Stimulator, Hypoglossal Nerve, Implanted, Apnea
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 MAUDE casebook
openFDA event book Stimulator LIGHT-BOOK · MAUDE
#373 of 1000 · 3,486 reports · 2014–2026
- BOOK 3,486 reports
- RANK #373 of 1000
- DEATH 4 death-typed
- INJ 3,320 injury-typed
- MALF 161 malfunction
- SPAN 2014–2026
- PEAK 2025: 960
- PHOTO Extractor
Nearest event-volume peer: Extractor (1 report gap)
Stimulator, Hypoglossal Nerve, Implanted, Apnea sits #373 of 1000 among tracked device types with 3,486 MAUDE reports spanning 2014–2026. 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 → · Similar-volume device →
Injury-coded reports run above the device-type norm
Stimulator carries 95.2% INJURY-coded reports, 64.9pp above the 1,000-device-type mean, the widest gap of its three event codes. Codes are report labels, not adjudicated causation.
- DEATH 0.1% corpus 1.5% · below corpus mean (-1.4 pp)
- INJ 95.2% corpus 30.3% · above corpus mean (+64.9 pp)
- MALF 4.6% corpus 64.8% · below corpus mean (-60.2 pp)
Lead product-problem code Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem is 79% of coded problems · Top event location is 88% of location-tagged rows .
Stimulator in the event-volume neighbourhood
FDA MAUDE report totals among this device type and nearest nationwide peers
- Heater
Heater, Breathing System W/Wo Controller (Not Humidifier Or Nebulizer
3,525 reports
- Extractor
Extractor
3,487 reports
- Stimulator (this)
Stimulator, Hypoglossal Nerve, Implanted, Apnea
3,486 reports
- Control
Control, Pump Speed, Cardiopulmonary Bypass
3,469 reports
- Catheters
Catheters, Suction, Tracheobronchial
3,457 reports
- Gauge, Depth
Gauge, Depth
3,439 reports
What this shows Stimulator, Hypoglossal Nerve, Implanted, Apnea carries 3,486 MAUDE reports, ranked #373 of 1000.
Event Types
Patient Outcomes
FDA patient-outcome codes (separate from event_type). Percentages use this chart's row total.
Top Product Problems
Yearly Trend
Reports rose to 960 in 2025, up from an average of 579 in the two years before - a recent-year increase, not a lifetime pattern.
Related Entities for Stimulator, Hypoglossal Nerve, Implanted, Apnea
Event Locations
Nationwide devices with a comparable volume-and-death footprint
Two openFDA-derived peer sets for Stimulator: nearest by total report volume and nearest by death-typed count, each floored at ≥100 reports so the neighborhoods stay in the advertised mass.
Similar report volume
Nearest other device types by FDA MAUDE report count (3,486 here).
Similar death-typed counts
Nearest other device types by death-typed report count (4 here), distinct from the volume row.
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.
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.