MEDTRONIC

Manufacturer adverse-event records for MEDTRONIC 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 · 1991–2026 · mid-book · elevated Death-code · balanced

Death-code intensity

MEDTRONIC carries an elevated Death-code share

Death-coded event_type rows are 243 of 13,808 (1.76% · elevated tercile among 443 manufacturers). Absolute volume is mid-book.

What the Death-code reading shows for MEDTRONIC

The standout signal for MEDTRONIC is Death-code intensity: 1.76% of 13,808 reports (elevated tercile), while absolute volume is mid-book.

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

Reports span 20 device types, led in this extract by Malfunction at 8,486 (61.5% of event_type total). Peak single-year volume reaches 9,579 reports across 36 years. These are raw FDA submissions, not adjudicated findings. Snapshot . Verify current communications on the FDA MDR page.

13,808
Total Reports
243
Event-type Death
4,833
Injury Reports
20
Device Types

Event Types

Malfunction 8,486 (61.5%)
Injury 4,833 (35.0%)
Death 243 (1.8%)
Other 128 (0.9%)
118 (0.9%)

Patient Outcomes

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

10,627 (69.9%)
Hospitalization 1,054 (6.9%)
Required Intervention 1,019 (6.7%)
R 687 (4.5%)
Other 547 (3.6%)
L 246 (1.6%)
Life Threatening 243 (1.6%)
S 242 (1.6%)
Death 216 (1.4%)
O 166 (1.1%)
Disability 92 (0.6%)
H 53 (0.3%)
Invalid Data 14 (0.1%)
D 3 (0.0%)
Congenital Anomaly 2 (0.0%)

Yearly Trend

91
1991: 1
92
1992: 34
93
1993: 40
94
1994: 40
95
1995: 57
96
1996: 64
97
1997: 104
98
1998: 63
99
1999: 41
00
2000: 84
01
2001: 95
02
2002: 107
03
2003: 115
04
2004: 131
05
2005: 162
06
2006: 127
07
2007: 143
08
2008: 146
09
2009: 130
10
2010: 132
11
2011: 168
12
2012: 176
13
2013: 271
14
2014: 226
15
2015: 231
16
2016: 295
17
2017: 349
18
2018: 180
19
2019: 60
20
2020: 42
21
2021: 41
22
2022: 69
23
2023: 9,579
24
2024: 123
25
2025: 170
26
2026: 12