ST. JUDE MEDICAL, INC.(CRM-SYLMAR)

FDA MAUDE device safety record · 2012–2026

What the Data Shows About ST. JUDE MEDICAL, INC.(CRM-SYLMAR)

ST. JUDE MEDICAL, INC.(CRM-SYLMAR) is associated with 192,101 adverse-event reports in the FDA Manufacturer and User Facility Device Experience (MAUDE) database , spanning reports dated from 2012 through 2026. Of the total, 5,188 are coded as death reports and 94,120 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.(CRM-SYLMAR) should be reviewed at the device-family level rather than company-wide. Across those devices, 4 distinct event types appear in the record, led by Injury at 94,120 reports (49.0% of total). Patient-outcome categorizations are reported across 15 distinct outcomes, giving a shaped distribution rather than a single headline figure.

Year-over-year reporting volume is tracked across 13 years of MAUDE data, with the peak single-year volume reaching 24,921 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.

192,101
Total Reports
5,188
Death Reports
94,120
Injury Reports
20
Device Types

Event Types

Injury 94,120 (49.0%)
Malfunction 92,790 (48.3%)
Death 5,188 (2.7%)
3 (0.0%)

Patient Outcomes

93,177 (47.3%)
Required Intervention 86,308 (43.9%)
Death 5,029 (2.6%)
Other 4,807 (2.4%)
R 3,541 (1.8%)
Hospitalization 1,850 (0.9%)
O 851 (0.4%)
Life Threatening 559 (0.3%)
L 353 (0.2%)
H 187 (0.1%)
D 86 (0.0%)
Congenital Anomaly 53 (0.0%)
Disability 5 (0.0%)
S 4 (0.0%)
C 2 (0.0%)

Yearly Trend

12
2012: 1
15
2015: 5,631
16
2016: 7,461
17
2017: 11,280
18
2018: 16,745
19
2019: 14,792
20
2020: 16,372
21
2021: 23,220
22
2022: 24,921
23
2023: 24,019
24
2024: 22,025
25
2025: 22,334
26
2026: 3,300

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.