ST. JUDE MEDICAL, INC.

FDA MAUDE device safety record · 1993–2026

What the Data Shows About ST. JUDE MEDICAL, INC.

ST. JUDE MEDICAL, INC. is associated with 39,263 adverse-event reports in the FDA Manufacturer and User Facility Device Experience (MAUDE) database , spanning reports dated from 1993 through 2026. Of the total, 526 are coded as death reports and 27,231 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 ST. JUDE MEDICAL, INC. should be reviewed at the device-family level rather than company-wide. Across those devices, 5 distinct event types appear in the record, led by Injury at 27,231 reports (69.4% 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 34 years of MAUDE data, with the peak single-year volume reaching 16,992 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.

39,263
Total Reports
526
Death Reports
27,231
Injury Reports
20
Device Types

Event Types

Injury 27,231 (69.4%)
Malfunction 11,466 (29.2%)
Death 526 (1.3%)
28 (0.1%)
Other 12 (0.0%)

Patient Outcomes

Required Intervention 19,841 (43.4%)
11,244 (24.6%)
Hospitalization 6,280 (13.7%)
R 6,138 (13.4%)
Other 1,313 (2.9%)
Death 532 (1.2%)
H 175 (0.4%)
O 74 (0.2%)
Life Threatening 44 (0.1%)
L 23 (0.1%)
S 8 (0.0%)
D 5 (0.0%)
Congenital Anomaly 4 (0.0%)
Disability 1 (0.0%)

Yearly Trend

93
1993: 2
94
1994: 13
95
1995: 9
96
1996: 8
97
1997: 6
98
1998: 13
99
1999: 21
00
2000: 265
01
2001: 352
02
2002: 124
03
2003: 227
04
2004: 40
05
2005: 37
06
2006: 47
07
2007: 14
08
2008: 13
09
2009: 8
10
2010: 29
11
2011: 6
12
2012: 9
13
2013: 20
14
2014: 80
15
2015: 232
16
2016: 6,340
17
2017: 16,992
18
2018: 5,801
19
2019: 1,734
20
2020: 1,028
21
2021: 954
22
2022: 954
23
2023: 1,985
24
2024: 1,766
25
2025: 133
26
2026: 1

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.