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Recalled · Class II · 2014

Sarns Low Jetting Aortic Arch Cannula

K934127510(k) TraditionalCleared Feb 22, 1994181-day reviewClass II21 CFR 870.4210Recalls 41

Data to Oct 25, 2026 (FDA decisions) Oct 12, 2026 (recalls) Sep 30, 2026 (MAUDE) refreshed weekly, last Nov 3, 2026

3M Health Care, Sarns · DWF Catheter, Cannula And Tubing, Vascular, Cardiopulmonary Bypass

Cleared on Feb 22, 1994 after a 181-day review. FDA has not posted a summary or statement for it, so its predicates are not known. 2 of the 13 devices in its family, counting itself, have a Class I recall. 12 later devices descend from it. It has been recalled 41 times.

Decided
Feb 22, 1994
Review
181 days
Class
Class II
Product code
DWF
Recalls
41
Predicates
0

12 later devices descend from it, 5 citing it directly. 2 of the 13 devices in this family, counting this one, have a Class I recall.

Descendants, by year cleared 2014: 3 descendants cleared, 1 with a Class I recall11997: 1 descendant cleared2006: 1 descendant cleared2009: 3 descendants cleared2025: 1 descendant cleared2021: 1 descendant cleared2011: 1 descendant cleared, 1 with a Class I recall12013: 1 descendant cleared1990200020102020
  1. This deviceK934127 Sarns Low Jetting Aortic Arch Cannula3M Health Care, Sarns · 1994
  2. Descendant · cites it directly · 6 of its ownK060101 Estech Aortic Easy Flow CannulaEndoscopic Technologies, Inc. · 2006
  3. Descendant · 2 generations on · 3 of its ownK083111 Impella 5.0 Catheter FamilyAbiomed, Inc. · 2009 · Recalled
  4. Descendant · 3 generations on · 2 of its ownK102726 Cardiohelp SystemMaquet Cardiopulmonary, AG · 2011 · Recalled (Class I)
  5. Descendant · 2 generations on · 1 of its ownK091542 Estech Easyflow Cannula with GuidewireEndoscopic Technologies, Inc. D/B/A Estech · 2009
  6. Descendant · cites it directly · 1 of its ownK081560 Vascutek Cannula Graft, Model CGS2008SVascutek, Ltd. · 2009

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Descendants cleared per year

1997: 12006: 12009: 32011: 12013: 12014: 32021: 12025: 1
1997high 3 (2009) · low 0 (1998)2026

Class I recalls in this family

Most influential descendants

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  • K060101Estech Aortic Easy Flow CannulaEndoscopic Technologies, Inc. · 2006 · cites it directly6descendants
  • K083111Impella 5.0 Catheter FamilyAbiomed, Inc. · 2009 · 2 generations on3descendants
  • K102726Cardiohelp SystemMaquet Cardiopulmonary, AG · 2011 · 3 generations on2descendants
  • K091542Estech Easyflow Cannula with GuidewireEndoscopic Technologies, Inc. D/B/A Estech · 2009 · 2 generations on1descendant
  • K081560Vascutek Cannula Graft, Model CGS2008SVascutek, Ltd. · 2009 · cites it directly1descendant
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Line of descent and top descendants

GenerationNumberDeviceApplicantDecidedRecalls
0 (this device)K934127Sarns Low Jetting Aortic Arch Cannula3M Health Care, Sarns1994—
+1K060101Estech Aortic Easy Flow CannulaEndoscopic Technologies, Inc.2006—
+2K083111Impella 5.0 Catheter FamilyAbiomed, Inc.20091
+3K102726Cardiohelp SystemMaquet Cardiopulmonary, AG2011Class I
+2K091542Estech Easyflow Cannula with GuidewireEndoscopic Technologies, Inc. D/B/A Estech2009—
+1K081560Vascutek Cannula Graft, Model CGS2008SVascutek, Ltd.2009—

Descendants by year cleared

Year clearedDevicesWith a Class I recall
199710
200610
200930
201111
201310
201431
202110
202510
FIG. 1 — Lineage of K934127, 1994–2025Source: FDA 510(k) summaries, read by 510(k) Report · How lineage is built

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Sources: FDA 510(k) database (decision fields), FDA recall and enforcement reports, and MAUDE; processed by 510(k) Report. Verify on FDA.gov · Methodology and accuracy.

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What was it cleared against?

FDA has not posted a summary or statement for it, so its predicates are not known.

What descends from it? (12)

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5 later devices cite it directly; ranked here by how many devices descend from each in turn.

