAGER, BUT NO PICTURES WERE AVAILABLE. NO PATIENT COMPLICATIONS REPORTED.
Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions
MAUDE report 23922901 ↗InjuryDec 7, 2021Inadequacy of Device Shape and/or Size; Inadequacy of Device Shape and/or Size
IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT UNDERWENT AN INFLATABLE PENILE PROSTHESIS (IPP) REVISION SURGERY BECAUSE THE PHYSICIAN FELT LIKE THE PATIENT WAS UNDERSIZED BY ABOUT A HALF OF A CENTIMETER. THE 1.5 AND 1.0 RTES WERE REMOVED AND REPLACED WITH 3.0 RTES. THERE WERE NO PATIENT COMPLICATIONS
Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions
MAUDE report 12952143 ↗
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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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