Endo Catch Gold 173050GRecalls & reported problems

Summary

The FDA's MAUDE database contains 652 adverse event reports that list this exact device (DI 10884523000955), received between Jun 23, 2016 and Sep 29, 2026 — classified as 46 injuries, 606 malfunctions.

The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Material Split, Cut or Torn” (467 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 18, 2026.

Most reported problems

Recent adverse event reports

The 25 most recent of 652 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.

• MalfunctionSep 29, 2026Detachment of Device or Device Component; Material Split, Cut or Torn

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 50934764 ↗
• MalfunctionApr 14, 2026Material Split, Cut or Torn

  IT WAS REPORTED THAT DURING A LAPAROSCOPIC PROCEDURE, A SPECIMEN RETRIEVAL BAG TORE AND THE SPECIMEN (OVARY AND ENDOCRINE SAC) FELL INTO THE PATIENT CAVITY. THE SURGEON RETRIEVED THE SPECIMEN USING ANOTHER ENDOSCOPE, AND THE DEVICE WAS EXCHANGED TO COMPLETE THE CASE. THE PATIENT WAS REPORTED TO BE ALIVE WITH NO INJURY, AND NO MEDICAL OR SURGICAL INTERVENTION WAS NEEDED TO PREVENT PERMANENT IMPAIRMENT, NO HOSPITALIZATION WAS REPORTED, AND NO ADDITIONAL OPERATION WAS PLANNED.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 24868864 ↗
• MalfunctionApr 6, 2026Detachment of Device or Device Component; Material Split, Cut or Torn

  IT WAS REPORTED THAT DURING THE LAPAROSCOPIC CHOLECYSTECTOMY, WHEN USING THE ENDOCATCH, THE BAG WAS TORN AND THE STRING DETACHED WHEN AN ATTEMPT TO REMOVE GALLSTONES FROM THE PATIENT. A SECOND DEVICE FROM ANOTHER MANUFACTURER WAS USED TO REMOVE THE REMAINING ONES INSIDE AND FINISH THE CASE. THERE WAS NO PATIENT INJURY.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 24794265 ↗
• MalfunctionMar 31, 2026Material Separation

  IT WAS REPORTED THAT DURING A LAPAROSCOPIC CHOLECYSTECTOMY, THE DEVICE WAS BEING DEPLOYED FOR SPECIMEN REMOVAL WHEN THE BAG PARTIALLY DETACHED FROM THE RING. ANOTHER BAG WAS USED SUCCESSFULLY TO COMPLETE THE CASE. NO PATIENT COMPLICATIONS HAVE BEEN REPORTED AS A RESULT OF THIS EVENT.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 24740055 ↗
• MalfunctionMar 12, 2026Material Split, Cut or Torn

  ACCORDING TO THE REPORTER, THE 54 BAGS WERE POSITIONED INSIDE A PATIENT TO RETRIEVE A SPECIMEN AND BROKE INSIDE. THE PRODUCT WAS QUARANTINED TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE. THERE WAS NO PATIENT INJURY.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 24580853 ↗
• MalfunctionFeb 5, 2026Material Split, Cut or Torn

  ACCORDING TO THE REPORTER, DURING THE PROCEDURE, THE BAG WAS TORN FROM THE TIME THE PRODUCT WAS OPENED, BUT SINCE THE BAG SEEMED USABLE AS IT WAS, THE DOCTOR DECIDED IT COULD BE USED. THERE WAS NO PATIENT INJURY.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 24265215 ↗
• MalfunctionFeb 3, 2026Detachment of Device or Device Component; Material Split, Cut or Torn

  IT WAS REPORTED THAT DURING A LAPAROSCOPIC CHOLECYSTECTOMY, THE BAG TORE AND SUBSEQUENTLY CAME OFF ONCE THE USER CLOSED UP THE STRING. THE BAG WAS THROWN AWAY AND WAS NOTED TO BE FULL OF BLOOD. A NEW BAG WAS USED TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE. THERE WAS NO PATIENT INJURY.

  Patient problems: Insufficient Information; No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 24255214 ↗
• MalfunctionFeb 2, 2026Material Split, Cut or Torn

  ACCORDING TO THE REPORTER, DURING A ROBOTIC ASSISTED LAPAROSCOPIC CHOLECYSTECTOMY, THE RETRIEVAL BAG WAS INTRODUCED AND MALFUNCTIONED; RIPPED OFF THE DEPLOYMENT DEVICE, THE STRING STAYED ATTACHED TO THE BAG AND WAS CUT FROM THE DEPLOYMENT DEVICE. TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE, A NEW RETRIEVAL BAG WAS USED TO COLLECT THE SPECIMEN. THERE WAS NO PATIENT INJURY.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 24229142 ↗
• MalfunctionJan 16, 2026Material Split, Cut or Torn

  IT WAS REPORTED THAT DURING A LAPAROSCOPIC CHOLECYSTECTOMY, THE BAG RIPPED AT THE BALLOON WHILE THE SPECIMEN WAS BEING REMOVED THROUGH THE UMBILICUS TROCAR INCISION, RESULTING IN THE GALLBLADDER BEING LEFT STICKING OUT OF THE UMBILICUS. THE BAG WAS THEN REMOVED ENTIRELY. NO PATIENT COMPLICATIONS HAVE BEEN REPORTED AS A RESULT OF THIS EVENT.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 24104773 ↗
• MalfunctionJan 15, 2026Material Split, Cut or Torn

  ACCORDING TO THE REPORTER, THE 54 BAGS WERE POSITIONED INSIDE A PATIENT TO RETRIEVE A SPECIMEN AND BROKE INSIDE. THE PRODUCT WAS QUARANTINED TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE.

