Kangaroo 8884720858ERecalls & reported problems

Summary

The FDA's MAUDE database contains 42 adverse event reports that list this exact device (DI 10884521582972), received between Jun 7, 2017 and Aug 28, 2026 — classified as 7 injuries, 35 malfunctions.

The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Detachment of Device or Device Component” (17 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 42 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.

• MalfunctionAug 28, 2026Difficult to Remove

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 50497252 ↗
• MalfunctionDec 17, 2025Material Frayed

  PATIENT SELF-REMOVED DUO TUBE AND ABOUT 8.5CM OF TUBING REMAINED IN THE PATIENT'S STOMACH. PATIENT REQUIRED EGD [ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY] TO REMOVE REMAINING PART. END OF TUBE FOUND TO BE FRAYED. MANUFACTURER RESPONSE FOR TUBES, GASTROINTESTINAL (AND ACCESSORIES), KANGAROO (PER SITE REPORTER). ASKED FOR ITEM TO BE RETURNED TO INVESTIGATE FURTHER.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 23827679 ↗
• InjuryNov 12, 2025Material Separation; Material Separation

  THE CUSTOMER REPORTED THE PATIENT SELF-REMOVED THE DUOTUBE AND THE RN NOTICED THAT THE BOTTOM 8CM WERE MISSING. THE PROVIDER WAS NOTIFIED AND A KUB CONFIRMED RETENTION OF THE DUOTUBE. A GI CONSULT WAS ORDERED AND A BEDSIDE EGD WAS PERFORMED THE NEXT DAY TO REMOVE THE DUOTUBE. NO COMPLICATIONS WERE NOTED.

  Patient problems: Foreign Body In Patient

  MAUDE report 23532124 ↗
• MalfunctionNov 3, 2025Difficult to Remove; Difficult to Remove

  THE CUSTOMER REPORTED THE PURPLE CAP AT THE END OF THE WIRE OF THE NASOGASTRIC FEEDING TUBE WITH ENFIT CONNECTION (8 FRENCH X 43IN) WITH REFERENCE NUMBER 8884720858E AND LOT NUMBER 2407826264 BROKE OFF AND EVEN WITH KELLY CLAMPS THE WIRE WOULD NOT COME OUT FROM INSIDE THE NG TUBE. WHEN PULLING ON THE WIRE, THE NG WOULD RIPPLE AND BUNCH UP NOT ALLOWING THEM TO REMOVE THE WIRE TO BE ABLE TO USE THE NG. THEY WERE ABLE TO REMOVE THE WIRE AFTER SIGNIFICANT MANIPULATION OF THE NG CAUSING MORE DISCOMFORT FOR THE PATIENT.

  Patient problems: Discomfort

  MAUDE report 23453919 ↗
• MalfunctionJun 5, 2025Material Separation; Detachment of Device or Device Component; Material Separation; Detachment of Device or Device Component

  THE CUSTOMER REPORTED THAT PATIENT'S DOBHOFF WAS PULLED TO PREPARE FOR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING (MRI) AND WAS FOUND TO HAVE A FRAYED END WITH A MISSING WEIGHTED END. PER CUSTOMER, KIDNEY, URETER, AND BLADDER (KUB) CONFIRMED THAT THERE WAS A WEIGHTED END IN THE PATIENT'S STOMACH ALONG WITH A PORTION OF THE TUBING. NOTE: SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO GATHER INFORMATION FROM THE CUSTOMER WERE MADE. TO DATE, NO RESPONSE HAS BEEN RECEIVED. IF ADDITIONAL PERTINENT INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE, THE REPORT WILL BE UPDATED.

