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
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, ClassifiedArrow 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 · TerminatedVPS 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 · TerminatedVPS 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 · TerminatedVPS 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 · TerminatedVPS Rhythm ECG Accessory Pack ; Product codes: RHY-100-ECGO
- Z-2028-2018 · Apr 11, 2018 · TerminatedVPS TipTracker Stylet Accessory; Product codes: RHY-177-TTSAP
- Z-2026-2018 · Apr 11, 2018 · TerminatedVPS Rhythm ECG Accessory Pack with Johans Adapter; Product codes: RHY-100-ECGJ
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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 18, 2026. Data downloaded through openFDA, which notes it is not validated for clinical or regulatory use.
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