2026 data FDA MAUDE openFDA FDA Class I

Template

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 I (lowest regulatory risk tier, general controls), regulated under 21 CFR §888.4800 (Orthopedic panel).

FDA MAUDE casebook

openFDA event book Template MID-BOOK · MAUDE

#161 of 1000 · 16,915 reports · 1996–2026

  • BOOK 16,915 reports
  • RANK #161 of 1000
  • DEATH 0 death-typed
  • INJ 550 injury-typed
  • MALF 16,361 malfunction
  • SPAN 1996–2026
  • PEAK 2023: 2,598
  • PHOTO Laparoscope

Nearest event-volume peer: Laparoscope, Gynecologic (And Accessories) (26 report gap)

Template sits #161 of 1000 among tracked device types with 16,915 MAUDE reports spanning 1996–2026. 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

Template carries 96.7% MALFUNCTION-coded reports, 31.9pp above the 1,000-device-type mean, the widest gap of its three event codes. Codes are report labels, not adjudicated causation.

  • DEATH 0.0% corpus 1.5% · below corpus mean (-1.5 pp)
  • INJ 3.3% corpus 30.3% · below corpus mean (-27.0 pp)
  • MALF 96.7% corpus 64.8% · above corpus mean (+31.9 pp)

Lead product-problem code Break is 41% of coded problems · Lead manufacturer DEPUY IRELAND - 9616671 accounts for 43% of manufacturer-tagged reports · Top event location is 70% of location-tagged rows .

Template in the event-volume neighbourhood

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

reports

What this shows Template carries 16,915 MAUDE reports, ranked #161 of 1000.

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

Event Types

Malfunction 16,361 (96.7%)
Injury 550 (3.3%)
2 (0.0%)
Other 2 (0.0%)

Patient Outcomes

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

15,949 (95.4%)
Required Intervention 415 (2.5%)
Other 178 (1.1%)
R 77 (0.5%)
Hospitalization 77 (0.5%)
O 7 (0.0%)
Disability 6 (0.0%)
H 5 (0.0%)
S 2 (0.0%)
L 1 (0.0%)
Congenital Anomaly 1 (0.0%)
Death 1 (0.0%)

Top Product Problems

Break 8,360
Device-Device Incompatibility 2,016
Naturally Worn 1,692
Scratched Material 1,354
Crack 1,259
Detachment of Device or Device Component 1,065
Material Deformation 896
Fracture 639
Illegible Information 478
Material Twisted/Bent 416
Contamination /Decontamination Problem 377
No Apparent Adverse Event 298
Material Integrity Problem 257
Mechanical Jam 217
Peeled/Delaminated 173
Material Discolored 171
Component Missing 158
Appropriate Device Problem Term/Code Not Available 156
Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem 131
Unintended Movement 105

Yearly Trend

96
1996: 3
97
1997: 1
98
1998: 2
99
1999: 2
01
2001: 3
03
2003: 3
06
2006: 3
08
2008: 5
10
2010: 62
11
2011: 2
12
2012: 20
13
2013: 88
14
2014: 78
15
2015: 93
16
2016: 444
17
2017: 651
18
2018: 715
19
2019: 742
20
2020: 937
21
2021: 2,177
22
2022: 2,094
23
2023: 2,598
24
2024: 2,416
25
2025: 2,252
26
2026: 1,524

Reports in 2025 (2,252) held close to the prior two-year average of 2,507.

Related Entities for Template

Event Locations

11,819 (69.9%)
I 5,073 (30.0%)
HOSPITAL 17 (0.1%)
NO INFORMATION 3 (0.0%)
OTHER 3 (0.0%)

Compare DEPUY IRELAND - 9616671 vs DEPUY ORTHOPAEDICS INC US →

Nationwide devices with a comparable report-volume footprint

Template 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 (16,915 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 Template 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 Template; 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.