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anchor, Bag-Alone TRS070Recalls & reported problems

Conmed Corporation · ANCHOR BAG ALONE, TISSUE RETRIEVAL SYSTEM, BAG SIZE 175 ML, PORT SIZE 10 MM · Class 2

Data updated Oct 16, 2026 from official FDA records · Editorial policy

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 20653405986079), received between Aug 30, 2021 and Aug 30, 2021 — classified as 1 malfunction.

The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Material Frayed” (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. What reports can and can't tell you · How this data works · Data updated Oct 16, 2026.

Most reported problems

Device problems

  • Material Frayed1

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.

  • MalfunctionAug 30, 2021Material Frayed; Material Frayed

    THE CUSTOMER REPORTED THAT THE DEVICE, TRS070, WAS BEING USED DURING A LAPAROSCOPIC CHOLECYSTECTOMY ON APPROXIMATELY (B)(6) 2021 WHEN IT WAS REPORTED WE HAVE HAD AN ISSUE IN THEATRES WITH ONE OF THESE RETRIEVAL BAGS. WHILST TRYING TO REMOVE THE BAG FROM A PATIENTS ABDOMEN VIA THE UMBILICAL PORT DURING A LAPAROSCOPIC CHOLECYSTECTOMY, THE BAG SPLIT. THE RESULT OF THEN LED TO A GALLSTONE FALLING BACK INTO THE ABDOMEN AND THE GALLBLADDER HISTOLOGICAL SPECIMEN BECOMING AT RISK OF BEING RETAINED. ON INSPECTION OF THE BAG, IT SEEMED LIKE THE MATERIAL HAD FRAYED THEN SPLIT. THE PROCEDURE WAS REPORTED AS BEING COMPLETED WITH NO DELAY AND NO INJURY, MEDICAL INTERVENTION, OR HOSPITALIZATION OF THE PATIENT. FURTHER ASSESSMENT INFORMATION WAS REQUESTED; HOWEVER, TO DATE WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED AN ANSWER. THERE WAS NO REPORT OF ANY COMPONENT OR FRAGMENT OF THE DEVICE COMING LOOSE OR BEING RETAINED IN THE PATIENT AND THE SPECIMEN WAS REMOVED AS THE REPORTER STATES THE SPECIMEN WAS AT RISK OF BEING RETAINED, NOT THAT IT WAS RETAINED. THIS REPORT IS BEING RAISED ON THE BASIS OF MALFUNCTION WITH POTENTIAL FOR INJURY UPON REOCCURRENCE.

    Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

    MAUDE report 12386191 ↗

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