  Patient problems: Foreign Body In Patient

  MAUDE report 22150652 ↗
• MalfunctionJun 5, 2025Material Separation; Material Separation

  THE CUSTOMER REPORTED THAT THEY ORDERED TO REMOVE THE POST- PYLORIC 8FR WEIGHTED NG TUBE BECAUSE IT APPEARED FOLDED OVER ITSELF ON THE X-RAY. UPON REMOVAL, THE TUBE WAS FOUND TO BE RUPTURED/SHREDDED AT THE 13CM MARK NEAR THE WEIGHTED END. THERE WAS NO INJURY REPORTED.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 22149777 ↗
• InjuryApr 2, 2025Material Separation; Material Separation

  THE CUSTOMER REPORTED THE KANGAROO NASOGASTRIC FEEDING TUBE WAS NOT FLUSHABLE. PHYSICIAN AWARE AND RECOMMENDED REPLACING. REGISTERED NURSE (RN) NOTED WHEN REMOVED THAT 17CM OF 8FR 2.7X109CM TUBING DID NOT COME OUT. NEW KANGAROO TUBE INSERTED. FILM CONFIRMED REMAINING PORTION OF PREVIOUS TUBE AND GOOD PLACEMENT OF NEW TUBE. BEDSIDE ENDOSCOPIC PROCEDURE PERFORMED TO REMOVE REMAINING PORTION DUE TO SLOW MOTILITY AND CONCERNS IT MAY NOT PASS WITHOUT ASSISTANCE. PIECE IN STOMACH AND DUODENUM. REMOVED WITHOUT ISSUE. NO HARM TO PATIENT. ORIGINAL PACKAGING WAS DISCARDED ON INSERTION SEVERAL DAYS PRIOR TO THIS EVENT, NO LOT NUMBER AVAILABLE.

  Patient problems: Foreign Body In Patient

  MAUDE report 21753804 ↗
• MalfunctionFeb 20, 2025Break; Break

  THE CUSTOMER REPORTED THEY HAD AN INCIDENT OF THE 8FR WEIGHTED TUBE BREAKING INSIDE THE PATIENT WHERE THE WEIGHT IS LOCATED IN THE TUBE. THE EVENT WAS NOTED VIA X-RAY, SO THE TUBE WAS EXCHANGED WITHOUT RUPTURE.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 21421560 ↗
• MalfunctionFeb 20, 2025Detachment of Device or Device Component; Detachment of Device or Device Component

  THE CUSTOMER REPORTED THEY HAD AN INCIDENT OF THE 8FR WEIGHTED TUBE BREAKING APART INSIDE THE PATIENT WHERE THE WEIGHT IS LOCATED IN THE TUBE. THE SURGEON OPTED TO WATCH IT AND LET THE PATIENT PASS IT NATURALLY BECAUSE IT WAS FURTHER DOWN THE INTESTINE. THE PATIENT HAD AN ANEURYSMAL AREA NEAR THE WEIGHT.

  Patient problems: Foreign Body In Patient

  MAUDE report 21421540 ↗
• MalfunctionFeb 20, 2025Detachment of Device or Device Component; Detachment of Device or Device Component

  THE CUSTOMER REPORTED THEY HAD AN INCIDENT OF THE 8FR WEIGHTED TUBE BREAKING APART INSIDE THE PATIENT WHERE THE WEIGHT IS LOCATED IN THE TUBE. THE PATIENT WAS TAKEN TO IR TO HAVE THE BROKEN PIECE REMOVED BECAUSE IT WAS IN THE STOMACH. THE PATIENT HAD AN ANEURYSMAL AREA NEAR THE WEIGHT.

  Patient problems: Foreign Body In Patient

  MAUDE report 21421464 ↗
• MalfunctionJan 6, 2025Break; Break

  THE CUSTOMER REPORTED PROBE TIP BREAKAGE.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 21081143 ↗
• MalfunctionSep 25, 2024Break; Break

  THE CUSTOMER REPORTED THE END OF THE TUBE BUBBLED AND THEN BROKE OFF.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 20301254 ↗
• MalfunctionAug 13, 2024Material Separation; Material Separation

