AMPLATZ GOOSE NECKRecalls & reported problems across all models

We found 10 models of AMPLATZ GOOSE NECK by Covidien LP in the FDA's device registry (GUDID). Together they are named in 25 adverse event reports in the FDA's MAUDE database, received between Jan 13, 2017 and May 28, 2025 — classified as 8 injuries, 17 malfunctions.

The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Detachment of Device or Device Component” (15 reports).

Reports come from manufacturers, hospitals and patients and are not verified by the FDA. A report does not prove the device caused the event. Widely used products collect more reports, so totals can't be used to compare products or estimate failure rates. Only reports that name a model's exact device identifier are counted. What reports can and can't tell you · How this data works

Most reported AMPLATZ GOOSE NECK problems

AMPLATZ GOOSE NECK models

10 models, most reported first. Each model has its own page with its reports, recalls and device details.

• AMPLATZ GOOSE NECK GN1500

  CATHETER, EMBOLECTOMY
  8 reports
• AMPLATZ GOOSE NECK GN2500

  CATHETER, EMBOLECTOMY
  5 reports
• AMPLATZ GOOSE NECK SK400

  CATHETER, PERCUTANEOUS
  4 reports
• AMPLATZ GOOSE NECK GN2000

  CATHETER, EMBOLECTOMY
  2 reports
• AMPLATZ GOOSE NECK GN1000

  CATHETER, EMBOLECTOMY
  1 report
• AMPLATZ GOOSE NECK GN3500

  CATHETER, EMBOLECTOMY
  1 report
• AMPLATZ GOOSE NECK GN3000

  CATHETER, EMBOLECTOMY
  1 report
• AMPLATZ GOOSE NECK SK700

  CATHETER, EMBOLECTOMY
  1 report
• AMPLATZ GOOSE NECK SK201

  CATHETER, PERCUTANEOUS
  1 report
• AMPLATZ GOOSE NECK SK401

  CATHETER, PERCUTANEOUS
  1 report

Recent AMPLATZ GOOSE NECK adverse event reports

The 15 most recent reports across all models, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.

• MalfunctionMay 28, 2025Detachment of Device or Device Component; Detachment of Device or Device Component

  IT WAS REPORTED THAT DURING A PROCEDURE INVOLVING THE SK400 MICRO SNARE, AN ISSUE OCCURRED WHEN ONE END OF THE SNARE COIL/LOOP CAME OFF THE WIRE AS THE PHYSICIAN PULLED THE SNARE THROUGH THE SHEATH ON REMOVAL FROM THE PATIENT. THE PROCEDURE WAS INTENDED TO TREAT A CALCIFIED LESION IN THE PROXIMAL LEFT BRACHIAL. THE VESSEL DIAMETER WAS SPECIFIED AS 7MM. THE DEVICE WAS NOT USED IN THE PATIENT AND THE PROCEDURE WAS COMPLETED USING A NEW MEDTRONIC DEVICE. NO PATIENT COMPLICATIONS HAVE BEEN REPORTED AS A RESULT OF THIS EVENT.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 22094349 ↗
• MalfunctionOct 2, 2024Detachment of Device or Device Component; Detachment of Device or Device Component

  IT WAS REPORTED THAT AN ATTEMPT WAS MADE TO USE A GOOSENECK SNARE TO TREAT A LESION. IFU WAS FOLLOWED HOWEVER, CATHETER DISCONNECTED (CUT OFF). A NEW PACKAGE WAS OPENED TO COMPLETE PROCEDURE. NO PATIENT INJURY REPORTED.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 20351458 ↗
• MalfunctionSep 13, 2023Use of Device Problem; Use of Device Problem

  PHYSICIAN USED AN EXPIRED GOOSNECK SNARE DURING PATIENT TREATMENT. DEVICE WAS INSPECTED WITH NO ISSUES NOTED. DEVICE WAS PREPPED PER THE IFU WITH NO ISSUES IDENTIFIED. THE SNARE WAS EXPIRED BUT PHYSICIAN NEEDED TO USE IN AN EMERGENCY. PHYSICIAN NEEDED TO USE THE SNARE FOR THE WIRE BEING USED. NO PATIENT INJURY REPORTED.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 17735445 ↗
• MalfunctionAug 29, 2022Detachment of Device or Device Component; Detachment of Device or Device Component

