2026 data FDA MAUDE openFDA FDA Class II

System, Thermal Regulating

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 Class II (moderate risk, special controls required), regulated under 21 CFR §870.5900 (Cardiovascular panel).

FDA MAUDE casebook

openFDA event book System, Thermal Regulating MID-BOOK · MAUDE

#114 of 1000 · 26,611 reports · 1992–2026

  • BOOK 26,611 reports
  • RANK #114 of 1000
  • DEATH 54 death-typed
  • INJ 2,191 injury-typed
  • MALF 24,177 malfunction
  • SPAN 1992–2026
  • PEAK 2023: 3,455
  • PHOTO Stapler, Surgical

Nearest event-volume peer: Stapler, Surgical (18 report gap)

System, Thermal Regulating sits #114 of 1000 among tracked device types with 26,611 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 →

Malfunction reports run above the device-type norm

System, Thermal Regulating carries 90.9% MALFUNCTION-coded reports, 26.0pp above the 1,000-device-type mean, the widest gap of its three event codes. Codes are report labels, not adjudicated causation.

  • DEATH 0.2% corpus 1.5% · below corpus mean (-1.3 pp)
  • INJ 8.2% corpus 30.3% · below corpus mean (-22.1 pp)
  • MALF 90.9% corpus 64.8% · above corpus mean (+26.0 pp)

Lead product-problem code Defective Component is 12% of coded problems · Lead manufacturer STRYKER MEDICAL-KALAMAZOO accounts for 67% of manufacturer-tagged reports · Top event location is 59% of location-tagged rows .

System, Thermal Regulating in the event-volume neighbourhood

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

reports

What this shows System, Thermal Regulating carries 26,611 MAUDE reports, ranked #114 of 1000.

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

Event Types

Malfunction 24,177 (90.9%)
Injury 2,191 (8.2%)
Other 118 (0.4%)
71 (0.3%)
Death 54 (0.2%)

Patient Outcomes

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

Other 16,162 (58.1%)
7,355 (26.4%)
Required Intervention 2,305 (8.3%)
Hospitalization 597 (2.1%)
S 546 (2.0%)
R 525 (1.9%)
L 153 (0.6%)
O 59 (0.2%)
Death 59 (0.2%)
H 19 (0.1%)
Disability 16 (0.1%)
Life Threatening 15 (0.1%)
D 2 (0.0%)
Invalid Data 1 (0.0%)

Top Product Problems

Defective Component 3,493
Insufficient Cooling 3,491
Device Sensing Problem 2,882
Failure to Pump 2,611
Inaccurate Flow Rate 2,450
Temperature Problem 1,842
Insufficient Heating 1,830
Gas/Air Leak 1,611
Device Displays Incorrect Message 1,492
Restricted Flow rate 1,481
Decreased Pump Speed 1,059
Circuit Failure 925
Pumping Problem 736
Nonstandard Device 591
Device Operates Differently Than Expected 580
Failure to Calibrate 561
Computer Operating System Problem 537
Overheating of Device 518
Fluid/Blood Leak 443
Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem 395

Yearly Trend

92
1992: 3
93
1993: 3
94
1994: 8
95
1995: 5
96
1996: 18
97
1997: 23
98
1998: 14
99
1999: 15
00
2000: 20
01
2001: 13
02
2002: 27
03
2003: 20
04
2004: 18
05
2005: 10
06
2006: 32
07
2007: 52
08
2008: 40
09
2009: 71
10
2010: 104
11
2011: 136
12
2012: 106
13
2013: 73
14
2014: 116
15
2015: 245
16
2016: 1,401
17
2017: 1,473
18
2018: 1,517
19
2019: 2,294
20
2020: 2,546
21
2021: 2,689
22
2022: 3,226
23
2023: 3,455
24
2024: 3,329
25
2025: 2,431
26
2026: 1,078

Reports in 2025 (2,431) held close to the prior two-year average of 3,392.

Related Entities for System, Thermal Regulating

Event Locations

15,795 (59.4%)
I 9,621 (36.2%)
NO INFORMATION 612 (2.3%)
HOSPITAL 540 (2.0%)
INVALID DATA 11 (0.0%)
AMBULATORY SURGICAL FACILITY 10 (0.0%)
OTHER 9 (0.0%)
HOME 7 (0.0%)
UNKNOWN 4 (0.0%)
OUTPATIENT TREATMENT FACILITY 2 (0.0%)

Compare STRYKER MEDICAL-KALAMAZOO vs SMITHS MEDICAL ASD, INC. →

Nationwide devices with a comparable volume-and-death footprint

Two openFDA-derived peer sets for System, Thermal Regulating: 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 (26,611 here).

Similar death-typed counts

Nearest other device types by death-typed report count (54 here), distinct from the volume row.

Disclaimer: MAUDE figures for System, Thermal Regulating 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 System, Thermal Regulating; 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.