  THE CUSTOMER REPORTED THE ENTRIFLEX FEEDING TUBE WAS BLOCKED. IT WAS SUCCESSFULLY UNBLOCKED AS PER HOSPITAL POLICY. THE PATIENT COUGHED OUT THE ENTRIFLEX TUBE. UPON INSPECTION OF THE TUBE, THE END OF THE TUBE WAS SHATTERED. TIP OF TUBE - 17CM WAS MISSING. ABDOMINAL X-RAY CONFIRMED PART OF THE TUBE WAS RETAINED IN THE PATIENT. PER ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PROVIDED BY THE CUSTOMER ON 25JUL2024, AS OF TODAY THE RETAINED PORTION OF THE FEEDING TUBE IS STILL IN THE PATIENT'S STOMACH, CONFIRMED BY X-RAY. NO PROCEDURE HAS BEEN DONE YET TO REMOVE IT. ACTIONS BEING DONE: DAILY ABDOMINAL X-RAY TO MONITOR LOCATION OF THE RETAINED FEEDING TUBE, MONITOR PATIENT FOR POSSIBLE BOWEL OBSTRUCTION OR PERFORATION AND PAIN, MONITOR BOWEL MOVEMENT TO CHECK IF THE RETAINED TUBE HAD BEEN PASSED OUT. IF NOT PASSED OUT, PLAN FOR POSSIBLE ENDOSCOPIC REMOVAL OF THE RETAINED TUBE BY A GASTROENTEROLOGIST SPECIALIST. PATIENT IS FOR DISCHARGE HOME TODAY. PLAN FOR OUTPATIENT FOLLOW UP WITH THE GASTROENTEROLOGIST. NO NEW FEEDING TUBE HAS BEEN INSERTED. NO ACTUAL HARM TO THE PATIENT AT THE MOMENT. PATIENT IS STABLE. PER FURTHER INFORMATION PROVIDED ON 13AUG2024, BECAUSE THE CUSTOMER WAS DISCHARGED FROM THEIR UNIT WITH

  Patient problems: Foreign Body In Patient

  MAUDE report 19977387 ↗
• MalfunctionJun 12, 2024Detachment of Device or Device Component; Detachment of Device or Device Component

  THE CUSTOMER REPORTED THAT WHEN THEY REMOVED THE TUBE AFTER THE PARENT REPORTED A BLOCKAGE, IT WAS NOTED THAT THE ENTIRE WEIGHTED AREA OF THE NASOGASTRIC TUBE WAS MISSING. THE TUBE HAD BEEN IN SITU FOR 3 WEEKS. THE 2.5 YEARS OLD PATIENT REQUIRED ADMISSION AND MULTIPLE X-RAYS TO TRY TO FIND MISSING COMPONENT. THERE WAS A HIGH DEGREE OF ANXIETY FOR THE PARENTS AND CHILD. PER ADDITIONAL INFORMATION RECEIVED, THE WEIGHTED TIP WAS NOT LOCATED IN THE PATIENT'S BODY. IT IS BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN PASSED BY THE INFANT BUT WAS NOT NOTICED BY THE PARENTS. AS PREVIOUSLY REPORTED, SCANS WERE PERFORMED TO LOCATE THE MISSING WEIGHTED TIP BUT PRODUCED A NEGATIVE RESULT.

  Patient problems: Anxiety

  MAUDE report 19519550 ↗
• InjuryJun 11, 2024Detachment of Device or Device Component; Detachment of Device or Device Component

  CUSTOMER REPORTS: A REQUEST WAS MADE TO TAKE THE FEEDING TUBE OUT OF THE PATIENT. IT WAS VERIFIED THAT THE EDGE WAS BROKEN. AN ENDOSCOPY WAS NECESSARY TO REMOVE THE FRAGMENT INSIDE THE PATIENT'S STOMACH. THE CLIENT DOESN'T HAVE THE SAMPLE ANYMORE.

  Patient problems: Foreign Body In Patient

  MAUDE report 19514981 ↗
• InjuryFeb 9, 2024Material Separation; Material Separation