  A PHYSICIAN WAS ATTEMPTING TO USE A GOOSENECK SNARE DURING AN UNKNOWN PROCEDURE. THE DEVICE WAS DEVICE INSPECTED WITH NO ISSUES IDENTIFIED. THE IFU WAS FOLLOWED AND NO ISSUES WERE IDENTIFIED. IT WAS REPORTED DURING THE PROCEDURE THAT A BREAK OCCURRED. NO PATIENT INJURY WAS REPORTED IN THIS EVENT.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 15314234 ↗
• MalfunctionMar 31, 2022Detachment of Device or Device Component; Detachment of Device or Device Component

  PHYSICIAN USED A GOOSENECK SNARE DURING PATIENT TREATMENT. THE DEVICE WAS INSPECTED WITHOUT ISSUES NOTED. THE DEVICE WAS PREPPED AS PER IFU WITHOUT ISSUE. A BREAK IS REPORTED. IT IS REPORTED THE CATHETER BREAK OCCURRED DURING CATCHING NON-MEDTRONIC WIRE. UNKNOWN HOW WIRE WAS REMOVED. UNKNOWN HOW SNARE WAS REMOVED. NO PATIENT INJURY REPORTED.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 13962551 ↗
• InjuryOct 26, 2021Difficult to Remove; Difficult to Remove

  PHYSICIAN WAS ATTEMPTING TO USE NANOCROSS PTA BALLOON CATHETER ALONG WITH 6FR SHEATH, 0.014" AND SPIDER 5.0 EMBOLIC PROTECTION DURING PROCEDURE TO TREAT A SEVERELY CALCIFIED LESION IN THE RIGHT PROXIMAL COMMON ILIAC ARTERY AND SUPERFICIAL FEMORAL ARTERY (SFA) WITH 70-80% STENOSIS. EVEREST INFLATION DEVICE WAS USED TO INFLATE BALLOON. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE NOTED TO PACKAGING. THERE WAS NO ISSUE NOTED WHEN REMOVING THE DEVICE FROM HOOP/TRAY. THE DEVICE WAS PREPPED PER IFU WITH NO ISSUES IDENTIFIED. THERE WAS BALLOON DEFLATION DIFFICULTIES REPORTED, THE DEVICE WOULD NOT DEFLATE AT THE LESION SITE. THE VESSEL WAS PRE DILATED BUT NOT POST DILATED. THE SPIDER WAS UNABLE TO CROSS. IT WAS REPORTED THAT DURING ATTEMPT TO REMOVE FROM THE VESSEL, THE BALLOON DETACHED. DAMAGE WAS NOTED TO THE BALLOON CATHETER. THERE WAS NO ISSUE NOTED DURING INFLATION. THE DETACHED BALLOON WAS REMOVED VIA OPEN SURGERY. THE DEVICE DID NOT PASS THROUGH A PREVIOUSLY DEPLOYED STENT. NO RESISTANCE ENCOUNTERED WHEN ADVANCING THE DEVICE. PHYSICIAN WENT IN WITH A 4.0X150 NANOCROSS, DID PTA ON PROXIMAL AND DISTAL SFA. AFTER THE 2ND INFLATION, THE BALLOON DID NOT FULLY DEFLATE. PHYSICIAN TRIED TO REMOVE THE BALLOON, BUT I

  Patient problems: Insufficient Information

  MAUDE report 12696213 ↗
• MalfunctionAug 11, 2021Fracture; Fracture

  PHYSICIAN ATTEMPTED TO USE A GOOSENECK SNARE DURING A PROCEDURE. IT IS REPORTED THE SNARE CATHETER FRACTURED. THE FRACTURE DID NOT OCCUR DURING PREP. THE DEVICE DID NOT FRACTURE WITHIN THE PATIENT. ALL COMPONENTS OF THE DEVICE WERE REMOVED FROM THE PATIENT. THE SNARE WAS SAFELY REMOVED FROM THE PATIENT. NO ADDITIONAL INTERVENTION WAS REQUIRED FOR THE REMOVAL OF THE DEVICE FROM THE PATIENT. IT IS UNKNOWN IF THERE WAS PATIENT INVOLVEMENT. THE PROCEDURE WAS COMPLETED WITH A NEW MEDTRONIC DEVICE. NO PATIENT INJURY REPORTED.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 12306559 ↗
• InjuryAug 3, 2021Deformation Due to Compressive Stress; Detachment of Device or Device Component; Deformation Due to Compressive Stress; Detachment of Device or Device Component

