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.
Event Types
Patient Outcomes
FDA patient-outcome codes (separate from event_type). Percentages use this chart's row total.
Devices (20)
Yearly Trend
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.