CORFLO Enteral Feeding Tube 42-7558Recalls & reported problems

Summary

The FDA's MAUDE database contains 2 adverse event reports that list this exact device (DI 10815149020591), received between Feb 1, 2018 and Feb 19, 2020 — classified as 2 malfunctions.

The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Break” (2 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

Recent adverse event reports

The 2 most recent of 2 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.

• MalfunctionFeb 19, 2020Break; Break

  IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT'S NASOJEJUNAL FEEDING TUBE BALLOONED IN THE NOSTRIL. IT WAS LEFT IN PLACE, UNUSED, UNTIL REPLACEMENT COULD BE PERFORMED. HOWEVER, ONCE REMOVED IN RADIOLOGY, IT WAS FOUND THE TUBE HAD BROKEN AND APPROXIMATELY 30CM OF TUBING REMAINED IN THE PATIENT. THE FRAGMENT WAS REMOVED ENDOSCOPICALLY. IT WAS NOTED IN THE PATIENT'S NOTES THAT THE TUBE HAD BLOCKED ON (B)(6) 2020, BUT THE NURSE HAD USED A SMALL ENTERAL SYRINGE TO FLUSH AND REMOVE THE BLOCK. THERE WAS NOTHING NOTABLE ABOUT THE PATIENT'S CONDITION FOLLOWING THE ENDOSCOPIC REMOVAL.

  Patient problems: No Consequences Or Impact To Patient

  MAUDE report 9726547 ↗
• MalfunctionFeb 1, 2018Break; Break

  IT WAS REPORTED THAT ON (B)(6) 2017 THE PATIENT WAS SCHEDULED TO HAVE THE EXISTING CORFLO RADIOLOGICALLY PLACED NASOJEJUNAL TUBE (NJT) ADVANCED. THE TIP OF THE EXISTING TUBE, WHICH WAS PLACED (B)(6) 2017, HAD RETRACTED INTO THE DUODENUM. THE MAIN BODY OF THE TUBE HAD COILED INTO THE PATIENT'S STOMACH AFTER THE PATIENT HAD VOMITED. AN INITIAL X-RAY NOTED THE NJT TO BE COILED IN THE STOMACH, SO A 260 CM STIFF TERUMO GUIDE WIRE WAS INSERTED DOWN THE TUBE. WHEN THE WIRE WAS PARTIALLY INSERTED THE HEALTHCARE PRACTIONER PROCEEDED TO WITHDRAW THE NJT UNDER FLUOROSCOPIC GUIDANCE IN ORDER TO UNCOIL THE LOOP IN THE STOMACH IN AN EFFORT TO AID IN ADVANCEMENT. INITIALLY THE LOOPED TUBE WAS SEEN TO MOVE AS THE HEALTHCARE PRACTIONER WITHDREW THE TUBE. THE HEALTHCARE PRACTIONER CONTINUED TO WITHDRAW THE TUBE. IT BECAME APPARENT THAT THE TUBE HAD FRACTURED INTO TWO PIECES AND THE PROXIMAL PORTION WAS REMOVED VIA THE NOSE. CONFIRMATION VIA X-RAY NOTED THE DISTAL 55 CM OF THE NJT TO BE IN THE PATIENT¿S STOMACH. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION RECEIVED 11-JAN-2018 STATED THE HEALTHCARE PRACTIONER RECOVERED ALL PARTS OF THE TUBE. THE PATIENT REQUIRED AN ENDOSCOPY PROCEDURE FOR REMOVAL OF THE RETAINED DEVICE CO

  Patient problems: Device Embedded In Tissue or Plaque

  MAUDE report 7233695 ↗