  PHYSICIAN WAS ATTEMPTING TO USE THE SNARE RETRIEVAL DEVICE DURING PROCEDURE FOR NON-MEDTRONIC AORTIC VALVE REPLACEMENT. THE DEVICE WAS INSPECTED WITH NO ISSUES NOTED AND WAS PREPARED AS PER IFU. IT WAS REPORTED THAT KINK DAMAGE OCCURRED DURING INSERTION INTO THEPATIENT. THE LOOP FROM THE SNARE DETACHED IN THE PATIENT. THE CATCHING RING FELL OFF AND ANOTHER SNARE WAS USED FOR RETRIEVAL. THE LOOP FROM THE DETACHED SNARE WAS ATTEMPTED TO BE RETRIEVED WITH THE SECOND SNARE HOWEVER, THE SECOND SNARE FAILED TO RETRIEVE THE DETACHED LOOP. THE DETACHED COMPONENT WAS LEFT IN PATIENT. NO PATIENT INJURY WAS REPORTED.

  Patient problems: Unspecified Tissue Injury

  MAUDE report 12264670 ↗
• MalfunctionJun 23, 2021Fracture; Fracture

  PHYSICIAN WAS ATTEMPTED TO USE A MICRO SNARE DEVICE DURING PROCEDURE. IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE CATHETER WAS BROKEN DURING THE PROCEDURE. THE CATHETER WAS FRACTURED. THE DEVICE DID ENTER PATIENT. NO COMPONENT OF THE DEVICE DETACHED IN THE PATIENT ANATOMY, AND NO INTERVENTION WAS REQUIRED FOR REMOVAL. THERE WAS NO PATIENT INJURY.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 12047603 ↗
• MalfunctionFeb 19, 2021Detachment of Device or Device Component; Detachment of Device or Device Component

  IT IS REPORTED THAT A GOOSENECK SNARE DEVICE WAS USED DURING A PATIENT PROCEDURE. THE DEVICE WAS INSPECTED WITH NO ISSUES NOTED. THE DEVICE WAS PREPPED AS PER IFU WITHOUT ISSUE. IT IS REPORTED DEVICE OR DEVICE FRAGMENTS REMAIN IN THE PATIENT. NO PATIENT INJURY REPORTED.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 11347336 ↗
• MalfunctionJul 13, 2020Defective Device; Material Deformation; Defective Device; Material Deformation

  PHYSICIAN WAS ATTEMPTING TO USE A MICRO SNARE DURING PROCEDURE. THE DEVICE WAS PREPPED PER IFU WITH NO ISSUES IDENTIFIED. THE VESSEL WAS MODERATELY TORTUOUS. THE MICROSNARE WAS NOT USED TO SNARE A MEDTRONIC DEVICE. THE SNARE WAS EXTENDED DURING THE PROCEDURE. THE DEVICE BROKE DURING TRACTION WHEN HOOKING THE GUIDEWIRE, WHICH WAS ADVANCED FROM RETROGRADE OF BELOW-KNEE ARTERY. THE PHYSICIAN REPORTED THAT THE SNARE WAS EXTENDED DURING THE PROCEDURE, ONE SIDE OF THE JOINT PART OF SNARE ANNULUS WAS BROKEN REPORTEDLY WHEN CONFIRMING THE DETAILED INFORMATION. SINCE IT WAS A BROKEN ISSUE OF ONE SIDE OF THE JOINT PART OF ANNULUS, NOTHING DETACHED AND NOTHING REMAINED INSIDE THE PATIENT'S BODY. THE DEVICE WAS SAFELY REMOVED FROM THE PATIENT BY BEING PULLED IN THE PARENT NON-MEDTRONIC SHEATH AND WAS RETRIEVED. THERE WAS NO VESSEL DAMAGE REPORTED. AFTER THE SNARE WAS RETRACTED, THE PROCEDURE WAS COMPLETED USING A NON MEDTRONIC SNARE. THERE WAS NO PATIENT INJURY REPORTED.