NumberDeviceApplicantDecidedDescendants
K060101Estech Aortic Easy Flow CannulaEndoscopic Technologies, Inc.20066
K081560Vascutek Cannula Graft, Model CGS2008SVascutek, Ltd.20091
K132811Sarns Soft-Flow Extended Aortic CannulaTerumo Cardiovascular Systems Corporation20140
K132451Sarns Soft-Flow Aortic CannulaTerumo Cardiovascular Systems Corp.20140
K964373Sarns Arterial Cannulae with Duraflo Treatment3M Healthcare19970

Has anything in its family been recalled? (2 Class I)

Recalls of this device

DateClassRecallRoot causeReason
May 23, 2014Class IIZ-2099-2014Process controlDuring an in-process inspection, Terumo Cardiovascular Systems (Terumo CVS) identified the presence of loose fiber particulate that exceeded finished product specifications
May 23, 2014Class IIZ-2105-2014Process controlDuring an in-process inspection, Terumo Cardiovascular Systems (Terumo CVS) identified the presence of loose fiber particulate that exceeded finished product specifications
Oct 23, 2013Class IIZ-0193-2014Employee errorDuring an in-process inspection, Terumo Cardiovascular Systems (Terumo CVS) identified the presence of loose fiber particulate that exceeded finished product specifications on certain product lots of Sarns" Soft-Flow Aortic Cannulae and…
Oct 23, 2013Class IIZ-0196-2014Employee errorDuring an in-process inspection, Terumo Cardiovascular Systems (Terumo CVS) identified the presence of loose fiber particulate that exceeded finished product specifications on certain product lots of Sarns" Soft-Flow Aortic Cannulae and…
Oct 23, 2013Class IIZ-0194-2014Employee errorDuring an in-process inspection, Terumo Cardiovascular Systems (Terumo CVS) identified the presence of loose fiber particulate that exceeded finished product specifications on certain product lots of Sarns" Soft-Flow Aortic Cannulae and…
Oct 23, 2013Class IIZ-0195-2014Employee errorDuring an in-process inspection, Terumo Cardiovascular Systems (Terumo CVS) identified the presence of loose fiber particulate that exceeded finished product specifications on certain product lots of Sarns" Soft-Flow Aortic Cannulae and…
Nov 21, 2012Class IIZ-0456-2013Process designThe presence of plastic flash was identified at the tip of certain lots of Sarns Soft-Flow Aortic Cannula. The plastic flash has the potential to detach and contribute to an adverse patient effect. While this potential failure has not…
Nov 21, 2012Class IIZ-0462-2013Process designThe presence of plastic flash was identified at the tip of certain lots of Sarns Soft-Flow Aortic Cannula. The plastic flash has the potential to detach and contribute to an adverse patient effect. While this potential failure has not…
Nov 21, 2012Class IIZ-0458-2013Process designThe presence of plastic flash was identified at the tip of certain lots of Sarns Soft-Flow Aortic Cannula. The plastic flash has the potential to detach and contribute to an adverse patient effect. While this potential failure has not…
Nov 21, 2012Class IIZ-0460-2013Process designThe presence of plastic flash was identified at the tip of certain lots of Sarns Soft-Flow Aortic Cannula. The plastic flash has the potential to detach and contribute to an adverse patient effect. While this potential failure has not…
Nov 21, 2012Class IIZ-0461-2013Process designThe presence of plastic flash was identified at the tip of certain lots of Sarns Soft-Flow Aortic Cannula. The plastic flash has the potential to detach and contribute to an adverse patient effect. While this potential failure has not…
Nov 21, 2012Class IIZ-0459-2013Process designThe presence of plastic flash was identified at the tip of certain lots of Sarns Soft-Flow Aortic Cannula. The plastic flash has the potential to detach and contribute to an adverse patient effect. While this potential failure has not…
Feb 23, 2012Not classifiedZ-1294-2012Nonconforming Material/ComponentDuring in-house inspection, Terumo Cardiovascular Systems discovered one Soft-Flow Aortic Cannula with a hole in the tip, just above the suture ball.
Feb 23, 2012Not classifiedZ-1297-2012Nonconforming Material/ComponentDuring in-house inspection, Terumo Cardiovascular Systems discovered one Soft-Flow Aortic Cannula with a hole in the tip, just above the suture ball.
Feb 23, 2012Not classifiedZ-1313-2012Nonconforming Material/ComponentDuring in-house inspection, Terumo Cardiovascular Systems discovered one Soft-Flow Aortic Cannula with a hole in the tip, just above the suture ball.
Feb 23, 2012Not classifiedZ-1302-2012Nonconforming Material/ComponentDuring in-house inspection, Terumo Cardiovascular Systems discovered one Soft-Flow Aortic Cannula with a hole in the tip, just above the suture ball.
Feb 23, 2012Not classifiedZ-1310-2012Nonconforming Material/ComponentDuring in-house inspection, Terumo Cardiovascular Systems discovered one Soft-Flow Aortic Cannula with a hole in the tip, just above the suture ball.
Feb 23, 2012Not classifiedZ-1299-2012Nonconforming Material/ComponentDuring in-house inspection, Terumo Cardiovascular Systems discovered one Soft-Flow Aortic Cannula with a hole in the tip, just above the suture ball.
