2026 data FDA MAUDE openFDA

Stimulator, Electrical, Implanted, For Parkinsonian Tremor

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 MID-BOOK · MAUDE

#65 of 1000 · 51,502 reports · 1999–2026

  • BOOK 51,502 reports
  • RANK #65 of 1000
  • DEATH 712 death-typed
  • INJ 24,654 injury-typed
  • MALF 25,907 malfunction
  • SPAN 1999–2026
  • PEAK 2018: 4,494
  • PHOTO Stimulator

Nearest event-volume peer: Stimulator, Autonomic Nerve, Implanted For Epilepsy (239 report gap)

Stimulator, Electrical, Implanted, For Parkinsonian Tremor sits #65 of 1000 among tracked device types with 51,502 MAUDE reports spanning 1999–2026. 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 1.4% corpus 1.5% · near corpus mean (-0.1 pp)
  • INJ 47.9% corpus 30.4% · above corpus mean (+17.4 pp)
  • MALF 50.3% corpus 64.5% · below corpus mean (-14.2 pp)

Lead product-problem code Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem is 19% of coded problems · Lead manufacturer MEDTRONIC PUERTO RICO OPERATIONS CO. accounts for 38% of manufacturer-tagged reports · Top event location is 46% 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 Tremor carries 51,502 MAUDE reports, ranked #65 of 1000.

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

Event Types

Malfunction 25,907 (50.3%)
Injury 24,654 (47.9%)
Death 712 (1.4%)
Other 192 (0.4%)
37 (0.1%)

Patient Outcomes

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

25,375 (46.4%)
Required Intervention 14,841 (27.1%)
Other 6,845 (12.5%)
Hospitalization 3,299 (6.0%)
R 2,074 (3.8%)
Death 713 (1.3%)
O 533 (1.0%)
H 256 (0.5%)
Life Threatening 243 (0.4%)
L 221 (0.4%)
Disability 128 (0.2%)
S 117 (0.2%)
D 15 (0.0%)
Congenital Anomaly 10 (0.0%)

Top Product Problems

Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem 7,761
High impedance 4,634
Battery Problem 3,317
Connection Problem 2,672
Failure to Deliver Energy 2,296
Charging Problem 2,293
Material Integrity Problem 2,260
Device Operates Differently Than Expected 2,233
Insufficient Information 2,091
Communication or Transmission Problem 1,617
Low impedance 1,608
Break 1,552
Inappropriate/Inadequate Shock/Stimulation 1,271
Unintended Collision 866
Impedance Problem 835
Electromagnetic Compatibility Problem 833
Component Misassembled 828
Device Displays Incorrect Message 799
Migration or Expulsion of Device 797
Energy Output Problem 791

Yearly Trend

99
1999: 2
00
2000: 1
01
2001: 23
02
2002: 10
03
2003: 25
04
2004: 77
05
2005: 77
06
2006: 169
07
2007: 710
08
2008: 1,450
09
2009: 1,315
10
2010: 1,532
11
2011: 1,597
12
2012: 2,382
13
2013: 2,845
14
2014: 2,621
15
2015: 3,088
16
2016: 3,560
17
2017: 3,561
18
2018: 4,494
19
2019: 2,817
20
2020: 2,673
21
2021: 2,427
22
2022: 2,257
23
2023: 3,489
24
2024: 4,382
25
2025: 3,424
26
2026: 494

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

Event Locations

23,539 (45.7%)
I 21,396 (41.5%)
OTHER 5,862 (11.4%)
UNKNOWN 473 (0.9%)
HOSPITAL 132 (0.3%)
NO INFORMATION 72 (0.1%)
HOME 25 (0.0%)
AMBULATORY SURGICAL FACILITY 2 (0.0%)
OUTDOORS 1 (0.0%)

Compare MEDTRONIC PUERTO RICO OPERATIONS CO. vs MEDTRONIC NEUROMODULATION →

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 (51,502 here).

Similar death-typed counts

Nearest other device types by death-typed report count (712 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.