BOVIE® ULTIMATE® BVX-200PRecalls & reported problems

Summary

The FDA's MAUDE database contains 1 adverse event report that list this exact device (DI 10607151011755), received between Aug 27, 2021 and Aug 27, 2021 — classified as 1 death.

The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Insufficient Device Problem Information” (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 16, 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.

• DeathAug 27, 2021Insufficient Device Problem Information; Insufficient Device Problem Information

  IT WAS REPORTED TO APYX MEDICAL CORPORATION BY DR. (B)(6), THAT ON (B)(6) 2021, HE PERFORMED THE FOLLOWING PROCEDURES ON A PATIENT; MICROAIRE LIPOSUCTION, BREAST REDUCTION FROM 590CC TO 350CC WITH INVERTED T AND GLUTEAL IMPLANT REMOVAL AND LIPOGRAFT IN THE GLUTEAL AREA OF 400CC EACH AND SUBDERMAL COAGULATION TREATMENT WITH RENUVION TO THE THE UPPER, MIDDLE AND LOWER BACK, ABDOMEN AND INNER LEGS. THE TOTAL SURGICAL TIME WAS 5 HOURS. OTHER TECHNOLOGIES WERE POSSIBLY INVOLVED IN THIS EVENT, HOWEVER, AT THIS TIME IT IS UNKNOWN. POST PROCEDURE, THE PATIENT PRESENTED WITH SEVERE PAIN IN THE AREAS WHERE LIPOSUCTION WAS PERFORMED. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE PATIENT'S CREATININE LEVEL WAS ELEVATED AND A DIAGNOSED OF RHABDOMYOLYSIS WAS MADE. PRIOR TO SURGERY THE PATIENT'S CREATININE LEVEL WAS WITHIN NORMAL LIMITS. THE PATIENT COMPLAINED OF PAIN, HOWEVER, THE AMOUNT OF PAIN WAS UNUSUAL TO DR. (B)(6). NO BRUISING OR NOTORIOUS ECCHYMOSIS WAS DETECTED. INITIALLY, THE PATIENT WAS TREATED WITH PARACETAMOL AND KETOPROFENO. THE FOLLOWING DAY, THE PATIENT BECAME HYPOTENSIVE, SLEEPY AND THE PAIN CONTINUED. TRAMADOL WAS ADMINISTERED AND THE PATIENT WAS SENT TO ANOTHER HOSPITAL EMERGENCY ROOM. THIS HOS

  Patient problems: Anemia; Low Oxygen Saturation; Myalgia; Renal Impairment; Unspecified Musculoskeletal problem; Ventilator Dependent

  MAUDE report 12379942 ↗