Feb 23, 2012Not classifiedZ-1309-2012Nonconforming Material/ComponentDuring in-house inspection, Terumo Cardiovascular Systems discovered one Soft-Flow Aortic Cannula with a hole in the tip, just above the suture ball.
Feb 23, 2012Not classifiedZ-1300-2012Nonconforming Material/ComponentDuring in-house inspection, Terumo Cardiovascular Systems discovered one Soft-Flow Aortic Cannula with a hole in the tip, just above the suture ball.
Feb 23, 2012Not classifiedZ-1305-2012Nonconforming Material/ComponentDuring in-house inspection, Terumo Cardiovascular Systems discovered one Soft-Flow Aortic Cannula with a hole in the tip, just above the suture ball.
Feb 23, 2012Not classifiedZ-1301-2012Nonconforming Material/ComponentDuring in-house inspection, Terumo Cardiovascular Systems discovered one Soft-Flow Aortic Cannula with a hole in the tip, just above the suture ball.
Feb 23, 2012Not classifiedZ-1307-2012Nonconforming Material/ComponentDuring in-house inspection, Terumo Cardiovascular Systems discovered one Soft-Flow Aortic Cannula with a hole in the tip, just above the suture ball.
Feb 23, 2012Not classifiedZ-1293-2012Nonconforming Material/ComponentDuring in-house inspection, Terumo Cardiovascular Systems discovered one Soft-Flow Aortic Cannula with a hole in the tip, just above the suture ball.
Feb 23, 2012Not classifiedZ-1298-2012Nonconforming Material/ComponentDuring in-house inspection, Terumo Cardiovascular Systems discovered one Soft-Flow Aortic Cannula with a hole in the tip, just above the suture ball.
Feb 23, 2012Not classifiedZ-1292-2012Nonconforming Material/ComponentDuring in-house inspection, Terumo Cardiovascular Systems discovered one Soft-Flow Aortic Cannula with a hole in the tip, just above the suture ball.
Feb 23, 2012Not classifiedZ-1306-2012Nonconforming Material/ComponentDuring in-house inspection, Terumo Cardiovascular Systems discovered one Soft-Flow Aortic Cannula with a hole in the tip, just above the suture ball.
Feb 23, 2012Not classifiedZ-1296-2012Nonconforming Material/ComponentDuring in-house inspection, Terumo Cardiovascular Systems discovered one Soft-Flow Aortic Cannula with a hole in the tip, just above the suture ball.
Feb 23, 2012Not classifiedZ-1287-2012Nonconforming Material/ComponentDuring in-house inspection, Terumo Cardiovascular Systems discovered one Soft-Flow Aortic Cannula with a hole in the tip, just above the suture ball.
Feb 23, 2012Not classifiedZ-1291-2012Nonconforming Material/ComponentDuring in-house inspection, Terumo Cardiovascular Systems discovered one Soft-Flow Aortic Cannula with a hole in the tip, just above the suture ball.
Feb 23, 2012Not classifiedZ-1288-2012Nonconforming Material/ComponentDuring in-house inspection, Terumo Cardiovascular Systems discovered one Soft-Flow Aortic Cannula with a hole in the tip, just above the suture ball.
Feb 23, 2012Not classifiedZ-1304-2012Nonconforming Material/ComponentDuring in-house inspection, Terumo Cardiovascular Systems discovered one Soft-Flow Aortic Cannula with a hole in the tip, just above the suture ball.
Feb 23, 2012Not classifiedZ-1290-2012Nonconforming Material/ComponentDuring in-house inspection, Terumo Cardiovascular Systems discovered one Soft-Flow Aortic Cannula with a hole in the tip, just above the suture ball.
Feb 23, 2012Not classifiedZ-1311-2012Nonconforming Material/ComponentDuring in-house inspection, Terumo Cardiovascular Systems discovered one Soft-Flow Aortic Cannula with a hole in the tip, just above the suture ball.
Feb 23, 2012Not classifiedZ-1312-2012Nonconforming Material/ComponentDuring in-house inspection, Terumo Cardiovascular Systems discovered one Soft-Flow Aortic Cannula with a hole in the tip, just above the suture ball.
Feb 23, 2012Not classifiedZ-1295-2012Nonconforming Material/ComponentDuring in-house inspection, Terumo Cardiovascular Systems discovered one Soft-Flow Aortic Cannula with a hole in the tip, just above the suture ball.
Feb 23, 2012Not classifiedZ-1303-2012Nonconforming Material/ComponentDuring in-house inspection, Terumo Cardiovascular Systems discovered one Soft-Flow Aortic Cannula with a hole in the tip, just above the suture ball.
Feb 23, 2012Not classifiedZ-1314-2012Nonconforming Material/ComponentDuring in-house inspection, Terumo Cardiovascular Systems discovered one Soft-Flow Aortic Cannula with a hole in the tip, just above the suture ball.
Feb 23, 2012Not classifiedZ-1308-2012Nonconforming Material/ComponentDuring in-house inspection, Terumo Cardiovascular Systems discovered one Soft-Flow Aortic Cannula with a hole in the tip, just above the suture ball.
Feb 23, 2012Not classifiedZ-1289-2012Nonconforming Material/ComponentDuring in-house inspection, Terumo Cardiovascular Systems discovered one Soft-Flow Aortic Cannula with a hole in the tip, just above the suture ball.
Oct 19, 2005Not classifiedZ-0181-06OtherThe product is labeled as sterile, but the firm has determined that the suture flange may tear through the front of the package.

