DEPUY ORTHOPAEDICS, INC.

FDA MAUDE device safety record · 1995–2026

What the Data Shows About DEPUY ORTHOPAEDICS, INC.

DEPUY ORTHOPAEDICS, INC. is associated with 53,637 adverse-event reports in the FDA Manufacturer and User Facility Device Experience (MAUDE) database , spanning reports dated from 1995 through 2026. Of the total, 32 are coded as death reports and 41,548 as injury reports, with the remainder classified as malfunctions or other event types. These counts reflect reports submitted to the FDA by manufacturers, healthcare facilities, and patients — they are raw signal, not adjudicated safety findings, and higher-volume manufacturers or older product portfolios naturally generate larger raw counts.

The reports span 20 distinct device types attributed to this manufacturer in MAUDE, which means any safety read for DEPUY ORTHOPAEDICS, INC. should be reviewed at the device-family level rather than company-wide. Across those devices, 5 distinct event types appear in the record, led by Injury at 41,548 reports (77.5% of total). Patient-outcome categorizations are reported across 14 distinct outcomes, giving a shaped distribution rather than a single headline figure.

Year-over-year reporting volume is tracked across 32 years of MAUDE data, with the peak single-year volume reaching 8,537 reports — trend shape can reflect shifts in device sales, FDA reporting requirements, or post-market recall activity as much as intrinsic device performance. The MAUDE system is one input among many in FDA post-market surveillance and does not draw safety conclusions from individual submissions. All figures reflect the openFDA snapshot refreshed on , and nothing on this page is medical or regulatory advice — consult a qualified clinician or the FDA for current safety communications.

53,637
Total Reports
32
Death Reports
41,548
Injury Reports
20
Device Types

Event Types

Injury 41,548 (77.5%)
Malfunction 11,927 (22.2%)
75 (0.1%)
Other 55 (0.1%)
Death 32 (0.1%)

Patient Outcomes

Required Intervention 40,065 (73.9%)
11,944 (22.0%)
Other 1,305 (2.4%)
R 345 (0.6%)
Hospitalization 271 (0.5%)
S 153 (0.3%)
O 40 (0.1%)
Death 25 (0.0%)
Disability 22 (0.0%)
L 10 (0.0%)
H 9 (0.0%)
Congenital Anomaly 5 (0.0%)
Life Threatening 2 (0.0%)
D 1 (0.0%)

Yearly Trend

95
1995: 1
96
1996: 54
97
1997: 199
98
1998: 213
99
1999: 193
00
2000: 255
01
2001: 281
02
2002: 413
03
2003: 521
04
2004: 599
05
2005: 1,543
06
2006: 2,538
07
2007: 2,847
08
2008: 3,860
09
2009: 4,845
10
2010: 5,579
11
2011: 4,479
12
2012: 416
13
2013: 1,180
14
2014: 2,955
15
2015: 7,295
16
2016: 8,537
17
2017: 4,447
18
2018: 16
19
2019: 23
20
2020: 24
21
2021: 16
22
2022: 21
23
2023: 33
24
2024: 84
25
2025: 111
26
2026: 59

Data Source

FDA Manufacturer and User Facility Device Experience (MAUDE) database via the openFDA API. Reports are submitted by manufacturers, healthcare facilities, and patients. Report counts do not indicate a manufacturer's products are unsafe — higher-volume manufacturers naturally generate more reports.