ST. JUDE MEDICAL, INC., CRMD

FDA MAUDE device safety record · 1998–2015

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

ST. JUDE MEDICAL, INC., CRMD is associated with 47,530 adverse-event reports in the FDA Manufacturer and User Facility Device Experience (MAUDE) database , spanning reports dated from 1998 through 2015. Of the total, 2,018 are coded as death reports and 22,220 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 18 distinct device types attributed to this manufacturer in MAUDE, which means any safety read for ST. JUDE MEDICAL, INC., CRMD 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 Malfunction at 23,259 reports (48.9% 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 12 years of MAUDE data, with the peak single-year volume reaching 28,499 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.

47,530
Total Reports
2,018
Death Reports
22,220
Injury Reports
18
Device Types

Event Types

Malfunction 23,259 (48.9%)
Injury 22,220 (46.7%)
Death 2,018 (4.2%)
22 (0.0%)
Other 11 (0.0%)

Patient Outcomes

24,109 (50.4%)
Required Intervention 18,479 (38.7%)
Other 2,680 (5.6%)
Death 2,019 (4.2%)
Hospitalization 233 (0.5%)
R 213 (0.4%)
L 18 (0.0%)
O 11 (0.0%)
Life Threatening 11 (0.0%)
H 6 (0.0%)
S 4 (0.0%)
Congenital Anomaly 3 (0.0%)
Disability 2 (0.0%)
D 1 (0.0%)

Yearly Trend

98
1998: 55
99
1999: 106
00
2000: 267
01
2001: 421
02
2002: 467
03
2003: 543
04
2004: 494
05
2005: 220
06
2006: 561
13
2013: 5,547
14
2014: 28,499
15
2015: 10,350

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.