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# Cook Medical Recalls CrossCath Catheters
- URL: https://www.fdaweb.com/cook-medical-recalls-crosscath-catheters/
- Published: 2020-01-03T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-14T15:57:15.000Z
- Author: David McFarland
- Tags: Devices, #legacy-id-D5145750

Cook Medical has recalled (Class 1) its CrossCath Support Catheters due to a manufacturing error which may cause the marker bands to dislodge. A [recall notice](https://www.fda.gov/medical-devices/medical-device-recalls/cook-medical-recalls-crosscathr-support-catheters-due-manufacturing-error-which-may-cause-marker?ref=fdaweb.com) says that the company has identified that an error occurred during manufacturing which may cause the radiopaque marker bands to be too loose or too tight on certain devices. “Marker bands that are too loose can dislodge from their original position and marker bands that are too tight can cause buckling,” it says.

The recall notice says that using the affected product can “cause ׅincreased procedural time to obtain a replacement, increased procedural time due to difficult advancement of the catheter through a lesion, additional intervention to remove a catheter that becomes stuck within a lesion, additional intervention to remove separated marker band(s). There is also the potential that the separated marker band cannot be retrieved, and it can cause permanent impairment like loss of limb; or the fragment can obstruct blood flow (embolize), resulting in life-threatening harm (e.g., stroke), or death.”