SENSATION Short Throw M00560320Recalls & reported problems

Summary

The FDA's MAUDE database contains 18 adverse event reports that list this exact device (DI 08714729747611), received between Sep 6, 2017 and Sep 18, 2026 — classified as 1 injury, 17 malfunctions.

The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Failure to Cut” (11 reports).

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 18, 2026.

Recalls naming this device

1. Jan 19, 2021Class IIOpen, Classified

   Packaging Incomplete Seal. Users noted an incomplete pouch seal prior to using the device in a patient.

   Z-1170-2021 · Root cause: Process change control · Recall details · FDA record ↗

Most reported problems

Recent adverse event reports

The 18 most recent of 18 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.

• MalfunctionSep 18, 2026Break

  It was reported to Boston Scientific Corporation that a Sensation Snare was during an Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) procedure performed on (b)(6) 2026.During the procedure, the snare was fractured. The procedure was completed with another of the same device.There were no patient complications reported as a result of this event.No additional information has been received despite Good Faith Efforts.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 50820246 ↗
• MalfunctionAug 13, 2026Retraction Problem; Failure to Cut

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 50240190 ↗
• MalfunctionJul 2, 2026Retraction Problem; Failure to Cut

  IT WAS REPORTED TO BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION THAT A SENSATION SNARE WAS USED IN THE COLON FOR A POLYPECTOMY PROCEDURE PERFORMED ON (B)(6) 2026. DURING THE PROCEDURE THE SNARE COULD NOT COMPLETELY RETRACT AND FAILED TO CUT THE TARGET POLYP. THE PROCEDURE WAS COMPLETED WITH ANOTHER OF THE SAME DEVICE. THERE WERE NO PATIENT COMPLICATIONS AS A RESULT OF THIS EVENT.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 25700125 ↗
• MalfunctionSep 2, 2025Device Contamination with Chemical or Other Material; Device Contamination with Chemical or Other Material

  IT WAS REPORTED TO BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION THAT A SENSATION SHORT THROW SNARE WAS TO BE USED DURING AN UNKNOWN PROCEDURE PERFORMED ON (B)(6) 2025. DURING PREPARATION AND OUTSIDE THE PATIENT, THE HOSPITAL INSPECTED THE GOODS AND DISCOVERED FOREIGN BODIES INSIDE THE STERILE PACKAGING. ALTHOUGH THE OBJECTS WERE NOT CLEARLY VISIBLE, THEY WERE SUSPECTED TO BE METAL WIRES. THE PROCEDURE WAS NOT PERFORMED DUE TO ANOTHER REASON. THERE WERE NO PATIENT COMPLICATIONS REPORTED AS A RESULT OF THIS EVENT. NO FURTHER INFORMATION HAS BEEN OBTAINED DESPITE GOOD FAITH EFFORTS.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 22935151 ↗
• MalfunctionJan 8, 2024Failure to Cut; Failure to Cut

  IT WAS REPORTED TO BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION THAT A SENSATION SHORT THROW SNARE WAS USED TO REMOVE A 0.5 CM POLYP IN THE INTESTINAL TRACT DURING AN ENDOSCOPIC MUCOSAL RESECTION (EMR) PROCEDURE PERFORMED ON (B)(6) 2023. DURING THE PROCEDURE AND INSIDE THE PATIENT, THE SNARE LOOP COULD NOT CUT THE POLYP. THE SNARE WAS SECURELY ATTACHED TO THE ACTIVE CORD. NO VISIBLE PROBLEM WAS NOTED WITH THE CAUTERY PIN. THE PROCEDURE WAS COMPLETED WITH ANOTHER SENSATION SNARE. THERE WERE NO PATIENT COMPLICATIONS REPORTED AS A RESULT OF THIS EVENT. THE PATIENT CONDITION FOLLOWING THE PROCEDURE WAS REPORTED TO BE STABLE.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 18464962 ↗
• MalfunctionJan 4, 2024Failure to Cut; Failure to Cut

  IT WAS REPORTED TO BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION THAT A SENSATION SHORT THROW SNARE WAS USED TO REMOVE POLYPS IN THE RIGHT COLON DURING AN UNKNOWN PROCEDURE PERFORMED ON (B)(6) 2023. DURING THE PROCEDURE AND INSIDE THE PATIENT, COAGULATION WAS NOT DONE, SO THE POLYP WAS NOT PROPERLY CUT. THE PROCEDURE WAS COMPLETED WITH ANOTHER SNARE. THERE WERE NO PATIENT COMPLICATIONS REPORTED AS A RESULT OF THIS EVENT.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 18443518 ↗
• MalfunctionMay 30, 2023Failure to Cut; Failure to Cut

