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Saw, Powered, And Accessories

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 Saw, Powered, And Accessories LIGHT-BOOK · MAUDE

#214 of 1000 · 9,741 reports · 1992–2026

  • BOOK 9,741 reports
  • RANK #214 of 1000
  • DEATH 3 death-typed
  • INJ 433 injury-typed
  • MALF 9,299 malfunction
  • SPAN 1992–2026
  • PEAK 2021: 1,719
  • PHOTO Appliance

Nearest event-volume peer: Appliance, Fixation, Nail/Blade/Plate Combination, Multiple Component (31 report gap)

Saw, Powered, And Accessories sits #214 of 1000 among tracked device types with 9,741 MAUDE reports spanning 1992–2026. 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 0.0% corpus 1.5% · below corpus mean (-1.5 pp)
  • INJ 4.4% corpus 30.4% · below corpus mean (-26.0 pp)
  • MALF 95.5% corpus 64.5% · above corpus mean (+31.0 pp)

Lead product-problem code Overheating of Device is 45% of coded problems · Lead manufacturer SMITH & NEPHEW, INC. accounts for 96% of manufacturer-tagged reports · Top event location I is 64% of location-tagged rows .

Saw, Powered, And Accessories in the event-volume neighbourhood

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

reports

What this shows Saw, Powered, And Accessories carries 9,741 MAUDE reports, ranked #214 of 1000.

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

Event Types

Malfunction 9,299 (95.5%)
Injury 433 (4.4%)
5 (0.1%)
Death 3 (0.0%)
Other 1 (0.0%)

Patient Outcomes

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

9,194 (94.2%)
Required Intervention 282 (2.9%)
Other 228 (2.3%)
R 20 (0.2%)
O 18 (0.2%)
Hospitalization 8 (0.1%)
Death 2 (0.0%)
Disability 2 (0.0%)
Life Threatening 1 (0.0%)

Top Product Problems

Overheating of Device 4,337
Mechanical Jam 1,927
Mechanical Problem 541
Temperature Problem 376
Protective Measures Problem 363
Noise, Audible 297
Break 232
Insufficient Information 224
Electrical Shorting 196
Flaked 193
Material Fragmentation 148
Metal Shedding Debris 131
Device Operates Differently Than Expected 125
Device Inoperable 96
Electrical /Electronic Property Problem 91
Physical Resistance/Sticking 88
No Apparent Adverse Event 70
Self-Activation or Keying 64
Communication or Transmission Problem 60
Device Displays Incorrect Message 60

Yearly Trend

92
1992: 1
96
1996: 1
97
1997: 7
98
1998: 3
99
1999: 1
00
2000: 3
01
2001: 2
02
2002: 7
03
2003: 1
04
2004: 3
06
2006: 4
07
2007: 1
08
2008: 2
09
2009: 4
10
2010: 28
11
2011: 76
12
2012: 117
13
2013: 181
14
2014: 133
15
2015: 485
16
2016: 358
17
2017: 1,363
18
2018: 681
19
2019: 676
20
2020: 1,462
21
2021: 1,719
22
2022: 387
23
2023: 734
24
2024: 746
25
2025: 480
26
2026: 75

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Top Manufacturers

SMITH & NEPHEW, INC. 8,644
STRYKER INSTRUMENTS-KALAMAZOO 231
STRYKER INSTRUMENTS KALAMAZOO 96

Event Locations

I 6,232 (64.0%)
3,097 (31.8%)
NO INFORMATION 196 (2.0%)
HOSPITAL 183 (1.9%)
AMBULATORY SURGICAL FACILITY 22 (0.2%)
OTHER 8 (0.1%)
INVALID DATA 1 (0.0%)
NURSING HOME 1 (0.0%)
OUTPATIENT TREATMENT FACILITY 1 (0.0%)

Compare SMITH & NEPHEW, INC. vs STRYKER INSTRUMENTS-KALAMAZOO →

Nationwide devices with similar MAUDE profiles

Two openFDA-derived peer sets for Saw, Powered, And Accessories, 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 (9,741 here).

Appliance 9,772 Walker, Mechanical 9,696 Oxygenator, Cardiopulmonary Bypass 9,642 Prosthesis 9,877

Similar death-typed counts

Nearest other device types by death-typed report count (3 here), distinct from the volume row.

Analyzer, Pacemaker Generator Function 3 Apparatus, Traction, Non-Powered 3 Bronchial Thermoplasty System 3 Bur, Ear, Nose And Throat 3

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Disclaimer: MAUDE figures for Saw, Powered, And Accessories 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 Saw, Powered, And Accessories; 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.