Medline Industries, Inc. MDS708550Recalls & reported problems

Summary

The FDA's MAUDE database contains 1 adverse event report that list this exact device (DI 10080196042807), received between Jun 16, 2021 and Jun 16, 2021 — classified as 1 malfunction.

The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Dull, Blunt” (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

Recent adverse event reports

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

• MalfunctionJun 16, 2021Dull, Blunt; Failure to Cut; Thickening of Material

  PATIENT WITH HISTORY OF GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX DISEASE, ANEMIA AND RECENT DIAGNOSIS OF CECAL CANCER UNDERWENT AN ASCENDING COLECTOMY. FEW WEEKS AFTER, NURSE EXPERIENCED DIFFICULTY USING THE MEDLINE SUTURE REMOVAL KIT. THE SCISSORS AND TWEEZERS FROM THE SUTURE REMOVAL KIT WOULD NOT CUT THE SUTURES OF A JACKSON-PRATT DRAIN. THE SCISSORS WOULD NOT CUT THE SUTURES ADEQUATELY. SCISSORS ARE THICK AT THE HOOK AND DIFFICULT TO GET UNDER THE SUTURE. THERE IS NOT A SHARP EDGE TO CUT ANYTHING. THE TWEEZERS HAD A DIFFICULT TIME HOLDING ON TO THE SUTURES AS THEY WOULD NOT GRASP WELL WHEN SQUEEZED.

  Patient problems: Insufficient Information

  MAUDE report 12007907 ↗