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UNITED STATES SURGICAL CORP.

Manufacturer adverse-event records for UNITED STATES SURGICAL CORP. 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 · 1992–2005 · mid-book · typical Death-code · balanced

Injury-mix signature

UNITED STATES SURGICAL CORP. keeps a balanced Injury share

Injury-coded event_type share is 10.3% (balanced tercile) beside 0.32% Death-coded (typical). Volume band: mid.

What the Injury-mix reading shows for UNITED STATES SURGICAL CORP.

The standout signal for UNITED STATES SURGICAL CORP. is Injury-mix: 10.3% Injury-coded (balanced) beside 0.32% Death-coded, on a mid-book footprint.

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

Reports span 20 device types, led in this extract by Malfunction at 11,188 (88.8% of event_type total). Peak single-year volume reaches 4,845 reports across 14 years. These are raw FDA submissions, not adjudicated findings. Snapshot . Verify current communications on the FDA MDR page.

12,601
Total Reports
40
Event-type Death
1,296
Injury Reports
20
Device Types

Event Types

Malfunction 11,188 (88.8%)
Injury 1,296 (10.3%)
45 (0.4%)
Death 40 (0.3%)
Other 32 (0.3%)

Patient Outcomes

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

11,086 (86.8%)
Other 739 (5.8%)
Required Intervention 665 (5.2%)
R 125 (1.0%)
Hospitalization 57 (0.4%)
Death 40 (0.3%)
Life Threatening 18 (0.1%)
L 10 (0.1%)
O 9 (0.1%)
Invalid Data 7 (0.1%)
S 6 (0.0%)
H 4 (0.0%)
Congenital Anomaly 1 (0.0%)
Disability 1 (0.0%)

Devices (20)

Device Reports
Laparoscope, General & Plastic Surgery 6,595
Stapler, Surgical 3,804
Suture, Absorbable, Synthetic 524
Suture, Absorbable, Synthetic, Polyglycolic Acid 351
Applier, Surgical, Clip 268
Suture, Nonabsorbable, Synthetic, Polypropylene 229
Instrument, Ultrasonic Surgical 127
Suture, Absorbable, Natural 100
Suture, Nonabsorbable, Silk 76
Port & Catheter, Implanted, Subcutaneous, Intravascular 70
Suture, Nonabsorbable, Synthetic, Polyester 58
Suture, Nonabsorbable, Synthetic, Polyamide 55
Device, Endoscopic Suturing 40
Suture, Nonabsorbable 27
Gouge, Surgical, General & Plastic Surgery 26
Intervertebral Fusion Device With Bone Graft, Lumbar 26
Instrument, Biopsy 20
Instrument, Surgical, Disposable 18
Retention Device, Suture 18
Trocar 17

Yearly Trend

92
1992: 3
93
1993: 9
94
1994: 108
95
1995: 83
96
1996: 1,581
97
1997: 4,845
98
1998: 2,568
99
1999: 1,833
00
2000: 1,382
01
2001: 156
02
2002: 1
03
2003: 11
04
2004: 9
05
2005: 12

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