Multifire Endo TARecalls & reported problems across all models

We found 2 models of Multifire Endo TA by Covidien LP in the FDA's device registry (GUDID). Together they are named in 118 adverse event reports in the FDA's MAUDE database, received between Feb 21, 2017 and Sep 19, 2025 — classified as 29 injuries, 89 malfunctions.

The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Failure to Fire” (40 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 Multifire Endo TA problems

Multifire Endo TA models

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

• Multifire Endo TA 010901

  STAPLE, IMPLANTABLE
  102 reports
• Multifire Endo TA 010911L

  STAPLE, IMPLANTABLE
  16 reports

Recent Multifire Endo TA adverse event reports

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

• MalfunctionSep 19, 2025Detachment of Device or Device Component; Detachment of Device or Device Component

  IT WAS REPORTED THAT PRIOR TO USE, THE MULTIFIRE STAPLER BROKE AT THE HANDLE. THE BROKEN PART DISENGAGED, BUT NO PIECES FELL INTO THE PATIENT CAVITY. THE DEVICE WAS REPLACED WITH A NEW HANDLE TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE. THERE WAS NO PATIENT INVOLVEMENT.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 23101176 ↗
• MalfunctionJul 10, 2024Failure to Fire; Insufficient Device Problem Information; Failure to Fire; Insufficient Device Problem Information

  ACCORDING TO THE REPORTER, DURING A KIDNEY TRANSPLANT PROCEDURE, THE STAPLER WAS UNABLE TO FIRE WITH THE FIRST RELOAD. A NEW RELOAD WAS USED TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE. THERE WAS NO PATIENT INJURY.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 19711992 ↗
• MalfunctionJul 4, 2024Failure to Fire; Failure to Fire

  ACCORDING TO THE REPORTER, DURING A LAPAROSCOPIC NEPHRECTOMY PROCEDURE, THE STAPLER WOULD NOT FIRE AFTER THE RELOAD WAS CHANGED. THERE WAS NO PATIENT INJURY.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 19675236 ↗
• MalfunctionJun 24, 2024Failure to Fire; Failure to Fire

  ACCORDING TO THE REPORTER, DURING A KIDNEY TRANSPLANT PROCEDURE, THE STAPLER WAS UNABLE TO FIRE. A NEW RELOAD WAS USED TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE. THERE WAS NO PATIENT INJURY.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 19594829 ↗
• MalfunctionJan 31, 2024Difficult to Open or Close; Difficult to Open or Close

  ACCORDING TO THE REPORTER, PRIOR TO USE OF THE DEVICE IN A PROCEDURE, THE TRIGGER TO FIRE THE STAPLER WAS UNABLE TO BE ENGAGED, THE STAPLER WAS LOCKED IN THE OPEN POSITION, THE STAPLER DID NOT CLOSE TOGETHER WHEN TRIALED BEFORE USE IN THE PATIENT. THERE WAS NO PATIENT INVOLVED.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 18617093 ↗
• MalfunctionNov 21, 2023Failure to Fire; Failure to Fire

  ACCORDING TO THE REPORTER, DURING A LAPAROSCOPIC LIVING DONOR NEPHRECTOMY PROCEDURE, AT THE TIME OF BLOOD VESSEL RESECTION, THE HANDLE COULD NOT BE SQUEEZED. A NEW DEVICE WAS USED TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE. THERE WAS NO PATIENT INJURY.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 18185735 ↗
• MalfunctionOct 16, 2023Detachment of Device or Device Component; Detachment of Device or Device Component

  ACCORDING TO THE REPORTER, PRIOR TO USE OF THE DEVICE, THE STAPLE WAS UNLOADED. ANOTHER RELOAD WAS USED WITH THE SAME HANDLE TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE. THERE WAS NO PATIENT INVOLVEMENT.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 17943395 ↗
• MalfunctionJul 31, 2023Failure to Fire; Failure to Fire

  ACCORDING TO THE REPORTER, DURING AN OPEN KIDNEY TRANSPLANT, WHILE STAPLING ON THE VESSEL, THE STAPLER WAS NOT ABLE TO FIRE. A NEW STAPLER WAS USED TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE. THERE WAS NO PATIENT INJURY.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 17426012 ↗
• InjurySep 30, 2022Entrapment of Device; Failure to Form Staple; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Entrapment of Device; Failure to Form Staple; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

