EPi-Sense Guided Coagulation System with VisiTrax CDK-1413Recalls & reported problems
Atricure, Inc. · 3 cm Guided Coagulation System Kit · Class 3
Data updated Oct 18, 2026 from official FDA records · Editorial policy
- Adverse event reports
- 2
- Deaths reported
- 0
- Injuries reported
- 2
- Recalls naming it
- 0
Summary
The FDA's MAUDE database contains 2 adverse event reports that list this exact device (DI 10840143904554), received between Dec 15, 2022 and Jul 26, 2024 — classified as 2 injuries.
1 other recall cover devices cleared under the same FDA submission (K120857, K142084, P200002); 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 18, 2026.
Reports received per month
Most reported problems
Device problems
- Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem2
Patient problems
- Ischemia Stroke1
- Pericardial Effusion1
Recent adverse event reports
The 2 most recent of 2 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.
InjuryJul 26, 2024Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
A PATIENT UNDERWENT A HYBRID CONVERGENT EPICARDIAL AND ENDOCARDIAL ABLATION PROCEDURE VIA A SUB-XYPHOID APPROACH USING A CDK-1413 DEVICE. POST-PROCEDURE ELECTROCARDIOGRAM (ECG) INDICATED THE PATIENT WAS IN SINUS RHYTHM, AND THEY WERE DISCHARGED ON POST-OPERATIVE DAY 3. HOWEVER, ON POST-OPERATIVE DAY 4, A TTE REVEALED A MODERATE TO LARGE PERICARDIAL EFFUSION. THE PATIENT WAS READMITTED ON POST-OPERATIVE DAY 8 AND TREATED WITH STEROIDS. THEY WERE DISCHARGED HOME ON POST-OPERATIVE DAY 13 BUT RETURNED ON POST-OPERATIVE DAY 19, COMPLAINING OF SHORTNESS OF BREATH, AND WERE SUBSEQUENTLY ADMITTED FOR A PERICARDIAL WINDOW. THERE WAS NO REPORTED DEVICE MALFUNCTION, AND THE ADVERSE EVENT WAS THE RESULT OF A PROCEDURAL COMPLICATION.
Patient problems: Pericardial Effusion
MAUDE report 19838800 ↗InjuryDec 15, 2022Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
ON (B)(6) 2022 A 79-YEAR-OLD FEMALE PATIENT UNDERWENT AN OFF-PUMP CONVERGENT PROCEDURE WITH LEFT ATRIAL APPENDAGE EXCLUSION. THAT EVENING, THE PATIENT HAD SOME APHASIA AND DIFFICULTY FOLLOWING COMMANDS. IMAGING CONFIRMED AN EMBOLIC STROKE. PATIENT IS IMPROVING AND HAS BEEN MOVED TO A SPECIALIZED CARE FACILITY. THERE WAS NO REPORTED DEVICE MALFUNCTION, AND THE EVENT IS THE RESULT OF A PROCEDURAL COMPLICATION.
Patient problems: Ischemia Stroke
MAUDE report 15988202 ↗
Recalls under the same FDA submission
These recalls involve devices cleared under K120857, K142084, P200002. One submission often covers many models, so check the product and lot details in each record.
- Z-1887-2019 · May 29, 2019 · TerminatedEPi-Sense Guided Coagulation System with Visitrax, MOdel No. CDK-1413 - Product Usage: The EPi-Sense Guided Coagulation System with VisiTrax, consists of a sterile, single-use, dis
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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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