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

2022 isn't even close to an end, and the FDA's list for recalls of medical devices is currently at 50. The result of these recalls thus far has been a tragic 36 deaths and 224 injuries. Avanos Medical ranks number one on the 2022 list of malfunctions in medical devices with 23 reported deaths from unintentionally placed feeding tubes.


They are the deadliest medical device malfunctions as per the FDA medical device recall notification:

Avanos Medical Recalls Cortrak*2 Enteral Access System for feeding tubes
Inadvertently, removing nasogastric feeding tubes caused 60 injuries and 23 deaths.

In 2022 in 2022, this device malfunction was the primary reason for death among all the medical equipment that was recalled.


Avanos Medical has recall the Cortrak*2 Enteral Access System after reports of injury and death in patients who received Nasogastric or Nasoenteric feeding tubes that were incorrectly placed.


Avanos Medical feeding tube If a nasogastric, or the nasoenteric tube is not correctly installed, patients could suffer damage to their vocal cords, lungs, or trachea. https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/USFDA/bulletins/317bc54 This can cause serious injuries and even death. Avanos Medical notified that users "...and hospitals must verify the placement of N/NI tubes according the guidelines of the institution. Fox News said.

Avanos Medical's recall communication reported that the CORTRAK*2 Ental Access System has been misplaced by enteral feeding tubes since the year 2015.

Baxter recalls SIGMA Spectrum Infusion Pumps with Master Drug Library (Version 8) and Spectrum IQ Infusion Systems with Dose IQ Safety Software (Version 9)
Baxter received 51 cases of serious injury and three reports of death of patients in the past five years.

Following numerous complaints about safety alarm malfunctions, the medical device maker Baxter has decided to recall the device. https://aacnjournals.org/ajcconline/article/26/2/149/3230/Cortrak-Assisted-Feeding-Tube-Insertion-A The alarms on the pumps was failing to activate in the event of upstream obstruction events. The announcement warned that use of the affected products could cause negative health effects, such as death.

Cortrak 2 eternal access system Cortrak 2 eternal access system Medtronic Recalls EMG Reinforced Endotracheal Tube
The device has been linked to 3 injuries and 2 fatalities.

The NIMCONTACT Reinforced EMG Tube and the NIM Standard Reinforced EMG Tube - both utilized to help provide airway and monitoring of the laryngeal nervous system in neck and head surgery caused three fatalities and two injuries before Medtronic's recall. Although the company hasn't asked customers to return the defective products or replace them, it sent out safety notices to ensure that the cuff's silicone material didn't restrict a patient's airway.


Patients can suffer from an oxygen deficiency, brain injury or even die if the tube is not ventilated appropriately.

Avanos Medical feeding tube Baxter Healthcare Corporation Recalls Volara System
The use of this device led to 1 injury, 2 deaths.

Baxter Healthcare Corporation and its subsidiary company Hillrom are recalling the Volara System because the in-line ventilator adaptor could hinder home-based patients from getting enough oxygen from their ventilators. The risks to affected patients include choking on mucus or other airway secretions, lung infection (pneumonia) which blocks oxygen from reaching the bloodstream (respiratory failure) or brain injury due to a lack of oxygen to the brain (hypoxia) as well as death.


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


Avanos Medical Recalls Cortrak*2 Enteral Access System

Injuries: 60

Deaths: 23

Baxter recalls SIGMA Spectrum Infusion Pumps (Version 8) and 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 4000 and 3500 Syringe Pumps for Infusion

Injuries: 7

Deaths: 1

Medtronic recalls the 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 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. Medtronic Inc.

Injuries: 55

Deaths: 0

Arrow International, LLC which is a subsidiary of Teleflex Inc., recalls the Arrow-Trerotola PercutaneousThrombolytic Device

Injuries: 14

Deaths: 0

Atrium Medical Corporation Recalls ICast, a Stent that is covered by the iCa

Injuries: 9

Deaths: 0

Vyaire Medical recalls bellavista 1000 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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