3M™ Multipore™ 3730-0 (UDI 34549395423560)Recalls & reported problems

Summary

The FDA's MAUDE database contains 2 adverse event reports that list this exact device (DI 34549395423560), received between Mar 12, 2020 and May 27, 2020 — classified as 1 death, 1 malfunction.

The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Loss of or Failure to Bond” (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 18, 2026.

Most reported problems

Recent adverse event reports

The 2 most recent of 2 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.

• DeathMay 27, 2020Loss of or Failure to Bond; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Loss of or Failure to Bond; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

  A RESPIRATORY THERAPY MANAGER REPORTED EXTUBATION OF AN ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE (ETT) FOR A NEWBORN BABY, DELIVERED VIA CESAREAN SECTION DURING THE THIRD TRIMESTER AT WEEK (B)(6). THE NEWBORN, INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RESTRICTED (IUGR) AND APNEIC, WAS IMMEDIATELY INTUBATED WITH AN ETT SECURED WITH A NEOBAR® AND 3M¿ MULTIPORE¿ DRY SURGICAL TAPE AND PLACED INTO AN ISOLETTE AT 80% HUMIDITY. THREE DAYS AFTER INTUBATION AND PLACEMENT OF THE TAPE AND NEOBAR®, IT WAS OBSERVED IN THE EVENING THAT SOME OF THE TAPE ON THE ETT APPEARED TO NO LONGER BE ATTACHED. THE ETT, INITIALLY SECURED AT 5CM, WAS NOTED AT 6CM. REPOSITIONING ATTEMPTS WERE UNSUCCESSFUL, AND REINTUBATION WAS PERFORMED. PULMONARY HEMORRHAGE RESULTED WITH REINTUBATION. AN X-RAY SHOWED GOOD PLACEMENT OF THE TUBE WITH REINTUBATION AND THE NEWBORN WAS HEMODYNAMICALLY STABILIZED. SUPPORT WAS WITHDRAWN AND THE NEWBORN PASSED AWAY.

  Patient problems: Blood Loss; Death

  MAUDE report 10094426 ↗
• MalfunctionMar 12, 2020Stretched; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Stretched; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

  RECEIVED FROM (B)(6): CUSTOMER REPORTED 3M¿ MULTIPORE¿ DRY SURGICAL TAPE THAT WAS USED TO SECURE AN ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE FOR A (B)(6) OLD INFANT WHO WAS IN AN INCUBATOR IN A NEONATAL STATION SLIPPED, STRETCHED AND LOST ADHERENCE APPROXIMATELY 24 HOURS AFTER APPLICATION. ADHESIVE WAS OBSERVED ON THE PATIENT'S SKIN. THE TUBE WAS DISLOCATED AND RE-TAPED SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE IT WAS RE-AFFIXED WITH A NON-3M BRAND TAPE. NO EXTUBATION OR PATIENT INJURY OCCURRED.

  Patient problems: No Code Available

  MAUDE report 9825410 ↗