3M™ 9130Recalls & reported problems

Summary

The FDA's MAUDE database contains 4 adverse event reports that list this exact device (DI 50707387462562), received between Feb 14, 2018 and Mar 15, 2024 — classified as 4 injuries.

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. How this data works · Data updated Oct 13, 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.

• InjuryMar 15, 2024Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

  A PATIENT UNDERWENT A LEFT LOWER LEG CALF DEBRIDEMENT WITH THE USE OF THE 3M¿ UNIVERSAL ELECTROSURGICAL PAD, 9130. UPON POSTOPERATIVE REMOVAL OF THE PAD, A 3 CM X 2 CM THIRD-DEGREE BURN EXTENDING TO APPROXIMATELY 10 CM CIRCUMFERENCE WAS OBSERVED. THE TOTAL TIME OF THE MONOPOLAR ELECTROCAUTERY USE WAS APPROXIMATELY 2-30 MINUTES.

  Patient problems: Full thickness (Third Degree) Burn

  MAUDE report 18914712 ↗
• InjurySep 3, 2019Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

  A HOSPITAL IN (B)(6) REPORTED A (B)(6)-YEAR-OLD MALE PATIENT, WEIGHING (B)(6)KG, WAS HOSPITALIZED FOR VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA ABLATION ON (B)(6) 2019. THE SURGERY WAS 230 MINUTES IN LENGTH. THE PATIENT WAS PLACED IN A SUPINE POSITION DURING THE PROCEDURE. A 9130 3M¿ UNIVERSAL ELECTROSURGICAL PLATE WAS PLACED ON THE PATIENT'S BACK. NO SKIN PREPARATION WAS CONDUCTED AT THE PLATE SITE. THE PATIENT REPORTEDLY SHOWERED AND APPLIED BETADINE THE DAY AND EVENING PRIOR TO SURGERY. A MEDIUM LEVEL OF BODY HAIR WAS REPORTEDLY PRESENT AT THE PLATE SITE. AN EP SHUTTLE STORAGE GENERATOR WAS USED. THE PLATE WAS REPORTEDLY LIGHTLY ADHERED WHEN REMOVED AT THE END OF THE PROCEDURE. UPON REMOVAL, THE PATIENT ALLEGEDLY HAD REDNESS AND A 1ST DEGREE BURN ON THE MIDDLE OF HIS BACK. NO PATIENT SKIN SENSITIVES/ALLERGIES WERE SPECIFIED. THE WOUND WAS REPORTEDLY LOCATED UNDER THE PLATE AND EQUAL TO THE SIZE OF THE PLATE. THE WOUND WAS TREATED WITH LAMIDERM° AND LARGE COMPRESSES. THE PATIENT WAS REPORTEDLY IN GOOD HEALTH AT THE END OF HOSPITALIZATION.

  Patient problems: Erythema; Superficial (First Degree) Burn

  MAUDE report 8956098 ↗
• InjuryMar 8, 2018Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

  A HOSPITAL EMPLOYEE ALLEGED A 9130 3M UNIVERSAL ELECTROSURGICAL PAD WAS PLACED ON A PATIENT'S POSTERIOR RIGHT UPPER ARM PRIOR TO A 6- HOUR SURGICAL PROCEDURE. THE PATIENT WAS REPORTEDLY REPOSITIONED FROM SUPINE TO PRONE DURING THE SURGERY. THE ELECTROSURGICAL PAD WAS PARTIALLY ADHERED PRIOR TO REMOVAL AND THE PATIENT ALLEGEDLY EXPERIENCED A 3.0 CM X 1.0 CM 1ST DEGREE SKIN BURN UNDER THE GROUND PAD SITE. THE INJURY REQUIRED DEBRIDEMENT WITH IRUXOL (ENZYMATIC DEBRIDEMENT) AND WAS WASHED WITH SALINE. CUTICELL AND MELOLIN DRESSINGS WERE APPLIED TO THE SITE. THE INJURY WAS REPORTEDLY HEALING.

  Patient problems: Superficial (First Degree) Burn

  MAUDE report 7323287 ↗
• InjuryFeb 14, 2018Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

  A PATIENT ALLEGEDLY HAD A 9130 3M UNIVERSAL ELECTROSURGICAL PAD APPLIED TO HER RIGHT BUTTOCKS PRIOR TO A RADIOFREQUENCY BACK ABLATION PROCEDURE. DURING THE PROCEDURE, THE PATIENT REPORTED BURNING AND PAIN ON HER RIGHT SIDE. AT THE END OF THE PROCEDURE, THE PLATE WAS REMOVED AND A BURN WAS DISCOVERED. THE PATIENT ALLEGEDLY EXPERIENCED TWO SECOND DEGREE BURNS. ONE CRESCENT SHAPED BURN, APPROXIMATELY 1 ½" - 2 " LONG WAS LOCATED AT THE TOP PORTION OF THE ELECTROSURGICAL PAD. THERE WAS A SECOND BURN, LOCATED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PAD PLACEMENT, ABOUT THE SIZE OF A QUARTER. THE PATIENT WAS SEEN IN A WOUND CLINIC TWO WEEKS AFTER THE EVENT OCCURRED. THE AREAS WERE CLEANED AND SCRAPED WEEKLY. AN ANTIBIOTIC GEL AND DAILY DRESSING CHANGES WERE USED TO TREAT THE SITES. THE SITES ARE NOW CLOSED AND HEALED BUT ITCHING, SCARRING AND DISCOLORATION REMAIN AT THE SITES. SHE ALSO REPORTED PERIODIC DISCOMFORT WHEN SITTING.

  Patient problems: Partial thickness (Second Degree) Burn

  MAUDE report 7272042 ↗