2026 data FDA MAUDE openFDA FDA Class I

Stretcher, Hand-Carried

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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FDA Class I (lowest regulatory risk tier, general controls), regulated under 21 CFR §880.6900 (General Hospital panel).

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openFDA event book Stretcher, Hand-Carried LIGHT-BOOK · MAUDE

#624 of 1000 · 1,212 reports · 1993–2026

  • BOOK 1,212 reports
  • RANK #624 of 1000
  • DEATH 0 death-typed
  • INJ 49 injury-typed
  • MALF 1,142 malfunction
  • SPAN 1993–2026
  • PEAK 2013: 202
  • PHOTO Lithotriptor

Nearest event-volume peer: Lithotriptor, Ultrasonic (1 report gap)

Stretcher, Hand-Carried sits #624 of 1000 among tracked device types with 1,212 MAUDE reports spanning 1993–2026. 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

Stretcher, Hand-Carried carries 94.2% MALFUNCTION-coded reports, 29.4pp 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 4.0% corpus 30.3% · below corpus mean (-26.2 pp)
  • MALF 94.2% corpus 64.8% · above corpus mean (+29.4 pp)

Lead product-problem code Break is 24% of coded problems · Lead manufacturer STRYKER MEDICAL-KALAMAZOO accounts for 84% of manufacturer-tagged reports · Top event location is 63% of location-tagged rows .

Stretcher, Hand-Carried in the event-volume neighbourhood

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

reports

What this shows Stretcher, Hand-Carried carries 1,212 MAUDE reports, ranked #624 of 1000.

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

Event Types

Malfunction 1,142 (94.2%)
Injury 49 (4.0%)
16 (1.3%)
Other 5 (0.4%)

Patient Outcomes

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

1,159 (95.7%)
Other 44 (3.6%)
Required Intervention 4 (0.3%)
R 2 (0.2%)
L 1 (0.1%)
Hospitalization 1 (0.1%)

Top Product Problems

Break 326
Component Missing 129
Device Operates Differently Than Expected 118
Difficult or Delayed Positioning 116
Crack 93
Device Slipped 75
Detachment Of Device Component 69
Naturally Worn 51
Difficult to Fold, Unfold or Collapse 44
Protective Measures Problem 43
Mechanical Problem 42
Bent 40
Device Fell 37
Sharp Edges 27
Torn Material 27
Unintended System Motion 27
Device Inoperable 23
Detachment of Device or Device Component 20
Sticking 20
Loose or Intermittent Connection 19

Yearly Trend

93
1993: 1
94
1994: 1
97
1997: 4
98
1998: 2
99
1999: 6
00
2000: 3
01
2001: 2
03
2003: 1
04
2004: 1
06
2006: 4
07
2007: 1
08
2008: 2
09
2009: 7
10
2010: 16
11
2011: 84
12
2012: 83
13
2013: 202
14
2014: 118
15
2015: 119
16
2016: 11
17
2017: 90
18
2018: 154
19
2019: 33
20
2020: 31
21
2021: 54
22
2022: 36
23
2023: 41
24
2024: 27
25
2025: 54
26
2026: 24

Reports rose to 54 in 2025, up from an average of 34 in the two years before - a recent-year increase, not a lifetime pattern.

Related Entities for Stretcher, Hand-Carried

Event Locations

766 (63.2%)
I 422 (34.8%)
NOT APPLICABLE 12 (1.0%)
NO INFORMATION 4 (0.3%)
UNKNOWN 3 (0.2%)
INVALID DATA 2 (0.2%)
OTHER 2 (0.2%)
OUTDOORS 1 (0.1%)

Compare STRYKER MEDICAL-KALAMAZOO vs STRYKER MEDICAL →

Nationwide devices with a comparable report-volume footprint

Stretcher, Hand-Carried 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 (1,212 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 Stretcher, Hand-Carried 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 Stretcher, Hand-Carried; 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.