  Patient problems: Insufficient Information; No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 24087851 ↗
• MalfunctionJan 15, 2026

  DURING ROBOTIC ASSISTED LAP CHLOE AN ENDO CATH BAG WAS INTRODUCED AND MALFUNCTIONED- RIPPED OFF THE DEPLOYMENT DEVICE . STRING STAYED ATTACHED TO BAG AND WAS CUT FROM DEPLOYMENT DEVICE.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 24078654 ↗
• MalfunctionDec 24, 2025Detachment of Device or Device Component; Material Split, Cut or Torn; Detachment of Device or Device Component; Material Split, Cut or Torn

  ACCORDING TO THE REPORTER, DURING A RIGHT OVARIAN SALPING-OOPHORECTOMY RIGHT BARTHOLINS/MARSUPIALIZATION, THE SURGEON WAS REMOVING THE OVARY AND TUBE, AND WHILE PULLING THE BAG OUT, IT HAD A LITTLE TEAR AND THE PIECE OF PLASTIC WAS INSIDE OF THE PATIENT. THE SURGEON WAS ABLE TO USE ANOTHER DEVICE AND GET THE PLASTIC OUT OF THE PATIENT.

  Patient problems: Insufficient Information

  MAUDE report 23891111 ↗
• MalfunctionDec 19, 2025Material Separation; Material Separation

  IT WAS REPORTED THAT DURING A LAPAROSCOPIC PROCEDURE, THE BAG BECAME COMPLETELY DETACHED FROM THE RING INSIDE THE PATIENT.

  Patient problems: Insufficient Information

  MAUDE report 23858260 ↗
• MalfunctionDec 15, 2025Detachment of Device or Device Component; Detachment of Device or Device Component

  IT WAS REPORTED THAT DURING A LAPAROSCOPIC APPENDECTOMY, AN ENDO CATCH WAS USED TO OBTAIN THE APPENDIX WHEN THE INNER CIRCULAR BLADE OF THE DEVICE FRACTURED, RESULTING IN A METAL RING BREAKING. A METAL SHARD WAS DISCOVERED ON THE PATIENT'S ABDOMEN, AND IT WAS DETERMINED THAT A DEVICE COMPONENT (METAL SHARD) HAD FALLEN INTO THE CAVITY OF THE PATIENT. THE SURGEON, SCRUB, AND OPERATING ROOM TEAM WERE NOTIFIED, AND ALL INSTRUMENTS WERE IMMEDIATELY SEARCHED FOR FRACTURES OR DEFECTS; NONE WERE FOUND EXCEPT FOR THE FRACTURED INNER CIRCULAR BLADE OF THE DEVICE, WHICH MATCHED THE METAL SHARD. NO PATIENT COMPLICATIONS HAVE BEEN REPORTED AS A RESULT OF THIS EVENT.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 23804776 ↗
• MalfunctionNov 26, 2025Break; Break

  ACCORDING TO THE REPORTER, DURING A LAPAROSCOPIC UROLOGICAL SURGERY, THE SHAFT WAS BROKEN WHEN IT WAS OPENED. ANOTHER PRODUCT WAS USED TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE. THERE WAS NO PATIENT INJURY.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 23657331 ↗
• MalfunctionNov 18, 2025Break; Detachment of Device or Device Component; Break; Detachment of Device or Device Component

  ACCORDING TO THE REPORTER, IN A ROBOT-ASSISTED PARTIAL NEPHRECTOMY, WHEN THE SPECIMEN WAS EXTRACTED, THE SHAFT OF THE WHITE PLUNGER OF THE SPECIMEN RETRIEVAL DEVICE BROKE. A SECOND DEVICE HAD THE SAME ISSUE, AND ADDITIONALLY HAD ITS BLACK SHAFT BENT. THE PARTS OFTHE DEVICES FELL INTO THE PATIENT¿S CAVITY. AFTER CHECKING THE DEVICE AND ITS PARTS, IT WAS ASSUMED THAT ALL PARTS WERE EXTRACTED. ANOTHER DEVICE WAS USED TO COMPLETE THE CASE. THERE WAS NO PATIENT INJURY.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 23584103 ↗
• MalfunctionNov 5, 2025Material Split, Cut or Torn

  WHILE REMOVING CONTAINED SPECIMEN IN SPECIMEN POUCH, THROUGH THE UMBILICUS, THE SPECIMEN POUCH RIPPED FROM THE BOTTOM. DR. [REDACTED] RETRIEVED ALL CONTENTS OF COMPROMISED POUCH THREE OTHER ENDO CATCH DEVICES FROM SAME LOT PULLED FROM SHELF.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 23476057 ↗
• MalfunctionNov 3, 2025Device Difficult to Maintain; Material Split, Cut or Torn; Device Difficult to Maintain; Material Split, Cut or Torn

  ACCORDING TO THE REPORTER, DURING A LAPAROSCOPIC APPENDECTOMY PROCEDURE, THE BAG WOULD NOT CLOSE FULLY AND WAS RIPPED FROM THE METAL RING. THIS REQUIRED AN EXTENDED INCISION OF AN UNSPECIFIED LENGTH TO SAFELY REMOVE THE ORGAN.

