PILLING IPN025440Recalls & reported problems
Teleflex Incorporated · Class 1
- 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 14026704658685), received between May 22, 2024 and May 22, 2024 — classified as 1 malfunction.
The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Thermal Decomposition of Device” (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. How this data works · Data updated Oct 13, 2026.
Reports received per month
Most reported problems
Device problems
- Thermal Decomposition of Device1
Patient problems
- No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions1
Recent adverse event reports
The 1 most recent of 1 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.
MalfunctionMay 22, 2024Thermal Decomposition of Device; Thermal Decomposition of Device
IT WAS REPORTED THAT "DURING DIRECT LARYNGOSCOPY, WHILE USING THE PHILLING LIGHT CORD WHICH WAS PLUGGED INTO THE ARTHREX LIGHT SOURCE, STAFF IN THE OPERATING ROOM SMELLED A BURNING SMELL. SUBSEQUENTLY, WE REMOVED THE LIGHT CORD AND FOUND THAT THE TIP OF THE LIGHT CORD THAT ENTERS INTO THE LIGHT SOURCE HAD BEEN BURNT. THE TIP OF THE CORD WITH THE FIBERS WERE BURNT AS WELL.PATIENT SEEMED UNAFFECTED AND EQUIPMENT WAS TURNED OFF, REMOVED, AND TAGGED FOR FURTHER INVESTIGATION. SURGEON, PROCEEDED TO DO A VOCAL CORD LESION EXCISION, BY MICROSCOPE AND DID NOT SEE ANY HARM TO AIRWAY."
Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions
MAUDE report 19374934 ↗
Other SOURCE, CARRIER, FIBEROPTIC LIGHT devices
- NA 05-0094l-nirSCHÖLLY FIBEROPTIC GmbH · Source, Carrier, Fiberoptic Light5 reports
Sources: FDA GUDID, MAUDE and Medical Device Recalls via openFDA. openFDA data is not validated for clinical or regulatory use.