Relatives with a Class I recall

Class I is FDA’s most serious recall class. A recall in the family tree is context for this device, not evidence about it.

  • K102726Cardiohelp SystemMaquet Cardiopulmonary, AG · 2011 · 3 generations on · ◆ in the 2011 descendants bar of FIG. 11 Class I recall
  • K133598Cardiohelp SystemMaquet Cardiopulmonary, AG · 2014 · 4 generations on · ◆ in the 2014 descendants bar of FIG. 11 Class I recall

What does this lineage say?

  • Of its descendants, K060101 (Endoscopic Technologies, Inc., 2006) has gone furthest, with 6 descendants of its own.

How does its category compare?

All DWF devices

DWF Catheter, Cannula And Tubing, Vascular, Cardiopulmonary Bypass: FDA decisions, review times, recalls and adverse event reports over 20 years.

FDA decisions per year · DWF

4in 2025

2007: 22008: 62009: 82010: 32011: 52012: 102013: 92014: 142015: 92016: 32017: 52018: 52019: 32020: 32021: 52022: 22023: 22024: 32025: 42026 (partial year): 8
2007high 14 (2014) · low 2 (2007)2026

2026 to Oct 25, outlined.

Median 510(k) review, days · DWF

89in 2025

2008: 95 days median2009: 148 days median2010: 62 days median2011: 85 days median2012: 110 days median2013: 110 days median2014: 110 days median2015: 46 days median2016: 32 days median2017: 127 days median2018: 30 days median2019: 120 days median2020: 30 days median2021: 358 days median2024: 29 days median2025: 89 days median2026 (partial year): 81 days median
2007high 358 (2021) · low 29 (2024)2026

Receipt to decision; years with fewer than 3 clearances left blank.

Recalls per year · DWF

4in 2024

2007: 252008: 252009: 212010: 262011: 132012: 372013: 14, 1 Class I2014: 62015: 3, 1 Class I2016: 32017: 2, 1 Class I2018: 102019: 22021: 32024: 42026 (partial year): 20
2007high 37 (2012) · low 0 (2020)2026

Class I (3 since 2007) Class II/III not classified

Adverse event reports per year · DWF

1,020in 2025

2007: 1212008: 1262009: 992010: 1972011: 2122012: 2332013: 2382014: 3252015: 2182016: 1442017: 1012018: 1182019: 1792020: 1422021: 1622022: 2762023: 4702024: 4012025: 1,020
2007high 1,020 (2025) · low 99 (2009)2025

MAUDE reports naming product code DWF, not matched to any one device; reports are not rates.

View these four charts as a table
YearDecisionsMedian 510(k) review, daysRecalls (Class I)MAUDE reports
20072—25121
200869525126
200981482199
201036226197
201158513212
20121011037233
2013911014 (1)238
2014141106325
20159463 (1)218
20163323144
201751272 (1)101
201853010118
201931202179
20203300142
202153583162
20222—0276
20232—0470
20243294401
202548901,020
202688120—
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510(k) Report. “K934127: Sarns Low Jetting Aortic Arch Cannula.” Lineage record from FDA 510(k) data and the FDA summary. Updated Nov 3, 2026. Accessed Nov 6, 2026. https://510kreport.com/device/K934127

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