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FDA's Deadliest Recalls 2022: Misplaced Feeding Tubes The most feared (Avanos Medical)
Avanos Medical Cortrak2 feeding tubes are the most deadly medical devices according to FDA recalls.

The year 2022 isn't to an end, yet the FDA's list of recalled medical devices is already at 50. These recalls have resulted in 36 deaths and the injury of 224. Avanos Medical Avanos Medical ranks first on the 2022 list of medical device malfunctions with 23 reports of death caused by misplaced feeding tubes.


These are the top four serious medical device malfunctions, in accordance with the FDA recall notice.

https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/32500893/ Avanos Medical Recalls Cortrak*2 Enteral Access System for feeding tubes
Inadvertently removing the nasogastric feeding tube tubes resulted in 60 injuries and 23 deaths.

The device's malfunction is the main cause of death of all medical devices that were recalled by the FDA in 2022.


Avanos Medical has recalled the Cortrak*2 Enteral Access System due to reports of injuries and patient deaths following nasoenteric or Nasogastric feeding tubes have been installed incorrectly.


Patients could suffer serious injury or death if a nasogastric tub or nasoenteric tube is wrongly inserted. Avanos Medical issued a announcement to the healthcare providers to verify the placement of the NG/NI tube according to the institution's procedure. Fox news announced.

Avanos Medical's recall communications included the fatalities and injuries related to the misplacement of the enteral feeding tubes during the use of the CORTRAK* 2 Enteral Access System as of 2015.

Baxter recalls SIGMA Spectrum Infusion Pumps equipped with Master Drug Library (Version 8) and Spectrum IQ Infusion Systems with Dose IQ Safety Software (Version 9)
Baxter has received 51 calls concerning serious injuries and three reports regarding patient deaths that could be connected to this problem over the last five years.

feeding tube placement The medical device maker Baxter recalls this device following numerous reports of a malfunctioning safety alarm. Alarms on the pumps were not triggering in the case of upstream occlusions. These chemicals can trigger adverse health effects that could lead to death in the event of a fatality, as stated in the announcement.

Avanos Medical Medtronic recalls EMG reinforced Endotracheal Tube
This device has been linked to 2 deaths and 3 injuries.

Two deaths and three injuries were caused by the NIMCONTACT Reinforced EMG Endeotracheal Tube and NIM Standard Reinforced EMG Endeotracheal Tube , which are used to check laryngeal and head nerves. While Medtronic hasn't asked customers to return damaged devices, it has released safety announcements to help prevent the silicone cuff in the patient's airway.


Patients can suffer from oxygen deprivation, brain damage or death in the event that the tube isn't ventilating well or blocks the airway.

Baxter Healthcare Corporation Recalls Volara System
The application of this device led to 1 injury, 2 deaths.

Cortrak 2 eternal access system Baxter Healthcare Corporation, and Hillrom its subsidiary company, are recalling the Volara Systems. This is because the adaptor for inline ventilators might not permit home-use patients to get enough oxygen. The potential risks for affected patients include choking on mucus or other airway secretions, lung infections (pneumonia) that blocks oxygen from getting to the blood (respiratory failure) as well as brain injury resulted from a lack of oxygenation to the brain (hypoxia) and death.


This is a listing of human lives that were lost due to the misuse of medical devices or their malfunction in 2022.


Avanos Medical Remcalls Cortrak*2 Entry Access System

Injuries: 60

Deaths: 23

Baxter recalls SIGMA Spectrum Infusion Pumps (Version 8) & Spectrum IQ Infusion Systems (Version 9) Occlusions

Injuries: 51

Deaths: 3

Medtronic recalls NIM CONTACT Reinforced-EMG Endeotracheal Tube, and the NIM Standards Reinforced-EMG Endotracheal Tube

Injuries: 3

Deaths: 2

Baxter Healthcare Corporation Recalls Volara System

Injuries: 1

Deaths: 2

Smiths Medical Recalls Certain Medfusion 3500 and 4000 Syringe Infusion Pumps

Injuries: 7

Deaths: 1

Medtronic recalls HeartWare HVAD system batteries

Injuries: 6

Deaths: 1

Philips Respironics recalls all V60 and V60 Plus ventilatilators

Injuries: 4

Deaths: 1

Medtronic Recalls HVAD Pump Implant Kit

Injuries: 2

Deaths: 1

Medtronic recalls HeartWare HVAD System Batteries

Injuries: 0

Deaths: 1

Covidien, LP Recalls Puritan Bennett 980 Series Ventilator

Injuries: 0

Deaths: 1

Medtronic Inc. Recalls HawkOne Directional Atherectomy System

Injuries: 55

Deaths: 0

Arrow International, LLC as a Subsidiary of Teleflex Inc., recalls the Arrow-Trerotola PercutaneousThrombolytic Device

Injuries: 14

Deaths: 0

Atrium Medical Corporation Recalls iCast Covered Stent

Injuries: 9

Deaths: 0

Vyaire Medical recalls bellavista 1000 Series and 1000e Series Ventilators

Injuries: 7

Deaths: 0

LivaNova (TandemLife) Recalls LifeSPARC System

Injuries: 2

Deaths: 0

Draeger, Inc recalls SafeStar 55 Breathing Systems Filters

Injuries: 1

Deaths: 0

Abbott Medical Recalls Dragonfly OpStar Imaging Catheter

Injuries: 1

Deaths: 0

SML Distribution LLC Recalls Skippack Medical Lab COVID-19 Direct Antigen Rapid Tests

Injuries: 1

Deaths: 0


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