Kangaroo 773656 (UDI 10884521022096)Recalls & reported problems

Summary

The FDA's MAUDE database contains 58 adverse event reports that list this exact device (DI 10884521022096), received between Oct 5, 2017 and Sep 20, 2023 — classified as 1 injury, 57 malfunctions.

The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Fluid/Blood Leak” (26 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. How this data works · Data updated Oct 13, 2026.

Most reported problems

Recent adverse event reports

The 25 most recent of 58 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.

• MalfunctionSep 20, 2023Air/Gas in Device; Air/Gas in Device

  THE CUSTOMER REPORTED THAT THE TUBING WAS UPSIDE DOWN AND COMES OUT BACKWARD. PER MED WATCH REPORT RECEIVED FROM THE CUSTOMER ON (B)(6) 2023, A DEFECTIVE ENTERAL FEEDING TUBING SET WAS FOUND DURING SETUP FOR PATIENT USE. THE ORIGINAL INTENDED PROCEDURE WAS ENTERAL FEEDING. THE KANGAROO PUMPS ROTATE COUNTERCLOCKWISE DRAWING FROM THE BAG ON THE LEFT SIDE AND DELIVERING TO THE RIGHT SIDE WHICH ATTACHES TO THE PATIENT. SOME OF THE TUBING HAS THE REVERSE ORIENTATION WHICH RESULTS IN AIR BEING PULLED IN FROM THE PATIENT SIDE AND BACK FLOWING INTO THE BAG THAT CONTAINS THE FEEDING. THE REFERENCE NUMBER AND LOT NUMBER ARE IDENTICAL FROM DEFECTIVE SET TO PROPER SET. THERE WAS NO INJURY REPORTED.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 17785770 ↗
• MalfunctionSep 7, 2021Air/Gas in Device; Air/Gas in Device

  CUSTOMER REPORTS: THE PUMP PULLED AIR INTO THE LINE. THE FORMULA WAS IN FRONT AND BEHIND THE AIR POCKET AND THE PUMP DID NOT ALARM. THE PATIENT HAS BEEN HAVING ISSUES WITH GAS AND AN X-RAY SHOWED A LARGE GAS BURDEN, UNSURE IF IT IS RELATED TO PUMP PREVIOUSLY PULLING AIR INTO LINE AND STAFF NOT NOTICING.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 12436538 ↗
• MalfunctionSep 7, 2021Air/Gas in Device; Air/Gas in Device

  CUSTOMER REPORTS: THE JOEY PUMPS WERE INTERMITTENTLY PUMPING AIR INTO THE FEEDING BAG LINE. THE FEED BAGS WERE CHANGED OUT HOWEVER THE SAME PROBLEM WAS OCCURRING. ONE PUMP NOT ONLY WAS PUMPING AIR INTO THE FEEDING BAG LINE, BUT IT ALSO WOULD NOT HOLD A CHARGE ON THE BATTERY EVEN WHEN PLUGGED INTO THE WALL.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 12436496 ↗
• MalfunctionSep 7, 2021Air/Gas in Device; Air/Gas in Device

  CUSTOMER REPORTS: MOC NOTICED THAT THERE WAS AIR IN THE TUBING OF A KANGAROO PUMP 2X, AND NOTIFIED THE RN. WHEN THE RN ENTERED THE ROOM THERE WAS STILL PLENTY OF FORMULA IN THE ACTUAL BAG, HOWEVER THERE WAS AIR NOTED TO BE IN THE TUBING. MOC VERBALIZED THAT THIS HAPPENED YESTERDAY AS WELL AND THE PUMP AND BAG WERE CHANGED OUT YESTERDAY. THE RN CALLED BIOMED AND LABELED PUMP AS DEFECTIVE. NEW KANGAROO PUMP AND TUBING WERE HUNG. NO ISSUES THUS FAR WITH NEW SET UP.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 12436422 ↗
• MalfunctionSep 7, 2021Air/Gas in Device; Air/Gas in Device

  CUSTOMER REPORTS: WHEN RUNNING THE FEED, AIR KEEPS GETTING IN THE LINE.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 12436386 ↗
• MalfunctionSep 7, 2021Air/Gas in Device; Air/Gas in Device

  CUSTOMER REPORTS: AIR IS BEING INTRODUCED INTO THE FEEDING PUMP LINE BELOW THE LEVEL OF THE PUMP. THE WHEEL OF MACHINE IS MAKING A VERY LOUD NOISE.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 12436345 ↗
• MalfunctionSep 7, 2021Air/Gas in Device; Air/Gas in Device

