Kangaroo 8884711006ERecalls & reported problems

Summary

The FDA's MAUDE database contains 19 adverse event reports that list this exact device (DI 10884521582903), received between May 15, 2019 and Mar 25, 2026 — classified as 1 injury, 18 malfunctions.

The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Difficult to Remove” (9 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 16, 2026.

Most reported problems

Recent adverse event reports

The 19 most recent of 19 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.

• MalfunctionMar 25, 2026Difficult to Remove

  THE CUSTOMER REPORTED A NURSE ON 5S PLACED AN NG TUBE ON A PATIENT WITH LOT 2506902464, REF 8884711006E, AND WAS UNABLE TO REMOVE THE GUIDEWIRE WITH SEVERAL ATTEMPTS. THE NURSE GOT ANOTHER FROM THE POU WITH THE SAME LOT NUMBER TO SEE WHY OR IF IT WAS JUST HER. SAME LOT, SAME ISSUE. SO, SHE GOT ANOTHER LOT NUMBER AND PLACED IT AND WAS ABLE TO REMOVE THE GUIDEWIRE WITH EASE. THE GUIDEWIRE IS STICKING ON THE SIDEWALL. THE GUIDEWIRE HAS TO BE MASSAGED TO REMOVE IT.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 24687589 ↗
• MalfunctionSep 18, 2025Difficult to Remove; Difficult to Remove

  THE CUSTOMER REPORTED THE CLINICIANS ARE HAVING DIFFICULTY REMOVING THE STYLET FROM THE WEIGHTED ENFIT CONNECTOR TUBES POST INSERTION.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 23083971 ↗
• MalfunctionAug 29, 2025Difficult to Remove; Difficult to Remove

  THE CUSTOMER REPORTED THAT DURING AN EVENT THE GUIDEWIRE (STYLET) WOULD NOT COME OUT OF THE FEEDING TUBE EVEN WITH THE LINE BEING FLUSHED.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 22923091 ↗
• MalfunctionOct 16, 2024

  KANGAROO¿ FEEDING TUBE WITH DOBBHOFF TIP PLACED BY REGISTERED NURSE (RN) WITHOUT DIFFICULTY. KIDNEY, URETER AND BLADDER (KUB) X-RAY OBTAINED AND CONFIRMED PLACEMENT. ATTEMPTED TO REMOVE GUIDE WIRE WITHOUT SUCCESS. KANGAROO¿ FEEDING TUBE REMOVED PER MD ORDER AND REPLACED. SECOND KANGAROO¿ FEEDING TUBE PLACED WITHOUT DIFFICULTY HOWEVER GUIDE WIRE UNABLE TO BE REMOVED. SECOND KANGAROO¿ FEEDING TUBE REMOVED AND MD NOTIFIED. NO KNOWN PATIENT HARM AT THIS TIME. PACKAGING STATES "ATTENTION: PLEASE ACTIVATE HYDROMER COATING PRIOR TO STYLET REMOVAL." NO INSTRUCTION ON HOW TO "ACTIVATE HYDROMER COATING" ON PACKAGING OR ON MANUFACTURER WEBSITE.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 20460770 ↗
• InjuryMar 8, 2024Detachment of Device or Device Component; Detachment of Device or Device Component

  THE CUSTOMER REPORTED THAT THEY INSERTED A DOBBHOFF FEEDING TUBE VIA LEFT NARES AND UNABLE TO ADVANCE FOR PROPER PLACEMENT, IT WAS CURLING IN THE BACK OF THE THROAT. UPON REMOVAL FROM NARES, IT WAS NOTED THAT THE WEIGHT AT THE END OF DOBBHOFF WAS MISSING. THE DOCTOR WAS AT THE BEDSIDE AND STAT CHEST XRAY WAS DONE FOLLOWED BY A STAT CT SCAN OF THE CHEST. THE PATIENT WAS NOT IN ANY DISTRESS. THE RESPIRATION WAS EASY AND REGULAR, ON ROOM AIR WITH OXYGEN (O2) SATURATION 100%. THE REPORT OF CT SCAN SHOWED THAT FOREIGN OBJECT WAS FOUND IN LEFT LOWER BRONCHUS. THE DOCTOR SPOKE WITH THE PATIENT¿S SON ABOUT POSSIBLE TRANSFER TO ANOTHER FACILITY TO RETRIEVE THE FOREIGN BODY. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WAS RECEIVED FROM THE CUSTOMER AND STATED THAT THE PATIENT HAD REQUIRED TRANSFER TO ANOTHER FACILITY FOR RETRIEVAL OF THE FOREIGN OBJECT THROUGH A BRONCHOSCOPY, AS THE TYPE OF BRONCHOSCOPY AND EQUIPMENT NEEDED IS NOT AVAILABLE AT HERITAGE VALLEY BEAVER. THE CUSTOMER FURTHER STATED THAT THE FOREIGN BODY WAS RETRIEVED, AND THE PATIENT IS DOING WELL.