  NOTE: THIS REPORT PERTAINS TO ONE OF THE FOUR DEVICES USED DURING THE SAME PROCEDURE. REFER TO MANUFACTURER REPORT 3005099803-2023-02789, 3005099803-2023-02787 AND 3005099803-2023-02788 FOR THE ASSOCIATED DEVICE INFORMATION. IT WAS REPORTED TO BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION THAT A SENSATION SMALL OVAL MED STIFF SNARE WAS USED DURING A COLONOSCOPY PROCEDURE PERFORMED ON AN UNKNOWN DATE. DURING THE PROCEDURE, THE PHYSICIAN AND THE TECHNICIAN TRIED TO REMOVE A POLYP WITH A SENSATION SMALL OVAL MED STIFF SNARE IN THE ASCENDING COLON. HOWEVER, THE SNARE LOOP WAS NOT CUTTING THROUGH THE POLYP. AFTER OPENING THREE MORE SNARES, THE PHYSICIAN FINALLY REMOVED THE POLYP. THE PROCEDURE WAS COMPLETED WITH A SIMILAR SENSATION SHORT THROW. THERE WERE NO PATIENT COMPLICATIONS REPORTED AS A RESULT OF THIS EVENT.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 17019366 ↗
• MalfunctionMay 26, 2023Failure to Cut; Failure to Cut

  NOTE: THIS REPORT PERTAINS TO ONE OF THE FOUR DEVICES USED DURING THE SAME PROCEDURE. REFER TO MANUFACTURER REPORT 3005099803-2023-02789, 3005099803-2023-02786, 3005099803-2023-02787. FOR THE ASSOCIATED DEVICE INFORMATION. IT WAS REPORTED TO BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION THAT A SENSATION SMALL OVAL MED STIFF SNARE WAS USED DURING A COLONOSCOPY PROCEDURE PERFORMED ON AN UNKNOWN DATE. DURING THE PROCEDURE, THE PHYSICIAN AND THE TECHNICIAN TRIED TO REMOVE A POLYP WITH A SENSATION SMALL OVAL MED STIFF SNARE IN THE ASCENDING COLON. HOWEVER, THE SNARE LOOP WAS NOT CUTTING THROUGH THE POLYP. AFTER OPENING THREE MORE SNARES, THE PHYSICIAN FINALLY REMOVED THE POLYP. THE PROCEDURE WAS COMPLETED WITH A SIMILAR SENSATION SHORT THROW. THERE WERE NO PATIENT COMPLICATIONS REPORTED AS A RESULT OF THIS EVENT.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 17012457 ↗
• MalfunctionMay 26, 2023Failure to Cut; Failure to Cut

  NOTE: THIS REPORT PERTAINS TO ONE OF THE FOUR DEVICES USED DURING THE SAME PROCEDURE. REFER TO MANUFACTURER REPORT 3005099803-2023-02789, 3005099803-2023-02786, AND 3005099803-2023-02788 FOR THE ASSOCIATED DEVICE INFORMATION. IT WAS REPORTED TO BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION THAT A SENSATION SMALL OVAL MED STIFF SNARE WAS USED DURING A COLONOSCOPY PROCEDURE PERFORMED ON AN UNKNOWN DATE. DURING THE PROCEDURE, THE PHYSICIAN AND THE TECHNICIAN TRIED TO REMOVE A POLYP WITH A SENSATION SMALL OVAL MED STIFF SNARE IN THE ASCENDING COLON. HOWEVER, THE SNARE LOOP WAS NOT CUTTING THROUGH THE POLYP. AFTER OPENING THREE MORE SNARES, THE PHYSICIAN FINALLY REMOVED THE POLYP. THE PROCEDURE WAS COMPLETED WITH A SIMILAR SENSATION SHORT THROW. THERE WERE NO PATIENT COMPLICATIONS REPORTED AS A RESULT OF THIS EVENT.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 17011999 ↗
• MalfunctionMay 25, 2023Failure to Cut; Failure to Cut