  THE CUSTOMER REPORTED THAT THE REGISTERED NURSE (RN) WAS IN ROOM ADMINISTERING MEDICATIONS AND WAS CONCERNED FOR PATIENT ASPIRATION FOLLOWING IMMEDIATELY NEEDING INCREASED ORAL SUCTION. THE RN ORDERED CHEST X-RAY FOR ASPIRATION. THE RADIOLOGIST CALLED THE RN WITH REPORT STATING DUO TUBE WAS BROKEN IN TWO PIECES AND DISTAL PIECES WAS SITTING IN ESOPHAGUS AND STOMACH. THE RN CALLED THE PROVIDER AND WAS ORDERED TO REMOVE PROXIMAL PORTION AND CALL GASTROINTESTINAL (GI) FOR FOREIGN BODY REMOVAL. THE GI CALLED BACK AND DECIDED TO DO AN ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY IN THE MORNING. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WAS RECEIVED FROM THE CUSTOMER AND STATED THAT ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY WAS PERFORMED, AND THEY WERE UNABLE TO REMOVE THE PIECES. THE PATIENT WAS DISCHARGED IN STABLE CONDITION.

  Patient problems: Aspiration/Inhalation; Foreign Body In Patient

  MAUDE report 18682001 ↗
• InjuryOct 13, 2023Detachment of Device or Device Component; Detachment of Device or Device Component

  CUSTOMER REPORTS: THE PATIENT HAD A KANGAROO¿ NASOGASTRIC FEEDING TUBE PLACED. ONCE THE NASOGASTRIC (NG) FEEDING TUBE WAS TAKEN OUT, THE TUBE WAS NOT INTACT. THE TIP WAS STILL INSIDE THE PATIENT'S STOMACH, SHOWN BY X-RAY AND CT. THE NG TUBE WAS REMOVED VIA ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY. THE REGISTERED NURSE WHO REMOVED THE TUBE DID NOT FEEL ANY RESISTANCE OR NOTICE ANYTHING ABNORMAL WITH THE PLACEMENT OR REMOVAL OF THE TUBE. THE MISSING TIP OF THE TUBE WAS NOTED AT THE TIME OF REMOVAL. PACKAGING WAS NOT SAVED. THE REMOVED TIP IS NOT AVAILABLE.

  Patient problems: Foreign Body In Patient

  MAUDE report 17934745 ↗
• MalfunctionJul 26, 2023Difficult to Remove; Difficult to Remove

  THE CUSTOMER REPORTED THAT AFTER INSTALLATION OF THE PROBE, THE GUIDE IS IMPOSSIBLE TO REMOVE. A MOBILIZATION TEST OF THE GUIDE HAD BEEN CARRIED OUT BEFORE INSTALLATION.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 17401149 ↗
• MalfunctionJul 10, 2023Difficult to Remove; Difficult to Remove

  CUSTOMER REPORTS: THIS INCIDENT WAS REPORTED ON 04/18/2023 BY THE ENDOCRINOLOGY DEPARTMENT OF (B)(6) HOSPITAL. AFTER INSTALLATION OF THE PROBE, THE GUIDE IS IMPOSSIBLE TO REMOVE. AFTER REMOVAL OF THE PROBE AND GUIDE ASSEMBLY, THE GUIDE IS STILL IMPOSSIBLE TO DETACH FROM THE PROBE. A MOBILIZATION TEST OF THE GUIDE HAD BEEN CARRIED OUT BEFORE INSTALLATION. THE OFFENDING DEVICE IS NOT AVAILABLE AT THE PHARMACY FOR EXPERTISE. WE REMAIN AT YOUR DISPOSAL FOR ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 17295647 ↗
• InjuryJun 8, 2023Break; Break

  THE CUSTOMER REPORTED THE NG TUBE WAS PLACED ON (B)(6) 2023. AN X-RAY ON (B)(6) 2023 SHOWED A DISCONTINUOUS TUBE. THE TUBE BROKE APART ON (B)(6) 2023 LEAVING AN 8CM SECTION REMAINING IN THE CHILD'S BODY. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION RECEIVED STATED THE SECTION REMAINING IN THE CHILD'S BODY WAS REMOVED SURGICALLY.

