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Over-The-Counter Automated External Defibrillator

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 Over-The-Counter Automated External Defibri… LIGHT-BOOK · MAUDE

#547 of 1000 · 1,538 reports · 2005–2026

  • BOOK 1,538 reports
  • RANK #547 of 1000
  • DEATH 28 death-typed
  • INJ 10 injury-typed
  • MALF 1,499 malfunction
  • SPAN 2005–2026
  • PEAK 2025: 573
  • PHOTO Barrier

Nearest event-volume peer: Barrier, Absorbable, Adhesion (0 report gap)

Over-The-Counter Automated External Defibrillator sits #547 of 1000 among tracked device types with 1,538 MAUDE reports spanning 2005–2026. 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 1.8% corpus 1.5% · near corpus mean (+0.3 pp)
  • INJ 0.7% corpus 30.4% · below corpus mean (-29.8 pp)
  • MALF 97.5% corpus 64.5% · above corpus mean (+33.0 pp)

Lead product-problem code Failure of Device to Self-Test is 46% of coded problems · Lead manufacturer PHILIPS MEDICAL SYSTEMS accounts for 43% of manufacturer-tagged reports · Top event location is 80% of location-tagged rows .

Over-The-Counter Automated External Defibri… in the event-volume neighbourhood

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

reports

What this shows Over-The-Counter Automated External Defibrillator carries 1,538 MAUDE reports, ranked #547 of 1000.

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

Event Types

Malfunction 1,499 (97.5%)
Death 28 (1.8%)
Injury 10 (0.7%)
1 (0.1%)

Patient Outcomes

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

1,486 (97.1%)
Death 36 (2.4%)
Other 5 (0.3%)
Life Threatening 2 (0.1%)
Congenital Anomaly 1 (0.1%)
Required Intervention 1 (0.1%)

Top Product Problems

Failure of Device to Self-Test 498
Failure to Power Up 151
Device Operates Differently Than Expected 79
No Audible Prompt/Feedback 50
Inaudible or Unclear Audible Prompt/Feedback 43
Incorrect, Inadequate or Imprecise Result or Readings 39
Inappropriate Audible Prompt/Feedback 26
Electrical /Electronic Property Problem 25
Failure to Run on Battery 24
Key or Button Unresponsive/not Working 23
Failure to Deliver Shock/Stimulation 22
Material Split, Cut or Torn 17
Audible Prompt/Feedback Problem 15
Battery Problem 15
Premature Discharge of Battery 15
Device Alarm System 10
Unexpected Shutdown 9
Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem 8
Appropriate Term/Code Not Available 8
Device Sensing Problem 8

Yearly Trend

05
2005: 1
10
2010: 1
11
2011: 5
12
2012: 40
13
2013: 108
14
2014: 177
15
2015: 62
16
2016: 44
17
2017: 56
18
2018: 69
19
2019: 54
20
2020: 39
21
2021: 20
22
2022: 23
23
2023: 67
24
2024: 92
25
2025: 573
26
2026: 107

Related Entities for Over-The-Counter Automated External Defibrillator

Event Locations

1,223 (79.5%)
I 314 (20.4%)
OTHER 1 (0.1%)

Compare PHILIPS MEDICAL SYSTEMS vs PHILIPS NORTH AMERICA LLC →

Nationwide devices with similar MAUDE profiles

Two openFDA-derived peer sets for Over-The-Counter Automated External Defibri…, 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 (1,538 here).

Similar death-typed counts

Nearest other device types by death-typed report count (28 here), distinct from the volume row.

Disclaimer: MAUDE figures for Over-The-Counter Automated External Defibri… 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 Over-The-Counter Automated External Defibri…; 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.