  NOTE: THIS REPORT PERTAINS TO ONE OF THE FOUR DEVICES USED DURING THE SAME PROCEDURE. REFER TO MANUFACTURER REPORT 3005099803-2023-02786, 3005099803-2023-02787 AND 3005099803-2023-02788 FOR THE ASSOCIATED DEVICE INFORMATION. IT WAS REPORTED TO BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION THAT A SENSATION SMALL OVAL MED STIFF SNARE WAS USED DURING A COLONOSCOPY PROCEDURE PERFORMED ON AN UNKNOWN DATE. DURING THE PROCEDURE, THE PHYSICIAN AND THE TECHNICIAN TRIED TO REMOVE A POLYP WITH A SENSATION SMALL OVAL MED STIFF SNARE IN THE ASCENDING COLON. HOWEVER, THE SNARE LOOP WAS NOT CUTTING THROUGH THE POLYP. AFTER OPENING THREE MORE SNARES, THE PHYSICIAN FINALLY REMOVED THE POLYP. THE PROCEDURE WAS COMPLETED WITH A SIMILAR SENSATION SHORT THROW. THERE WERE NO PATIENT COMPLICATIONS REPORTED AS A RESULT OF THIS EVENT.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 17001345 ↗
• MalfunctionJun 30, 2021Failure to Deliver Energy; Failure to Cut; Failure to Deliver Energy; Failure to Cut

  IT WAS REPORTED TO BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION THAT A SENSATION SMALL OVAL MED STIFF SNARE WAS USED IN THE RECTUM DURING A COLON ENDOSCOPIC MUCOSAL RESECTION (EMR) PROCEDURE PERFORMED ON (B)(6) 2021. DURING THE PROCEDURE AND INSIDE THE PATIENT, THE DEVICE WAS UNABLE TO CAUTERIZED A 10MM LESION. THE HIGH FREQUENCY DEVICE AND ADAPTER WERE CHECKED; HOWEVER, THERE WERE NO ISSUES NOTED. THE CAUTERIZATION WAS ATTEMPTED AGAIN BUT IT WAS UNABLE TO EXCISE THE TARGET POLYP, THE PROCEDURE WAS COMPLETED WITH A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT DEVICE. THERE WERE NO PATIENT COMPLICATIONS REPORTED AS A RESULT OF THIS EVENT.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 12091703 ↗
• MalfunctionMar 12, 2021Break; Break

  IT WAS REPORTED TO BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION THAT A SENSATION SHORT THROW WAS USED DURING AN INTESTINAL POLYPS REMOVAL PROCEDURE PERFORMED ON (B)(6) 2021. DURING PREPARATION, THE PHYSICIAN UNPACKED THE DEVICE BUT FOUND THAT THE POSITION OF THE COIL AND THE WOVEN ROPE BECAME LOOSE, LEADING THE DIAMETER OF THE COIL TO BECOME LARGER. THE COIL DEFORMED. THE PROCEDURE WAS COMPLETED WITH ANOTHER SENSATION SHORT THROW. THERE WERE NO PATIENT COMPLICATIONS REPORTED AS A RESULT OF THIS EVENT. THE PATIENT'S CONDITION AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE PROCEDURE WAS REPORTED TO BE STABLE.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 11474366 ↗
• MalfunctionApr 12, 2019Break; Break

  IT WAS REPORTED TO BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION THAT A SENSATION SNARE WAS USED DURING AN UNKNOWN PROCEDURE ON (B)(6) 2019. ACCORDING TO THE COMPLAINANT, DURING THE PROCEDURE, THE SNARE WAS BROKEN. THERE WERE NO PATIENT COMPLICATIONS AS A RESULT OF THIS EVENT. BOSTON SCIENTIFIC HAS BEEN UNABLE TO OBTAIN ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REGARDING THE CIRCUMSTANCES SURROUNDING THIS EVENT TO DATE. SHOULD ADDITIONAL RELEVANT DETAILS BECOME AVAILABLE A SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT WILL BE SUBMITTED.

  Patient problems: No Consequences Or Impact To Patient

  MAUDE report 8509229 ↗
• InjuryFeb 1, 2019Entrapment of Device; Failure to Cut; Difficult to Advance; Human-Device Interface Problem; Entrapment of Device; Failure to Cut; Difficult to Advance; Human-Device Interface Problem

  IT WAS REPORTED TO BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION THAT A SENSATION SMALL OVAL MED STIFF SNARE WAS USED IN AN UNKNOWN PROCEDURE PERFORMED ON (B)(6) 2019. ACCORDING TO THE COMPLAINANT, DURING THE PROCEDURE, THE DEVICE BECAME EMBEDDED IN THE PATIENT'S TISSUE, PERFORATING THE PATIENT'S MUCOSA AND CAUSING A HEMATOMA. REPORTEDLY, THE PHYSICIAN STATED THAT THE SNARES IN GENERAL DO NOT MAKE A CLEAN CUT AND RIP THE TISSUE. THE PHYSICIAN ALSO NOTED THAT THE SHEATH THAT COVERS THE SNARE IS FLIMSY AND DOES NOT FEED DOWN THE CHANNEL WELL. THE PROCEDURE WAS COMPLETED WITH THIS DEVICE.

