W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC.

Manufacturer adverse-event records for W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC. 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 · 1994–2026 · mid-book · elevated Death-code · injury-heavy

Death-code intensity

W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC. carries an elevated Death-code share

Death-coded event_type rows are 614 of 14,704 (4.18% · elevated tercile among 434 manufacturers). Absolute volume is mid-book.

What the Death-code reading shows for W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC.

The standout signal for W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC. is Death-code intensity: 4.18% of 14,704 reports (elevated tercile), while absolute volume is mid-book.

Mid-pack volume still shows a clear device fingerprint; the table below is the actionable layer for W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC.. Event_type Death/Injury codes differ from patient-outcome rows - see methodology.

Reports span 20 device types, led in this extract by Injury at 12,123 (82.4% of event_type total). Peak single-year volume reaches 2,722 reports across 27 years. These are raw FDA submissions, not adjudicated findings. Snapshot . Verify current communications on the FDA MDR page.

14,704
Total Reports
614
Event-type Death
12,123
Injury Reports
20
Device Types

Event Types

Injury 12,123 (82.4%)
Malfunction 1,963 (13.4%)
Death 614 (4.2%)
3 (0.0%)
Other 1 (0.0%)

Patient Outcomes

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

Required Intervention 7,049 (35.7%)
Hospitalization 2,671 (13.5%)
R 2,488 (12.6%)
Other 2,421 (12.3%)
1,771 (9.0%)
H 1,301 (6.6%)
O 1,194 (6.0%)
Death 462 (2.3%)
D 145 (0.7%)
L 82 (0.4%)
Life Threatening 69 (0.3%)
Disability 46 (0.2%)
S 43 (0.2%)

Yearly Trend

94
1994: 1
96
1996: 1
98
1998: 1
99
1999: 1
04
2004: 1
05
2005: 1
06
2006: 162
07
2007: 246
08
2008: 176
09
2009: 51
10
2010: 31
11
2011: 45
12
2012: 21
13
2013: 38
14
2014: 8
15
2015: 6
16
2016: 3
17
2017: 7
18
2018: 4
19
2019: 7
20
2020: 1,062
21
2021: 2,032
22
2022: 1,957
23
2023: 2,133
24
2024: 2,371
25
2025: 2,722
26
2026: 1,616