  CUSTOMER REPORTS: THE FEED BAG LINE WAS FOUND TO HAVE LARGE SECTIONS OF AIR THAT WOULD NOT CLEAR DESPITE MULTIPLE ATTEMPTS TO FLUSH AND RE-FLUSH AND RE-PRIME THE LINE. FEED BAG CHANGED AND ISSUE RESOLVED.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 12436319 ↗
• MalfunctionSep 7, 2021Air/Gas in Device; Air/Gas in Device

  CUSTOMER REPORTS: THE KANGAROO FEEDING PUMP WOULD REPEATEDLY INSERT AIR INTO THE FEEDING TUBING AS IT WAS FEEDING PATIENT WITH CONTINUOUS FEEDS. THIS FEEDING PUMP WAS TAKING OUT OF SERVICE AND PLACED IN SOILED UTILITY ROOM WITH DEFECTIVE STICKER.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 12436293 ↗
• MalfunctionSep 7, 2021Air/Gas in Device; Air/Gas in Device

  CUSTOMER REPORTS: THE FEEDING SETS ARE PROMPTING ERROR MESSAGES DUE TO AIR IN THE TUBING.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 12436262 ↗
• MalfunctionJun 8, 2021Air/Gas in Device; Air/Gas in Device

  CUSTOMER REPORTS: THE KANGAROO BAG THAT AIR IS CONTINUOUSLY GETTING INTO THE LINE WHEN RUNNING ON THE PUMP.

  Patient problems: Abdominal Distention; Insufficient Information

  MAUDE report 11958200 ↗
• MalfunctionApr 23, 2021Infusion or Flow Problem; Infusion or Flow Problem

  ON (B)(6) 2021, CARDINAL HEALTH SENT OUT A MEDICAL DEVICE CORRECTION LETTER REGARDING THE KANGAROO ENTERAL FEED PUMPING SETS. THE PURPOSE OF THIS COMMUNICATION WAS TO ADVISE CUSTOMERS OF THE POTENTIAL FOR AIR APPEARING IN THE ENTERAL FEED PUMPING SET TUBING DURING SET-UP. ALTHOUGH THERE WAS LIMITED INFORMATION PROVIDED BY THE CUSTOMER REGARDING THE SPECIFIC ISSUE RELATING TO THE PUMP/PUMP SET, THIS COMPLAINT WILL BE FILED AS THE REPORTABLE MALFUNCTION OF AIR IN THE LINE WITH A PUMP SET SINCE IT WAS IN RESPONSE TO THE COMMUNICATION SENT OUT TO CUSTOMERS REGARDING THIS ISSUE WITH THE KANGAROO ENTERAL FEEDING PUMP SETS.

  Patient problems: Abdominal Cramps; Vomiting

  MAUDE report 11718539 ↗
• MalfunctionMar 30, 2021Air/Gas in Device; Air/Gas in Device

  THE CUSTOMER REPORTED THAT THEY HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH EXCESS AIR IN THE TUBING ON A REGULAR BASIS WHICH HAS EXACERBATED THEIR GI ISSUES. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PROVIDED BY THE CUSTOMER STATED THAT THE ISSUE HAS BEEN INTERMITTENT AND ONGOING. THE CUSTOMER HAS HAD SYMPTOMS OF NAUSEA, WINDY AND BLOATING. THE CUSTOMER DID NOT REQUIRE ANY TREATMENT OR INTERVENTION FOR THE REPORTED INCIDENT AND DID NOT SEE A HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL FOR THESE ISSUES.

  Patient problems: Appropriate Clinical Signs, Symptoms and Conditions Term/Code Not Available; Flatus; Nausea

  MAUDE report 11592926 ↗
• MalfunctionMar 3, 2021Fluid/Blood Leak; Fluid/Blood Leak

  THE CUSTOMER REPORTED THAT THE FEED AND BAG HUNG TO INFUSE UNTIL MORNING AND THE MOM NOTICED THAT THE FEEDS WAS BACKING UP AND DURING INVESTIGATING, IT WAS NOTED THAT THE FORMULA LEAKING FROM THE PUMP. THE CUSTOMER FURTHER STATED THAT THE TUBING BROKE. THERE WAS NO PATIENT HARM REPORTED.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 11406398 ↗
• MalfunctionFeb 15, 2021Fluid/Blood Leak; Fluid/Blood Leak

  THE CUSTOMER REPORTED BEEN HAVING ISSUES WITH THE FEEDING SETS LEAKING.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 11330466 ↗
• MalfunctionFeb 12, 2021Air/Gas in Device; Air/Gas in Device

