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Cable, Electrode

Adverse-event figures are drawn from the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) MAUDE database, refreshed March 2026, see our methodology.

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openFDA event book Cable, Electrode LIGHT-BOOK · MAUDE

#948 of 1000 · 403 reports · 1992–2026

  • BOOK 403 reports
  • RANK #948 of 1000
  • DEATH 6 death-typed
  • INJ 73 injury-typed
  • MALF 311 malfunction
  • SPAN 1992–2026
  • PEAK 2016: 57
  • PHOTO Enzyme Immunoassay

Nearest event-volume peer: Enzyme Immunoassay, Phenobarbital (0 report gap)

Cable, Electrode sits #948 of 1000 among tracked device types with 403 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 1.5% corpus 1.5% · near corpus mean (-0.0 pp)
  • INJ 18.1% corpus 30.4% · below corpus mean (-12.3 pp)
  • MALF 77.2% corpus 64.5% · above corpus mean (+12.7 pp)

Lead product-problem code Connection Problem is 33% of coded problems · Lead manufacturer COVIDIEN accounts for 39% of manufacturer-tagged reports · Top event location HOSPITAL is 35% of location-tagged rows .

Cable, Electrode in the event-volume neighbourhood

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

reports

What this shows Cable, Electrode carries 403 MAUDE reports, ranked #948 of 1000.

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

Event Types

Malfunction 311 (77.2%)
Injury 73 (18.1%)
Other 12 (3.0%)
Death 6 (1.5%)
1 (0.2%)

Patient Outcomes

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

276 (64.5%)
Other 58 (13.6%)
Hospitalization 30 (7.0%)
Required Intervention 29 (6.8%)
R 15 (3.5%)
H 8 (1.9%)
Death 6 (1.4%)
Disability 2 (0.5%)
Life Threatening 2 (0.5%)
L 1 (0.2%)
S 1 (0.2%)

Top Product Problems

Connection Problem 61
Biocompatibility 40
Incorrect, Inadequate or Imprecise Result or Readings 17
Break 12
Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem 8
Communication or Transmission Problem 8
Overheating of Device 5
Device Displays Incorrect Message 3
Disconnection 3
Insufficient Information 3
Mechanical Problem 3
Melted 3
Pacing Problem 3
Use of Device Problem 3
Detachment of Device or Device Component 2
Device Contaminated During Manufacture or Shipping 2
Device Operates Differently Than Expected 2
Device Reprocessing Problem 2
Failure to Capture 2
Failure to Conduct 2

Yearly Trend

92
1992: 1
99
1999: 7
00
2000: 32
01
2001: 36
02
2002: 28
03
2003: 13
04
2004: 22
05
2005: 15
06
2006: 7
07
2007: 3
08
2008: 4
09
2009: 5
10
2010: 2
11
2011: 2
12
2012: 3
13
2013: 4
14
2014: 3
15
2015: 3
16
2016: 57
17
2017: 33
18
2018: 5
19
2019: 4
20
2020: 7
21
2021: 12
22
2022: 17
23
2023: 7
24
2024: 10
25
2025: 43
26
2026: 18

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Top Manufacturers

COVIDIEN 12
CARDINAL HEALTH 11
PHILIPS MEDICAL SYSTEMS 8

Event Locations

HOSPITAL 143 (35.5%)
137 (34.0%)
I 98 (24.3%)
UNKNOWN 11 (2.7%)
NO INFORMATION 9 (2.2%)
AMBULATORY SURGICAL FACILITY 3 (0.7%)
NOT APPLICABLE 1 (0.2%)
OTHER 1 (0.2%)

Compare COVIDIEN vs CARDINAL HEALTH →

Nationwide devices with similar MAUDE profiles

Two openFDA-derived peer sets for Cable, Electrode, 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 (403 here).

Enzyme Immunoassay, Phenobarbital 403 Camera, Scintillation 404 Condom 402 Methyl Methacrylate For Cranioplasty 402

Similar death-typed counts

Nearest other device types by death-typed report count (6 here), distinct from the volume row.

Applicator, Absorbent Tipped, Non-Sterile 6 Catheter, Straight 6 Device, Percutaneous Retrieval 6 Dilator, Catheter, Ureteral 6

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Disclaimer: MAUDE figures for Cable, Electrode 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 Cable, Electrode; 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.