Vital Vue 8886828106Recalls & reported problems
Covidien LP · Slender Tip Instrument · Class 2
Data updated Oct 18, 2026 from official FDA records · Editorial policy
- Adverse event reports
- 1
- Deaths reported
- 0
- Injuries reported
- 0
- Recalls naming it
- 0
Summary
The FDA's MAUDE database contains 1 adverse event report that list this exact device (DI 10884521176096), received between Dec 1, 2017 and Dec 1, 2017 — classified as 1 malfunction.
The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Device Operates Differently Than Expected” (1 report).
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
Device problems
- Device Operates Differently Than Expected1
Patient problems
- Erythema1
- Swelling1
Recent adverse event reports
The 1 most recent of 1 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.
MalfunctionDec 1, 2017Device Operates Differently Than Expected
DURING THE CASE THE VITAL VUE SUCTION WAS GIVEN TO THE STERILE FIELD. A ONE LITER BAG OF SALINE WAS SPIKED AND THE TUBING WAS ATTACHED TO THE SUCTION MACHINE. THE SURGEON DRAPED THE SUCTION OVER THE PATIENTS RIGHT THIGH AS IT WAS USED INTERMITTENTLY THROUGHOUT THE CASE. WHEN HOOKING UP THE LIGHT SOURCE FOR THE CYSTOSCOPY THE NURSE NOTED THE VITAL VUE WAS DRAPED OVER THE PATIENTS LEG AND ASKED THE SURGEON IF THE VITAL VUE WAS ON. THE RESIDENT RESPONDED NO, BUT DID NOT MOVE OR CHECK IF THE LIGHT WAS ON. THE NURSE UNPLUGGED THE TUBING FROM THE VITAL VUE AT THAT TIME AND THE CASE PROCEEDED. AT THE END OF THE CASE THE DRAPES WERE REMOVED FROM THE PATIENT AND THE NURSE NOTED A RAISED REDDENED AREA WITH BLISTERS ON THE PATIENTS RIGHT INNER THIGH NEAR THE BOVIE PAD SITE. THE BOVIE PAD WAS REMOVED. THE SITE WAS UNCHANGED; NO REDNESS, SWELLING, OR SKIN CHANGES.
Patient problems: Erythema; Swelling
MAUDE report 7074260 ↗
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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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