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DEPUY SPINE INC

Manufacturer adverse-event records for DEPUY SPINE INC 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 · 2005–2026 · mid-book · typical Death-code · balanced

Injury-mix signature

DEPUY SPINE INC keeps a balanced Injury share

Injury-coded event_type share is 10.4% (balanced tercile) beside 0.14% Death-coded (typical). Volume band: mid.

What the Injury-mix reading shows for DEPUY SPINE INC

The standout signal for DEPUY SPINE INC is Injury-mix: 10.4% Injury-coded (balanced) beside 0.14% Death-coded, on a mid-book footprint.

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

Reports span 20 device types, led in this extract by Malfunction at 7,589 (89.5% of event_type total). Peak single-year volume reaches 1,471 reports across 15 years. These are raw FDA submissions, not adjudicated findings. Snapshot . Verify current communications on the FDA MDR page.

8,484
Total Reports
12
Event-type Death
882
Injury Reports
20
Device Types

Event Types

Malfunction 7,589 (89.5%)
Injury 882 (10.4%)
Death 12 (0.1%)
1 (0.0%)

Patient Outcomes

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

7,508 (89.5%)
Required Intervention 785 (9.4%)
Other 70 (0.8%)
Death 11 (0.1%)
S 3 (0.0%)
Hospitalization 3 (0.0%)
R 2 (0.0%)
D 1 (0.0%)
O 1 (0.0%)
Life Threatening 1 (0.0%)

Devices (20)

Device Reports
Driver, Prosthesis 2,724
Orthopedic Manual Surgical Instrument 1,378
Screwdriver 1,185
Orthopedic Stereotaxic Instrument 558
Thoracolumbosacral Pedicle Screw System 520
Cement, Bone, Vertebroplasty 222
Intervertebral Fusion Device With Bone Graft, Lumbar 205
Wrench 190
Probe 167
Cannula, Surgical, General & Plastic Surgery 120
Bender 93
Orthosis, Spondylolisthesis Spinal Fixation 79
Tap, Bone 75
Screw, Fixation, Bone 74
Appliance, Fixation, Spinal Intervertebral Body 70
Instrument, Cutting, Orthopedic 66
Posterior Cervical Screw System 63
Instrument, Surgical, Orthopedic, Ac-Powered Motor And Accessory/Attachment 59
Guide, Surgical, Instrument 51
Appliance, Fixation, Spinal Interlaminal 47

Yearly Trend

05
2005: 1
06
2006: 2
08
2008: 1
09
2009: 3
10
2010: 1
17
2017: 25
18
2018: 397
19
2019: 580
20
2020: 722
21
2021: 1,041
22
2022: 1,080
23
2023: 1,471
24
2024: 1,299
25
2025: 1,239
26
2026: 622

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.