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Portex NEPINLD15248C22/25Recalls & reported problems

Icu Medical, Inc. · Class 2

All models of Portex (409)

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 15019517115581), received between Mar 7, 2019 and Mar 7, 2019 — classified as 1 injury.

The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Detachment of Device or Device Component” (1 report).

7 other recalls cover devices cleared under the same FDA submission (K965017); 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

  • Detachment of Device or Device Component1

Patient problems

  • Foreign Body In Patient1
  • Infiltration into Tissue1

Recent adverse event reports

The 1 most recent of 1 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.

  • InjuryMar 7, 2019Detachment of Device or Device Component; Detachment of Device or Device Component

    INFORMATION WAS RECEIVED THAT WHEN AN EXPERIENCED CRNA WAS REMOVING A SMITHS MEDICAL PORTEX SPINAL TRAY SPINAL NEEDLE FROM A PATIENT, THE NEEDLE BROKE OFF AT THE HUB. THE IMAGE OF THE NEEDLE "DID NOT SHOW UP WELL ON FLUOROSCOPY" AND THE PHYSICIAN STATED "THE TIP MAY HAVE BEEN STUCK IN THE BONE OR BETWEEN VERTEBRAE". SUBSEQUENTLY, SURGICAL REMOVAL OF THE NEEDLE WAS REQUIRED. IT WAS NOTED THE NEEDLE "GOT PRETTY DEEP AND HAD MOVED CONSIDERABLY". NO ADDITIONAL ADVERSE PATIENT EFFECTS WERE REPORTED.

    Patient problems: Foreign Body In Patient; Infiltration into Tissue

    MAUDE report 8402289 ↗

Recalls under the same FDA submission

These recalls involve devices cleared under K965017. One submission often covers many models, so check the product and lot details in each record.

  • Z-1101-2026 · Dec 19, 2025 · Open, Classified
    Portex Spinal Tray, Item No. A3729-24 A3595
  • Z-0211-2007 · Oct 27, 2006 · Terminated
    Portex Continuous Epidural tray Ref 4948-17
  • Z-0244-06 · Nov 17, 2005 · Terminated
    4904 Glass L.O.R. Syringe
  • Z-0243-06 · Nov 17, 2005 · Terminated
    4903 Glass L.O.R. Syringe
  • Z-0245-06 · Nov 17, 2005 · Terminated
    4950-16 Portex Epidural Mini-pack
  • Z-0242-06 · Nov 17, 2005 · Terminated
    4902 Glass L.O.R. Syringe
  • Z-0166-04 · Oct 10, 2003 · Terminated
    Portex Spinal Tray with 25G Whitacre Needle. Kit contains Bupivacaine in Dextrose, Epinephrine,Lidocaine, Lidocaine in Dextrose and Tetracaine Catalog Number: 15545-20

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