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ARROW IPN037447Recalls & reported problems

Teleflex Incorporated · ARROW(R) PICC powered by ARROW(R) VPS TipTracker(TM) Stylet · Class 2 · Implant

All models of ARROW (1494)

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 40801902125536), received between May 8, 2024 and May 8, 2024 — classified as 1 injury.

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

7 other recalls cover devices cleared under the same FDA submission (K160925); 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.

Reports received per month

Nov 2023: 0 reportsDec 2023: 0 reportsJan 2024: 0 reportsFeb 2024: 0 reportsMar 2024: 0 reportsApr 2024: 0 reportsMay 2024: 1 reportsJun 2024: 0 reportsJul 2024: 0 reportsAug 2024: 0 reportsSep 2024: 0 reportsOct 2024: 0 reportsNov 2024: 0 reportsDec 2024: 0 reportsJan 2025: 0 reportsFeb 2025: 0 reportsMar 2025: 0 reportsApr 2025: 0 reportsMay 2025: 0 reportsJun 2025: 0 reportsJul 2025: 0 reportsAug 2025: 0 reportsSep 2025: 0 reportsOct 2025: 0 reportsNov 2025: 0 reportsDec 2025: 0 reportsJan 2026: 0 reportsFeb 2026: 0 reportsMar 2026: 0 reportsApr 2026: 0 reportsMay 2026: 0 reportsJun 2026: 0 reportsJul 2026: 0 reportsAug 2026: 0 reportsSep 2026: 0 reportsOct 2026: 0 reports2024202520261
Last 36 months. The most recent month may be incomplete.

Most reported problems

Device problems

  • Malposition of Device1
  • Migration1

Patient problems

  • Fever1
  • Foreign Body In Patient1

Recent adverse event reports

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

  • InjuryMay 8, 2024Malposition of Device; Migration; Malposition of Device; Migration

    IT WAS REPORTED THAT: " PATIENT HAD A PICC LINE FOR BLOODS AND IV ANTIBIOTICS, AND IT WAS NOTICED THAT THE PICC LUMEN WAS NOT IN PLACE ONLY THE DRESSING, PATIENT HAD A SPIKE OF TEMPERATURE AROUND THE TIME AND AS PART OF SEPTIC SCREEN CHEST X-RAY WAS PERFORMED AND PART OF THE HUMERUS WAS X-RAYED, WHICH REVEALED PICC LUMEN AND THE CLIP INSIDE PATIENT SKIN. PATIENT WAS THEN TAKEN TO THEATRE TO HAVE IT REMOVED UNDER LOCAL ANESTHETIC".

    Patient problems: Fever; Foreign Body In Patient

    MAUDE report 19273514 ↗

Recalls under the same FDA submission

These recalls involve devices cleared under K160925. One submission often covers many models, so check the product and lot details in each record.

  • Z-0004-2024 · Aug 10, 2023 · Open, Classified
    Arrow ErgoPack Pressure Injectable Arrowg+ard Blue Advance Three-Lumen PICC pre-loaded with Arrow VPS TipTracker Stylet, REF CDC-45563-TTS; catheter, intravascular, therapeutic, lo
  • Z-2383-2018 · May 17, 2018 · Terminated
    VPS Rhythm ECG Accessory Pack, REF RHY-100-ECGO Product Usage: To provide real time tip location information of a central venous catheter by utilization of ECG to observe P-wave c
  • Z-2382-2018 · May 17, 2018 · Terminated
    VPS Rhythm ECG Accessory Pack with Johans Adapter, REF RHY-100-ECGJ Product Usage: To provide real time tip location information of a central venous catheter by utilization of ECG
  • Z-2384-2018 · May 17, 2018 · Terminated
    VPS TipTracker Stylet Accessory, REF RHY-177-TTSAP Product Usage: To provide real time tip location information of a central venous catheter by utilization of ECG to observe P-wav
  • Z-2027-2018 · Apr 11, 2018 · Terminated
    VPS Rhythm ECG Accessory Pack ; Product codes: RHY-100-ECGO
  • Z-2028-2018 · Apr 11, 2018 · Terminated
    VPS TipTracker Stylet Accessory; Product codes: RHY-177-TTSAP
  • Z-2026-2018 · Apr 11, 2018 · Terminated
    VPS Rhythm ECG Accessory Pack with Johans Adapter; Product codes: RHY-100-ECGJ

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