Extractor
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 Extractor LIGHT-BOOK · MAUDE
#372 of 1000 · 3,487 reports · 1993–2026
- BOOK 3,487 reports
- RANK #372 of 1000
- DEATH 0 death-typed
- INJ 242 injury-typed
- MALF 3,241 malfunction
- SPAN 1993–2026
- PEAK 2023: 349
- PHOTO Stimulator
Nearest event-volume peer: Stimulator, Hypoglossal Nerve, Implanted, Apnea (1 report gap)
Extractor sits #372 of 1000 among tracked device types with 3,487 MAUDE reports spanning 1993–2026. 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
Extractor carries 92.9% MALFUNCTION-coded reports, 28.1pp 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 6.9% corpus 30.3% · below corpus mean (-23.4 pp)
- MALF 92.9% corpus 64.8% · above corpus mean (+28.1 pp)
Lead product-problem code Break is 47% of coded problems · Lead manufacturer DEPUY ORTHOPAEDICS INC US accounts for 33% of manufacturer-tagged reports · Top event location is 53% of location-tagged rows .
Extractor in the event-volume neighbourhood
FDA MAUDE report totals among this device type and nearest nationwide peers
- Heater
Heater, Breathing System W/Wo Controller (Not Humidifier Or Nebulizer
3,525 reports
- Extractor (this)
Extractor
3,487 reports
- Stimulator
Stimulator, Hypoglossal Nerve, Implanted, Apnea
3,486 reports
- Control
Control, Pump Speed, Cardiopulmonary Bypass
3,469 reports
- Catheters
Catheters, Suction, Tracheobronchial
3,457 reports
- Gauge, Depth
Gauge, Depth
3,439 reports
What this shows Extractor carries 3,487 MAUDE reports, ranked #372 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 in 2025 (291) held close to the prior two-year average of 317.
Related Entities for Extractor
Top Manufacturers
Event Locations
Compare DEPUY ORTHOPAEDICS INC US vs DEPUY IRELAND - 9616671 →
Nationwide devices with a comparable report-volume footprint
Extractor carries zero death-typed MAUDE reports, so the peer set below compares report volume only; both axes are floored at ≥100 reports so the neighborhood stays in the advertised mass.
Similar report volume
Nearest other device types by FDA MAUDE report count (3,487 here).
Similar death-typed counts
Nearest other device types by death-typed report count (0 here), distinct from the volume row.
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.
Disclaimer: MAUDE figures for Extractor 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 Extractor; 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.