Vortex SPDX-16-IRecalls & reported problems
Navilyst Medical, Inc. · Vortex TR Single Plastic Port System with Attachable 9.6F x 70cm Silicone Catheter · Class 2 · Implant
All models of Vortex (14)
Data updated Oct 16, 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 H787SPDX16I0), received between May 22, 2025 and May 22, 2025 — classified as 1 injury.
1 other recall cover devices cleared under the same FDA submission (K032557); 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.
Reports received per month
Most reported problems
Device problems
- Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem1
Patient problems
- Chills1
- Unspecified Infection1
Recent adverse event reports
The 1 most recent of 1 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.
InjuryMay 22, 2025Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
ON OR ABOUT (B)(6) 2016, PLAINTIFF UNDERWENT PLACEMENT OF AN ANGIODYNAMICS VORTEX, MODEL NUMBER SPDX161, LOT NUMBER 4962096. THE PORT WAS IMPLANTED BY DR. (B)(6), M.D., AT (B)(6). ON OR ABOUT (B)(6) 2016, PLAINTIFF PRESENTED TO (B)(6), WITH CONCERNS OF NEGATIVE REACTIONS INCLUDING CHILLS AFTER ACCESSING HER PORT SITE. HER MEDICAL TEAM DETERMINED THAT SHE HAD DEVELOPED AN INFECTION, AND THAT THE PORT SHOULD BE REMOVED. ON OR ABOUT (B)(6) 2016, THE DEFECTIVE DEVICE WAS REMOVED BY DR. (B)(6), M.D., AT (B)(6).
Patient problems: Chills; Unspecified Infection
MAUDE report 22072573 ↗
Recalls under the same FDA submission
These recalls involve devices cleared under K032557. One submission often covers many models, so check the product and lot details in each record.
- Z-0403-2011 · Sep 27, 2010 · TerminatedVortex TR, AngioDynamics, Inc., One Horizon Way, Manchester, GA 31816
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- PowerPort M.R.I., ChronoFlex 1808060Bard Access Systems, Inc. · PORT & CATHETER, IMPLANTED, SUBCUTANEOUS, INTRAVASCULAR1 recall15 deaths383 reports
- PowerPort M.R.I., Groshong 1808560Bard Access Systems, Inc. · PORT & CATHETER, IMPLANTED, SUBCUTANEOUS, INTRAVASCULAR10 deaths304 reports
- PowerPort M.R.I., ChronoFlex 1829500Bard Access Systems, Inc. · PORT & CATHETER, IMPLANTED, SUBCUTANEOUS, INTRAVASCULAR6 deaths197 reports
- BardPort M.R.I. 0602680Bard Access Systems, Inc. · PORT & CATHETER, IMPLANTED, SUBCUTANEOUS, INTRAVASCULAR2 deaths179 reports
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 16, 2026. Data downloaded through openFDA, which notes it is not validated for clinical or regulatory use.
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