Channel DrainRecalls & reported problems across all models

We found 27 models of Channel Drain by C. R. Bard, Inc. in the FDA's device registry (GUDID). Together they are named in 410 adverse event reports in the FDA's MAUDE database, received between Mar 28, 2017 and Sep 17, 2026 — classified as 60 injuries, 350 malfunctions.

The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Dull, Blunt” (57 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 Channel Drain problems

Channel Drain models

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

• Channel Drain 072229

  CATHETER, IRRIGATION
  65 reports
• Channel Drain 072221

  CATHETER, IRRIGATION
  53 reports
• Channel Drain 072227

  CATHETER, IRRIGATION
  46 reports
• Channel Drain 072223

  CATHETER, IRRIGATION
  27 reports
• Channel Drain 072189

  CATHETER, IRRIGATION
  23 reports
• Channel Drain V072229

  CATHETER, IRRIGATION
  23 reports
• Channel Drain 072231

  CATHETER, IRRIGATION
  19 reports
• Channel Drain 072187

  CATHETER, IRRIGATION
  15 reports
• Channel Drain 072188

  CATHETER, IRRIGATION
  15 reports
• Channel Drain V072230

  CATHETER, IRRIGATION
  15 reports
• Channel Drain 072211

  CATHETER, IRRIGATION
  14 reports
• Channel Drain 072230

  CATHETER, IRRIGATION
  12 reports
• Channel Drain 072190

  CATHETER, IRRIGATION
  10 reports
• Channel Drain 072217

  CATHETER, IRRIGATION
  10 reports
• Channel Drain 072234

  CATHETER, IRRIGATION
  10 reports
• Channel Drain 072191

  CATHETER, IRRIGATION
  8 reports
• Channel Drain 072228

  CATHETER, IRRIGATION
  8 reports
• Channel Drain V072231

  CATHETER, IRRIGATION
  8 reports
• Channel Drain 072225

  CATHETER, IRRIGATION
  6 reports
• Channel Drain 072214

  CATHETER, IRRIGATION
  5 reports
• Channel Drain V072228

  CATHETER, IRRIGATION
  5 reports
• Channel Drain 072212

  CATHETER, IRRIGATION
  4 reports
• Channel Drain 072216

  CATHETER, IRRIGATION
  4 reports
• Channel Drain V072234

  CATHETER, IRRIGATION
  2 reports
• Channel Drain 072186

  CATHETER, IRRIGATION
  1 report
• Channel Drain 072215

  CATHETER, IRRIGATION
  1 report
• Channel Drain 072235

  CATHETER, IRRIGATION
  1 report

Recent Channel Drain adverse event reports

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

• InjurySep 17, 2026Nonstandard Device

  It was reported that Methodist Hospital OR has been using our wound drains as an alternative to their usual wound drains. The item numbers are the exact same, but the quality was poor. The hub where the channel meets the drain seems to be thicker than normal and has caused 3 hematomas. No medical intervention was reported.

  Patient problems: Hematoma

  MAUDE report 50802887 ↗
• MalfunctionSep 15, 2026Wrong Label

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 50781989 ↗
• MalfunctionSep 15, 2026Wrong Label

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 50781537 ↗
• MalfunctionAug 27, 2026Failure to Capture

  It was reported that after a kidney transplant, a drain was placed in the donor patient after surgery. The drain doesn't show up on the X ray and wanted to check if there was something wrong with the product. As usual, took the images with the Fujifilm Carneo GO Plus. The patient was a 75 year old woman and not obese. The device was still in place. Typically, a postoperative drainage tube would be visible in the image. Health professional plan to retrieve the device later if possible; for now, need to investigate whether any similar incidents have occurred with this specific lot.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 50482356 ↗
• MalfunctionJul 1, 2026Material Too Rigid or Stiff

  IT WAS REPORTED THAT ACCORDING TO THE CLINICAL RESOURCE DIRECTOR, THEY ARE GETTING RECENT COMPLAINTS FROM MY SATILLA FACILITY THAT THE WOUND DRAINS WERE TOO STIFF. THE FACILITY AND DOCTORS THERE HAVE USED THESE SAME DRAINS FOR A WHILE NOW, SO THEY ARE NOT SURE WHAT HAD CHANGED. DRAINS ARE TOO STIFF FOR THE CURRENT STAFF, AND THEY WERE WONDERING IF THERE IS A LINE OF PERHAPS SOFTER MORE FLEXIBLE SILICONE DRAINS, THEY CAN HAVE THEM TRY UNTIL THIS IS RESOLVED. MATERIAL (B)(4).

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 25677176 ↗
• MalfunctionMay 27, 2026Material Split, Cut or Torn

  IT WAS REPORTED BY CUSTOMER THAT THE LOSED SYSTEM DRAINAGE BAG WITH ANTI-REFLUX HAS HOLES IN THE PORTION CONNECTED TO THE BULB EVACUATOR OUTSIDE OF THE PATIENT, WHICH WAS AFFECTING ITS ABILITY TO MAINTAIN PROPER SUCTION. THIS WAS HAPPENING ONCE PATIENTS GO HOME, AND WHEN THEY ARE INSTRUCTED TO STRIP THE DRAINS TO MOVE FLUID, THE HOLES APPEAR TO GET LARGER. THEY ALSO NOTED THAT A BRAND-NEW DRAIN HAD HOLES UPON OPENING, AND THAT THIS HAS HAPPENED BEFORE AND DOES NOT SEEM TO BE RELATED TO A SPECIFIC LOT NUMBER.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 25309629 ↗
• MalfunctionMay 16, 2026Material Too Rigid or Stiff