  Patient problems: Cough; Foreign Body In Patient

  MAUDE report 18867232 ↗
• MalfunctionJan 27, 2023Difficult to Remove; Detachment of Device or Device Component; Difficult to Remove; Detachment of Device or Device Component

  THE CUSTOMER REPORTED THAT WHEN THE NURSE UNSCREWED THE FEEDING TUBE FROM THE CATHETER, THE CONNECTOR TIP CAME OFF OF THE FEEDING TUBE. THE NURSE HAD TO USE FORCE TO UNSCREW THE FEEDING TUBE WHICH WAS STUCK IN THE CONNECTOR. PER ADDITIONAL INFORMATION RECEIVED, THE NURSE PUT THE DEVICE BACK IN AND THE TUBE WAS STILL PERMEABLE AND FUNCTIONAL. THERE WAS NO IMPACT TO THE PATIENT.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 16259156 ↗
• MalfunctionDec 23, 2022Detachment of Device or Device Component; Detachment of Device or Device Component

  THE CUSTOMER REPORTED THAT THE CONNECTOR TIP IS DETACHED FROM THE FEEDING TUBE. THE FEEDING TUBE IS STILL IN THE PATIENT.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 16042899 ↗
• MalfunctionNov 11, 2022Difficult to Remove; Detachment of Device or Device Component; Difficult to Remove; Detachment of Device or Device Component

  THE CUSTOMER REPORTED THE STYLET WOULD NOT COME OUT OF THE FEEDING TUBE AND THE TUBE HAD TO BE REMOVED FROM THE PATIENT. THE CAP ON THE END BROKE BEFORE IT WAS RETRACTED.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 15779432 ↗
• MalfunctionAug 12, 2022Break; Fluid/Blood Leak; Break; Fluid/Blood Leak

  THE CUSTOMER REPORTED THAT THE ENFIT TUBING WAS BREAKING NEAR/AT THE PURPLE PORT CAUSING LEAKAGE. PER ADDITIONAL INFORMATION RECEIVED ON 05AUG2022 THERE WAS NO INJURY REPORTED AS THE NURSE CAUGHT THE ISSUE BEFORE THERE WAS ANY HARM TO THE PATIENT.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 15218386 ↗
• MalfunctionAug 4, 2022Difficult to Remove; Material Twisted/Bent; Difficult to Remove; Material Twisted/Bent

  THE CUSTOMER REPORTED THAT ON (B)(6) 2022, NASOGASTRIC TUBE (NGT) WAS NOTED TO BE COILED IN PATIENT¿S MOUTH AND WAS REMOVED. PRIOR TO INSERTING ANOTHER DOBBHOFF (10F), THE CUSTOMER ASSURED THAT THE GUIDEWIRE WAS EASILY ABLE TO BE EXTRACTED. THE NGT WAS PLACED; HOWEVER, THE GUIDEWIRE WAS NOT ABLE TO BE PULLED OUT AND MET WITH A TON OF RESISTANCE. THEY REMOVED THE NGT AND PLACED A SALEM SUMP INSTEAD. THERE WAS NO HARM REPORTED.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 15164239 ↗
• MalfunctionAug 4, 2022Difficult to Remove; Difficult to Remove

  THE CUSTOMER REPORTED THAT PRIOR TO NASOGASTRIC TUBE INSERTION (DOBBHOFF 10F), THEY ASSURED THAT THE GUIDEWIRE WAS EASILY ABLE TO BE EXTRACTED. THE NGT WAS PLACED INSIDE THE LEFT NARE AND WAS EASILY ENTERED WITHOUT RESISTANCE AND PLACEMENT WAS CONFIRMED WITH AIR. THEY ATTEMPTED TO WITHDRAW THE GUIDEWIRE AND MET WITH A LOT OF RESISTANCE TO THE POINT WHERE THEY REMOVED THE NGT. THEY ATTEMPTED PLACEMENT AGAIN, CONFIRMED PLACEMENT VIA CHEST X-RAY (CXR) AND THE SAME INCIDENCE OCCURRED. THERE WAS NO HARM REPORTED.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 15164135 ↗
• MalfunctionJun 1, 2022Fluid/Blood Leak; Fluid/Blood Leak

