2026 data FDA MAUDE openFDA

Defibrillator, Implantable, Dual-Chamber

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 Defibrillator, Implantable, Dual-Chamber LIGHT-BOOK · MAUDE

#243 of 1000 · 7,651 reports · 2001–2026

  • BOOK 7,651 reports
  • RANK #243 of 1000
  • DEATH 191 death-typed
  • INJ 2,710 injury-typed
  • MALF 4,632 malfunction
  • SPAN 2001–2026
  • PEAK 2010: 581
  • PHOTO Device

Nearest event-volume peer: Device, Microtiter Diluting/Dispensing (56 report gap)

Defibrillator, Implantable, Dual-Chamber sits #243 of 1000 among tracked device types with 7,651 MAUDE reports spanning 2001–2026. 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 2.5% corpus 1.5% · above corpus mean (+1.0 pp)
  • INJ 35.4% corpus 30.4% · above corpus mean (+5.0 pp)
  • MALF 60.5% corpus 64.5% · below corpus mean (-4.0 pp)

Lead product-problem code Premature Elective Replacement Indicator is 31% of coded problems · Lead manufacturer BIOTRONIK SE & CO. KG accounts for 71% of manufacturer-tagged reports · Top event location is 46% of location-tagged rows .

Defibrillator, Implantable, Dual-Chamber in the event-volume neighbourhood

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

reports

What this shows Defibrillator, Implantable, Dual-Chamber carries 7,651 MAUDE reports, ranked #243 of 1000.

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

Event Types

Malfunction 4,632 (60.5%)
Injury 2,710 (35.4%)
Death 191 (2.5%)
Other 108 (1.4%)
10 (0.1%)

Patient Outcomes

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

Hospitalization 3,801 (47.0%)
2,266 (28.0%)
Required Intervention 1,185 (14.7%)
R 385 (4.8%)
Death 211 (2.6%)
Other 164 (2.0%)
H 39 (0.5%)
Life Threatening 15 (0.2%)
O 6 (0.1%)
L 5 (0.1%)
S 3 (0.0%)
Disability 2 (0.0%)
Congenital Anomaly 1 (0.0%)

Top Product Problems

Premature Elective Replacement Indicator 1,373
Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem 737
Premature End-of-Life Indicator 555
Over-Sensing 383
Failure to Interrogate 224
Inappropriate/Inadequate Shock/Stimulation 205
Battery Problem 157
Premature Discharge of Battery 111
High impedance 100
Communication or Transmission Problem 64
Display or Visual Feedback Problem 62
Pacemaker Found in Back-Up Mode 57
Device Operates Differently Than Expected 54
Device Displays Incorrect Message 53
Insufficient Information 48
Ambient Noise Problem 44
Low impedance 43
Inappropriate or Unexpected Reset 37
Application Interface Becomes Non-Functional Or Program Exits Abnormally 32
Data Problem 29

Yearly Trend

01
2001: 6
02
2002: 5
03
2003: 40
04
2004: 120
05
2005: 92
06
2006: 42
07
2007: 34
08
2008: 77
09
2009: 243
10
2010: 581
11
2011: 458
12
2012: 427
13
2013: 397
14
2014: 320
15
2015: 293
16
2016: 384
17
2017: 415
18
2018: 372
19
2019: 345
20
2020: 316
21
2021: 575
22
2022: 505
23
2023: 551
24
2024: 514
25
2025: 452
26
2026: 87

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Event Locations

3,516 (46.0%)
HOSPITAL 2,241 (29.3%)
I 1,725 (22.5%)
HOME 95 (1.2%)
OTHER 41 (0.5%)
OUTPATIENT DIAGNOSTIC FACILITY 15 (0.2%)
OUTPATIENT TREATMENT FACILITY 13 (0.2%)
NO INFORMATION 4 (0.1%)
NURSING HOME 1 (0.0%)

Compare BIOTRONIK SE & CO. KG vs SORIN GROUP ITALIA S.R.L. - CRM FACILITY →

Nationwide devices with similar MAUDE profiles

Two openFDA-derived peer sets for Defibrillator, Implantable, Dual-Chamber, 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 (7,651 here).

Similar death-typed counts

Nearest other device types by death-typed report count (191 here), distinct from the volume row.

Disclaimer: MAUDE figures for Defibrillator, Implantable, Dual-Chamber 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 Defibrillator, Implantable, Dual-Chamber; 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.