MEDTRONIC S.A.

Manufacturer adverse-event records for MEDTRONIC S.A. 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 · 2000–2016 · mid-book · elevated Death-code · injury-heavy

Death-code intensity

MEDTRONIC S.A. carries an elevated Death-code share

Death-coded event_type rows are 446 of 10,690 (4.17% · elevated tercile among 434 manufacturers). Absolute volume is mid-book.

What the Death-code reading shows for MEDTRONIC S.A.

The standout signal for MEDTRONIC S.A. is Death-code intensity: 4.17% of 10,690 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 S.A.. Event_type Death/Injury codes differ from patient-outcome rows - see methodology.

Reports span 13 device types, led in this extract by Injury at 7,924 (74.1% of event_type total). Peak single-year volume reaches 2,805 reports across 17 years. These are raw FDA submissions, not adjudicated findings. Snapshot . Verify current communications on the FDA MDR page.

10,690
Total Reports
446
Event-type Death
7,924
Injury Reports
13
Device Types

Event Types

Injury 7,924 (74.1%)
Malfunction 2,288 (21.4%)
Death 446 (4.2%)
32 (0.3%)

Patient Outcomes

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

R 3,867 (25.3%)
Hospitalization 3,576 (23.4%)
Other 3,309 (21.7%)
Required Intervention 3,191 (20.9%)
Death 435 (2.8%)
L 361 (2.4%)
O 291 (1.9%)
Life Threatening 103 (0.7%)
75 (0.5%)
H 65 (0.4%)
D 1 (0.0%)
Congenital Anomaly 1 (0.0%)

Yearly Trend

00
2000: 32
01
2001: 48
02
2002: 70
03
2003: 119
04
2004: 144
05
2005: 177
06
2006: 381
07
2007: 519
08
2008: 532
09
2009: 1,006
10
2010: 2,269
11
2011: 2,805
12
2012: 2,568
13
2013: 10
14
2014: 8
15
2015: 1
16
2016: 1