2026 data FDA MAUDE openFDA

Stimulator, Electrical, Implanted, For Parkinsonian Symptoms

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.

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openFDA event book Stimulator LIGHT-BOOK · MAUDE

#514 of 1000 · 1,744 reports · 2003–2026

  • BOOK 1,744 reports
  • RANK #514 of 1000
  • DEATH 39 death-typed
  • INJ 1,537 injury-typed
  • MALF 166 malfunction
  • SPAN 2003–2026
  • PEAK 2023: 411
  • PHOTO System

Nearest event-volume peer: System, Ablation, Microwave And Accessories (1 report gap)

Stimulator, Electrical, Implanted, For Parkinsonian Symptoms sits #514 of 1000 among tracked device types with 1,744 MAUDE reports spanning 2003–2026. 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 2.2% corpus 1.5% · above corpus mean (+0.7 pp)
  • INJ 88.1% corpus 30.4% · above corpus mean (+57.7 pp)
  • MALF 9.5% corpus 64.5% · below corpus mean (-55.0 pp)

Lead product-problem code Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem is 50% of coded problems · Lead manufacturer BOSTON SCIENTIFIC NEUROMODULATION accounts for 80% of manufacturer-tagged reports · Top event location is 75% of location-tagged rows .

Stimulator in the event-volume neighbourhood

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

reports

What this shows Stimulator, Electrical, Implanted, For Parkinsonian Symptoms carries 1,744 MAUDE reports, ranked #514 of 1000.

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

Event Types

Injury 1,537 (88.1%)
Malfunction 166 (9.5%)
Death 39 (2.2%)
Other 2 (0.1%)

Patient Outcomes

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

Required Intervention 1,261 (61.6%)
Hospitalization 246 (12.0%)
R 176 (8.6%)
129 (6.3%)
H 89 (4.3%)
Other 61 (3.0%)
Death 38 (1.9%)
O 28 (1.4%)
D 6 (0.3%)
S 5 (0.2%)
Life Threatening 4 (0.2%)
Disability 2 (0.1%)
L 1 (0.0%)

Top Product Problems

Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem 1,013
Unexpected Therapeutic Results 312
High impedance 132
Migration 132
Charging Problem 75
Battery Problem 58
Wireless Communication Problem 54
Inappropriate/Inadequate Shock/Stimulation 40
Intermittent Energy Output 31
Use of Device Problem 30
Premature Discharge of Battery 25
Fracture 21
Inappropriate or Unexpected Reset 21
Defective Device 15
Low impedance 12
Overheating of Device 11
Delayed Charge Time 10
Positioning Problem 10
Off-Label Use 9
Failure to Disconnect 8

Yearly Trend

03
2003: 1
12
2012: 1
17
2017: 3
18
2018: 66
19
2019: 74
20
2020: 146
21
2021: 205
22
2022: 214
23
2023: 411
24
2024: 401
25
2025: 197
26
2026: 25

Related Entities for Stimulator, Electrical, Implanted, For Parkinsonian Symptoms

Event Locations

1,312 (75.2%)
I 418 (24.0%)
NO INFORMATION 8 (0.5%)
HOSPITAL 5 (0.3%)
UNKNOWN 1 (0.1%)

Compare BOSTON SCIENTIFIC NEUROMODULATION vs BOSTON SCIENTIFIC NEUROMODULATION CORPORATION →

Nationwide devices with similar MAUDE profiles

Two openFDA-derived peer sets for Stimulator, 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 (1,744 here).

Similar death-typed counts

Nearest other device types by death-typed report count (39 here), distinct from the volume row.

Disclaimer: MAUDE figures for Stimulator 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 Stimulator; 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.