Maxon CV 8886 6127-11Recalls & reported problems
Covidien LP · Monofilament Absorbable Suture · Class 2 · Implant
All models of Maxon CV (13)
Data updated Oct 18, 2026 from official FDA records · Editorial policy
- Adverse event reports
- 1
- Deaths reported
- 0
- Injuries reported
- 1
- Recalls naming it
- 0
Summary
The FDA's MAUDE database contains 1 adverse event report that list this exact device (DI 10884523002096), received between Jan 18, 2018 and Jan 18, 2018 — classified as 1 injury.
The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Product Quality Problem” (1 report).
1 other recall cover devices cleared under the same FDA submission (K990951); they may or may not involve this specific model.
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
- Product Quality Problem1
Patient problems
- Blood Loss1
- Injury1
- No Code Available1
- Tissue Damage1
Recent adverse event reports
The 1 most recent of 1 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.
InjuryJan 18, 2018Product Quality Problem; Product Quality Problem
ACCORDING TO THE REPORTER, DURING A LIVER TRANSPLANT SURGERY, THERE WAS A DIFFERENCE IN THICKNESS OF NEEDLE AND THE SUTURE STRAND. DUE THE ISSUE, THE DUCT RUPTURED - RESULTING IN TISSUE DAMAGE, BLOOD LOSS GREATER THAN 500 CC, THE SURGICAL TIME EXTENDED BY MORE THAN 30 MINUTES AND THERE WAS ALSO A EXTENSION OF THE INCISION. ANOTHER DEVICE WAS USED TO COMPLETE THE CASE.
Patient problems: Blood Loss; Injury; No Code Available; Tissue Damage
MAUDE report 7203919 ↗
Recalls under the same FDA submission
These recalls involve devices cleared under K990951. One submission often covers many models, so check the product and lot details in each record.
- Z-2542-2017 · May 3, 2017 · TerminatedSutures. MAXON: MAXON 4/0 5X18" GREEN CV-24 D-TACH; Item Number: 8886621933; MAXON 5/0 5X18 GR CV-23 D-TACH; Item Number: XX2109; MAXON* 4/0 5X30 GREEN V-20 D*TACH; Item Number:
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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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