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3M™ 9160Recalls & reported problems

3m Company · 3M™ Universal Electrosurgical Plate, Split, Uncorded 9160 · Class 2

Data updated Oct 16, 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 10707387462588), received between Mar 7, 2019 and Mar 7, 2019 — classified as 1 injury.

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

Device problems

  • Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem1

Patient problems

  • Partial thickness (Second Degree) Burn1
  • Skin Erosion1

Recent adverse event reports

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

  • InjuryMar 7, 2019Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

    A HOSPITAL IN (B)(6) REPORTED A 9160F 3M¿ UNIVERSAL ELECTROSURGICAL PAD WAS PLACED ON A PATIENT'S LEFT THIGH PRIOR TO A HYSTERECTOMY PROCEDURE. WHEN THE PAD WAS REMOVED, THE PATIENT ALLEGEDLY EXPERIENCED REDNESS, BLISTERING AND SKIN DETACHMENT/STRIPPING AROUND THE PAD EDGES. THE HOSPITAL REPORTED NO ISSUE OCCURRED UNDER THE CONDUCTIVE PORTION OF THE PAD. THE HOSPITAL REPORTED A DERMATOLOGY CONSULT FOUND THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED 2A, 2B BURNS AND BLISTERING. MEDICAL TREATMENT WAS NOT SPECIFIED.

    Patient problems: Partial thickness (Second Degree) Burn; Skin Erosion

    MAUDE report 8400026 ↗

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