Bard® InLay® Ureteral Stent with NiCore™ Guidewire 776724Recalls & reported problems
C. R. Bard, Inc. · INLAY URETERAL STENT W/NITINOL GUIDEWIRE · Class 2 · Implant
All models of Bard InLay Ureteral Stent with NiCore Guidewire (7)
Data updated Oct 18, 2026 from official FDA records · Editorial policy
- Adverse event reports
- 16
- Deaths reported
- 0
- Injuries reported
- 11
- Recalls naming it
- 0
Summary
The FDA's MAUDE database contains 16 adverse event reports that list this exact device (DI 10801741014335), received between Oct 26, 2021 and Nov 2, 2021 — classified as 11 injuries, 5 malfunctions.
The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Biocompatibility” (11 reports).
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
- Biocompatibility11
- Patient Device Interaction Problem10
- Calcified2
- Device Dislodged or Dislocated1
- Material Fragmentation1
- Migration1
- Partial Blockage1
Patient problems
- No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions5
- Appropriate Clinical Signs, Symptoms and Conditions Term/Code Not Available4
- Calcium Deposits/Calcification2
- Erosion1
- Extravasation1
- Fistula1
- Hemorrhage/Blood Loss/Bleeding1
- Internal Organ Perforation1
Recent adverse event reports
The 16 most recent of 16 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.
MalfunctionNov 2, 2021Device Dislodged or Dislocated; Device Dislodged or Dislocated
IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED EDEMA, STONE FORMATION, EXTRAVASATION, URETERAL REFLUX, STENT DISLODGEMENT, MIGRATION, FRAGMENTATION, OCCLUSION, FISTULA FORMATION, LOSS OF RENAL FUNCTION, HEMORRHAGE, STENT ENCRUSTATION, HYDRO NEPHROSIS, PERFORATION OF KIDNEY, RENAL PELVIS, URETER AND BLADDER, URETERAL EROSION, INFECTION, PAIN AND DISCOMFORT WHILE USING THE URETERAL STENT.
Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions
MAUDE report 12737743 ↗MalfunctionOct 28, 2021Migration; Migration
IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED EDEMA, STONE FORMATION, EXTRAVASATION, URETERAL REFLUX, STENT DISLODGEMENT, MIGRATION, FRAGMENTATION, OCCLUSION, FISTULA FORMATION, LOSS OF RENAL FUNCTION, HEMORRHAGE, STENT ENCRUSTATION, HYDRONEPHROSIS, PERFORATION OF KIDNEY, RENAL PELVIS, URETER AND BLADDER, URETERAL EROSION, INFECTION, PAIN AND DISCOMFORT WHILE USING THE URETERAL STENT.
Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions
MAUDE report 12711588 ↗InjuryOct 27, 2021Biocompatibility; Patient Device Interaction Problem; Biocompatibility; Patient Device Interaction Problem
IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED EDEMA, STONE FORMATION, EXTRAVASATION, URETERAL REFLUX, STENT DISLODGEMENT, MIGRATION, FRAGMENTATION, OCCLUSION, FISTULA FORMATION, LOSS OF RENAL FUNCTION, HEMORRHAGE, STENT ENCRUSTATION, HYDRO NEPHROSIS, PERFORATION OF KIDNEY, RENAL PELVIS, URETER AND BLADDER, URETERAL EROSION, INFECTION, PAIN AND DISCOMFORT WHILE USING THE URETERAL STENT. IT WAS UNKNOWN WHAT MEDICAL INTERVENTION WAS PROVIDED.
Patient problems: Fistula
MAUDE report 12706366 ↗MalfunctionOct 27, 2021Partial Blockage; Partial Blockage
IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED EDEMA, STONE FORMATION, EXTRAVASATION, URETERAL REFLUX, STENT DISLODGEMENT, MIGRATION, FRAGMENTATION, OCCLUSION, FISTULA FORMATION, LOSS OF RENAL FUNCTION, HEMORRHAGE, STENT ENCRUSTATION, HYDRONEPHROSIS, PERFORATION OF KIDNEY, RENAL PELVIS, URETER AND BLADDER, URETERAL EROSION, INFECTION, PAIN AND DISCOMFORT WHILE USING THE URETERAL STENT.
Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions
MAUDE report 12706319 ↗InjuryOct 26, 2021Biocompatibility; Patient Device Interaction Problem; Biocompatibility; Patient Device Interaction Problem
IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED EDEMA, STONE FORMATION, EXTRAVASATION, URETERAL REFLUX, STENT DISLODGEMENT, MIGRATION, FRAGMENTATION, OCCLUSION, FISTULA FORMATION, LOSS OF RENAL FUNCTION, HEMORRHAGE, STENT ENCRUSTATION, HYDRO NEPHROSIS, PERFORATION OF KIDNEY, RENAL PELVIS, URETER AND BLADDER, URETERAL EROSION, INFECTION, PAIN AND DISCOMFORT WHILE USING THE URETERAL STENT. IT WAS UNKNOWN WHAT MEDICAL INTERVENTION WAS PROVIDED FOR URETERAL REFLUX.
