Appliance, Fixation, Nail/Blade/Plate Combination, Multiple Component, Metal Composite
Adverse-event figures are drawn from the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) MAUDE database, refreshed March 2026, see our methodology.
OpenFDA device adverse-event casebook.
FDA Class II (moderate risk, special controls required), regulated under 21 CFR §888.3030 (Orthopedic panel).
FDA MAUDE casebook
openFDA event book Appliance LIGHT-BOOK · MAUDE
#742 of 1000 · 779 reports · 1992–2026
- BOOK 779 reports
- RANK #742 of 1000
- DEATH 0 death-typed
- INJ 474 injury-typed
- MALF 302 malfunction
- SPAN 1992–2026
- PEAK 2011: 85
- PHOTO Computer
Nearest event-volume peer: Computer, Diagnostic, Pre-Programmed, Single-Function (1 report gap)
Appliance, Fixation, Nail/Blade/Plate Combination, Multiple Component, Metal Composite sits #742 of 1000 among tracked device types with 779 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 →
Injury-coded reports run above the device-type norm
Appliance carries 60.8% INJURY-coded reports, 30.6pp above the 1,000-device-type mean, the widest gap of its three event codes. Codes are report labels, not adjudicated causation.
- DEATH 0.0% corpus 1.5% · below corpus mean (-1.5 pp)
- INJ 60.8% corpus 30.3% · above corpus mean (+30.6 pp)
- MALF 38.8% corpus 64.8% · below corpus mean (-26.1 pp)
Lead product-problem code Break is 18% of coded problems · Lead manufacturer ZIMMER BIOMET, INC. accounts for 37% of manufacturer-tagged reports · Top event location is 62% of location-tagged rows .
Appliance in the event-volume neighbourhood
FDA MAUDE report totals among this device type and nearest nationwide peers
- Support
Support, Patient Position
782 reports
- Gown, Surgical
Gown, Surgical
780 reports
- Appliance (this)
Appliance, Fixation, Nail/Blade/Plate Combination, Multiple Component, Metal Composite
779 reports
- Computer
Computer, Diagnostic, Pre-Programmed, Single-Function
778 reports
- Electrocautery
Electrocautery, Gynecologic (And Accessories)
777 reports
- Cleanser
Cleanser, Denture, Over The Counter
776 reports
What this shows Appliance, Fixation, Nail/Blade/Plate Combination, Multiple Component, Metal Composite carries 779 MAUDE reports, ranked #742 of 1000.
Event Types
Patient Outcomes
FDA patient-outcome codes (separate from event_type). Percentages use this chart's row total.
Top Product Problems
Yearly Trend
Reports fell to 7 in 2025, down from an average of 23 in the two years before.
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Top Manufacturers
Event Locations
Nationwide devices with a comparable report-volume footprint
Appliance carries zero death-typed MAUDE reports, so the peer set below compares report volume only; both axes are floored at ≥100 reports so the neighborhood stays in the advertised mass.
Similar report volume
Nearest other device types by FDA MAUDE report count (779 here).
Similar death-typed counts
Nearest other device types by death-typed report count (0 here), distinct from the volume row.
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.
Disclaimer: MAUDE figures for Appliance 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 Appliance; 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.