CORFLO ULTRA Lite NG Feeding Tube 20-9225AIV2Recalls & reported problems

Summary

The FDA's MAUDE database contains 2 adverse event reports that list this exact device (DI 10815149023752), received between Jul 17, 2018 and Aug 23, 2018 — 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.

• MalfunctionAug 23, 2018Break; Break

  IT WAS REPORTED THE TIP WAS COMING OFF OF THE NASOGASTRIC (NG) TUBE. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION RECEIVED 01-AUG-2018 STATED THE TIP OF THE FEEDING BROKE OFF INSIDE OF THE PATIENT. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION RECEIVED 08-AUG-2018 STATED THAT ON (B)(6) 2018 THE TUBE WAS PLACED IN THE RIGHT PATIENT'S NARE, MEASURING TO THE 24CM MARK. THE NURSE WAS UNABLE TO OBTAIN ASPIRATE FOR PH CONFIRMATION AND A KIDNEYS-URETHRA-BLADDER (KUB) X-RAY CONFIRMED SAFE GASTRIC PLACEMENT. THE TIP OF THE TUBE "HAD COME OFF" IN THE PATIENTS STOMACH. THE PATIENTS BOWEL MOVEMENTS WERE MONITORED AND THE TIP WAS RECOVERED WITHOUT INCIDENT. THE WAS NO REPORTED INJURY OR COMPLICATION FROM THE FEEDING TUBE. A MEDWATCH, REPORT NUMBER MW5078844, WAS RECEIVED ON (B)(6) 2018 STATING, "RN PLACED 5 FRENCH NG IN PT'S RIGHT NARE WITHOUT DIFFICULTY. RN UNABLE TO ASPIRATE TO PH CONFIRMATION. RN THEN REQUESTED XRAY FOR PLACEMENT CONFIRMATION. UPON REVIEW OF XRAY, THE TUBE WAS FOUND COILED IN THE ESOPHAGUS WITH THE FREE TIP BROKEN OFF IN THE STOMACH."

  Patient problems: Foreign Body In Patient

  MAUDE report 7811322 ↗
• MalfunctionJul 17, 2018Break; Break

  IT WAS REPORTED THE TIP OF THE NASOGASTRIC (NG) TUBE BROKE OFF AND WAS INSIDE THE PATIENT. THERE WAS NO REPORTED INJURIES. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION RECEIVED 29-JUN-2018 STATED A 5FR CORPAK NG WAS PLACED WITHOUT STYLET (OUR PROCEDURE IS TO NOT USE THE STYLET WHEN PLACING CORPAK IN INFANTS) (B)(6) 2018. ON (B)(6) 2018, AN X RAY WAS PERFORMED DUE TO RESPIRATORY DISTRESS. THE TIP OF THE DEVICE WAS SEEN SEPARATED ON X-RAY. THE TUBE IN PLACE WAS REMOVED AND THE TIP WAS NOT ON THE TUBE. THE TUBE APPEARED TO BE SEVERED WITH A VERY CLEAR CUT WHERE THE WIDER PART (TIP) CONNECTED TO THE NARROWER PART OF THE NG. THE PATIENT EXCRETED THE TIP OF THE DEVICE ON (B)(6) 2018. THE PATIENT WAS REPORTED TO BE IN STABLE CONDITION.

  Patient problems: No Known Impact Or Consequence To Patient

  MAUDE report 7695128 ↗