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Apparatus, Traction, Non-Powered

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openFDA event book Apparatus, Traction, Non-Powered LIGHT-BOOK · MAUDE

#869 of 1000 · 502 reports · 1992–2026

  • BOOK 502 reports
  • RANK #869 of 1000
  • DEATH 3 death-typed
  • INJ 88 injury-typed
  • MALF 404 malfunction
  • SPAN 1992–2026
  • PEAK 2013: 49
  • PHOTO Laparoscopic Accessor…

Nearest event-volume peer: Laparoscopic Accessories, Gynecologic (0 report gap)

Apparatus, Traction, Non-Powered sits #869 of 1000 among tracked device types with 502 MAUDE reports spanning 1992–2026. Rank counts report volume, not confirmed device fault. Event_type Death / Injury / Malfunction are one code per report — not the same population as patient-outcome rows ( methodology). Read with this device → · Lead manufacturer → · Similar-volume device →

Event-type mix vs corpus

Shares of FDA event_type codes on this device type, compared with the mean across 1,000 device types that have ≥100 MAUDE reports. Codes are report labels, not adjudicated causation.

  • DEATH 0.6% corpus 1.5% · below corpus mean (-0.9 pp)
  • INJ 17.5% corpus 30.4% · below corpus mean (-12.9 pp)
  • MALF 80.5% corpus 64.5% · above corpus mean (+16.0 pp)

Lead product-problem code Break is 22% of coded problems · Lead manufacturer SMITH & NEPHEW, INC. accounts for 25% of manufacturer-tagged reports · Top event location is 54% of location-tagged rows .

Apparatus, Traction, Non-Powered in the event-volume neighbourhood

FDA MAUDE report totals among this device type and nearest nationwide peers

reports

What this shows Apparatus, Traction, Non-Powered carries 502 MAUDE reports, ranked #869 of 1000.

Source FDA MAUDE via openFDA, aggregated by PlainHospital As of August 2026

Event Types

Malfunction 404 (80.5%)
Injury 88 (17.5%)
Other 5 (1.0%)
Death 3 (0.6%)
2 (0.4%)

Patient Outcomes

FDA patient-outcome codes (separate from event_type). Percentages use this chart's row total.

385 (75.5%)
Other 54 (10.6%)
Required Intervention 48 (9.4%)
Hospitalization 7 (1.4%)
S 3 (0.6%)
Death 3 (0.6%)
Disability 3 (0.6%)
H 2 (0.4%)
O 2 (0.4%)
R 2 (0.4%)
Life Threatening 1 (0.2%)

Top Product Problems

Break 62
Device-Device Incompatibility 29
Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem 20
Unintended Movement 18
Device Operates Differently Than Expected 17
Positioning Failure 14
Detachment of Device or Device Component 12
Fitting Problem 10
Use of Device Problem 10
Material Twisted/Bent 9
Mechanical Jam 9
Patient Device Interaction Problem 9
Physical Resistance/Sticking 9
Unstable 9
Defective Device 8
Detachment Of Device Component 7
Insufficient Information 7
Mechanical Problem 7
Positioning Problem 7
Material Deformation 6

Yearly Trend

92
1992: 2
93
1993: 1
94
1994: 1
96
1996: 3
97
1997: 1
98
1998: 1
99
1999: 1
00
2000: 2
01
2001: 2
02
2002: 6
03
2003: 3
04
2004: 4
05
2005: 3
06
2006: 4
07
2007: 1
08
2008: 4
09
2009: 28
10
2010: 2
11
2011: 1
12
2012: 5
13
2013: 49
14
2014: 38
15
2015: 37
16
2016: 28
17
2017: 20
18
2018: 25
19
2019: 32
20
2020: 37
21
2021: 40
22
2022: 26
23
2023: 18
24
2024: 47
25
2025: 20
26
2026: 10

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Top Manufacturers

SMITH & NEPHEW, INC. 86
SYNTHES BRANDYWINE 54
ARTHREX, INC. 47
WRIGHTS LANE SYNTHES USA PRODUCTS LLC 43
SYNTHES MONUMENT 34
SYNTHES GMBH 30
STRYKER ENDOSCOPY-SAN JOSE 22
SYNTHES USA 18
SYNTHES (USA) 12

Event Locations

270 (53.8%)
I 179 (35.7%)
HOSPITAL 30 (6.0%)
NO INFORMATION 8 (1.6%)
UNKNOWN 4 (0.8%)
HOME 3 (0.6%)
AMBULATORY SURGICAL FACILITY 2 (0.4%)
INVALID DATA 2 (0.4%)
NURSING HOME 2 (0.4%)
OUTPATIENT DIAGNOSTIC FACILITY 1 (0.2%)
OUTPATIENT TREATMENT FACILITY 1 (0.2%)

Compare SMITH & NEPHEW, INC. vs SYNTHES BRANDYWINE →

Nationwide devices with similar MAUDE profiles

Two openFDA-derived peer sets for Apparatus, Traction, Non-Powered, both floored at ≥100 reports so the neighborhoods stay in the advertised mass.

Similar report volume

Nearest other device types by FDA MAUDE report count (502 here).

Laparoscopic Accessories, Gynecologic 502 Infusor, Pressure, For I.V. Bags 501 Bronchial Thermoplasty System 500 Bur, Dental 504

Similar death-typed counts

Nearest other device types by death-typed report count (3 here), distinct from the volume row.

Analyzer, Pacemaker Generator Function 3 Bur, Ear, Nose And Throat 3 Cardiac Catheterization Kit 3 Catheter, Ureteral, Gastro-Urology 3

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Disclaimer: MAUDE figures for Apparatus, Traction, Non-Powered are informational only and are not clinical advice. Report codes do not prove device causation. Consult a qualified clinician before acting on this data.

Every figure on PlainHospital is rendered directly from federal source data, no number is typed in by an editor. Event-type mix on this page is computed from FDA MAUDE codes for Apparatus, Traction, Non-Powered; corpus means use device types with ≥100 reports. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.