  Patient problems: Laceration(s)

  MAUDE report 23459265 ↗
• InjuryOct 27, 2025Material Split, Cut or Torn; Material Split, Cut or Torn

  ACCORDING TO THE REPORTER, DURING A CHOLECYSTECTOMY PROCEDURE, THE POUCH OF THE DEVICE TORE DURING GALLBLADDER REMOVAL AND THE SPECIMEN FELL INTO THE PATIENT. TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE, THE INCISION WAS INCREASED AT THE LEVEL OF THE SKIN AND FASCIA TO REMOVE THE GALLBLADDER WITHOUT RUPTURE.

  Patient problems: Laceration(s)

  MAUDE report 23398864 ↗
• MalfunctionOct 27, 2025Detachment of Device or Device Component; Detachment of Device or Device Component

  IT WAS REPORTED THAT DURING A LAPAROSCOPIC PARTIAL NEPHRECTOMY, AT THE TIME OF REMOVING A KIDNEY TUMOR, THE RING CAME LOOSE FROM THE HANDLE DURING USE. THE PRODUCT WAS REPLACED WITH A NEW DEVICE TO COMPLETE THE CASE. NO PATIENT COMPLICATIONS HAVE BEEN REPORTED AS A RESULT OF THIS EVENT.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 23392434 ↗
• MalfunctionOct 20, 2025Detachment of Device or Device Component; Material Split, Cut or Torn; Detachment of Device or Device Component; Material Split, Cut or Torn

  IT WAS REPORTED THAT DURING A LAPAROSCOPIC CHOLECYSTECTOMY, THE BAG TORE WHILE BEING USED TO EXTRACT THE SAC FROM THE CAVITY. A PIECE OF PLASTIC FROM THE BAG FELL INTO THE CAVITY OF THE PATIENT. THE PIECE OF PLASTIC WAS REMOVED, AND THE CAVITY WAS CHECKED TO ENSURE EXTRACTION OF THE REMAINING PIECE. NO PATIENT COMPLICATIONS HAVE BEEN REPORTED AS A RESULT OF THIS EVENT.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 23336318 ↗
• MalfunctionOct 15, 2025Break; Break

  ACCORDING TO THE REPORTER, DURING A LAPAROSCOPIC NEPHRECTOMY WITH ROBOT SUPPORT, AT THE TIME OF SPECIMEN REMOVAL, WHEN COLLECTING THE SPECIMEN, THERE WAS AN UNUSUAL SENSATION IN THE SHAFT, AND THE BAG DID NOT OPEN PROPERLY. THE INTERNAL SHAFT AND STRING BROKE WHEN THE DEVICE WAS FORCED OPEN. THE BAG WAS STILL USED AND THE SPECIMEN WAS TAKEN OUT. THERE WAS NO PATIENT INJURY.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 23298597 ↗
• MalfunctionSep 22, 2025Break; Break

  IT WAS REPORTED THAT DURING A LAPAROSCOPIC SPECIMEN RETRIEVAL, THE BLACK SHEATH BROKE DURING A BAG DEPLOYMENT ATTEMPT, THE STRING COULD NOT BE PULLED, AND THE BAG WAS PARTIALLY DETACHED FROM THE RING. A NEW DEVICE WAS USED TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE. NO PATIENT COMPLICATIONS WERE REPORTED AS A RESULT OF THIS EVENT.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 23110871 ↗
• MalfunctionSep 5, 2025Material Split, Cut or Torn; Material Split, Cut or Torn

  ACCORDING TO THE REPORTER, DURING A LAPAROSCOPIC CHOLECYSTECTOMY, THE BAG BURST WHEN REMOVING THE POUCH THROUGH THE PORT INCISION. THE BAG MATERIAL WAS TOO THIN/FLIMSY. A NEW ENDO CATCH WAS USED TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE. THERE WAS NO PATIENT INJURY.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 22983081 ↗
• MalfunctionSep 5, 2025Detachment of Device or Device Component; Detachment of Device or Device Component

  ACCORDING TO THE REPORTER, IN LAPAROSCOPIC PROCEDURE, DURING SPECIMEN REMOVAL, AFTER PLACING THE SPECIMEN IN THE POUCH AND REMOVING THE DEVICE, A PIECE OF TRANSPARENT PLASTIC WAS FOUND FALLEN INSIDE THE ABDOMEN. THE PLASTIC PIECE WAS REMOVED. THERE WAS NO PATIENT INJURY.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 22979376 ↗