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Catheter, Continuous Flush

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 Catheter, Continuous Flush LIGHT-BOOK · MAUDE

#230 of 1000 · 8,543 reports · 1992–2026

  • BOOK 8,543 reports
  • RANK #230 of 1000
  • DEATH 342 death-typed
  • INJ 1,824 injury-typed
  • MALF 6,302 malfunction
  • SPAN 1992–2026
  • PEAK 2025: 994
  • PHOTO Lens

Nearest event-volume peer: Lens, Guide, Intraocular (4 report gap)

Catheter, Continuous Flush sits #230 of 1000 among tracked device types with 8,543 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 4.0% corpus 1.5% · above corpus mean (+2.5 pp)
  • INJ 21.4% corpus 30.4% · below corpus mean (-9.1 pp)
  • MALF 73.8% corpus 64.5% · above corpus mean (+9.3 pp)

Lead product-problem code Physical Resistance/Sticking is 22% of coded problems · Lead manufacturer MICRO THERAPEUTICS, INC. DBA EV3 accounts for 32% of manufacturer-tagged reports · Top event location is 62% of location-tagged rows .

Catheter, Continuous Flush in the event-volume neighbourhood

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

reports

What this shows Catheter, Continuous Flush carries 8,543 MAUDE reports, ranked #230 of 1000.

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

Event Types

Malfunction 6,302 (73.8%)
Injury 1,824 (21.4%)
Death 342 (4.0%)
44 (0.5%)
Other 31 (0.4%)

Patient Outcomes

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

6,119 (68.1%)
Required Intervention 841 (9.4%)
Other 744 (8.3%)
Death 308 (3.4%)
Disability 217 (2.4%)
R 162 (1.8%)
Life Threatening 162 (1.8%)
Hospitalization 142 (1.6%)
S 78 (0.9%)
L 76 (0.8%)
H 54 (0.6%)
O 52 (0.6%)
D 31 (0.3%)

Top Product Problems

Physical Resistance/Sticking 1,416
Break 1,106
Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem 1,048
Material Deformation 325
Leak/Splash 307
Material Separation 230
Detachment of Device or Device Component 226
Fracture 220
Burst Container or Vessel 180
Difficult to Remove 176
Device Dislodged or Dislocated 153
Device Damaged by Another Device 140
Difficult to Advance 134
Material Integrity Problem 129
Physical Resistance 111
Entrapment of Device 109
Device Displays Incorrect Message 86
Obstruction of Flow 85
Aspiration Issue 81
Packaging Problem 68

Yearly Trend

92
1992: 1
93
1993: 1
96
1996: 1
97
1997: 1
98
1998: 8
99
1999: 22
00
2000: 22
01
2001: 31
02
2002: 33
03
2003: 49
04
2004: 52
05
2005: 109
06
2006: 134
07
2007: 118
08
2008: 117
09
2009: 187
10
2010: 355
11
2011: 239
12
2012: 217
13
2013: 209
14
2014: 276
15
2015: 339
16
2016: 418
17
2017: 538
18
2018: 434
19
2019: 418
20
2020: 381
21
2021: 440
22
2022: 543
23
2023: 829
24
2024: 942
25
2025: 994
26
2026: 85

Related Entities for Catheter, Continuous Flush

Event Locations

5,270 (61.7%)
I 2,580 (30.2%)
HOSPITAL 645 (7.6%)
NO INFORMATION 33 (0.4%)
OUTPATIENT TREATMENT FACILITY 7 (0.1%)
OTHER 4 (0.0%)
INVALID DATA 3 (0.0%)
UNKNOWN 1 (0.0%)

Compare MICRO THERAPEUTICS, INC. DBA EV3 vs BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION →

Nationwide devices with similar MAUDE profiles

Two openFDA-derived peer sets for Catheter, Continuous Flush, 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 (8,543 here).

Similar death-typed counts

Nearest other device types by death-typed report count (342 here), distinct from the volume row.

Disclaimer: MAUDE figures for Catheter, Continuous Flush 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 Catheter, Continuous Flush; 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.