GUIDANT VASCULAR INTERVENTION

FDA MAUDE device safety record · 1996–2007

What the Data Shows About GUIDANT VASCULAR INTERVENTION

GUIDANT VASCULAR INTERVENTION is associated with 4,011 adverse-event reports in the FDA Manufacturer and User Facility Device Experience (MAUDE) database , spanning reports dated from 1996 through 2007. Of the total, 173 are coded as death reports and 2,552 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 GUIDANT VASCULAR INTERVENTION 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 2,552 reports (63.6% 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 12 years of MAUDE data, with the peak single-year volume reaching 666 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.

4,011
Total Reports
173
Death Reports
2,552
Injury Reports
20
Device Types

Event Types

Injury 2,552 (63.6%)
Malfunction 1,268 (31.6%)
Death 173 (4.3%)
Other 18 (0.4%)

Patient Outcomes

Required Intervention 1,875 (38.7%)
1,271 (26.2%)
R 411 (8.5%)
Hospitalization 323 (6.7%)
S 319 (6.6%)
Disability 236 (4.9%)
Death 187 (3.9%)
Other 66 (1.4%)
L 64 (1.3%)
Life Threatening 57 (1.2%)
H 34 (0.7%)
O 2 (0.0%)
Congenital Anomaly 1 (0.0%)

Yearly Trend

96
1996: 1
97
1997: 2
98
1998: 145
99
1999: 403
00
2000: 318
01
2001: 384
02
2002: 473
03
2003: 459
04
2004: 472
05
2005: 490
06
2006: 666
07
2007: 198

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.