CORFLO Enteral Feeding Tube 42-9361Recalls & reported problems

Summary

The FDA's MAUDE database contains 3 adverse event reports that list this exact device (DI 10815149020652), received between Jan 26, 2018 and Dec 5, 2018 — classified as 1 injury, 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 3 most recent of 3 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.

• InjuryDec 5, 2018Malposition of Device; Malposition of Device

  IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT SUSTAINED A RIGHT SIDED PNEUMOTHORAX FOLLOWING TUBE INSERTION, DETECTED ON CHEST X-RAY THAT WAS PERFORMED WHEN NO CHEST ASPIRATE COULD BE OBTAINED. PATIENT WAS REQUIRED TO HAVE A CHEST DRAIN INSERTED AND WAS TRANSFERRED TO THE HIGH DEPENDENCY UNIT. REVIEWED BY CARDIO-THORACIC TEAM FOLLOWING X-RAY RESULT AND HAD RIGHT SIDED INTERCOSTAL CHEST DRAIN INSERTED. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION RECEIVED 19-NOV-2018 STATED THE PATIENT CONTINUES TO HAVE A REDUCED LEVEL OF CONSCIOUSNESS AND IS FULLY DEPENDENT ON NURSING STAFF WITH ALL HIS CARE NEEDS. THE PATIENT WAS REVIEWED AND ASSESSED BY THE CARDIO-THORACIC TEAM FOLLOWING X-RAY RESULT AND A RIGHT SIDED INTERCOSTAL CHEST DRAIN WAS INSERTED.

  Patient problems: Pneumothorax

  MAUDE report 8134578 ↗
• MalfunctionSep 14, 2018Break; Break

  IT WAS REPORTED THAT DURING AN IMAGING PROCEDURE TO PLACE A PEG TUBE, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT A PIECE OF A PREVIOUSLY PLACED NASOGASTRIC (NG) TUBE WAS RETAINED IN THE PATIENT. THE HOSPITAL IS INVESTIGATING WHY THE BREAK WAS NOT DISCOVERED UPON REMOVAL OF THE NG TUBE ORIGINALLY. PER ADDITIONAL INFORMATION RECEIVED 30 AUG 2018, A 10 CM LONG PIECE OF NG TUBE WAS FOUND IN THE PATIENT'S STOMACH. IT WAS REMOVED EASILY BY A SURGEON. NO FURTHER INFORMATION PROVIDED AT THIS TIME.

  Patient problems: Foreign Body In Patient

  MAUDE report 7877916 ↗
• MalfunctionJan 26, 2018Partial Blockage; Break; Partial Blockage; Break

  A REPORT WAS RECEIVED STATING THE CLINICIAN UNSUCCESSFULLY TRIED TO FLUSH THE BLOCKED NASOGASTRIC (NG) TUBE THAT HAD BEEN IN USE FOR APPROXIMATELY 1-WEEK. ON REMOVAL OF THE NG TUBE IT WAS NOTICED THAT THE DISTAL END OF THE TUBE SNAPPED OFF AT AROUND THE 60CM MARK. AN X-RAY OF THE ABDOMEN SHOWED THAT THE REMAINING PORTION OF TUBE WAS IN PATIENT¿S STOMACH. THE GASTROENTEROLOGY TEAM WAS NOTIFIED. THE PLAN WAS TO MONITOR THE PATIENT AND WAIT FOR THE DISTAL END OF THE NG TUBE TO PASS THROUGH THE GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT. NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED.

  Patient problems: Device Embedded In Tissue or Plaque

  MAUDE report 7221195 ↗