  Patient problems: No Consequences Or Impact To Patient

  MAUDE report 10262929 ↗
• MalfunctionMay 27, 2020Defective Device; Material Deformation; Defective Device; Material Deformation

  PHYSICIAN WAS ATTEMPTING TO USE A GOOSE NECK SNARE DURING PROCEDURE TO TREAT LESION IN THE RIGHT VENTRICLE (RCA) TO SNARE A NON-MEDTRONIC DEVICE. THE DEVICE WAS USED IN AN INFECTED PATIENT. THE DEVICE WAS INSPECTED WITH NO ISSUES NOTED. THE DEVICE WAS PREPPED PER IFU WITH NO ISSUES IDENTIFIED. THE VESSEL WAS MODERATELY TORTUOUS. THE VESSEL WAS STENOSED. IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE BREAK WAS AT THE JOINT BEFORE THE WIRE WAS DIVIDED INTO THE LOOP PART. THE LOOP PART WAS NOT TORN, BUT TWO WIRES SPLIT INTO TWO FORKS AT THE JUNCTION AND ONE OF THE WIRES WAS BROKEN. IT WAS SAID THAT THE LOOP JUNCTION PART OF THE SNARE WAS ONLY EXTENDED, IT WAS NOT TORN. THERE WAS NO FRAGMENTS LEFT IN THE PATIENT. THE DEVICE WAS REMOVED AND A NON MEDTRONIC SNARE WAS USED TO COMPLETED PROCEDURE. IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE JUNCTION WERE THE LOOPED WIRE WAS SEPARATED IN TOW PARTS. IT SEEMED THE WIRE ON ONE PART WAS BROKEN. THE SNARE WIRE WAS SPLIT/SEPARATED. THE DEVICE WAS SAFELY REMOVED FROM PATIENT. THERE WAS NO INTERVENTION REQUIRED TO REMOVE THE SNARE. THERE WAS NO PATIENT INJURY REPORTED.

  Patient problems: No Consequences Or Impact To Patient

  MAUDE report 10090949 ↗
• MalfunctionApr 17, 2020Fracture; Detachment of Device or Device Component; Fracture; Detachment of Device or Device Component

  PHYSICIAN WAS ATTEMPTING TO USE A MICRO SNARE DURING PROCEDURE TO TREAT A LITTLE CALCIFIED PLAQUE IN THE DISTAL SUPERFICIAL FEMORAL ARTERY. THE DEVICE WAS INSPECTED WITH NO ISSUED NOTED. THE DEVICE WAS PREPPED PER IFU WITH NO ISSUES IDENTIFIED. THE MICRO SNARE CATHETER BROKE DURING NAVIGATION TO LESION. IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE CATHETER WAS CUT OFF DURING THE PROCEDURE. A NEW SNARE WAS USED TO COMPLETE THE PROCEDURE. THERE WAS NO PATIENT INJURY REPORTED.

  Patient problems: No Consequences Or Impact To Patient

  MAUDE report 9971516 ↗
• MalfunctionJan 7, 2020Fracture; Device Damaged by Another Device; Fracture; Device Damaged by Another Device

  PHYSICIAN USED A GOOSENECK SNARE DURING TREATMENT OF THE PATIENT¿S MID LEFT PULMONARY ARTERY. MODERATE VESSEL TORTUOSITY IS REPORTED. IFU WAS FOLLOWED AND THE DEVICE WAS PREPPED WITHOUT ISSUE. IT IS REPORTED THAT FOLLOWING REMOVAL OF THE TEMPORARY FILTER THE GOOSENECK SNARE WAS USED. WHEN THE PHYSICIAN ATTEMPTED TO REMOVE THE GOOSENECK SNARE, THE LOOP BECAME CONNECTED TO THE CATHETER AND THE MARKER PORTION BECAME FRACTURED. THE FRACTURED PORTION REMAINS IN THE PATIENT. NO INJURY REPORTED.

  Patient problems: No Consequences Or Impact To Patient

  MAUDE report 9557189 ↗
• MalfunctionAug 27, 2019Detachment of Device or Device Component; Detachment of Device or Device Component

  IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE AMPLATZ GOOSE NECK SNARE WAS PREPARED AS PER IFU. THE CATHETER WAS USED AS INTENDED HOWEVER, THE DEVICE BECAME DAMAGED DURING THE PROCEDURE. ANOTHER SNARE OF THE SAME SPECIFICATION WAS USED TO COMPLETE THE PROCEDURE. THERE WAS NO PATIENT INJURY REPORTED.

  Patient problems: No Consequences Or Impact To Patient

  MAUDE report 8933792 ↗

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