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SMITH & NEPHEW MEDICAL LTD.

Manufacturer adverse-event records for SMITH & NEPHEW MEDICAL LTD. 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 · 2007–2026 · mid-book · typical Death-code · balanced

Death-code intensity

SMITH & NEPHEW MEDICAL LTD. tracks a typical Death-code share

Death-coded event_type rows are 11 of 9,215 (0.12% · typical tercile among 443 manufacturers). Absolute volume is mid-book.

What the Death-code reading shows for SMITH & NEPHEW MEDICAL LTD.

The standout signal for SMITH & NEPHEW MEDICAL LTD. is Death-code intensity: 0.12% of 9,215 reports (typical tercile), while absolute volume is mid-book.

Mid-pack volume still shows a clear device fingerprint; the table below is the actionable layer for SMITH & NEPHEW MEDICAL LTD.. Event_type Death/Injury codes differ from patient-outcome rows - see methodology.

Reports span 20 device types, led in this extract by Malfunction at 6,495 (70.5% of event_type total). Peak single-year volume reaches 4,409 reports across 14 years. These are raw FDA submissions, not adjudicated findings. Snapshot . Verify current communications on the FDA MDR page.

9,215
Total Reports
11
Event-type Death
2,705
Injury Reports
20
Device Types

Event Types

Malfunction 6,495 (70.5%)
Injury 2,705 (29.4%)
Death 11 (0.1%)
4 (0.0%)

Patient Outcomes

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

6,671 (67.8%)
Required Intervention 1,033 (10.5%)
Other 945 (9.6%)
R 575 (5.8%)
Hospitalization 522 (5.3%)
O 48 (0.5%)
S 14 (0.1%)
Death 14 (0.1%)
H 9 (0.1%)
Disability 4 (0.0%)
Life Threatening 2 (0.0%)
D 1 (0.0%)
Congenital Anomaly 1 (0.0%)

Devices (20)

Device Reports
Negative Pressure Wound Therapy Powered Suction Pump 5,065
Tape And Bandage, Adhesive 1,999
Lavage, Jet 745
Dressing, Wound, Occlusive 734
Dressing, Wound, Drug 177
Bandage, Elastic 145
Topical Approximation System 88
Dressing, Wound And Burn, Occlusive 69
Dressing, Wound, Hydrophilic 55
Dressing, Wound, Hydrogel Without Drug And/Or Biologic 17
Bandage, Liquid, Skin Protectant 16
Solvent, Adhesive Tape 16
Bandage, Liquid 14
Elastomer, Silicone, For Scar Management 14
Instrument, Manual, Surgical, General Use 12
Mesh, Surgical, Polymeric 8
Expander, Surgical, Skin Graft 7
Beads, Hydrophilic, For Wound Exudate Absorption 4
Prosthesis, Knee, Femorotibial, Semi-Constrained, Cemented, Metal/Polymer 4
Catheter, Double Lumen Female Urethrographic 3

Yearly Trend

07
2007: 6
08
2008: 4
15
2015: 283
16
2016: 181
17
2017: 318
18
2018: 429
19
2019: 981
20
2020: 4,409
21
2021: 2,067
22
2022: 211
23
2023: 94
24
2024: 108
25
2025: 114
26
2026: 10

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