ARTHROCARE CORPORATION

Manufacturer adverse-event records for ARTHROCARE CORPORATION 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 · 1996–2026 · thin-book · typical Death-code · balanced

Volume signature

ARTHROCARE CORPORATION is a thinner MAUDE footprint

ARTHROCARE CORPORATION accounts for 4,217 FDA MAUDE reports (#400 of 443, thin-book tercile). Death-coded event_type share is 0.19% (typical); Injury share 19.0% (balanced).

What the volume reading shows for ARTHROCARE CORPORATION

The standout signal for ARTHROCARE CORPORATION is filing volume: 4,217 adverse-event reports in FDA MAUDE (#400 of 443, thin-book). Death-coded event_type share sits at 0.19% (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 3,238 (76.8% of event_type total). Peak single-year volume reaches 832 reports across 29 years. These are raw FDA submissions, not adjudicated findings. Snapshot . Verify current communications on the FDA MDR page.

4,217
Total Reports
8
Event-type Death
803
Injury Reports
20
Device Types

Event Types

Malfunction 3,238 (76.8%)
Injury 803 (19.0%)
Other 155 (3.7%)
13 (0.3%)
Death 8 (0.2%)

Patient Outcomes

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

1,964 (44.7%)
Other 1,390 (31.6%)
Required Intervention 804 (18.3%)
R 99 (2.3%)
O 69 (1.6%)
Hospitalization 27 (0.6%)
H 18 (0.4%)
Death 8 (0.2%)
S 6 (0.1%)
Disability 3 (0.1%)
Life Threatening 3 (0.1%)
L 2 (0.0%)
Congenital Anomaly 2 (0.0%)

Yearly Trend

96
1996: 1
98
1998: 1
00
2000: 2
01
2001: 5
02
2002: 4
03
2003: 4
04
2004: 3
05
2005: 9
06
2006: 35
07
2007: 24
08
2008: 25
09
2009: 52
10
2010: 43
11
2011: 74
12
2012: 832
13
2013: 491
14
2014: 350
15
2015: 141
16
2016: 6
17
2017: 12
18
2018: 119
19
2019: 1
20
2020: 1
21
2021: 4
22
2022: 45
23
2023: 532
24
2024: 573
25
2025: 724
26
2026: 104