ETHICON ENDO-SURGERY, INC.

FDA MAUDE device safety record · 1993–2026

What the Data Shows About ETHICON ENDO-SURGERY, INC.

ETHICON ENDO-SURGERY, INC. is associated with 17,996 adverse-event reports in the FDA Manufacturer and User Facility Device Experience (MAUDE) database , spanning reports dated from 1993 through 2026. Of the total, 86 are coded as death reports and 1,432 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 ETHICON ENDO-SURGERY, 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 Malfunction at 16,265 reports (90.4% 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 34 years of MAUDE data, with the peak single-year volume reaching 3,730 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.

17,996
Total Reports
86
Death Reports
1,432
Injury Reports
20
Device Types

Event Types

Malfunction 16,265 (90.4%)
Injury 1,432 (8.0%)
166 (0.9%)
Death 86 (0.5%)
Other 47 (0.3%)

Patient Outcomes

Other 12,358 (67.4%)
4,573 (24.9%)
Required Intervention 859 (4.7%)
R 185 (1.0%)
Hospitalization 126 (0.7%)
Death 77 (0.4%)
O 60 (0.3%)
Life Threatening 26 (0.1%)
L 25 (0.1%)
S 14 (0.1%)
Congenital Anomaly 11 (0.1%)
Disability 9 (0.0%)
H 5 (0.0%)
Invalid Data 1 (0.0%)

Yearly Trend

93
1993: 2
94
1994: 2
95
1995: 5
96
1996: 787
97
1997: 3,259
98
1998: 1,351
99
1999: 786
00
2000: 3,730
01
2001: 2,617
02
2002: 407
03
2003: 235
04
2004: 860
05
2005: 680
06
2006: 608
07
2007: 708
08
2008: 245
09
2009: 173
10
2010: 92
11
2011: 179
12
2012: 118
13
2013: 154
14
2014: 132
15
2015: 132
16
2016: 142
17
2017: 87
18
2018: 91
19
2019: 149
20
2020: 76
21
2021: 36
22
2022: 50
23
2023: 36
24
2024: 30
25
2025: 33
26
2026: 4

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.