  Patient problems: Hematoma; Perforation

  MAUDE report 8296831 ↗
• MalfunctionJan 15, 2019Entrapment of Device; Defective Device; Entrapment of Device; Defective Device

  IT WAS REPORTED TO BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION THAT A SENSATION SMALL OVAL MED STIFF SNARE WAS USED DURING AN UNKNOWN PROCEDURE ON (B)(6) 2018. ACCORDING TO THE COMPLAINANT, DURING THE PROCEDURE, WHEN THE SNARE WAS SLOWLY EXTENDED, THE SNARE CAME FLYING OUT AND WENT ALL THE WAY THROUGH UNDERNEATH THE MUCOSA/POLYP AND CREATED A HEMATOMA. THE SNARE "BURROWED" ALL THE WAY UNDERNEATH THE POLYP/MUCOSA. REPORTEDLY, THE SNARE CAME OUT SUDDENLY/UNEXPECTEDLY AND TOO FAR AND FAST AND WAS EMBEDDED IN THE PATIENT'S TISSUE. IT WAS UNKNOWN IF ANY TREATMENT OR INTERVENTION WAS DONE TO TREAT THE HEMATOMA. THE PROCEDURE WAS COMPLETED USING A DIFFERENT DEVICE. THE CONDITION OF THE PATIENT FOLLOWING THE PROCEDURE WAS REPORTED TO BE UNKNOWN. SHOULD ADDITIONAL RELEVANT DETAILS BECOME AVAILABLE A SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT WILL BE SUBMITTED.

  Patient problems: Hematoma

  MAUDE report 8248722 ↗
• MalfunctionApr 24, 2018Device Contamination with Chemical or Other Material; Device Contamination with Chemical or Other Material

  IT WAS REPORTED TO BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION THAT A SENSATION SMALL OVAL SNARE WAS PREPARED FOR USE DURING A PROCEDURE. ACCORDING TO THE COMPLAINANT, DURING PREPARATION, A HAIR WAS NOTED INSIDE THE STERILE PACKAGING. THE PROCEDURE WAS COMPLETED WITH ANOTHER SENSATION SNARE. THERE WERE NO PATIENT COMPLICATIONS REPORTED AS A RESULT OF THIS EVENT. THE PATIENT'S CONDITION AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE PROCEDURE WAS REPORTED TO BE FINE.

  Patient problems: No Consequences Or Impact To Patient

  MAUDE report 7454805 ↗
• MalfunctionJan 2, 2018Failure to Cut; Failure to Cut

  IT WAS REPORTED TO BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION THAT A SENSATION SMALL OVAL SNARE WAS USED DURING A COLONOSCOPY PROCEDURE PERFORMED ON (B)(4) 2017. ACCORDING TO THE COMPLAINANT, DURING THE PROCEDURE, THE SNARE FAILED TO TRANSMIT CURRENT AND WAS UNABLE TO CUT THE TARGET POLYP. THE PROCEDURE WAS COMPLETED WITH ANOTHER SENSATION SNARE. THERE WERE NO PATIENT COMPLICATIONS REPORTED AS A RESULT OF THIS EVENT. THE PATIENT'S CONDITION AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE PROCEDURE WAS REPORTED TO BE FINE.

  Patient problems: No Consequences Or Impact To Patient

  MAUDE report 7158319 ↗
• MalfunctionSep 6, 2017Device Contamination with Chemical or Other Material; Device Contamination with Chemical or Other Material

  IT WAS REPORTED TO BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION THAT A SENSATION SMALL OVAL SNARE WAS PREPARED TO BE USED DURING A POLYPECTOMY PROCEDURE PERFORMED ON (B)(6) 2017. ACCORDING TO THE COMPLAINANT, DURING PREPARATION, A YELLOW FOREIGN MATTER WAS NOTED ON THE TIP CONNECTION OF THE HANDLE THROUGH THE SEALED POUCH. THE PROCEDURE WAS COMPLETED WITH ANOTHER SENSATION SNARE. THERE WERE NO PATIENT COMPLICATIONS REPORTED AS A RESULT OF THIS EVENT. THE PATIENT'S CONDITION AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE PROCEDURE WAS REPORTED TO BE OKAY.

  Patient problems: No Consequences Or Impact To Patient

  MAUDE report 6846040 ↗