Flextome® Cutting Balloon® H749CBM3375060Recalls & reported problems
Boston Scientific Corporation · Microsurgical Dilatation Device · Class 3
All models of Flextome Cutting Balloon (15)
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 08714729808299), received between Nov 17, 2017 and Nov 17, 2017 — classified as 1 injury.
The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Break” (1 report).
6 other recalls cover devices cleared under the same FDA submission (P950020); they may or may not involve this specific model.
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
- Break1
Patient problems
- Injury1
Recent adverse event reports
The 1 most recent of 1 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.
InjuryNov 17, 2017Break; Break
SAME CASE AS MDR ID: 2134265-2017-11159. IT WAS REPORTED THAT CATHETER BREAK OCCURRED AND THE PATIENT WAS HURT. THE TARGET AREA WAS LOCATED IN THE LOWER RIGHT EXTREMITY. A 06/3.75 FLEXTOME® CUTTING BALLOON® AND A 10/3.75 FLEXTOME® CUTTING BALLOON® WERE SELECTED FOR USE. DURING THE PROCEDURE, IT WAS OBSERVED THAT BOTH CUTTING BALLOONS BROKE INTO TWO PIECES ON THE FIELD. THERE WAS A POINT IN THE PROCEDURE WHERE AN INCIDENT HURT THE PATIENT. THE PROCEDURE WAS COMPLETED WITH A DIFFERENT DEVICE. NO FURTHER PATIENT COMPLICATIONS WERE REPORTED AND THE PATIENT'S STATUS WAS FINE.
Patient problems: Injury
MAUDE report 7042651 ↗
Recalls under the same FDA submission
These recalls involve devices cleared under P950020. One submission often covers many models, so check the product and lot details in each record.
- Z-2138-2013 · Jul 31, 2013 · TerminatedBoston Scientific, FlextomeTM Cutting BalloonTM, Sterilized using irradiation: 1) 4.00mm x 15mm FlextomeTM Cutting BalloonTM MonorailTM Microsurgical Dilatation Device, UPN #H74
- Z-2137-2013 · Jul 31, 2013 · TerminatedBoston Scientific, Small Peripheral Cutting BalloonTM, Sterilized using irradiation: The Peripheral Cutting Balloon Catheters are indicated for Percutaneous Transluminal Angiopla
- Z-0621-2009 · Nov 21, 2008 · TerminatedFlextome Cutting Balloon Device Over-the-Wire Delivery System, Coronary Atherotomy System, Over-the-Wire Delivery System, Catalog No. CB0340006, 4.00mm, Sterile. Made in Ireland:
- Z-1512-06 · Jul 21, 2006 · TerminatedBoston Scientific Cutting Balloon Ultra2 Monorail Device, Boston Scientific, One Boston Scientific Place, Natick, MA 01760.
- Z-0409-06 · Dec 7, 2005 · TerminatedThe Flextome Cutting Balloon Device consists of a balloon with 3 or 4 atherotomes (microsurgical blades) mounted longitudinally on its outer surface. When the Flextome Cutting Ball
- Z-0410-06 · Dec 7, 2005 · TerminatedThe Peripheral Cutting Balloon Device small Monorail Delivery System features a balloon with 3 or 4 atherotomes (microsurgical blades) mounted longitudinally on its outer surface.
Other Catheter, percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (ptca), cutting/scoring devices
- Wolverine Coronary Cutting Balloon H74939401103000Boston Scientific Corporation · Catheter, percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (ptca), cutting/scoring1 death36 reports
- Wolverine Coronary Cutting Balloon H74939401103500Boston Scientific Corporation · Catheter, percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (ptca), cutting/scoring21 reports
- Wolverine Coronary Cutting Balloon H74939401153000Boston Scientific Corporation · Catheter, percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (ptca), cutting/scoring19 reports
- Wolverine Coronary Cutting Balloon H74939401153500Boston Scientific Corporation · Catheter, percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (ptca), cutting/scoring19 reports
- Wolverine Coronary Cutting Balloon H74939401104000Boston Scientific Corporation · Catheter, percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (ptca), cutting/scoring19 reports
- Wolverine Coronary Cutting Balloon H74939401102500Boston Scientific Corporation · Catheter, percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (ptca), cutting/scoring16 reports
- Wolverine Coronary Cutting Balloon H74939401154000Boston Scientific Corporation · Catheter, percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (ptca), cutting/scoring15 reports
- AngioSculpt PTCA RX Scoring Balloon Catheter 2200-3010Spectranetics Corporation · Catheter, Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty (Ptca), Cutting/Scoring2 deaths14 reports
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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