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HUDSON RCI IPN044766Recalls & reported problems

Teleflex Incorporated · ET TUBE, HVT, 7.0 · Class 2

All models of HUDSON RCI (152)

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

Adverse event reports
8
Deaths reported
0
Injuries reported
1
Recalls naming it
0

Summary

The FDA's MAUDE database contains 8 adverse event reports that list this exact device (DI 04026704397037), received between Feb 26, 2018 and Aug 6, 2025 — classified as 1 injury, 7 malfunctions.

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

27 other recalls cover devices cleared under the same FDA submission (K822082); they may or may not involve this specific model.

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: 0 reportsDec 2023: 0 reportsJan 2024: 0 reportsFeb 2024: 0 reportsMar 2024: 2 reportsApr 2024: 1 reportsMay 2024: 0 reportsJun 2024: 0 reportsJul 2024: 0 reportsAug 2024: 0 reportsSep 2024: 0 reportsOct 2024: 0 reportsNov 2024: 1 reportsDec 2024: 1 reportsJan 2025: 0 reportsFeb 2025: 0 reportsMar 2025: 0 reportsApr 2025: 0 reportsMay 2025: 0 reportsJun 2025: 0 reportsJul 2025: 1 reportsAug 2025: 1 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 reports2024202520262
Last 36 months. The most recent month may be incomplete.

Most reported problems

Device problems

  • Material Rupture2
  • Material Split, Cut or Torn2
  • Gas/Air Leak1
  • Inflation Problem1
  • Loose or Intermittent Connection1
  • Material Separation1
  • Material Too Soft/Flexible1
  • Material Twisted/Bent1

Patient problems

  • Insufficient Information5
  • No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions3
  • No Information1

Recent adverse event reports

The 8 most recent of 8 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.

  • MalfunctionAug 6, 2025Material Rupture; Material Rupture

    IT WAS REPORTED THAT: "ET TUBES BURST BALLOONS UPON INSERTION IN PATIENT.".

    Patient problems: Insufficient Information

    MAUDE report 22724367 ↗
  • MalfunctionJul 7, 2025Material Split, Cut or Torn; Material Split, Cut or Torn

    IT WAS REPORTED THAT: "DURING AN EXCISION LESION RECTUM TEM (TRANSANAL ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY)." ANESTHESIOLOGIST NOTE IN CHART: "DEFECTIVE ETT NOTED (SPLIT IN LONGITUDINAL DIRECTION AT THE TOP NEAR THE CONNECTOR). SURGICAL TEAM INFORMED. PREOXYGENATED. TUBE EXCHANGE ATTEMPTED BUT DIFFICULT PASSING OVER ARYTENOIDS DESPITE ASSISTANCE OF LARYNGOSCOPY AND ASSOCIATED HEMODYNAMIC RESPONSE. THEREFORE, TUBE EXCHANGE CATHETER REMOVED, ADDITIONAL PROPOFOL ADMINISTERED, EASY BAG MASK VENTILATION WITH ORAL AIRWAY. REDO LARYNGOSCOPY WITH STYLETTED ETT, UNEVENTFUL INTUBATION. NO DESATURATION THROUGHOUT INTERVENTION. INCIDENT REPORT FOR DEFECTIVE ETT SUBMITTED."

    Patient problems: Insufficient Information

    MAUDE report 22411848 ↗
  • MalfunctionDec 5, 2024Gas/Air Leak; Gas/Air Leak

    IT WAS REPORTED THAT: "INTUBATED PATIENT, LEAK AND UNABLE TO MAINTAIN SEAL. ACCORDING TO THE ANESTHETIST THAT WAS WORKING, THE BALLOON WAS TESTED PRIOR TO INTUBATION AND NO OBVIOUS ISSUES APPEARED AT THAT TIME. THE ETT IN QUESTION WAS REMOVED FROM THE PATIENT AND REPLACE WITH ANOTHER ONE OF DIFFERENT BRAND/SIZE. NO HARM OR HEALTH CONSEQUENCES."

    Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

    MAUDE report 20851526 ↗
  • InjuryNov 29, 2024Material Twisted/Bent; Material Too Soft/Flexible; Material Twisted/Bent; Material Too Soft/Flexible

    IT WAS REPORTED THAT: "DURING PROCEDURE, PRODUCT KINKED AND WAS OBSTRUCTED DURING SURGERY (TOO SOFT). THE PATIENT EXPERIANCED HIGH A IRWAY PRESSURES, BRAIN HERNIATION DURING NEUROSURGERY. THE SATURATIONS DROPPED BELOW 95% FOR 5 MINUTES."

    Patient problems: Insufficient Information

    MAUDE report 20810192 ↗
  • MalfunctionApr 30, 2024Material Rupture; Material Rupture

    IT WAS REPORTED THAT: "DURING A CASE LAST WEEK USER EXPERIENCED SOME DIFFICULTY MAINTAINING AIRWAY PRESSURES AND DELIVERING IDEAL TIDAL VOLUMES. THE CUFF OF OUR ET TUBE WOULD NOT HOLD ANY AIR WITH THE SYRINGE. AFTER RE-INTUBATING THE PATIENT, WE EXAMINED THE ET TUBE THAT WAS REMOVED. THE DISTAL CUFF OF THE ET TUBE HAD A LARGE HOLE SPONTANEOUSLY RUPTURING INTRAOP. THE CUFF WAS TESTED/INFLATED PRIOR TO STARTING THE CASE. FOLLOWING INDUCTION & INTUBATION, THE CUFF WAS INFLATED WITHOUT ISSUE, & NO LEAK. THE INTUBATION WAS SMOOTH, ATRAUMATIC, & PATIENT WAS EDENTULOUS. THE CASE WAS NOT LAPAROSCOPIC." THE PATIENT WAS REPORTED AS FINE.

    Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

    MAUDE report 19215076 ↗
  • MalfunctionMar 23, 2024Inflation Problem; Material Split, Cut or Torn; Inflation Problem; Material Split, Cut or Torn

    IT WAS REPORTED THAT "ANESTHESIOLOGIST TESTED CUFF INFLATION FOR ET TUBE. CUFF DID NOT INFLATE. AIR LEAKED OUT OF THE SIDE OF THE TUBE DUE TO THE TUBE BEING SEVERED ALMOST COMPLETELY THROUGH". NO REPORT OF PATIENT INVOLVEMENT.

    Patient problems: Insufficient Information; No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

    MAUDE report 18966230 ↗
  • MalfunctionMar 14, 2024Material Separation; Material Separation

    IT WAS REPORTED THAT: ISSUE IS THAT THE ADAPTOR ON THE PATIENT'S ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE CONTINUOUSLY KEEPS COMING OUT OF THE ETT.

    Patient problems: Insufficient Information

    MAUDE report 18903836 ↗
  • MalfunctionFeb 26, 2018Loose or Intermittent Connection

    THE ADAPTOR KEEPS COMING LOOSE FROM THE TUBE. AS A RESULT, THE PATIENT REQUIRED AN ET TUBE REPLACEMENT. THIS OCCURRED ON ONE OF OUR VENTED PATIENTS. THIS PROBLEM HAS HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES OVER THE LAST 3 MONTHS. MANUFACTURER RESPONSE FOR TUBE, TRACHEAL (W/WO CONNECTOR), HUDSON RCI (PER SITE REPORTER): NONE YET.

    Patient problems: No Information

    MAUDE report 7295695 ↗

Recalls under the same FDA submission

These recalls involve devices cleared under K822082. One submission often covers many models, so check the product and lot details in each record.