  ACCORDING TO THE REPORTER, DURING A LAPAROSCOPIC DONOR NEPHRECTOMY, WHILE SEPARATING THE RENAL ARTERY AND RENAL VEIN, THE TISSUE DID NOT COME OFF FROM THE CARTRIDGE WHEN THE JAW WAS OPENED AFTER FIRING; IT DID NOT COME OFF WHEN AN ATTEMPT WAS MADE TO REMOVE IT USING FORCEPS, THE JAW OF DEVICE WAS FIXATED TO TISSUE. AN ADDITIONAL SEPARATION WAS ATTEMPTED USING POWERED STAPLER FROM THE PLANNED RESECTION POSITION DURING RENAL VEIN SEPARATION, HOWEVER, THE ALREADY BITTEN DEVICE DID NOT WORK OUT WELL DUE TO INTERFERENCE. THE STAPLE THAT WAS LEFT IN THE CARTRIDGE FORK IS NOT A CLEAN B-TYPE. TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE AND COMPLETE THE CASE, EMERGENCY TRANSITION FROM LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY TO LAPAROTOMY WAS DONE AND THE INCISION WAS EXPANDED WIDER THAN EXPECTED, EXCEEDED 1 INCH (2.54 CM), THE BLOOD VESSEL WAS SUTURED WITH A NEEDLE SUTURE, THEN CUT WITH A SCALPEL THEN COLLECT THE TISSUE AND THE CARTRIDGE, AND THE SURGERY TIME WAS EXTENDED BY 30 MINUTES OR MORE.

  Patient problems: Unspecified Tissue Injury

  MAUDE report 15512657 ↗
• InjurySep 30, 2022Entrapment of Device; Failure to Form Staple; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Entrapment of Device; Failure to Form Staple; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

  ACCORDING TO THE REPORTER, DURING A LAPAROSCOPIC DONOR NEPHRECTOMY, WHILE SEPARATING THE RENAL ARTERY AND RENAL VEIN, THE TISSUE DID NOT COME OFF FROM THE CARTRIDGE WHEN THE JAW WAS OPENED AFTER FIRING; IT DID NOT COME OFF WHEN AN ATTEMPT WAS MADE TO REMOVE IT USING FORCEPS, THE JAW OF DEVICE WAS FIXATED TO TISSUE. AN ADDITIONAL SEPARATION WAS ATTEMPTED USING POWERED STAPLER FROM THE PLANNED RESECTION POSITION DURING RENAL VEIN SEPARATION, HOWEVER, THE ALREADY BITTEN DEVICE DID NOT WORK OUT WELL DUE TO INTERFERENCE. THE STAPLE THAT WAS LEFT IN THE CARTRIDGE FORK IS NOT A CLEAN B-TYPE. TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE AND COMPLETE THE CASE, EMERGENCY TRANSITION FROM LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY TO LAPAROTOMY WAS DONE AND THE INCISION WAS EXPANDED WIDER THAN EXPECTED, EXCEEDED 1 INCH (2.54 CM), THE BLOOD VESSEL WAS SUTURED WITH A NEEDLE SUTURE, THEN CUT WITH A SCALPEL THEN COLLECT THE TISSUE AND THE CARTRIDGE, AND THE SURGERY TIME WAS EXTENDED BY 30 MINUTES OR MORE.

  Patient problems: Unspecified Tissue Injury

  MAUDE report 15512325 ↗
• MalfunctionJun 28, 2022Difficult to Open or Close; Difficult to Open or Close

  ACCORDING TO THE REPORTER, ON A LAPAROSCOPIC KIDNEY TRANSPLANT, DURING THE ANASTOMOSIS OF KIDNEY, WHILE IN THE RENAL VEIN, THE JAWS WERE UNABLE TO OPEN. ANOTHER DEVICE WAS USED TO COMPLETE THE CASE. THERE WAS NO PATIENT INJURY.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 14844380 ↗
• MalfunctionMay 12, 2022Component Missing; Component Missing

  ACCORDING TO THE REPORTER, DURING LAPAROSCOPIC NEPHRECTOMY, AT TRANSECTION OF RENAL ARTERY, THE DEVICE HAD NO STAPLES. THERE WAS NO PATIENT INJURY.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 14379724 ↗
• MalfunctionDec 21, 2021Failure to Fire; Failure to Fire

  ACCORDING TO THE REPORTER, WHEN STAPLING ARTERY DURING LAPAROSCOPIC LIVE DONOR NEPHRECTOMY, 2 STAPLERS WERE UNABLE TO FIRE WHEN HANDLE WAS SQUEEZED. A THIRD STAPLER WAS OPENED TO CONTINUE THE CASE. THERE WAS NO PATIENT INJURY.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 13057140 ↗
• MalfunctionDec 21, 2021Failure to Fire; Failure to Fire

  ACCORDING TO THE REPORTER, WHEN STAPLING ARTERY DURING LAPAROSCOPIC LIVE DONOR NEPHRECTOMY, 2 STAPLERS WERE UNABLE TO FIRE WHEN HANDLE WAS SQUEEZED. A THIRD STAPLER WAS OPENED TO CONTINUE THE CASE. THERE WAS NO PATIENT INJURY.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 13056996 ↗
• MalfunctionDec 1, 2021Component or Accessory Incompatibility; Difficult to Open or Close; Component or Accessory Incompatibility; Difficult to Open or Close

  ACCORDING TO THE REPORTER, BEFORE A BLOOD VESSEL TREATMENT FOR KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION, AFTER OPENING, THE JAWS OF THE RELOAD COULD NOT BE OPENED AND COULD NOT BE USED. THERE WAS ALSO PROBLEM LOADING THE DEVICE. THERE WAS NO PATIENT INVOLVEMENT.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 12909431 ↗

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