ETHICON INC.
Manufacturer adverse-event records for ETHICON 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 · 1992–2026 · heavy-book · typical Death-code · injury-heavy
Volume signature
ETHICON INC. sits in the heavy MAUDE book
ETHICON INC. accounts for 137,608 FDA MAUDE reports (#22 of 434, heavy-book tercile). Death-coded event_type share is 0.22% (typical); Injury share 53.1% (injury-heavy).
What the volume reading shows for ETHICON INC.
The standout signal for ETHICON INC. is filing volume: 137,608 adverse-event reports in FDA MAUDE (#22 of 434, heavy-book). Death-coded event_type share sits at 0.22% (typical).
As a heavy-book manufacturer, portfolio size and reporting obligations inflate absolute counts - pair ETHICON INC. with device-family pages before treating company totals as a safety verdict. Event_type Death and Injury are one code per report; Patient Outcomes below use a separate FDA population.
Reports span 20 device types, led in this extract by Injury at 73,023 (53.1% of event_type total). Peak single-year volume reaches 22,176 reports across 35 years. These are raw FDA submissions, not adjudicated findings. Snapshot . Verify current communications on the FDA MDR page.
Event Types
Patient Outcomes
FDA patient-outcome codes (separate from event_type). Percentages use this chart's row total.
Devices (20)
Yearly Trend
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