  THE CUSTOMER REPORTED THAT THEY WASTED FIVE ENTERAL FEEDING PUMP SETS BECAUSE AIR WAS ACCUMULATING IN THE TUBING (BETWEEN PUMP AND PATIENT). THE AIR SPACE IN THE TUBING MEASURED BETWEEN 1 IN TO 1 1/4 INCH. NO PATIENT INJURY WAS REPORTED.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 11322160 ↗
• MalfunctionJan 29, 2021Infusion or Flow Problem; Infusion or Flow Problem

  THE CUSTOMER REPORTED AIR BUBBLES IN THE FEEDING SET. THERE WAS NO PATIENT HARM.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 11254604 ↗
• MalfunctionJan 29, 2021Infusion or Flow Problem; Infusion or Flow Problem

  THE CUSTOMER REPORTED AIR BUBBLES IN THE FEEDING SET. THERE WAS NO HARM TO THE PATIENT.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 11254527 ↗
• MalfunctionJan 28, 2021Air/Gas in Device; Air/Gas in Device

  THE CUSTOMER REPORTED THAT THE DEVICE WAS GETTING AIR IN THE TUBING AND NOT ABLE TO CLEAR. NO PATIENT INJURY WAS REPORTED.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 11248543 ↗
• MalfunctionJan 20, 2021Infusion or Flow Problem; Infusion or Flow Problem

  THE CUSTOMER REPORTED AIR IN THE TUBING BETWEEN THE PUMP AND THE PATIENT; APPROXIMATELY 5-6 INCHES OF AIR IN LENGTH. NO LEAKAGE. THERE WAS NO HARM TO THE PATIENT.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 11201189 ↗
• MalfunctionJan 14, 2021Air/Gas in Device; Air/Gas in Device

  THE CUSTOMER REPORTED THAT THERE IS AIR IN THE TUBING IN THE SECTION BETWEEN THE PUMP AND THE PATIENT. THERE WAS NO LEAKING. NO PATIENT INJURY WAS REPORTED.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 11171211 ↗
• MalfunctionDec 15, 2020Air/Gas in Device; Air/Gas in Device

  THE CUSTOMER REPORTED AIR BUBBLES WITH THE ENTERAL FEEDING SET. NO PATIENT INJURY WAS REPORTED.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 11006185 ↗
• MalfunctionDec 14, 2020Fluid/Blood Leak; Air/Gas in Device; Fluid/Blood Leak; Air/Gas in Device

  THE CUSTOMER REPORTED AIR BUBBLES WITH THE ENTERAL FEEDING SET. NO PATIENT INJURY WAS REPORTED.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 11004782 ↗
• MalfunctionDec 14, 2020Air/Gas in Device; Air/Gas in Device

  THE CUSTOMER REPORTED THAT THEY HAVE BEEN HAVING ISSUES WITH THE FEEDING SETS ALMOST EVERY DAY FOR THE LAST THREE MONTHS WHERE THERE IS AIR IN THE TUBING BETWEEN THE BOTTLE AND THE PUMP AND ALSO BETWEEN THE PUMP AND THE PATIENT. THE AIR SPACE IS APPROXIMATELY TWO INCHES LONG. THE PATIENT IS FED JEVITY FROM 2PM TO 10AM AT 70ML/HR (VOLUME OF 1400ML). THERE WERE NO ERRORS/ALARMS WITH THE PUMP. THERE WAS NO PATIENT INJURY.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 11004579 ↗
• MalfunctionDec 3, 2020Fluid/Blood Leak; Infusion or Flow Problem; Fluid/Blood Leak; Infusion or Flow Problem

  THE CUSTOMER REPORTED AIR BUBBLES IN THE ENTERAL FEEDING LINE LOCATED AFTER THE BLACK ROTOR ON THE EPUMP. NO PATIENT INJURY WAS REPORTED.

  Patient problems: No Consequences Or Impact To Patient

  MAUDE report 10939458 ↗
• MalfunctionDec 3, 2020Fluid/Blood Leak; Infusion or Flow Problem; Fluid/Blood Leak; Infusion or Flow Problem

  THE CUSTOMER REPORTED AIR BUBBLES IN THE ENTERAL FEEDING LINE LOCATED AFTER THE BLACK ROTOR ON THE E-PUMP. NO PATIENT INJURY WAS REPORTED.

  Patient problems: No Consequences Or Impact To Patient

  MAUDE report 10939444 ↗