BOSTON SCIENTIFIC - CORK

Manufacturer adverse-event records for BOSTON SCIENTIFIC - CORK 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 · 2009–2018 · mid-book · elevated Death-code · balanced

Death-code intensity

BOSTON SCIENTIFIC - CORK carries an elevated Death-code share

Death-coded event_type rows are 250 of 6,978 (3.58% · elevated tercile among 443 manufacturers). Absolute volume is mid-book.

What the Death-code reading shows for BOSTON SCIENTIFIC - CORK

The standout signal for BOSTON SCIENTIFIC - CORK is Death-code intensity: 3.58% of 6,978 reports (elevated tercile), while absolute volume is mid-book.

Mid-pack volume still shows a clear device fingerprint; the table below is the actionable layer for BOSTON SCIENTIFIC - CORK. Event_type Death/Injury codes differ from patient-outcome rows - see methodology.

Reports span 20 device types, led in this extract by Malfunction at 4,786 (68.6% of event_type total). Peak single-year volume reaches 1,000 reports across 10 years. These are raw FDA submissions, not adjudicated findings. Snapshot . Verify current communications on the FDA MDR page.

6,978
Total Reports
250
Event-type Death
1,940
Injury Reports
20
Device Types

Event Types

Malfunction 4,786 (68.6%)
Injury 1,940 (27.8%)
Death 250 (3.6%)
2 (0.0%)

Patient Outcomes

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

4,837 (66.6%)
Required Intervention 1,127 (15.5%)
Other 502 (6.9%)
Death 253 (3.5%)
Hospitalization 225 (3.1%)
R 208 (2.9%)
S 40 (0.6%)
O 36 (0.5%)
Disability 32 (0.4%)
H 4 (0.1%)
Life Threatening 2 (0.0%)

Yearly Trend

09
2009: 1
10
2010: 1,000
11
2011: 846
12
2012: 811
13
2013: 648
14
2014: 648
15
2015: 824
16
2016: 765
17
2017: 877
18
2018: 558