Portex A3947-17Recalls & reported problems
Icu Medical, Inc. · Class 2
All models of Portex (409)
Data updated Oct 16, 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 20351688079494), received between Jan 22, 2018 and Jan 22, 2018 — classified as 1 injury.
The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Break” (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 16, 2026.
Most reported problems
Device problems
- Break1
Patient problems
- Device Embedded In Tissue or Plaque1
Recent adverse event reports
The 1 most recent of 1 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.
InjuryJan 22, 2018Break; Break
A CT OF LUMBAR SPINAL WITHOUT CONTRAST REVEALED THERE WAS A BREAK WITHIN THE METALLIC EPIDURAL CATHETER AT THE SKIN SURFACE AT THE L2 LEVEL. THE METALLIC CATHETER DEMONSTRATED AN ABRUPT REDUCTION IN CALIBER ALONG THE UNDERSURFACE OF THE L2 SPINOUS PROCESS. THE RELATIVELY FAINT AND NARROWED CATHETER EXTENDED INTO THE DORSAL EPIDURAL SPACE AT L2-L3. PUNCTATE EPIDURAL AND NEURAL FORAMINAL AIR DENSITY EXTENDED FROM T12-L1 THROUGH L3-L4. POSITION AND ALIGNMENT OF THE LUMBOSACRAL SPINE WAS UNREMARKABLE. MILD POSTERIOR DISC BULGE AT L5-S1 WITHOUT NERVE ROOT COMPRESSION OR DISPLACEMENT. MILD DIFFUSE POSTERIOR DISC BULGE AT L4-L5 WITHOUT NERVE ROOT COMPRESSION OR DISPLACEMENT. THE L3-L4 DISC IS UNREMARKABLE.
Patient problems: Device Embedded In Tissue or Plaque
MAUDE report 7209421 ↗
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, ClassifiedPortex Spinal Tray, Item No. A3729-24 A3595
- Z-0211-2007 · Oct 27, 2006 · TerminatedPortex Continuous Epidural tray Ref 4948-17
- Z-0243-06 · Nov 17, 2005 · Terminated4903 Glass L.O.R. Syringe
- Z-0242-06 · Nov 17, 2005 · Terminated4902 Glass L.O.R. Syringe
- Z-0245-06 · Nov 17, 2005 · Terminated4950-16 Portex Epidural Mini-pack
- Z-0244-06 · Nov 17, 2005 · Terminated4904 Glass L.O.R. Syringe
- Z-0166-04 · Oct 10, 2003 · TerminatedPortex 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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- BD Luer-Lok, BD Glaspak 405609Becton, Dickinson And Company · Anesthesia conduction kit1 recall3 reports
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 16, 2026. Data downloaded through openFDA, which notes it is not validated for clinical or regulatory use.
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