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TUMARK Professional 271560Recalls & reported problems

SOMATEX Medical Technologies GmbH · Class 2 · Implant

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

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

Summary

The FDA's MAUDE database contains 1 adverse event report that list this exact device (DI 04250195600813), received between Feb 14, 2023 and Feb 14, 2023 — classified as 1 injury.

The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Patient-Device Incompatibility” (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 18, 2026.

Most reported problems

Device problems

  • Patient-Device Incompatibility1

Patient problems

  • Hypersensitivity/Allergic reaction1

Recent adverse event reports

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

  • InjuryFeb 14, 2023Patient-Device Incompatibility; Patient-Device Incompatibility

    IT WAS REPORTED THAT ON (B)(6) 2023, A PATIENT RECEIVED AFTER A BREAST BIOPSY A TUMARK MARKER U SHAPED AND 2 ADDITIONAL MARKERS FROM A DIFFERENT COMPANY (2 THIRD PARTY COMPANY CLIPMARKERS). ADDITIONALLY, 2 DEVICES FROM THIRD PARTY COMPANIES (NEEDLES) AND BANDAGES WERE USED ON THE PATIENT AS WELL AS LOCAL DOSE OF ANESTHETICS. AFTER THE PROCEDURE THE PATIENT DEVELOPED A GIANT URTICARIAL REACTION TO THE CHEST, ARM GROINS AND NECK FOR WHICH SHE RETURNED TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM. DUE TO THE PATIENT PERSISTING WITH AN ALLERGIC REACTION, ALL THE MARKERS WERE REMOVED 3 DAYS AFTER IMPLANTATION, THE PATIENT RECEIVED A HIGH DOSE OF ANTIHISTAMINES AND CORTICOSTEROIDS. A FEW DAYS AFTER THE REMOVAL AND DUE TO THE TREATMENT, THE PATIENT WAS DOING MUCH BETTER. NO OTHER INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE.

    Patient problems: Hypersensitivity/Allergic reaction

    MAUDE report 16371889 ↗

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