  THE CUSTOMER REPORTED THAT DURING ASSESSMENT AND FLUSHING OF THE DOBHOFF TUBE, THE DOBHOFF TUBE CRACKED AT TOP. THE DOBHOFF TUBE HAD TO BE REMOVED AND A NEW ONE PLACED. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION RECEIVED ON (B)(6) 2022 STATED THAT THE DAMAGE OCCURRED AT THE POINT WHERE THE PLASTIC PORT FITS INTO THE RUBBER Y WHICH CAUSED LEAKAGE WHEN FORMULA AND FLUSHES WERE ADMINISTERED. IT IS UNKNOWN HOW LONG THE FEEDING TUBE WAS IN PLACE.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 14566954 ↗
• MalfunctionJul 12, 2021Crack; Fluid/Blood Leak; Crack; Fluid/Blood Leak

  THE CUSTOMER REPORTED THERE WAS A LEAK AND A CRACK FOUND NEAR THE ENFIT CONNECTION SITE OF THE KANGAROO NASOGASTRIC FEEDING TUBE. THE TUBE HAD TO BE REPLACED. THIS HAS HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES WITH THIS TYPE OF DOOBBHOFF TUBE.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 12150471 ↗
• MalfunctionNov 10, 2020Detachment of Device or Device Component; Detachment of Device or Device Component

  THE CUSTOMER REPORTED THE PUMP SET COULD NOT BE REMOVED FROM THE FEEDING TUBE. WHEN THE NURSE USED A HEMOSTAT TO ATTEMPT TO REMOVE THE PUMP SET, THE HUB OF THE FEEDING TUBE WAS RIPPED OUT OF THE Y PORT. THERE WAS NO HARM TO THE PATIENT.

  Patient problems: No Consequences Or Impact To Patient

  MAUDE report 10815729 ↗
• MalfunctionJun 30, 2020Break; Difficult to Remove; Break; Difficult to Remove

  THE CUSTOMER REPORTED THAT THE DISTAL END (SPIRAL) STRETCHES AND COMPLETELY SEVERS WHEN ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE. THERE WAS NO PATIENT INJURY.

  Patient problems: No Consequences Or Impact To Patient

  MAUDE report 10213325 ↗
• MalfunctionJun 29, 2020Difficult to Remove; Difficult to Remove

  THE CUSTOMER REPORTED THAT THE DISTAL END (SPIRAL) OF THE GUIDE WIRE STRETCHES WHEN ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE IT. THERE WAS NO PATIENT INJURY.

  Patient problems: No Consequences Or Impact To Patient

  MAUDE report 10206478 ↗
• MalfunctionSep 12, 2019Crack; Crack

  THE CUSTOMER REPORTED THAT DURING USE, THE DOBHOFF NG TUBE CRACKED UNDER THE ENFIT PORT CONNECTION. THIS OCCURRED IN THE ICU WHILE THE PRODUCT WAS INSERTED IN A PATIENT. THERE WAS NO INJURY TO THE PATIENT.

  Patient problems: No Consequences Or Impact To Patient

  MAUDE report 9006438 ↗
• MalfunctionJun 18, 2019Fluid/Blood Leak; Obstruction of Flow; Fluid/Blood Leak; Obstruction of Flow

  THE CUSTOMER REPORTS THE Y-SHAPED JOINT ON THE FEED TUBE WAS LEAKING DURING IRRIGATION AND WAS OCCLUDED. THERE WAS NO HARM TO THE PATIENT.

  Patient problems: No Known Impact Or Consequence To Patient

  MAUDE report 8708945 ↗
• MalfunctionMay 15, 2019Detachment of Device or Device Component; Detachment of Device or Device Component

  THE CUSTOMER REPORTS THE ENFIT CONNECTION ON DOBBHOFFS IS BREAKING OFF.

  Patient problems: No Consequences Or Impact To Patient

  MAUDE report 8612745 ↗