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FDA recall, , Moderate risk

CGuard Prime Carotid Stent System

The CGuard Prime Carotid Stent System may encounter complications during deployment, causing high resistance or inability to deploy.

What happened

INSPIREMD Inc of Miami, Florida, began a recall of the CGuard Prime Carotid Stent System on May 1, 2026, because the stent delivery system may encounter complications during deployment, which may result in high resistance or inability to deploy the stent. The FDA added the recall to its Enforcement Report on June 5, 2026. The products were distributed nationwide in states including Arkansas, California, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, New York, Texas, and Washington, D.C.

What to do

We don't have product-specific instructions for this recall. FDA's general advice for medical device recalls:

  1. A device recall doesn't always mean you must stop using it: it may need to be checked, adjusted or fixed.
  2. Talk to your health care provider before you stop using it.

Is yours affected?

6 products

Compare the details below with your product and check the FDA notice to confirm whether it is affected.

A UDI-DI is the device identifier printed with the barcode on the device label.

  1. CGuard¿ Prime Carotid Stent System, 135cm, 8mmx40mm

    UDI-DI
    • 07290120281707
    Model/Catalog number
    • CND0840
    Lot code
    all lots/serial numbers manufactured between 02/03/2025 and 02/23/2026
  2. CGuard¿ Prime Carotid Stent System, 135cm, 8mmx30mm

    UDI-DI
    • 07290120281691
    Model/Catalog number
    • CND0830
    Lot code
    all lots/serial numbers manufactured between 02/03/2025 and 02/23/2026
  3. CGuard Prime Carotid Stent System, 135cm, 9mx30mm Model/

    UDI-DI
    • 07290120281738
    Catalog code
    • CND0930
    Lot code
    all lots/serial numbers manufactured between 02/03/2025 and 02/23/2026
  4. CGuard Prime Carotid Stent System, 135cm, 9mx40mm

    UDI-DI
    • 07290120281745
    Model/Catalog number
    • CND0940
    Lot code
    all lots/serial numbers manufactured between 02/03/2025 and 02/23/2026
  5. CGuard¿ Prime Carotid Stent System, 135cm, 10mmx40mm Model/

    UDI-DI
    • 07290120281783
    Catalog code
    • CND1040
    Lot code
    all lots/serial numbers manufactured between 02/03/2025 and 02/23/2026
  6. CGuard Prime Carotid Stent System, 135cm, 10mmx30mm Model/

    UDI-DI
    • 07290120281776
    Catalog code
    • CND1030
    Lot code
    all lots/serial numbers manufactured between 02/03/2025 and 02/23/2026

Recall details

Company began the recall
Company
INSPIREMD IncMiami, Florida
Risk

Moderate risk

Using it may cause short-term health problems, or ones that treatment can reverse. Serious harm is unlikely.

FDA Class II recall · How risk is rated

Event ID
98922
Recall numbers
Z-2325-2026 to Z-2330-2026

Timeline

FDA's Enforcement Report is its public list of recalls; FDA adds a recall when it posts it and publishes the list weekly.

  1. Company began the recall

  2. Added to FDA's Enforcement Report · Classified by FDA

  3. Listed on Recall Canary

  4. In FDA's weekly enforcement report

  5. Summary updated

Summary by Recall Canary, written with AI · summary updated Oct 2, 2026 · primary source: U.S. Food and Drug Administration (opens in a new tab)