WECK IPN028174Recalls & reported problems

Summary

The FDA's MAUDE database contains 4 adverse event reports that list this exact device (DI 34026704624844), received between Mar 1, 2022 and Jul 29, 2025 — classified as 3 injuries, 1 malfunction.

The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Activation Failure” (2 reports).

1 other recall cover devices cleared under the same FDA submission (K982313); 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

Recent adverse event reports

The 4 most recent of 4 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.

• MalfunctionJul 29, 2025Failure to Form Staple; Failure to Form Staple

  IT WAS REPORTED THAT "DURING SURGERY THE SURGEON NOTICED X 2 STRAY CLIPS FLOATING IN THE PATIENT THAT HAD COME LOOSE FROM BEING LIGATED ONTO A VESSEL. PATIENT CHECKED FOR ANY AREAS OF BLEEDING, NONE FOUND, CASE CONTINUED". NO PATIENT HARM OR INJURY.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 22645424 ↗
• InjuryJul 11, 2022Activation Failure; Activation Failure

  DURING LIGATION OF ABDOMINAL FLAP VESSELS AND PEDICLE THE CLIPS LACERATED THE VESSEL. THIS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES DURING THE PROCEDURE. THE CLIPS CARTRIDGES WERE THEN CHANGED TO CARTRIDGES FROM A NEW BATCH AND THE PROBLEM DID NOT REPEAT. THE PATIENT SUBSEQUENTLY DEVELOPED A LARGE HAEMATOMA AND THE CASE TOOK 2 HOURS LONGER THAN SCHEDULED. THERE WERE 5 DEFECTIVE CARTRIDGES INVOLVED IN THE EVENT. ALL 6 CLIPS FROM EACH CARTRIDGE WERE USED. MEDICAL INTERVENTION: VESSELS HAD TO BE TIED AND DIATHERMIED, SLOWING THE PROCEDURE DOWN AS SURGEONS TRIED TO MANAGE THE BLEEDING.

  Patient problems: Hematoma; Hemorrhage/Blood Loss/Bleeding

  MAUDE report 14982208 ↗
• InjuryJul 11, 2022Activation Failure; Activation Failure

  DURING LIGATION OF ABDOMINAL FLAP VESSELS AND PEDICLE THE CLIPS LACERATED THE VESSEL. THIS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES DURING THE PROCEDURE. THE CLIPS CARTRIDGES WERE THEN CHANGED TO CARTRIDGES FROM A NEW BATCH AND THE PROBLEM DID NOT REPEAT. THE PATIENT SUBSEQUENTLY DEVELOPED A LARGE HAEMATOMA AND THE CASE TOOK 2 HOURS LONGER THAN SCHEDULED. THERE WERE 5 DEFECTIVE CARTRIDGES INVOLVED IN THE EVENT. ALL 6 CLIPS FROM EACH CARTRIDGE WERE USED. MEDICAL INTERVENTION: VESSELS HAD TO BE TIED AND DIATHERMIED, SLOWING THE PROCEDURE DOWN AS SURGEONS TRIED TO MANAGE THE BLEEDING.

  Patient problems: Hematoma; Hemorrhage/Blood Loss/Bleeding

  MAUDE report 14982188 ↗
• InjuryMar 1, 2022Positioning Problem; Positioning Problem

  WHEN CLOSING VESSEL WITH MICROCLIP THE VESSEL WAS CUT. THE PATIENT'S CONDITION OR INTERVENTION IS UNKNOWN.

  Patient problems: Insufficient Information; Unspecified Tissue Injury

  MAUDE report 13636322 ↗

Recalls under the same FDA submission

These recalls involve devices cleared under K982313. One submission often covers many models, so check the product and lot details in each record.

• Z-2327-2016 · Aug 8, 2013 · Terminated
  Horizon 24 Large Titanium Clips with Adhesive Backing, Ref 004204, Rx Only, Sterile. The metal ligating clips are intended for use in procedures involving vessels or anatomic stru