  IT WAS REPORTED BY CUSTOMER THAT THEY INCLUDED A TROCAR THAT WAS PERCEIVED AS TOO DULL, RAISING FEAR OF POTENTIAL PATIENT HARM DURING BREAST AND PLASTIC RECONSTRUCTION CASES, AS WELL AS THE DRAIN BEING NOTICEABLY STIFFER.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 25196021 ↗
• MalfunctionMay 16, 2026Dull, Blunt

  IT WAS REPORTED BY CUSTOMER THAT THEY INCLUDED A TROCAR THAT WAS PERCEIVED AS TOO DULL, RAISING FEAR OF POTENTIAL PATIENT HARM DURING BREAST AND PLASTIC RECONSTRUCTION CASES, AS WELL AS THE DRAIN BEING NOTICEABLY STIFFER.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 25196015 ↗
• MalfunctionMay 14, 2026Material Fragmentation

  IT WAS REPORTED THAT A REGISTERED NURSE WAS ATTEMPTING TO STRIP THE JP (JACKSONPRATT) DRAIN, AND THE TUBING BROKE APPROXIMATELY 6 INCHES FROM THE INSERTION SITE ON THE WOUND DRAIN.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 25174129 ↗
• MalfunctionApr 17, 2026Complete Blockage

  IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE CUSTOMER HAD OCCURRED THE PREVIOUS WEEK WITH A 15FR ROUND DRAIN. DR HAD BEEN THE PROVIDER, AND IT HAD BEEN A BREAST CASE. THE CHARGE NURSE FROM GENERAL SURGERY HAD MENTIONED THAT THE DOCTOR DID NOT PREFER THE BARD DRAINS. A 15FR DRAIN HAD BEEN TRIED AND HAD CLOTTED, SO IT WAS CHANGED TO A 19FR DRAIN, WHICH HAD ALSO CLOTTED. THE CHARGE NURSE HAD STATED THAT A 24FR DRAIN WOULD NOT BE USED FOR A BREAST CASE. THE TEAM HAD RETURNED TO USING THE ETHICON DRAIN

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 24918000 ↗
• MalfunctionMar 31, 2026Incorrect Measurement

  IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE CUSTOMER RECENTLY CONVERTED OUR BLAKE DRAINS TO THE BD 072227 DRAINS. CUSTOMER WAS RECEIVING SOME COMPLAINTS ON THE BD DRAINS, PRIMARILY ON THE SIZE OF THE TROCAR COMPARED TO THE BLAKE DRAINS.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 24749089 ↗
• MalfunctionMar 30, 2026Incorrect Measurement; Insufficient Device Problem Information

  IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE CUSTOMER RECENTLY CONVERTED OUR BLAKE DRAINS TO THE BD 072227 AND 072229 DRAINS. CUSTOMER WAS RECEIVING SOME COMPLAINTS ON THE BD DRAINS, PRIMARILY ON THE SIZE OF THE TROCAR COMPARED TO THE BLAKE DRAINS.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 24719024 ↗
• InjuryMar 25, 2026Material Fragmentation

  IT WAS REPORTED THAT A FEW DAYS AGO, AT THE FACILITY, STAFF WAS ATTEMPTED TO REMOVE A WOUND DRAIN FROM A PATIENT. THE DRAIN SNAPPED OFF INTO THE PATIENT. THEY HAD TO TAKE THE PATIENT TO THE OPERATING ROOM FOR REMOVAL OF THE RETAINED DRAIN PIECE. THEY UNSURE OF WHAT THEY DID WITH THE DRAIN PIECE WHETHER THAT WAS SENT TO PATHOLOGY FOR EVALUATION OR JUST DISCARDED. THEY JUST WANTED TO REPORT THAT INCIDENT IN CASE OTHER HAVE REPORTED A SIMILAR ISSUE.

  Patient problems: Foreign Body In Patient

  MAUDE report 24690499 ↗
• MalfunctionMar 19, 2026Fluid/Blood Leak

  IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT HAD A FOLEY CATHETER INSERTED PRIOR TO CESAREAN SECTION. URINE DRAINED IN COLLECTION BAG. WHEN THE SURGERY WAS COMPLETED AND THE BLANKET WAS PULLED BACK, THE FOLEY TUBING AND BULB WERE FOUND TO BE LAYING ON THE BED BETWEEN THE PATIENTS LEG, COMPLETELY OUT OF THE URETHRA. WHEN THE NURSE TRIED TO BLOW UP THE BALLOON AGAIN WITH WATER THERE WAS A SMALL HOLE WHERE THE WATER WAS LEAKING. PER FOLLOW-UP INFORMATION RECEIVED VIA EMAIL ON 12MAR2026, BOTH PRODUCTS ARE AVAILABLE. FOLEY CATHETER WAS REPLACED. NO TROUBLESHOOTING WAS DONE AS BOTH HAD LEAKS THAT WERE NOT REPAIRABLE. THE LOT #NGKR2507 AND NGKW1965.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 24644398 ↗
• InjuryMar 4, 2026Patient Device Interaction Problem

  IT WAS REPORTED THAT THERE WAS A COMPLAINT OF INCREASED PAIN, LIMITED MOBILITY, AND THE INCREASED NEED FOR OPIOID MEDICATION WITH THE USE OF WOUND DRAIN.

  Patient problems: Appropriate Clinical Signs, Symptoms and Conditions Term/Code Not Available; Pain

  MAUDE report 24506148 ↗

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