Perifix® 332082Recalls & reported problems

Summary

The FDA's MAUDE database contains 1 adverse event report that list this exact device (DI 04046964177286), received between Sep 21, 2017 and Sep 21, 2017 — classified as 1 malfunction.

The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Break” (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.

Most reported problems

Recent adverse event reports

The 1 most recent of 1 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.

• MalfunctionSep 21, 2017Break; Break

  PER MEDWATCH REPORT (B)(4) PER MEDWATCH REPORT, " CRNA PLACED THE EPIDURAL CATHETER, REMOVED THE NEEDLE, GAVE A TEST DOSE, TAPED THE CATHETER IN PLACE AND STARTED THE EPIDURAL INFUSION. CRNA HAS SOME DIFFICULTY THREADING THE EPIDURAL CATHETER. PATIENT REPORTED HAVING PAIN, SEEN BY ANESTHESIOLOGIST. NOTED CATHETER DIDN'T APPEAR DEEP ENOUGH IN RELATION TO THE CATHETER MARKINGS, THAT IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN GIVEN AN EPIDURAL SPACE DEPTH OF 7 CM, CATHETER PULLED BACK 1/2 CM, RE-TAPED, PATIENT RE-DOSED. RE-DOSE DID NOT HAVE AN EFFECT ON RELIEVING THE LABOR PAIN SO EPIDURAL WAS REMOVED. ON INSPECTION OF THE EPIDURAL CATHETER, THE BLUE TIP END OF THE CATHETER WAS NOT PRESENT, 1/2 OF THE CATHETER WAS SHEARED OFF. X-RAY OF THE LUMBAR SPINE ON (B)(6) 2017. NO SIGNS OF RETAINED CATHETER, PER NEUROSURGERY CLINICAL NOTE, CATHETER PIECE EITHER HAS COME OUT OR IS TOO SMALL TO SEE AGAINST THE BACKGROUND OF THE BONE."

  Patient problems: Foreign Body In Patient

  MAUDE report 6882797 ↗