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MED-EL ELEKTROMEDIZINISCHE GERAETE GMBH

Manufacturer adverse-event records for MED-EL ELEKTROMEDIZINISCHE GERAETE GMBH 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 · 2001–2026 · mid-book · quiet Death-code · balanced

Death-code intensity

MED-EL ELEKTROMEDIZINISCHE GERAETE GMBH is quieter on Death-coded events

Death-coded event_type rows are 4 of 14,070 (0.03% · quiet tercile among 434 manufacturers). Absolute volume is mid-book.

What the Death-code reading shows for MED-EL ELEKTROMEDIZINISCHE GERAETE GMBH

The standout signal for MED-EL ELEKTROMEDIZINISCHE GERAETE GMBH is Death-code intensity: 0.03% of 14,070 reports (quiet tercile), while absolute volume is mid-book.

Mid-pack volume still shows a clear device fingerprint; the table below is the actionable layer for MED-EL ELEKTROMEDIZINISCHE GERAETE GMBH. Event_type Death/Injury codes differ from patient-outcome rows - see methodology.

Reports span 10 device types, led in this extract by Malfunction at 7,448 (52.9% of event_type total). Peak single-year volume reaches 1,254 reports across 26 years. These are raw FDA submissions, not adjudicated findings. Snapshot . Verify current communications on the FDA MDR page.

14,070
Total Reports
4
Event-type Death
6,560
Injury Reports
10
Device Types

Event Types

Malfunction 7,448 (52.9%)
Injury 6,560 (46.6%)
Other 49 (0.3%)
9 (0.1%)
Death 4 (0.0%)

Patient Outcomes

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

Required Intervention 10,282 (72.8%)
3,648 (25.8%)
R 67 (0.5%)
Hospitalization 65 (0.5%)
H 29 (0.2%)
L 16 (0.1%)
Life Threatening 10 (0.1%)
Other 6 (0.0%)
Death 5 (0.0%)
Congenital Anomaly 2 (0.0%)
C 1 (0.0%)
D 1 (0.0%)
S 1 (0.0%)

Devices (10)

Device Reports
Implant, Cochlear 12,928
Implant, Hearing, Active, Middle Ear, Partially Implanted 743
Active Implantable Bone Conduction Hearing System 380
Cochlear Implant With Combined Electrical Stimulation And Acoustic Amplification 7
Barrier, Absorbable, Adhesion 5
Hearing Aid, Bone Conduction, Implanted 2
Prosthesis, Partial Ossicular Replacement 2
Replacement, Ossicular Prosthesis, Total 1
Stimulator, Autonomic Nerve, Implanted For Epilepsy 1
Ventilator, Continuous, Facility Use 1

Yearly Trend

01
2001: 11
02
2002: 63
03
2003: 163
04
2004: 85
05
2005: 57
06
2006: 82
07
2007: 49
08
2008: 113
09
2009: 197
10
2010: 179
11
2011: 243
12
2012: 177
13
2013: 200
14
2014: 252
15
2015: 744
16
2016: 915
17
2017: 1,113
18
2018: 1,050
19
2019: 1,027
20
2020: 890
21
2021: 1,161
22
2022: 1,006
23
2023: 1,172
24
2024: 1,182
25
2025: 1,254
26
2026: 685

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