Design Options® 551474Recalls & reported problems
B. Braun Medical Inc. · Continuous Epidural Tray · Class 2
All models of Design Options (116)
Data updated Oct 16, 2026 from official FDA records · Editorial policy
1 open recall names this device. See the recall details and contact the manufacturer or your healthcare provider.
- Adverse event reports
- 1
- Deaths reported
- 0
- Injuries reported
- 0
- Recalls naming it
- 1
Summary
The FDA's MAUDE database contains 1 adverse event report that list this exact device (DI 04046964306938), received between Apr 1, 2025 and Apr 1, 2025 — classified as 1 malfunction.
The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Break” (1 report).
1 FDA recall record name this device's identifier, 1 still open.
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
Recalls naming this device
- Sep 18, 2025Open, Classified
Potential for the lid of the catheter connector to be in the incorrect position.
Z-0126-2026 · Root cause: Process control · Recall details · FDA record ↗
Most reported problems
Device problems
- Break1
Patient problems
- Foreign Body In Patient1
Recent adverse event reports
The 1 most recent of 1 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.
MalfunctionApr 1, 2025Break; Break
AS REPORTED BY THE USER FACILITY: DETAILED INQUIRY DESCRIPTION PART OF THE CATHETER WAS RETAINED UPON REMOVAL (SINCE HAS BEEN REMOVED).
Patient problems: Foreign Body In Patient
MAUDE report 21738256 ↗
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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 · each recall links to the FDA recall notice
- 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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