MEDTRONIC PUERTO RICO OPERATIONS MED-REL

Manufacturer adverse-event records for MEDTRONIC PUERTO RICO OPERATIONS MED-REL 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 · 2006–2011 · mid-book · elevated Death-code · injury-heavy

Death-code intensity

MEDTRONIC PUERTO RICO OPERATIONS MED-REL carries an elevated Death-code share

Death-coded event_type rows are 239 of 10,677 (2.24% · elevated tercile among 443 manufacturers). Absolute volume is mid-book.

What the Death-code reading shows for MEDTRONIC PUERTO RICO OPERATIONS MED-REL

The standout signal for MEDTRONIC PUERTO RICO OPERATIONS MED-REL is Death-code intensity: 2.24% of 10,677 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 PUERTO RICO OPERATIONS MED-REL. Event_type Death/Injury codes differ from patient-outcome rows - see methodology.

Reports span 10 device types, led in this extract by Injury at 6,387 (59.8% of event_type total). Peak single-year volume reaches 3,586 reports across 6 years. These are raw FDA submissions, not adjudicated findings. Snapshot . Verify current communications on the FDA MDR page.

10,677
Total Reports
239
Event-type Death
6,387
Injury Reports
10
Device Types

Event Types

Injury 6,387 (59.8%)
Malfunction 4,038 (37.8%)
Death 239 (2.2%)
12 (0.1%)
Other 1 (0.0%)

Patient Outcomes

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

Hospitalization 5,811 (54.4%)
4,083 (38.2%)
Required Intervention 536 (5.0%)
Death 235 (2.2%)
R 9 (0.1%)
Other 8 (0.1%)
H 3 (0.0%)
Life Threatening 2 (0.0%)
D 1 (0.0%)
O 1 (0.0%)
Congenital Anomaly 1 (0.0%)
Disability 1 (0.0%)

Yearly Trend

06
2006: 53
07
2007: 588
08
2008: 959
09
2009: 2,555
10
2010: 3,586
11
2011: 2,936