Patient problems: Appropriate Clinical Signs, Symptoms and Conditions Term/Code Not Available
MAUDE report 12698838 ↗InjuryOct 26, 2021Biocompatibility; Patient Device Interaction Problem; Biocompatibility; Patient Device Interaction Problem
IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED EDEMA, STONE FORMATION, EXTRAVASATION, URETERAL REFLUX, STENT DISLODGEMENT, MIGRATION, FRAGMENTATION, OCCLUSION, FISTULA FORMATION, LOSS OF RENAL FUNCTION, HEMORRHAGE, STENT ENCRUSTATION, HYDRO NEPHROSIS, PERFORATION OF KIDNEY, RENAL PELVIS, URETER AND BLADDER, URETERAL EROSION, INFECTION, PAIN AND DISCOMFORT WHILE USING THE URETERAL STENT. MEDICAL INTERVENTION WAS UNKNOWN.
Patient problems: Swelling/ Edema
MAUDE report 12698836 ↗InjuryOct 26, 2021Biocompatibility; Patient Device Interaction Problem; Biocompatibility; Patient Device Interaction Problem
IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED EDEMA, STONE FORMATION, EXTRAVASATION, URETERAL REFLUX, STENT DISLODGEMENT, MIGRATION, FRAGMENTATION, OCCLUSION, FISTULA FORMATION, LOSS OF RENAL FUNCTION, HEMORRHAGE, STENT ENCRUSTATION, HYDRO NEPHROSIS, PERFORATION OF KIDNEY, RENAL PELVIS, URETER AND BLADDER, URETERAL EROSION, INFECTION, PAIN AND DISCOMFORT WHILE USING THE URETERAL STENT. MEDICAL INTERVENTION WAS UNKNOWN.
Patient problems: Extravasation
MAUDE report 12698819 ↗MalfunctionOct 26, 2021Material Fragmentation; Material Fragmentation
IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED EDEMA, STONE FORMATION, EXTRAVASATION, URETERAL REFLUX, STENT DISLODGEMENT, MIGRATION, FRAGMENTATION, OCCLUSION, FISTULA FORMATION, LOSS OF RENAL FUNCTION HEMORRHAGE, STENT ENCRUSTATION , HYDRONEPHROSIS, PERFORATION OF KIDNEY, RENAL PELVIS, URETER AND BLADDER, URETERAL EROSION, INFECTION, PAIN AND DISCOMFORT WHILE USING THE URETERAL STENT.
Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions
MAUDE report 12698818 ↗InjuryOct 26, 2021Calcified; Biocompatibility; Calcified; Biocompatibility
IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED EDEMA, STONE FORMATION, EXTRAVASATION, URETERAL REFLUX, STENT DISLODGEMENT, MIGRATION, FRAGMENTATION, OCCLUSION, FISTULA FORMATION, LOSS OF RENAL FUNCTION, HEMORRHAGE, STENT ENCRUSTATION, HYDRONEPHROSIS, PERFORATION OF KIDNEY, RENAL PELVIS, URETER AND BLADDER, URETERAL EROSION, INFECTION, PAIN AND DISCOMFORT WHILE USING THE URETERAL STENT. MEDICAL INTERVENTION WAS UNKNOWN.
Patient problems: Appropriate Clinical Signs, Symptoms and Conditions Term/Code Not Available; Calcium Deposits/Calcification
MAUDE report 12698815 ↗InjuryOct 26, 2021Biocompatibility; Patient Device Interaction Problem; Biocompatibility; Patient Device Interaction Problem
IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED EDEMA, STONE FORMATION, EXTRAVASATION, URETERAL REFLUX, STENT DISLODGEMENT, MIGRATION, FRAGMENTATION, OCCLUSION, FISTULA FORMATION, LOSS OF RENAL FUNCTION, HEMORRHAGE, STENT ENCRUSTATION, HYDRONEPHROSIS, PERFORATION OF KIDNEY, RENAL PELVIS, URETER AND BLADDER, URETERAL EROSION, INFECTION, PAIN AND DISCOMFORT WHILE USING THE URETERAL STENT. IT WAS UNKNOWN WHAT MEDICAL INTERVENTION WAS PROVIDED FOR PERFORATION OF KIDNEY, RENAL PELVIS, URETER AND BLADDER.
Patient problems: Internal Organ Perforation
MAUDE report 12698609 ↗InjuryOct 26, 2021Biocompatibility; Patient Device Interaction Problem; Biocompatibility; Patient Device Interaction Problem
IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED EDEMA, STONE FORMATION, EXTRAVASATION, URETERAL REFLUX, STENT DISLODGEMENT, MIGRATION, FRAGMENTATION, OCCLUSION, FISTULA FORMATION, LOSS OF RENAL FUNCTION, HEMORRHAGE, STENT ENCRUSTATION, HYDRONEPHROSIS, PERFORATION OF KIDNEY, RENAL PELVIS, URETER AND BLADDER, URETERAL EROSION, INFECTION, PAIN AND DISCOMFORT WHILE USING THE URETERAL STENT. IT WAS UNKNOWN WHAT MEDICAL INTERVENTION WAS PROVIDED FOR URETERAL EROSION.
