Single Use Aspiration Needle NA-201SX-4022 (UDI 04953170381935)Recalls & reported problems
Olympus Medical Systems Corp. · Single Use Aspiration Needle · Class 2
All models of Single Use Aspiration Needle (15)
Data updated Oct 18, 2026 from official FDA records · Editorial policy
- Adverse event reports
- 2
- Deaths reported
- 0
- Injuries reported
- 2
- Recalls naming it
- 0
Summary
The FDA's MAUDE database contains 2 adverse event reports that list this exact device (DI 04953170381935), received between Sep 15, 2022 and Sep 15, 2022 — classified as 2 injuries.
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
- Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem2
Patient problems
- Hemoptysis2
- Pneumonia2
- Pneumothorax2
- Respiratory Failure2
- Appropriate Clinical Signs, Symptoms and Conditions Term/Code Not Available1
Recent adverse event reports
The 2 most recent of 2 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.
InjurySep 15, 2022Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
OLYMPUS REVIEWED THE FOLLOWING LITERATURE TITLED "IMPROVED DIAGNOSTIC YIELD AND SPECIMEN QUALITY WITH ENDOBRONCHIAL ULTRASOUND-GUIDED FORCEPS BIOPSIES: A RETROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS." BACKGROUND. ENDOBRONCHIAL ULTRASOUND (EBUS) TRANSBRONCHIAL NEEDLE ASPIRATION (TBNA) HAS A HIGH DIAGNOSTIC YIELD WHEN EVALUATING MEDIASTINAL AND HILAR LYMPHADENOPATHY (LAD). HAVING PREVIOUSLY DEMONSTRATED THE SAFETY OF EBUS-GUIDED CAUTERY-ASSISTED TRANSBRONCHIAL NODAL FORCEPS BIOPSY (CA-TBFB), WE REPORT DISEASE-SPECIFIC IMPROVEMENTS IN DIAGNOSTIC YIELD AND TISSUE ACQUISITION WHEN SUPPLEMENTING THE EBUS-TBNA¿BASED STANDARD OF CARE (SOC)WITH CA-TBFB. METHODS. WE RETROSPECTIVELY REVIEWED 213 PATIENTS WHO SEQUENTIALLY UNDERWENT SOC AND CA-TBFB DURING THE SAME PROCEDURE. WE DETERMINED 3 CLINICAL SCENARIOS OF INTEREST BASED ON PREPROCEDURAL IMAGING: ISOLATED MEDIASTINAL/HILAR LAD, LAD ASSOCIATED WITH A NODULE OR MASS SUSPICIOUS FOR MALIGNANCY, AND LAD ASSOCIATED WITH PARENCHYMAL FINDINGS SUGGESTIVE OF SARCOIDOSIS. USING VALIDATED METHODS, WE ASSESSED DIAGNOSTIC YIELD ON A PER-PATIENT BASIS AND SPECIMEN QUALITY ON A PER-NODE BASIS ON THE 136 PATIENTS MEETING DIAGNOSTIC CRITERIA. RESULTS. ADMINISTRATION OF DISEASE-
Patient problems: Hemoptysis; Pneumonia; Pneumothorax; Respiratory Failure
MAUDE report 15429433 ↗InjurySep 15, 2022Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
OLYMPUS REVIEWED THE FOLLOWING LITERATURE TITLED "IMPROVED DIAGNOSTIC YIELD AND SPECIMEN QUALITY WITH ENDOBRONCHIAL ULTRASOUND-GUIDED FORCEPS BIOPSIES: A RETROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS." BACKGROUND. ENDOBRONCHIAL ULTRASOUND (EBUS) TRANSBRONCHIAL NEEDLE ASPIRATION (TBNA) HAS A HIGH DIAGNOSTIC YIELD WHEN EVALUATING MEDIASTINAL AND HILAR LYMPHADENOPATHY (LAD). HAVING PREVIOUSLY DEMONSTRATED THE SAFETY OF EBUS-GUIDED CAUTERY-ASSISTED TRANSBRONCHIAL NODAL FORCEPS BIOPSY (CA-TBFB), WE REPORT DISEASE-SPECIFIC IMPROVEMENTS IN DIAGNOSTIC YIELD AND TISSUE ACQUISITION WHEN SUPPLEMENTING THE EBUS-TBNA¿BASED STANDARD OF CARE (SOC)WITH CA-TBFB. METHODS. WE RETROSPECTIVELY REVIEWED 213 PATIENTS WHO SEQUENTIALLY UNDERWENT SOC AND CA-TBFB DURING THE SAME PROCEDURE. WE DETERMINED 3 CLINICAL SCENARIOS OF INTEREST BASED ON PREPROCEDURAL IMAGING: ISOLATED MEDIASTINAL/HILAR LAD, LAD ASSOCIATED WITH A NODULE OR MASS SUSPICIOUS FOR MALIGNANCY, AND LAD ASSOCIATED WITH PARENCHYMAL FINDINGS SUGGESTIVE OF SARCOIDOSIS. USING VALIDATED METHODS, WE ASSESSED DIAGNOSTIC YIELD ON A PER-PATIENT BASIS AND SPECIMEN QUALITY ON A PER-NODE BASIS ON THE 136 PATIENTS MEETING DIAGNOSTIC CRITERIA. RESULTS. ADMINISTRATION OF DISEASE-
Patient problems: Appropriate Clinical Signs, Symptoms and Conditions Term/Code Not Available; Hemoptysis; Pneumonia; Pneumothorax; Respiratory Failure
MAUDE report 15428122 ↗
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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
- Page last rebuilt: Oct 18, 2026. Data downloaded through openFDA, which notes it is not validated for clinical or regulatory use.
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