MEDTRONIC PUERTO RICO, INC.

FDA MAUDE device safety record · 1996–2012

What the Data Shows About MEDTRONIC PUERTO RICO, INC.

MEDTRONIC PUERTO RICO, INC. is associated with 69,774 adverse-event reports in the FDA Manufacturer and User Facility Device Experience (MAUDE) database , spanning reports dated from 1996 through 2012. Of the total, 8,203 are coded as death reports and 40,561 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 MEDTRONIC PUERTO RICO, INC. should be reviewed at the device-family level rather than company-wide. Across those devices, 6 distinct event types appear in the record, led by Injury at 40,561 reports (58.1% of total). Patient-outcome categorizations are reported across 14 distinct outcomes, giving a shaped distribution rather than a single headline figure.

Year-over-year reporting volume is tracked across 17 years of MAUDE data, with the peak single-year volume reaching 19,072 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.

69,774
Total Reports
8,203
Death Reports
40,561
Injury Reports
20
Device Types

Event Types

Injury 40,561 (58.1%)
Malfunction 20,797 (29.8%)
Death 8,203 (11.8%)
211 (0.3%)
No answer provided 1 (0.0%)
Other 1 (0.0%)

Patient Outcomes

Other 21,853 (22.5%)
R 21,814 (22.4%)
Hospitalization 19,843 (20.4%)
Required Intervention 19,421 (20.0%)
Death 7,885 (8.1%)
L 2,978 (3.1%)
O 2,058 (2.1%)
Life Threatening 609 (0.6%)
H 589 (0.6%)
164 (0.2%)
D 57 (0.1%)
S 13 (0.0%)
Disability 3 (0.0%)
Congenital Anomaly 1 (0.0%)

Yearly Trend

96
1996: 5
97
1997: 825
98
1998: 620
99
1999: 195
00
2000: 588
01
2001: 645
02
2002: 607
03
2003: 599
04
2004: 492
05
2005: 910
06
2006: 1,654
07
2007: 3,171
08
2008: 4,102
09
2009: 4,532
10
2010: 14,680
11
2011: 19,072
12
2012: 17,077

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.