EN Snare® 00884450452479Recalls & reported problems

Summary

The FDA's MAUDE database contains 6 adverse event reports that list this exact device (DI 00884450452479), received between Nov 18, 2020 and Jul 8, 2025 — classified as 4 injuries, 2 malfunctions.

The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Fracture” (5 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. What reports can and can't tell you · How this data works · Data updated Oct 18, 2026.

Most reported problems

Recent adverse event reports

The 6 most recent of 6 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.

• InjuryJul 8, 2025Fracture; Fracture

  THE ACCOUNT ALLEGES THAT THE FLOWER PORTION OF THE ENSNARE DETACHED FROM WIRE PORTION. FLOWER PORTION WAS LEFT IN THE PATIENT WHILE THE WIRE WAS REMOVED.

  Patient problems: Foreign Body In Patient

  MAUDE report 22440621 ↗
• InjurySep 8, 2022Fracture; Material Separation; Fracture; Material Separation

  THE ACCOUNT ALLEGES THAT DURING A URETERIC STENT REMOVAL PROCEDURE, THE DISTAL PORTION OF A VASCULAR SNARE DEVICE DETACHED WITHIN THE PATIENT DURING THE REMOVAL PROCESSES. THE PHYSICIAN SUCCESSFULLY EXTERNALIZED THE FOREIGN BODY WITH ANOTHER VASCULAR SNARE DEVICE LIBERATING THE VESSEL. THE PROCEDURE WAS SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED FOR THIS PATIENT. NO ADDITIONAL CONSEQUENCES TO REPORT.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 15380222 ↗
• InjuryFeb 23, 2022Fracture; Material Separation; Fracture; Material Separation

  THE ACCOUNT ALLEGES THAT DURING AN INFERIOR VENA CAVA FILTER REMOVAL PROCEDURE ON A REFERRAL PATIENT, THE TIP OF A VASCULAR SNARE DEVICE DETACHED WITHIN THE PATIENTS IVC. A SECOND VASCULAR SNARE DEVICE WAS PREPPED AND DEPLOYED IN ATTEMPTS TO REMOVE THE PRIMARY FOREIGN BODY FROM THE PATIENT WHEN THE TIP OF THE SECOND SNARE DEVICE ALSO DETACHED. THE PHYSICIAN STATES THAT USUAL RESISTANCE WAS EXPERIENCED DURING THE REMOVAL PROCEDURE EVEN THOUGH THE FILTER WAS EMBEDDED WITHIN THE WALL OF THE IVC. ORIGINAL IMPLANT DATE IN UNKNOWN. NO ADDITIONAL CONSEQUENCES TO REPORT.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 13588639 ↗
• InjuryFeb 23, 2022Fracture; Material Separation; Fracture; Material Separation

  THE ACCOUNT ALLEGES THAT DURING AN INFERIOR VENA CAVA FILTER REMOVAL PROCEDURE ON A REFERRAL PATIENT, THE TIP OF A VASCULAR SNARE DEVICE DETACHED WITHIN THE PATIENTS IVC. A SECOND VASCULAR SNARE DEVICE WAS PREPPED AND DEPLOYED IN ATTEMPTS TO REMOVE THE PRIMARY FOREIGN BODY FROM THE PATIENT WHEN THE TIP OF THE SECOND SNARE DEVICE ALSO DETACHED. THE PHYSICIAN STATES THAT USUAL RESISTANCE WAS EXPERIENCED DURING THE REMOVAL PROCEDURE EVEN THOUGH THE FILTER WAS EMBEDDED WITHIN THE WALL OF THE IVC. ORIGINAL IMPLANT DATE IN UNKNOWN. NO ADDITIONAL CONSEQUENCES TO REPORT.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 13588588 ↗
• MalfunctionJan 27, 2022Material Separation; Material Separation

  THE ACCOUNT ALLEGES THAT DURING A VASCULAR PROCEDURE INVOLVING A SNARE DEVICE, WHEN RETRIEVING THE VASCULAR SNARE FROM WITHIN THE CATHETER, THEY ALSO RETRIEVED SOME TYPE OF TRANSPARENT FOREIGN MATERIAL AS WELL. IT IS CURRENTLY UNKNOWN IF ANY OF THE FOREIGN MATERIAL HAD BEEN INADVERTENTLY INTRODUCED INTO THE PATIENT DURING USE. THE MATERIAL IN QUESTION IS NOT RADIOPAQUE. THE PATIENT WAS DISCHARGED AS EXPECTED WITH NO ADDITIONAL CONSEQUENCES TO REPORT.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 13370308 ↗
• MalfunctionNov 18, 2020Fracture; Material Separation; Fracture; Material Separation

  THE ACCOUNT ALLEGES THAT DURING A VCF RETRIEVAL PROCEDURE, THE TIP OF THE SNARE DEVICE DETACHED WITHIN THE PATIENT. IT WAS EASY TO SNARE THE HOOK AT THE TOP OF THE VCF BUT THE FEET OF THE FILTER WERE FAIRLY EMBEDDED IN THE WALL OF THE VENA CAVA. THE PHYSICIAN STATES THAT A FAIR AMOUNT OF FORCE WAS BEING APPLIED TO THE SNARE AT THE TIME IT FAILED. THE TIP OF THE SNARE DEVICE WAS SUCCESSFULLY RETRIEVED FROM THE PATIENT. VCF HAD BEEN IMPLANTED 5 YEARS AGO. THE PATIENT TOLERATED THE PROCEDURE WELL.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 10863882 ↗