2026 data FDA MAUDE openFDA FDA Class I

Punch, Surgical

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 §878.4800 (General, Plastic Surgery panel).

FDA MAUDE casebook

openFDA event book Punch, Surgical LIGHT-BOOK · MAUDE

#756 of 1000 · 756 reports · 1995–2026

  • BOOK 756 reports
  • RANK #756 of 1000
  • DEATH 0 death-typed
  • INJ 72 injury-typed
  • MALF 679 malfunction
  • SPAN 1995–2026
  • PEAK 2020: 86
  • PHOTO Mesh

Nearest event-volume peer: Mesh, Surgical, Non-Synthetic, Urogynecologic, For Stress Urinary Incontinence, Retropubic Or Transobturator (0 report gap)

Punch, Surgical sits #756 of 1000 among tracked device types with 756 MAUDE reports spanning 1995–2026. 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

Punch, Surgical carries 89.8% MALFUNCTION-coded reports, 25.0pp 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 9.5% corpus 30.3% · below corpus mean (-20.8 pp)
  • MALF 89.8% corpus 64.8% · above corpus mean (+25.0 pp)

Lead product-problem code Break is 35% of coded problems · Lead manufacturer DEPUY ORTHOPAEDICS INC US accounts for 37% of manufacturer-tagged reports · Top event location I is 58% of location-tagged rows .

Punch, Surgical in the event-volume neighbourhood

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

reports

What this shows Punch, Surgical carries 756 MAUDE reports, ranked #756 of 1000.

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

Event Types

Malfunction 679 (89.8%)
Injury 72 (9.5%)
Other 3 (0.4%)
2 (0.3%)

Patient Outcomes

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

570 (74.2%)
Other 121 (15.8%)
Required Intervention 60 (7.8%)
O 9 (1.2%)
R 4 (0.5%)
Disability 1 (0.1%)
Hospitalization 1 (0.1%)
Invalid Data 1 (0.1%)
Life Threatening 1 (0.1%)

Top Product Problems

Break 276
Device-Device Incompatibility 85
Material Twisted/Bent 67
Material Deformation 65
Naturally Worn 39
Appropriate Device Problem Term/Code Not Available 32
Packaging Problem 30
Dull, Blunt 25
Material Integrity Problem 23
Contamination /Decontamination Problem 22
Failure to Cut 19
Material Fragmentation 17
Physical Resistance/Sticking 16
Loose or Intermittent Connection 14
Mechanical Problem 13
Difficult to Remove 12
Crack 10
Connection Problem 9
Tip breakage 9
Fracture 8

Yearly Trend

95
1995: 2
96
1996: 3
98
1998: 1
99
1999: 3
00
2000: 3
01
2001: 1
02
2002: 1
03
2003: 4
04
2004: 2
05
2005: 1
06
2006: 4
07
2007: 2
08
2008: 5
09
2009: 4
10
2010: 5
11
2011: 2
12
2012: 2
13
2013: 9
14
2014: 10
15
2015: 25
16
2016: 74
17
2017: 72
18
2018: 83
19
2019: 77
20
2020: 86
21
2021: 68
22
2022: 57
23
2023: 46
24
2024: 46
25
2025: 46
26
2026: 12

Reports in 2025 (46) held close to the prior two-year average of 46.

Related Entities for Punch, Surgical

Event Locations

I 440 (58.2%)
262 (34.7%)
HOSPITAL 44 (5.8%)
NO INFORMATION 8 (1.1%)
INVALID DATA 1 (0.1%)
OTHER 1 (0.1%)

Compare DEPUY ORTHOPAEDICS INC US vs AESCULAP AG →

Nationwide devices with a comparable report-volume footprint

Punch, Surgical 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 (756 here).

Similar death-typed counts

Nearest other device types by death-typed report count (0 here), distinct from the volume row.

Disclaimer: MAUDE figures for Punch, Surgical 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 Punch, Surgical; 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.