Patient problems: Erosion
MAUDE report 12698583 ↗InjuryOct 26, 2021Biocompatibility; Patient Device Interaction Problem; Biocompatibility; Patient Device Interaction Problem
IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED EDEMA, STONE FORMATION, EXTRAVASATION, URETERAL REFLUX, STENT DISLODGEMENT, MIGRATION, FRAGMENTATION, OCCLUSION, FISTULA FORMATION, LOSS OF RENAL FUNCTION, HEMORRHAGE, STENT ENCRUSTATION, HYDRONEPHROSIS, PERFORATION OF KIDNEY, RENAL PELVIS, URETER AND BLADDER, URETERAL EROSION, INFECTION, PAIN AND DISCOMFORT WHILE USING THE URETERAL STENT. IT WAS UNKNOWN WHAT MEDICAL INTERVENTION WAS PROVIDED FOR THE INFECTION
Patient problems: Unspecified Infection
MAUDE report 12698563 ↗MalfunctionOct 26, 2021Calcified; Calcified
IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED EDEMA, STONE FORMATION, EXTRAVASATION, URETERAL REFLUX, STENT DISLODGEMENT, MIGRATION, FRAGMENTATION, OCCLUSION, FISTULA FORMATION, LOSS OF RENAL FUNCTION, HEMORRHAGE, STENT ENCRUSTATION, HYDRONEPHROSIS, PERFORATION OF KIDNEY, RENAL PELVIS, URETER AND BLADDER, URETERAL EROSION, INFECTION, PAIN AND DISCOMFORT WHILE USING THE URETERAL STENT.
Patient problems: Calcium Deposits/Calcification; No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions
MAUDE report 12698487 ↗InjuryOct 26, 2021Biocompatibility; Patient Device Interaction Problem; Biocompatibility; Patient Device Interaction Problem
IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED EDEMA, STONE FORMATION, EXTRAVASATION, URETERAL REFLUX, STENT DISLODGEMENT, MIGRATION, FRAGMENTATION, OCCLUSION, FISTULA FORMATION, LOSS OF RENAL FUNCTION, HEMORRHAGE, STENT ENCRUSTATION, HYDRONEPHROSIS, PERFORATION OF KIDNEY, RENAL PELVIS, URETER AND BLADDER, URETERAL EROSION, INFECTION, PAIN AND DISCOMFORT WHILE USING THE URETERAL STENT. IT WAS UNKNOWN WHAT MEDICAL INTERVENTION WAS PROVIDED FOR HYDRONEPHROSIS
Patient problems: Appropriate Clinical Signs, Symptoms and Conditions Term/Code Not Available
MAUDE report 12698481 ↗InjuryOct 26, 2021Biocompatibility; Patient Device Interaction Problem; Biocompatibility; Patient Device Interaction Problem
IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED EDEMA, STONE FORMATION, EXTRAVASATION, URETERAL REFLUX, STENT DISLODGEMENT, MIGRATION, FRAGMENTATION, OCCLUSION, FISTULA FORMATION, LOSS OF RENAL FUNCTION, HEMORRHAGE, STENT ENCRUSTATION, HYDRONEPHROSIS, PERFORATION OF KIDNEY, RENAL PELVIS, URETER AND BLADDER, URETERAL EROSION, INFECTION, PAIN AND DISCOMFORT WHILE USING THE URETERAL STENT. IT WAS UNKNOWN WHAT MEDICAL INTERVENTION WAS PROVIDED.
Patient problems: Hemorrhage/Blood Loss/Bleeding
MAUDE report 12698473 ↗InjuryOct 26, 2021Biocompatibility; Patient Device Interaction Problem; Biocompatibility; Patient Device Interaction Problem
IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED EDEMA, STONE FORMATION, EXTRAVASATION, URETERAL REFLUX, STENT DISLODGEMENT, MIGRATION, FRAGMENTATION, OCCLUSION, FISTULA FORMATION, LOSS OF RENAL FUNCTION, HEMORRHAGE, STENT ENCRUSTATION, HYDRONEPHROSIS, PERFORATION OF KIDNEY, RENAL PELVIS, URETER AND BLADDER, URETERAL EROSION, INFECTION, PAIN AND DISCOMFORT WHILE USING THE URETERAL STENT. UNKNOWN WHAT MEDICAL INTERVENTION WAS PROVIDED.
Patient problems: Appropriate Clinical Signs, Symptoms and Conditions Term/Code Not Available
MAUDE report 12698361 ↗
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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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