  • Z-2314-2019 · Jul 30, 2019 · Terminated
    Hudson RCI Sheridan Preformed: a) 3.0 mm, REF 5-22006, REF 5-22106 b) 3.5 mm, REF 5-22007, REF 5-22107 c) 4.0 mm, REF 5-22008, REF 5-22108, REF 5-22208 d) 4.5 mm, REF 5-22009,
  • Z-2318-2019 · Jul 30, 2019 · Terminated
    Sheridan/HVT Novaplus: a) 7.0 mm, REF V5-10314 b) 7.5 mm, REF V5-10315 c) 8.0 mm, REF V5-10316 d) 8.5 mm, REF V5-10317 Product Usage: Tracheal tube/airway management
  • Z-2312-2019 · Jul 30, 2019 · Terminated
    Hudson RCI Sheridan/CF: a) 3.0 mm, REF 5-10106, REF 5-10206 b) 3.5 mm, REF 5-10107 c) 4.0 mm, REF 5-10108, REF 5-10208 d) 4.5 mm, REF 5-10109 e) 5.0 mm, REF 5-10110, REF 5-10
  • Z-2317-2019 · Jul 30, 2019 · Terminated
    Sheridan/CF Novaplus 7.0 mm, REF V5-10114 Product Usage: Tracheal tube/airway management
  • Z-2316-2019 · Jul 30, 2019 · Terminated
    Hudson RCI Sheridan/HVT: a) 5.0 mm, REF 5-10310 b) 5.5 mm, REF 5-10311 c) 6.0 mm, REF 5-10312 d) 6.5 mm, REF 5-10313 e) 7.0 mm, REF 5-10314 f) 7.5 mm, REF 5-10315 g) 8.0 mm,
  • Z-2311-2019 · Jul 30, 2019 · Terminated
    Hudson RCI Sheridan LTS: a) 4.0 mm, REF 5-11108 b) 5.0 mm, REF 5-11110 c) 6.0 mm, REF 5-11112 Product Usage: Tracheal tube/airway management
  • Z-2315-2019 · Jul 30, 2019 · Terminated
    Hudson RCI Sheridan Uncuffed: a) 2.0 mm, REF 5-10404 b) 2.5 mm, REF 5-10405 c) 3.0 mm, REF 5-10406 d) 3.5 mm, REF 5-10407 e) 4.0 mm, REF 5-10408 f) 4.5 mm, REF 5-10409 g)
  • Z-2313-2019 · Jul 30, 2019 · Terminated
    Hudson RCI Sheridan EZ-ENDO: a) 5.0 mm, REF 5-22510 b) 5.5 mm, REF 5-22511 c) 7.0 mm, REF 5-22514 d) 7.5 mm, REF 5-22515 e) 8.0 mm, REF 5-22516 f) 8.5 mm, REF 5-22517 g) 9.0
  • Z-1956-2019 · Jun 7, 2019 · Terminated
    Sheridan Endotracheal Tube contained inside Centurion kit code TC7855.
  • Z-1760-2019 · May 24, 2019 · Terminated
    Hudson RCI Sheridan: 1) CF 6.0 mm, Product Codes: 5-10112, 5-10212 2) CF 6.5 mm, Product Codes: 5-10113, 5-10213 3) CF 7.0 mm, Product Codes: 5-10114, 5-10214 4) CF 7.5 mm,
  • Z-1759-2019 · May 24, 2019 · Terminated
    Hudson RCI Sheridan LTS, Product Code 5-11112 Product Usage: Tracheal tube/airway management
  • Z-1764-2019 · May 24, 2019 · Terminated
    Hudson RCI Sheridan: 1) HVT 6.0 mm, Product Code 5-10312 2) HVT 6.5 mm, Product Code 5-10313 3) HVT 7.0 mm, Product Code 5-10314 4) HVT 7.5 mm, Product Code 5-10315 5) HVT 8.0
  • Z-1765-2019 · May 24, 2019 · Terminated
    Sheridan/CF Novaplus 7.0 mm, Product Code V5-10114 Product Usage: Tracheal tube/airway management
  • Z-1761-2019 · May 24, 2019 · Terminated
    Hudson RCI Sheridan: 1) EZ-ENDO 6.0 mm, Product Code 5-22512 2) EZ-ENDO 6.5 mm, Product Code 5-22513 3) EZ-ENDO 7.0 mm, Product Code 5-22514 4) EZ-ENDO 7.5 mm, Product Code 5-2
  • Z-1763-2019 · May 24, 2019 · Terminated
    Hudson RCI Sheridan: 1) Uncuffed 6.0 mm, Product Code 5-10412 2) Uncuffed 6.5 mm, Product Code 5-10413 3) Uncuffed 7.0 mm, Product Code 5-10414 Product Usage: Tracheal tube/

…and 12 more.

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