Catheter, Embolectomy
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 MAUDE casebook
openFDA event book Catheter, Embolectomy LIGHT-BOOK · MAUDE
#246 of 1000 · 7,486 reports · 1992–2026
- BOOK 7,486 reports
- RANK #246 of 1000
- DEATH 142 death-typed
- INJ 1,110 injury-typed
- MALF 5,946 malfunction
- SPAN 1992–2026
- PEAK 2016: 796
- PHOTO Intracranial Neurovas…
Nearest event-volume peer: Intracranial Neurovascular Stent (55 report gap)
Catheter, Embolectomy sits #246 of 1000 among tracked device types with 7,486 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 1.9% corpus 1.5% · near corpus mean (+0.4 pp)
- INJ 14.8% corpus 30.4% · below corpus mean (-15.6 pp)
- MALF 79.4% corpus 64.5% · above corpus mean (+14.9 pp)
Lead product-problem code Material Rupture is 12% of coded problems · Lead manufacturer PENUMBRA, INC. accounts for 25% of manufacturer-tagged reports · Top event location I is 49% of location-tagged rows .
Catheter, Embolectomy in the event-volume neighbourhood
FDA MAUDE report totals among this device type and nearest nationwide peers
- Glucose Oxida…
Glucose Oxidase, Glucose
7,578 reports
- Hysteroscope
Hysteroscope (And Accessories)
7,561 reports
- Catheter (this)
Catheter, Embolectomy
7,486 reports
- Intracranial…
Intracranial Neurovascular Stent
7,431 reports
- Cystoscope An…
Cystoscope And Accessories, Flexible/Rigid
7,356 reports
- Catheter
Catheter, Ultrasound, Intravascular
7,328 reports
What this shows Catheter, Embolectomy carries 7,486 MAUDE reports, ranked #246 of 1000.
Event Types
Patient Outcomes
FDA patient-outcome codes (separate from event_type). Percentages use this chart's row total.
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Nationwide devices with similar MAUDE profiles
Two openFDA-derived peer sets for Catheter, Embolectomy, 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 (7,486 here).
Similar death-typed counts
Nearest other device types by death-typed report count (142 here), distinct from the volume row.
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.
Disclaimer: MAUDE figures for Catheter, Embolectomy 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, Embolectomy; 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.