Zenith G32501Recalls & reported problems

Summary

The FDA's MAUDE database contains 2 adverse event reports that list this exact device (DI 10827002325019), received between Feb 18, 2018 and Jun 2, 2019 — classified as 2 injuries.

The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Fluid/Blood Leak” (1 report).

111 other recalls cover devices cleared under the same FDA submission (P020018); they may or may not involve this specific model.

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

Recent adverse event reports

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

• InjuryJun 2, 2019Leak/Splash

  ORIGINAL IMPLANT WAS ON (B)(6) 2016. SUCCESSFUL OUTCOME WITH NO LEAK DURING FINAL IMAGING. PATIENT WAS SEEN IN (B)(6) 2018 WHERE COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY (CT) WAS PERFORMED AND NO LEAK WAS DISCOVERED. ON (B)(6) 2019, PATIENT CAME TO HOSPITAL COMPLAINING OF ABDOMINAL PAIN. CT SHOWED BLOOD IN THE RETROPERITONEUM COMING FROM TYPE 3 ENDOLEAK. THE LEAK WAS LOCATED AROUND THE DISTAL BIFURCATED STENT GRAFT. THE LEAK WAS REPAIRED BY RELINING WITH GORE STENT GRAFT. FINAL IMAGING SHOWED NO LEAK. SOME ILIAC CALCIFICATION AND TORTUOSITY WAS NOTED.

  Patient problems: Abdominal Pain; Hemorrhage/Blood Loss/Bleeding

  MAUDE report 8661390 ↗
• InjuryFeb 18, 2018Fluid/Blood Leak

  THE PROXIMAL AND DISTAL COMPONENTS LOST THEIR OVERLAP CREATING A TYPE 3 ENDOLEAK. THE PATIENT'S ANEURYSM RUPTURED AND PATIENT BECAME HYPOTENSIVE. THE PROXIMAL AND DISTAL COMPONENTS WERE REALIGNED WITH AN ADDITIONAL GRAFT. THE DISCONNECT JUNCTURE POINT WAS STRADDLED WITH THE JUNCTURE PIECE AND THE LEAK WAS SEALED. THE PATIENT REQUIRED BLOOD PERFUSION.

  Patient problems: Hemorrhage/Blood Loss/Bleeding; Low Blood Pressure/ Hypotension; Rupture

  MAUDE report 7279562 ↗

Recalls under the same FDA submission

These recalls involve devices cleared under P020018. One submission often covers many models, so check the product and lot details in each record.

• Z-3140-2011 · Apr 15, 2011 · Terminated
  Cook Medical Zenith Flex AAA Endovascular Graft Iliac Leg, REF TFLE-12-56-ZT, REF G48449, 16Fr ID/ 6.0 mm OD, Sterile.
• Z-3145-2011 · Apr 15, 2011 · Terminated
  Cook Medical Zenith Flex AAA Endovascular Graft Iliac Leg, REF TFLE-18-56-ZT, REF G48465, 16Fr ID/ 6.0 mm OD, Sterile.
• Z-3136-2011 · Apr 15, 2011 · Terminated
  Cook Medical Zenith Flex AAA Endovascular Graft Main Body, REF TFFB-32-82-ZT, REF G48427, 20 Fr ID/ 7.7 mm OD, Sterile.
• Z-3138-2011 · Apr 15, 2011 · Terminated
  Cook Medical Zenith Flex AAA Endovascular Graft Main Body, REF TFFB-36-95-ZT, REF G48432, 22 Fr ID/ 8.5 mm OD, Sterile.
• Z-3152-2011 · Apr 15, 2011 · Terminated
  Cook Medical Zenith Flex AAA Endovascular Graft Iliac Leg, REF TFLE-20-73-ZT, REF G48476, 16Fr ID/ 6.0 mm OD, Sterile.
• Z-3137-2011 · Apr 15, 2011 · Terminated
  Cook Medical Zenith Flex AAA Endovascular Graft Main Body, REF TFFB-32-96-ZT, REF G48428, 20 Fr ID/ 7.7 mm OD, Sterile.
• Z-3130-2011 · Apr 15, 2011 · Terminated
  Cook Medical Zenith Flex AAA Endovascular Graft Main Body, REF TFFB-24-82-ZT, REF G48407, 18 Fr ID/ 7.1 mm OD, Sterile
• Z-3158-2011 · Apr 15, 2011 · Terminated
  Cook Medical Zenith Flex AAA Main Body Extension, REF ESBE-32-39, REF G32184, 20 Fr. ID/ 7.7 mm OD, Sterile.
• Z-3141-2011 · Apr 15, 2011 · Terminated
  Cook Medical Zenith Flex AAA Endovascular Graft Iliac Leg, REF TFLE-14-56-ZT, REF G48455, 16Fr ID/ 6.0 mm OD, Sterile.
• Z-3143-2011 · Apr 15, 2011 · Terminated
  Cook Medical Zenith Flex AAA Endovascular Graft Iliac Leg, REF TFLE-16-73-ZT, REF G48462, 16Fr ID/ 6.0 mm OD, Sterile.
• Z-3151-2011 · Apr 15, 2011 · Terminated
  Cook Medical Zenith Flex AAA Endovascular Graft Iliac Leg, REF TFLE-22-73-ZT, REF G48474, 16Fr ID/ 6.0 mm OD, Sterile.
• Z-3150-2011 · Apr 15, 2011 · Terminated
  Cook Medical Zenith Flex AAA Endovascular Graft Iliac Leg, REF TFLE-20-56-ZT, REF G48473, 16Fr ID/ 6.0 mm OD, Sterile.
• Z-3146-2011 · Apr 15, 2011 · Terminated
  Cook Medical Zenith Flex AAA Endovascular Graft Iliac Leg, REF TFLE-18-73-ZT, REF G48466, 16Fr ID/ 6.0 mm OD, Sterile.
• Z-3132-2011 · Apr 15, 2011 · Terminated
  Cook Medical, Zenith Flex AAA Endovascular Graft Main Body, REF TFFB-26-96-ZT, REF G48413, 18 Fr ID/ 7.1 mm OD, Sterile.
• Z-3156-2011 · Apr 15, 2011 · Terminated
  Cook Medical Zenith Flex AAA Main Body Extension, REF ESBE-22-29, REF G32179, 18 Fr. ID/ 6.90 OD, Sterile.

…and 96 more.