EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES LLC

FDA MAUDE device safety record · 2002–2026

What the Data Shows About EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES LLC

EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES LLC is associated with 6,667 adverse-event reports in the FDA Manufacturer and User Facility Device Experience (MAUDE) database , spanning reports dated from 2002 through 2026. Of the total, 1,228 are coded as death reports and 4,668 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 EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES LLC 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 4,668 reports (70.0% of total). Patient-outcome categorizations are reported across 15 distinct outcomes, giving a shaped distribution rather than a single headline figure.

Year-over-year reporting volume is tracked across 24 years of MAUDE data, with the peak single-year volume reaching 1,987 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.

6,667
Total Reports
1,228
Death Reports
4,668
Injury Reports
20
Device Types

Event Types

Injury 4,668 (70.0%)
Death 1,228 (18.4%)
Malfunction 762 (11.4%)
6 (0.1%)
Other 3 (0.0%)

Patient Outcomes

Required Intervention 1,907 (20.6%)
Other 1,686 (18.2%)
Death 1,199 (12.9%)
R 891 (9.6%)
L 861 (9.3%)
806 (8.7%)
H 715 (7.7%)
Hospitalization 583 (6.3%)
Life Threatening 399 (4.3%)
O 87 (0.9%)
Disability 74 (0.8%)
D 45 (0.5%)
S 13 (0.1%)
C 3 (0.0%)
Congenital Anomaly 2 (0.0%)

Yearly Trend

02
2002: 6
03
2003: 5
04
2004: 10
05
2005: 14
07
2007: 15
08
2008: 3
09
2009: 9
10
2010: 6
11
2011: 9
12
2012: 13
13
2013: 6
14
2014: 7
15
2015: 7
16
2016: 14
17
2017: 40
18
2018: 45
19
2019: 42
20
2020: 98
21
2021: 450
22
2022: 747
23
2023: 1,094
24
2024: 1,987
25
2025: 1,905
26
2026: 135

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.