DEPUY ORTHOPAEDICS, INC. 1818910

FDA MAUDE device safety record · 2005–2023

What the Data Shows About DEPUY ORTHOPAEDICS, INC. 1818910

DEPUY ORTHOPAEDICS, INC. 1818910 is associated with 35,285 adverse-event reports in the FDA Manufacturer and User Facility Device Experience (MAUDE) database , spanning reports dated from 2005 through 2023. Of the total, 32 are coded as death reports and 24,619 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. 1818910 should be reviewed at the device-family level rather than company-wide. Across those devices, 4 distinct event types appear in the record, led by Injury at 24,619 reports (69.8% of total). Patient-outcome categorizations are reported across 13 distinct outcomes, giving a shaped distribution rather than a single headline figure.

Year-over-year reporting volume is tracked across 19 years of MAUDE data, with the peak single-year volume reaching 9,424 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.

35,285
Total Reports
32
Death Reports
24,619
Injury Reports
20
Device Types

Event Types

Injury 24,619 (69.8%)
Malfunction 10,628 (30.1%)
Death 32 (0.1%)
6 (0.0%)

Patient Outcomes

Required Intervention 20,554 (57.3%)
10,559 (29.5%)
Other 3,733 (10.4%)
R 527 (1.5%)
Hospitalization 337 (0.9%)
Death 85 (0.2%)
O 35 (0.1%)
Life Threatening 11 (0.0%)
Congenital Anomaly 3 (0.0%)
D 2 (0.0%)
L 1 (0.0%)
S 1 (0.0%)
Disability 1 (0.0%)

Yearly Trend

05
2005: 5
06
2006: 9
07
2007: 14
08
2008: 16
09
2009: 38
10
2010: 54
11
2011: 610
12
2012: 1,414
13
2013: 2,040
14
2014: 2,701
15
2015: 2,896
16
2016: 3,221
17
2017: 5,675
18
2018: 6,860
19
2019: 9,424
20
2020: 175
21
2021: 94
22
2022: 31
23
2023: 8

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.