  Patient problems: Foreign Body In Patient

  MAUDE report 17085718 ↗
• MalfunctionFeb 14, 2023Fluid/Blood Leak; Fluid/Blood Leak

  THE CUSTOMER REPORTED THE CLINICIAN NOTED THE PRODUCT WAS LEAKING WHEN FLUSHING. THEY STATED IT WAS LEAKING AROUND THE PURPLE CONNECTOR. THERE WAS NO PATIENT INJURY REPORTED. PER ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PROVIDED BY THE CUSTOMER ON (B)(6) 2023, SHE RECEIVED TWO PICTURES OF THE BROKEN TUBE AND THE IMAGES DID SHOW A BUILDUP OF TUBE FEEDING AS WELL AS HEMOSTAT MARKS. SHE BELIEVES THE TUBE HAD TO BE REMOVED FROM THE PATIENT AND A PICC PLACED FOR TPN DUE TO POOR PATIENT HEALTH BUT HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO CONFIRM.

  Patient problems: Insufficient Information

  MAUDE report 16371797 ↗
• MalfunctionJan 13, 2023Fluid/Blood Leak; Fluid/Blood Leak

  CUSTOMER REPORTS: THE KANGAROO¿ POLYURETHANE NASOGASTRIC FEEDING TUBE WAS LEAKING WATER AFTER IT WAS USED ON A PATIENT IN AN ICU.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 16160985 ↗
• MalfunctionJan 6, 2023Fluid/Blood Leak; Fluid/Blood Leak

  THE CUSTOMER REPORTED THE NEW SMALL BORE FEEDING TUBE FROM ENFIT IS LEAKING AT THE Y-SITE. THERE IS A HAIR LINE CRACK IN THE PLASTIC BETWEEN THE LIP OF THE PORT AND THE PURPLE PART OF THE TUBING, CAUSING TUBE FEEDS AND ENTERAL MEDICATIONS TO LEAK AND COLLECT AROUND THEY SITE.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 16111988 ↗
• MalfunctionOct 20, 2022Difficult to Remove; Detachment of Device or Device Component; Difficult to Remove; Detachment of Device or Device Component

  CLINICAL STAFF WERE ATTEMPTING TO PLACE IN A PEDIATRIC PATIENT THAT HAD THE END CAP PULL AWAY FROM THE GUIDEWIRE. THIS OCCURRED BEFORE THE GUIDEWIRE WAS PLACED IN THE PATIENT. PER ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PROVIDED BY THE CUSTOMER ON (B)(6) 2022, THE CAP DETACHED FROM THE GUIDEWIRE LEAVING THE SHARP GUIDEWIRE BENT BUT STICKING OUT FROM THE TUBE. THE TUBE WAS STILL INTACT AND THE STYLET WAS UNABLE TO BE REMOVED. THE HYDROMER COATING WAS REACTIVATED USING APPROXIMATELY 10-15 ML OF WATER BEFORE ATTEMPTING THE REMOVAL.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 15640621 ↗
• MalfunctionJun 10, 2022Difficult to Remove; Difficult to Remove

  THE CUSTOMER REPORTED THAT FOLLOWING A CHECK OF SNG, THEY HAD DIFFICULTY REMOVING THE GUIDE, DESPITE THE 10 ML OF WATER INJECTED UPSTREAM. THE GUIDE CAP REMAINED IN THEIR HAND AND THE GUIDE IN THE PROBE. SO THEY RE-PASSED 100ML OF WATER AND ASKED A COLLEAGUE TO HOLD THE SNG WHILE THEY PULLED THE GUIDE WITH PLIERS. THE GUIDE WAS DIFFICULT TO REMOVE (FEELING OF RESISTANCE). THE CARDINAL HEALTH REPRESENTATIVE INFORMED THE CUSTOMER THAT IT WAS NECESSARY TO FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE WHICH SPECIFIES, WELL BEFORE INSERTION INTO THE NOSE OF THE PATIENT, THAT IT IS NECESSARY TO INJECT 10 ML OF WATER INTO THE CHANNEL OF THE PROBE WHICH CONTAINS THE GUIDE AND ALSO MOISTEN THE PROBE AND THEN INJECT 10 ML OF WATER BEFORE REMOVING THE PROBE GUIDE. THERE WAS NO CONSEQUENCE FOR THE PATIENT, IT IS FINE, THAT THE PROBE WAS NOT LEFT IN PLACE, IT WAS REPLACED BY A PROBE FROM A 3RD PARTY.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 14655745 ↗