ARTHROCARE CORP.

Manufacturer adverse-event records for ARTHROCARE CORP. come from the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) MAUDE database via openFDA, refreshed March 2026 - see our methodology. Not medical advice.

FDA MAUDE device safety record · 1996–2023 · thin-book · typical Death-code · balanced

Volume signature

ARTHROCARE CORP. is a thinner MAUDE footprint

ARTHROCARE CORP. accounts for 5,762 FDA MAUDE reports (#335 of 443, thin-book tercile). Death-coded event_type share is 0.17% (typical); Injury share 31.1% (balanced).

What the volume reading shows for ARTHROCARE CORP.

The standout signal for ARTHROCARE CORP. is filing volume: 5,762 adverse-event reports in FDA MAUDE (#335 of 443, thin-book). Death-coded event_type share sits at 0.17% (typical).

As a thinner-book manufacturer, a handful of device families can swing the totals; open the device table rather than reading the company headline alone. Event_type counts are not the same population as Patient Outcomes.

Reports span 20 device types, led in this extract by Malfunction at 3,448 (59.8% of event_type total). Peak single-year volume reaches 1,177 reports across 28 years. These are raw FDA submissions, not adjudicated findings. Snapshot . Verify current communications on the FDA MDR page.

5,762
Total Reports
10
Event-type Death
1,790
Injury Reports
20
Device Types

Event Types

Malfunction 3,448 (59.8%)
Injury 1,790 (31.1%)
Other 503 (8.7%)
11 (0.2%)
Death 10 (0.2%)

Patient Outcomes

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

3,253 (53.7%)
Other 1,407 (23.2%)
Required Intervention 1,002 (16.5%)
R 205 (3.4%)
O 88 (1.5%)
Hospitalization 61 (1.0%)
Death 13 (0.2%)
Disability 13 (0.2%)
Life Threatening 7 (0.1%)
H 5 (0.1%)
S 4 (0.1%)
L 2 (0.0%)

Yearly Trend

96
1996: 2
97
1997: 9
98
1998: 6
99
1999: 5
00
2000: 13
01
2001: 10
02
2002: 6
03
2003: 13
04
2004: 20
05
2005: 36
06
2006: 68
07
2007: 92
08
2008: 99
09
2009: 105
10
2010: 102
11
2011: 309
12
2012: 50
13
2013: 1
14
2014: 6
15
2015: 109
16
2016: 355
17
2017: 443
18
2018: 559
19
2019: 628
20
2020: 1,177
21
2021: 1,056
22
2022: 482
23
2023: 1