Broach
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 I (lowest regulatory risk tier, general controls), regulated under 21 CFR §888.4540 (Orthopedic panel).
FDA MAUDE casebook
openFDA event book Broach LIGHT-BOOK · MAUDE
#336 of 1000 · 4,622 reports · 1996–2026
- BOOK 4,622 reports
- RANK #336 of 1000
- DEATH 2 death-typed
- INJ 221 injury-typed
- MALF 4,390 malfunction
- SPAN 1996–2026
- PEAK 2023: 576
- PHOTO Snare, Flexible
Nearest event-volume peer: Snare, Flexible (18 report gap)
Broach sits #336 of 1000 among tracked device types with 4,622 MAUDE reports spanning 1996–2026. 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 →
Malfunction reports run above the device-type norm
Broach carries 95.0% MALFUNCTION-coded reports, 30.2pp 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 4.8% corpus 30.3% · below corpus mean (-25.5 pp)
- MALF 95.0% corpus 64.8% · above corpus mean (+30.2 pp)
Lead product-problem code Device-Device Incompatibility is 31% of coded problems · Lead manufacturer DEPUY ORTHOPAEDICS INC US accounts for 38% of manufacturer-tagged reports · Top event location is 53% of location-tagged rows .
Broach in the event-volume neighbourhood
FDA MAUDE report totals among this device type and nearest nationwide peers
- System
System, Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Imaging
4,713 reports
- Apparatus
Apparatus, Suction, Single Patient Use, Portable, Nonpowered
4,706 reports
- Table
Table, Obstetrical, Ac-Powered (And Accessories)
4,666 reports
- Snare
Snare, Flexible
4,640 reports
- Broach (this)
Broach
4,622 reports
- Vaporizer
Vaporizer, Anesthesia, Non-Heated
4,534 reports
What this shows Broach carries 4,622 MAUDE reports, ranked #336 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 310 in 2025, down from an average of 523 in the two years before.
Related Entities for Broach
Top Manufacturers
Event Locations
Compare DEPUY ORTHOPAEDICS INC US vs DEPUY IRELAND - 9616671 →
Nationwide devices with a comparable volume-and-death footprint
Two openFDA-derived peer sets for Broach: nearest by total report volume and nearest by death-typed count, each floored at ≥100 reports so the neighborhoods stay in the advertised mass.
Similar report volume
Nearest other device types by FDA MAUDE report count (4,622 here).
Similar death-typed counts
Nearest other device types by death-typed report count (2 here), distinct from the volume row.
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.
Disclaimer: MAUDE figures for Broach 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 Broach; 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.