Growing Rod System- Magnetic Actuation
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 II (moderate risk, special controls required), regulated under 21 CFR §888.3070 (Orthopedic panel).
FDA MAUDE casebook
openFDA event book Growing Rod System- Magnetic Actuation LIGHT-BOOK · MAUDE
#643 of 1000 · 1,094 reports · 2014–2025
- BOOK 1,094 reports
- RANK #643 of 1000
- DEATH 0 death-typed
- INJ 426 injury-typed
- MALF 667 malfunction
- SPAN 2014–2025
- PEAK 2020: 339
- PHOTO Laryngoscope
Nearest event-volume peer: Laryngoscope, Non-Rigid (5 report gap)
Growing Rod System- Magnetic Actuation sits #643 of 1000 among tracked device types with 1,094 MAUDE reports spanning 2014–2025. 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 → · Similar-volume device →
Injury-coded reports run above the device-type norm
Growing Rod System- Magnetic Actuation carries 38.9% INJURY-coded reports, 8.6pp 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 38.9% corpus 30.3% · above corpus mean (+8.6 pp)
- MALF 61.0% corpus 64.8% · below corpus mean (-3.9 pp)
Lead product-problem code Defective Device is 17% of coded problems · Top event location I is 62% of location-tagged rows .
Growing Rod System- Magnetic Actuation in the event-volume neighbourhood
FDA MAUDE report totals among this device type and nearest nationwide peers
- Dilator
Dilator, Catheter, Ureteral
1,108 reports
- System
System, Irrigation, Urological
1,103 reports
- Laryngoscope
Laryngoscope, Non-Rigid
1,099 reports
- Growing Rod S… (this)
Growing Rod System- Magnetic Actuation
1,094 reports
- Instrument
Instrument, Surgical, Orthopedic, Pneumatic Powered & Accessory/Attachment
1,087 reports
- Automated Uri…
Automated Urinalysis System
1,086 reports
What this shows Growing Rod System- Magnetic Actuation carries 1,094 MAUDE reports, ranked #643 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 fell to 30 in 2024, down from an average of 155 in the two years before.
Related Entities for Growing Rod System- Magnetic Actuation
Event Locations
Nationwide devices with a comparable report-volume footprint
Growing Rod System- Magnetic Actuation 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 (1,094 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 Growing Rod System- Magnetic Actuation 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 Growing Rod System- Magnetic Actuation; 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.