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MEDTRONIC XOMED INC.

Manufacturer adverse-event records for MEDTRONIC XOMED INC. 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 · 2002–2026 · mid-book · typical Death-code · injury-light

Injury-mix signature

MEDTRONIC XOMED INC. is lighter on Injury codes

Injury-coded event_type share is 6.3% (injury-light tercile) beside 0.07% Death-coded (typical). Volume band: mid.

What the Injury-mix reading shows for MEDTRONIC XOMED INC.

The standout signal for MEDTRONIC XOMED INC. is Injury-mix: 6.3% Injury-coded (injury-light) beside 0.07% Death-coded, on a mid-book footprint.

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

Reports span 20 device types, led in this extract by Malfunction at 11,787 (93.6% of event_type total). Peak single-year volume reaches 2,862 reports across 21 years. These are raw FDA submissions, not adjudicated findings. Snapshot . Verify current communications on the FDA MDR page.

12,597
Total Reports
9
Event-type Death
794
Injury Reports
20
Device Types

Event Types

Malfunction 11,787 (93.6%)
Injury 794 (6.3%)
Death 9 (0.1%)
6 (0.0%)
Other 1 (0.0%)

Patient Outcomes

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

11,633 (93.0%)
Required Intervention 421 (3.4%)
Other 298 (2.4%)
Life Threatening 36 (0.3%)
Disability 32 (0.3%)
Hospitalization 29 (0.2%)
R 25 (0.2%)
H 10 (0.1%)
L 9 (0.1%)
Death 8 (0.1%)
O 7 (0.1%)
S 4 (0.0%)

Devices (20)

Device Reports
Stimulator, Nerve 3,354
Stimulator, Electrical, Evoked Response 2,824
Drill, Surgical, Ent (Electric Or Pneumatic) Including Handpiece 2,522
Bur, Ear, Nose And Throat 1,918
Drills, Burrs, Trephines & Accessories (Simple, Powered) 1,474
Powered Laser Surgical Instrument 135
Electrode, Needle 70
Neurological Stereotaxic Instrument 62
Replacement, Ossicular Prosthesis, Total 41
Device, Anti-Snoring 33
Instrument, Ent Manual Surgical 23
Electromyograph, Diagnostic 18
Splint, Intranasal Septal 14
Hearing Aid, Bone Conduction 12
Nasopharyngoscope (Flexible Or Rigid) 12
Tube, Tympanostomy 12
Electrosurgical, Cutting & Coagulation & Accessories 7
Tube, Tracheal (W/Wo Connector) 7
Motor, Drill, Electric 6
Bone Mill 4

Yearly Trend

02
2002: 1
05
2005: 2
08
2008: 8
09
2009: 3
10
2010: 22
11
2011: 47
12
2012: 1
13
2013: 4
14
2014: 290
15
2015: 376
16
2016: 395
17
2017: 470
18
2018: 714
19
2019: 711
20
2020: 661
21
2021: 688
22
2022: 840
23
2023: 1,181
24
2024: 2,286
25
2025: 2,862
26
2026: 1,035

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.