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Stretcher, Wheeled, Powered

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 Stretcher, Wheeled, Powered LIGHT-BOOK · MAUDE

#345 of 1000 · 4,210 reports · 1992–2026

  • BOOK 4,210 reports
  • RANK #345 of 1000
  • DEATH 3 death-typed
  • INJ 129 injury-typed
  • MALF 4,012 malfunction
  • SPAN 1992–2026
  • PEAK 2011: 1,529
  • PHOTO Computer

Nearest event-volume peer: Computer, Diagnostic, Programmable (4 report gap)

Stretcher, Wheeled, Powered sits #345 of 1000 among tracked device types with 4,210 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 0.1% corpus 1.5% · below corpus mean (-1.4 pp)
  • INJ 3.1% corpus 30.4% · below corpus mean (-27.4 pp)
  • MALF 95.3% corpus 64.5% · above corpus mean (+30.8 pp)

Lead product-problem code Intermittent Loss of Power is 17% of coded problems · Lead manufacturer STRYKER MEDICAL accounts for 62% of manufacturer-tagged reports · Top event location is 91% of location-tagged rows .

Stretcher, Wheeled, Powered in the event-volume neighbourhood

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

reports

What this shows Stretcher, Wheeled, Powered carries 4,210 MAUDE reports, ranked #345 of 1000.

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

Event Types

Malfunction 4,012 (95.3%)
Injury 129 (3.1%)
Other 44 (1.0%)
22 (0.5%)
Death 3 (0.1%)

Patient Outcomes

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

4,099 (97.2%)
Other 90 (2.1%)
Required Intervention 9 (0.2%)
Hospitalization 8 (0.2%)
Death 4 (0.1%)
O 3 (0.1%)
S 2 (0.0%)
H 1 (0.0%)
R 1 (0.0%)

Top Product Problems

Intermittent Loss of Power 145
Unintended System Motion 128
Electrical /Electronic Property Problem 119
Mechanical Jam 109
Grounding Malfunction 83
Mechanical Problem 74
Fluid/Blood Leak 43
Unintended Movement 33
Sharp Edges 32
Positioning Failure 22
Device Slipped 18
Device Fell 15
Break 8
Insufficient Information 8
Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem 5
Device Stops Intermittently 5
Patient Device Interaction Problem 5
Device Operates Differently Than Expected 4
Collapse 3
Defective Component 3

Yearly Trend

92
1992: 2
93
1993: 1
94
1994: 1
05
2005: 1
06
2006: 1
07
2007: 13
08
2008: 6
09
2009: 81
10
2010: 529
11
2011: 1,529
12
2012: 625
13
2013: 438
14
2014: 88
15
2015: 4
16
2016: 5
17
2017: 5
18
2018: 63
19
2019: 79
20
2020: 89
21
2021: 114
22
2022: 93
23
2023: 147
24
2024: 179
25
2025: 104
26
2026: 13

Related Entities for Stretcher, Wheeled, Powered

Top Manufacturers

STRYKER MEDICAL 2,150
STRYKER MEDICAL-KALAMAZOO 1,237
HILL-ROM, INC. 37
HILL-ROM RITTER 32

Event Locations

3,848 (91.4%)
I 343 (8.1%)
HOSPITAL 15 (0.4%)
OTHER 3 (0.1%)
NO INFORMATION 1 (0.0%)

Compare STRYKER MEDICAL vs STRYKER MEDICAL-KALAMAZOO →

Nationwide devices with similar MAUDE profiles

Two openFDA-derived peer sets for Stretcher, Wheeled, Powered, 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 (4,210 here).

Computer, Diagnostic, Programmable 4,214 Battery, Replacement, Rechargeable 4,251 Pump 4,251 Vaporizer, Anesthesia, Non-Heated 4,162

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 Stretcher, Wheeled, Powered 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, Wheeled, Powered; 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.